• We spent last weekend at the Pemberton Festival, catching performances by Nine Inch Nails, Coldplay, Jay-Z and many more. We also hung out with the Flaming Lips‘ Wayne Coyne, My Morning Jacket, Pharrell and Matisyahu. Check out the full coverage here. This weekend, we’re back on the festival circuit with reports from Lollapalooza, so check here for all the news.
• Musicians continued to get political, as Ludacris joined Team Obama with his track “Politics” (which the Obama campaign swiftly disowned) while Big & Rich’s John Rich penned an anthem to McCain’s time in a Vietnamese prisoner of war camp with “Raising McCain.”
• In movie news, Howard Stern plotted a remake of the Ramones’ Rock ‘n’ Roll High School, Alicia Keys made good on her prediction and will record the new James Bond theme with Jack White, we took a look back at our favorite stoner movies and Peter Travers reviewed the new Mummy and American Teen. Plus, Cheech & Chong are going back on tour!
• Lawyers were busy as the Black Crowes sued Gretchen Wilson for ripping off verses of “Jealous Again” and Billy Corgan sued a videographer for not being a very good videographer.
[Photo: Nilina Mason-Campbell]