FLAMING LIPS BRING IN 2010 WITH "DARK SIDE OF THE MOON"

I am not a huge Flaming Lips fan, but I do enjoy some of their music, and I definitely respect their seemingly-boundless creativity. I think it's cool that they are going to be covering Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon on New Year's Eve. Find out more at the Lips' website.

INDIE ROCK'S NEW BEEF

The thing I really don't like about hip-hop beefs is that there are real consequences, and people get hurt over perceived disses on record. But indie rock beefs are another thing: other than that guy who Jack White clobbered a few years back, there aren't very many indie rock beefs at all, and I doubt anyone gets hurt (I take that back, I'm sure a lot of people get hurt feelings). But now Win Butler from Arcade Fire is all up in it with Wayne Coyne from The Flaming Lips. Seems so silly, but read about it at idolator.

VH1 ROCK HONORS: THE WHO

Wow: VH1 did such a great job with their Rock Honors show. In past years, they've honored four bands per show, but tonight it was all about The Who. Rightfully so.

They got bands that deserved to be there on the bill - The Foo Fighters, Pearl Jam and The Flaming Lips as well as Tenacious D (and also Incubus... I'd rather have heard The Raconteurs or Joan Jett or Oasis or Paul Weller), and they were all great, especially Pearl Jam.

But, of course, it was really all about The Who. It really is amazing how this band, who have been around for forty years now, has held up. So many of my favorite albums are by them: The Who Sing My Generation, Tommy, Who's Next, Live At Leeds just to name a few. I think it's cool to hear their songs on TV (it really works well on CSI) and I'm not surprised that kids are rocking out to them on Rock Band or Guitar Hero. The current band still sound great. (Kudos, by the way, to VH1 for leaving in "Tea and Theatre," a song from their last album Endless Wire, on the broadcast). I was sorry to hear that they are probably ditching the idea of recording a new album with T-Bone Burnett, but I'm glad that they are still going to be touring.

Anyway, it was a great show, if you love The Who, you should check it out. Here's hoping that they release a live document of the event. It's rare that I see something on VH1 that really makes me miss working there (I was there for three and a half really fun years), but this was one of them.

PEARL JAM, FOO FIGHTERS AND FLAMING LIPS SIGN ON FOR VH1 ROCK HONORS

A while back, when VH1 announced that this year's Rock Honors ceremony would only be honoring The Who, I hoped that they would get artists who are worthy.

Turns out they did: Pearl Jam, The Foo Fighters and The Flaming Lips are all on the bill, with more to be named later. I'd like to suggest The Raconteurs if they're available.

Anyway, I will be tuned in on July 17.