I thought it was so he’d have an excuse to come to Seattle, explain himself, and play stuff from his new solo album. Well, he did do all of that in the Carter Subaru Mountain Music Lounge (the video’s up on our homepage right now,) but here’s the real story of his departure from BNL:

steven page on BNL

His new solo album, Page One, is coming out at the end of September and a tour will follow, so I’m pretty sure he’ll be back.

Just to satisfy my own curiosity, I asked Steven about the background of one of my favorite BNL songs, One Week:

steven page on one week

And for old time’s sake, here’s a really cool acoustic version of that song, recorded in Ed Robertson’s bathroom:

Finally, this may or not be renowned actor Morgan Freeman covering One Week:

Bruce will be releasing “The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story” on November 16.

The package will include 3 CDs, as well as 3 DVDs of never-before-seen footage and the notes from the recording sessions, which include alternate lyrics, song ideas, recording details, and personal notes from Springsteen.

If you want a sneak peek of the video, the documentary from this package will air on HBO come Oct. 7th. And as for the audio, listen here:

CD 1: REMASTERED ‘DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN’

1. Badlands
2. Adam Raised A Cain
3. Something In The Night
4. Candy’s Room
5. Racing In The Street
6. The Promised Land
7. Factory
8. Streets Of Fire
9. Prove It All Night
10. Darkness On The Edge Of Town

CD 2: THE PROMISE (DISC 1)

1. Racing In The Street (‘78)
2. Gotta Get That Feeling
3. Outside Looking In
4. Someday (We’ll Be Together)
5. One Way Street
6. Because The Night
7. Wrong Side Of The Street
8. The Brokenhearted
9. Rendezvous
10. Candy’s Boy

CD 3: THE PROMISE (DISC 2)

1. Save My Love
2. Ain’t Good Enough For You
3. Fire
4. Spanish Eyes
5. It’s A Shame
6. Come On (Let’s Go Tonight)
7. Talk To Me
8. The Little Things (My Baby Does)
9. Breakaway
10. The Promise
11. City Of Night

DVD 1: “THE PROMISE: THE MAKING OF ‘DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN’”

DVD 2: DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN (PARAMOUNT THEATER, ASBURY PARK, NJ, 2009)

1. Badlands
2. Adam Raised A Cain
3. Something In The Night
4. Candy’s Room
5. Racing In The Street
6. The Promised Land
7. Factory
8. Streets Of Fire
9. Prove It All Night
10. Darkness On The Edge Of Town

THRILL HILL VAULT (1976-1978)

1. Save My Love (Holmdel, NJ 76)
2. Candy’s Boy (Holmdel, NJ 76)
3. Something In The Night (Red Bank, NJ 76)
4. Don¹t Look Back (NYC 78)
5. Ain’t Good Enough For You (NYC 78)
6. The Promise (NYC 78)
7. Candy’s Room Demo (NYC 78)
8. Badlands (Phoenix 78)
9. The Promised Land (Phoenix 78)
10. Prove It All Night (Phoenix 78)
11. Born To Run (Phoenix 78)
12. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) (Phoenix 78)

DVD 3: HOUSTON ‘78 BOOTLEG: HOUSE CUT

1. Badlands
2. Streets Of Fire
3. It¹s Hard To Be A Saint In The City
4. Darkness On The Edge Of Town
5. Spirit In The Night
6. Independence Day
7. The Promised Land
8. Prove It All Night
9. Racing In The Street
10. Thunder Road
11. Jungleland
12. The Ties That Bind
13. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
14. The Fever
15. Fire
16. Candy’s Room
17. Because The Night
18. Point Blank
19. She’s The One
20. Backstreets
21. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
22. Born To Run
23. Detroit Medley
24. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
25. You Can’t Sit Down
26. Quarter To Three

Just about all the Boss that one would want. You know, except for the version of “Born to Run” from Glee.

See The Script in Seattle Saturday October 16th at Showbox Market

So this is the e-mail I recieved this morning from Gregg S.—

“I’ve had it!   I have been playing along with you music quiz for the last couple days now and the best I could do was 1 out of 3 correct answers.  These questions are impossible!   Please ask me some questions that I know!”

Gregg

Dear Gregg,

I’ve crafted a few questions just for you.  I hope you do better with these.   Good luck and stuff.

sd

OK, so I ran this quiz past three Mountain peeps and all of them went three for three.  Impressive!

Let’s see if you fare as well.

FACT: Over A Million Babies Were Conceived To This Album

As a solo artists he’s released Avalon-esque discs like Slave To Love and Mamouna and recently a whole album of Dylan covers. But he’s back with another Avalon-esque cd that reunites him with several Roxy musicians including Brian Eno! Chili pepper Flea plays bass on the disc along with a whole host of music luminaries. Oh, and did I mention Bryan Ferry looks like this?

Don't Ever Have Your Photo taken With This Man!

Trust me on this one…no matter how pretty, or sexy, or macho you think you are, you will look like a troll standing by Bryan Ferry’s side. We’re just too mortal!

Bryan Ferry’s new cd Olympia will be in stores on Oct 25th. Plan on adding a bundle of  joy to your family exactly 9 months later. Here a sample:

Bryan Ferry – You Can Dance – Radio

You can thank me later…Shawn works as a boy or girl’s name, by the way ; )

Today’s quiz is related to Coldplay.  Now that sounds easy enough but keep in mind that there are no questions about Chris… so it’s a little harder than who is the lead singer of Coldplay.  But on the other hand being a bit more challenging is fun… right? 

Good luck and stuff.  Well actually more luck than stuff.

On which Washington Island would you find a hostel where you can sleep in a Teepee or a covered wagon?

Vashon Island at the AYH Ranch Hostel.  It looks super fun!

The wakeup song has been a part of the space program since the days of the Apollo missions, and now NASA is giving people a chance to be a part of the history! You can vote on wakeup songs to be played during the final missions of the Space Shuttle Program!  You can even write your own song and submit it!  To check out the song list and to learn how you can maybe get your own song played, click here.

Recycle those rechargable batteries!  There’s a new nationwide campagn with over 30,000 drop off locations.  To find a place to drop your batteries off visit MyCall2Recycle.  And to read all of EcoGeek’s handy advice, make sure to visit her blog.