Poor, Poor, Poor Lenny

Lenny Kravitz will be releasing his sixth LP, Lenny in November. On it, the diminutive Kravitz reveals that, in spite of his preternatural ability to attract only the finest and hottest women on the planet, his heart has been broken many times. "I just want someone to settle down and grow old with. I want someone who loves me for me, not just my huge piles of money, rippling abs and cool tattoos and piercings."

In the album's first single, If I Could Fall In Love, Kravitz sings "If I could fall in love/ I wouldn't need a shove/ Like a hand inside a glove/ You're what I'm dreaming of."

"I wrote that one night in Cannes after Giselle Bundchen, my girlfriend at the time, left my room and I was pretty lonely. Cannes can be a lonely place when you don't have anyone to love."

In another song Fire of My Desire, Kravitz trades in his funky rock for a more straight-forward funk-tinged rock feel. In Desire, Kravitz sings "You are the fire of my desire/ We can go higher/ Through the wire of desire/ Into the fire that's higher."

Here's hoping that with the release of his new album, Kravitz can finally be happy.

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Dubious Career Move - Part One

Guitarist Michael Ward has left the Wallflowers.

"About a year ago I quit the band and then was persuaded into staying by our manager, Andy Slater," Ward revealed over the phone Thursday (October 11). "So I stayed through the whole Breach tour."

Then last week he was given his walking papers. The rift between Ward and the Wallflowers mostly stemmed from frontman Jakob Dylan's absolute control over the group, he said.

"Sure, I was hired on as a session guy and no one ever made so much as a mention of me ever contributing to the songs beyond my guitar parts, but I wanted to have some input, ya know? I mean, if I could get one writing credit on a single, I'd be set for life, but that dick Dylan wouldn't throw me a bone. He thinks his shit don't stink." The notoriously reclusive Dylan was not available for comment.

Ward reports he has plenty on his plate these days. "Oh yeah, I've got all kinds of projects going on and I've never been happier. You know those luxury suites and private jets get really old after a while." Ward said wistfully "I'm really excited to labor in obscurity for once and am looking forward to the squalor part, too."

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Dubious Career Move - Part Two

It's been a bad week for guitarists in established acts.

Limp Bizkit's Wes Borland has announced that he has left the multi-platinum group to pursue other interests.

"Let's face it, Durst is a no-talent dick." said Borland when asked why he left the group. "After I saw that video of him acting like Vanilla Ice and doing the Cabbage Patch, I said to myself "Wes, you have got to get out of this situation before your credibility as an artist is completely nil." And I called Fred to tell him it was over. At first he was calling me all sorts of names like "bitch-ass ho" and "ho-ass bitch", then I guess when it started to sink in that he'd have to write songs, he started choking up and crying and stuff and begging me to stay. It was kind of pathetic, really."

Borland plans to continue work with his side project Big Dumb Face. Of his future prospects, Borland says "Well, Bizkit fans have got to grow up sometime. Most of those mooks are in jail, working at gas stations to take care of their baby's mothers, or have just lost interest. I figure I'm getting out at the right time."

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Dreamboat Granny

Ann and Nancy Wilson have announced that they will start work on the first Heart album in eight years. The sisters have not been idle since Heart's last album, however. They have collaborated on an acoustic-based group called Love Mongers and Nancy has written music for all of husband Cameron Crowe's films, including Jerry Maguire and Almost Famous. She is putting the finishing touches on his latest, Vanilla Sky.

"I pretty much had writer's block for a while" said Nancy "Now, with all that's been going on in the world, I hear potential lyrics and titles every time I turn on the television."

The Wilsons have released the track listing for the new album, tentatively entitled Make No Mistake.

1. Make No Mistake
2. The Evil-Doers
3. Secure Location
4. Your Love (Is Like A White Powdery Substance)
5. Cough Up That Love
6. America's Heroes
7. Seattlestan
8. Kanduhar The Music?
9. Bunker Buster
10. Crank Up Your Radio

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Say It Ain't Ho, Mo!

Australian schmaltz-rockers, Savage Garden announced they are going their separate ways, for some reason. Known primarily for fruity tunes that appealed to overweight administrative assistants, Savage Garden will be missed by some. "I totally loved that song about standing on the mountain! They played it all the time on Lite 99." said administrative assistant Carrie Weiss. "I used to sing it to my cat, Mr. Mittens, while I tried his clothes on him. I'm sad that they broke up."

According to the guy with the braids, Savage Garden decided to split to do other stuff. And other dudes.

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