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What better praise can there be for a tribute band than to have your band's inspiration come to one of your shows? Former PBS show host Bill Nye swung by a performance of Colorado band Bill Nye and the Science Guys. He danced, sang, and did everything but explain the greenhouse effect.

Coldplay covered "Fight for Your Right to Party" at the Hollywood Bowl last week in honor of Adam Yauch's death. A nice sentiment, but what do we think of the aggressively Coldplay-stylized version, or the fact that the Beastie Boys publicly disowned the song and have long since stopped performing it live?

I'd like to rag on them for getting Sammy Hagar's name wrong, but I can't. Ever since he didn't get invited to the Van Halen reunion-fest, there's no better nickname for him than "Sammy Haggard."

It's also George Washington's birthday, but he was a better president than singer. Wooden teeth are terrible for your voice.

Joke's on you! We're actually softcore!

Last Friday night at Coachella, the Black Keys brought John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival onstage to play "The Weight" in memory of the recent death of The Band drummer Levon Helm. Everyone who wasn't at Coachella suddenly became 100 percent more regretful that they couldn't make it.

This was allegedly sent to the producers of the FunFunFun Fest in Austin, where Slayer played earlier this year, and dear god we hope it's real. Because as great as Slayer is, knowing that they order "hand sanitizer" AND "hand satanizer" makes them ten times as great.

Alright, you've had your five minutes of fame, NOW EVERYONE LOOK BACK AT ME.

He must have been taking tips from John Lennon.

Nick Diener of punk band the Swellers played Miss Manners and offered etiquette tips during their most recent tour.