Online culture zine The Rumpus.net published a highly readable oral history of Jeff Buckley just as he was getting his band together in New York during the early 90s. In addition to some great road stories (hammocks in their tour van, dudes) there’s some great unpublished interview material with Buckley nestled in there, most notably this quote from the the guy whose voice always makes you cry:

Having Tim Buckley as my father gave me the parts needed to play music. Even if I went and became a lawyer and someone asked me to sing something, I’d have the parts to sing. But that’s it. It’s not really [Tim Buckley's] voice that I have – because it wasn’t really his voice to begin with. It was passed down to us from every man in our family

In other Buckley news, a newly remastered and unreleased cover of Elton John’s “We All Fall In Love Sometimes” is surfacing on the soundtrack of a new Cameron Diaz vehicle with “Beaches”-worthy tear levels written all over it. Probably NSFW if you’re a real man’s man. Just saying.

Brad Pitt tried to spearhead a Jeff Buckley biopic a few years back, only to give up on the project after things went South with the script. But The Playlist is reporting that a second attempt at putting the bard’s life to celluloid is in the works again, with James Franco, James Marsden and that sexy devil Robert Pattinson reportedly expressing serious interest in the role. Considering just how much Franco looks like Buckley on the cover of the latter’s ‘94 touchstone, Grace, it seems like that dude would be the obvious choice. But then again, can you imagine how many sexually-repressed, vampire-obsessed tweeners might storm stores in search of Buckley’s music if Pattinson steamed up the screen instead. OH, THE POSSIBILITIES.

Broodfest 2010. Be there.

In March, the editors over at Nerve posted their picks for the Forty Sexiest Frontwomen in Rock History, and after receiving a bit of flack for their picks, the editors have struck again; only this time (more importantly) with the Forty Sexiest Frontmen in Rock History.
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Don’t hate us for putting something together so last minute, it’s still better than chocolates and dead roses right? After all, nothing says “I love you” like just the right song. So we asked our contributors to give us their favorite love-inspired song and why. This could mean a “real” love song, or something ironic and funny — or both. So without further ado, here’s a little love from the Tripwire to you.
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