Proto-grunge band Green River -- the band that included future members of Mudhoney and Pearl Jam in the '80s -- took more than 21 years off before reuniting for Sub Pop's 20th anniversary festival this summer. And at that rate, fans probably figured they wouldn't catch a repeat performance until those guys turned AARP-eligible. But not so, ye of little faith! Green River will actually replace Mudhoney for the Supersuckers 20th anniversary show at Showbox at the Market on Nov. 29, AEG Live announced.

And in case you missed it, you can click here to listen to bits of my interview with Mudhoney/Green River mouthpiece Mark Arm talking about getting his old band back together for the SP20 fest.

The Nov. 15 Scars on Broadway show at Showbox SoDo is officially off. The band -- which features Daron Malakian and John Dolmayan from System of a Down -- pulled the plug on the rest of its tour today. Here's the officially statement from the band's web site.

Scars on Broadway's North American tour, scheduled to begin October 19, as well as their October 14 performance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live," have been cancelled. Late last week, Malakian concluded that his heart wasn't into touring at this time, so he made the decision to cancel all scheduled performances. There are no plans to reschedule. Ticket refund for the North American Tour will follow shortly.

Refunds will be available at point of ticket purchase, says promoter AEG Live.

MC Hammer: A sick dancer, but definitely not responsible for any of the 100 greatest hip-hop songs of all time.
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I missed VH1's "100 Greatest Hip Hop Songs" shows, and it's probably for the best since extreme outrage would have morphed me into some sort of rampaging, Hulk-like creature, run amok through T-town's Stadium District. (Stereogum has the list posted here if you don't have the patience to surf through the VH1 clips, linked above.

Then again, I was only putting that outrage off for a couple of days, since I checked out the list today after Girl Trouble singer and secret hip-hop fan Kurt Kendall e-mailed me his own rant about what's wrong with VH-1's bogus rankings. And where do I even begin with this nonsense? Here are just a few gripes:

- Black Star's "Definition" makes the list, but not "The P is Free," the Boogie Down Productions classic that Mos and Kweli emulated on for this track? Were the people who compiled this blasted thing born in 1993?

- The Beastie Boys, responsible for so many bomb tracks, made it only as high as No. 27, and that was for "Hold It Now, Hit It," not the superior "Paul Revere" Even if this shallow list only digs as deep as hit singles, where's the "Sure Shot," yo? MC Hammer made it one notch higher than the Beasties with "Can't Touch This," by the way. And, no, I won't touch that for my blood pressure's sake.

- Well, I will say this about Hammer. The fact that anything by him or Puff Daddy even made the countdown just renders the whole thing irrelevant and, frankly, embarrassing. I'm surprised freakin' Vanilla Ice and Marky "Thank God He's an Actor Now" Mark didn't make the cut.

If I get bored on my vacation this week, I may come up with my own list. Meanwhile, I'm curious about what you guys think of this travesty.