Big Drum Thump

…for the English Heritage foundation. Moonie fans have been campaigning for the EH to install one of those blue here-lived-a-great-person plaques at his London residence, but they got shot down. The official response:

Moon died aged only 32, and many of his contemporaries, including other members of The Who such as Pete Townshend, are still living. Further time should be allowed to pass so he can be considered alongside his contemporaries.

Fuckin’ what? Jimi Hendrix already has one, and he died at 27. And he wasn’t even British.

[via Music Radar]

• Brain Drill Seek New Drummer. The technical death dudes need a skin slayer. Think you got what it takes?
• Stanton Moore Review. The Boston Herald awards Moore’s Emphasis! (on Parenthesis) a woefully inadequate B+. Such is the critical taste of rhythm-challenged douche bags.
• Zac Hanson Is a Dad. Just like the link says, the Hanson drummer has bred. Click it for boring baby details.

In his latest hip-hop remix video, Travis Barker pounds out Busta Rhymes’s “Don’t Touch Me.” It sounds a bit of all right, but really it’s all about the visual on this one: Trav simply looks so damn cool when he plays.

[via Rhythm]

Veteran session drummer Mickey Waller died of liver cancer yesterday. Just a few of the notable folks he kept time for: Jimi Hendrix, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Rod Stewart, and Jeff Beck.

In lieu of reading a cobbled together eulogy from BDT, have a gander at Waller’s excellent obituary in the Guardian. We’re betting he would have been pleased.

Some scoundrel(s) stole $350,000 worth of jewelry and computers from Simon Kirke’s NY pad this weekend. No word on any suspects or leads yet, but if someone offers you a good deal on a laptop loaded with Bad Company tunes, just walk away and contact the NYPD.

• Rising Up: Roots’ Drummer ?uestlove Ruminates. Ah, yet another interview (still all-too-brief) with the hip-hop drumming king. We have no idea how he finds time to actually tour.