Heads up Ozzy Osbourne fans, this Monday night at 9pm on my show, Ozzy will be playing and discussing select new tracks from his first new studio album in 6 years entitled "Black Rain." On Tuesday night at 10pm, I will once again present a special extended "10 O'Clock News" during which I will spin the new Ozzy disc in it's entirety, start to finish and give you a chance to win a copy for yourself.

(See Ozzy Osbourne's video for "I Don't Wanna Stop" here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=n2My_yOPthg)

The Doors of The 21st Century (now using the moniker "Riders On The Storm") played last week at the Park West with new lead singer Brett Scallions of Fuel fame replacing Ian Astbury who has rejoined his band The Cult. Founding Doors members Robbie Krieger and Ray Manzarek invited me down to the venue prior to the show to catch their private (I was the only one in attendance) rehearsal/sound check and it was mesmerizing. Brett doesn't look like Jim Morrison as Ian does, but his vocal delivery and tone are actually even closer to Morrison's than Astbury. When the band ran through "Indian Summer", "Peace Frog", "Waiting For The Sun" among others with Brett, the hair on the back of my neck stood up. The guys were able to effortlessly render these songs note-for-note live. If you missed their show this time, make sure you go next time around. It is a not-to-be-missed concert! In the meantime, many previously unreleased classic live Doors shows from the band's archives (featuring the original lineup w/Morrison) from New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Detroit, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Bakersfield and now Boston have been made available via their website www.thedoors.com. Robbie tells me that unfortunately no official recordings of their Chicago shows from those historical tours were made, and he is not aware of any bootlegs surfacing, either... and he would probably know since he has admitted to me that HE too collects Doors bootlegs, just like the fans do. Nonetheless, Chicago was certainly on Jim Morrison's mind in the late '60's, as the city was mentioned in the lyrics to the song Peace Frog which Robbie said started as a poem by Morrison called "Abortion." Coming full circle to the present, ever-proud-Chicagoan Ray Manzarek indicated to me that he would like Mayor Daley to know that the current incarnation of the band would be thrilled to add their support (via a live performance here in Chicago, perhaps?) for our 2016 Olympics bid. More of my conversation with Ray and Robbie will be available soon on my main page at www.wlup.com.