A belated happy birthday to Diamond Dave...the "new" track "Manda Bala" from the John 5 sessions/album up at YouTube (but mysteriously, only there, as of this recording) -- was that album a "contigency plan" if there wasn't going to be another Van Halen album

Plus, Dave live in Vegas recently with Royal Machines, rumors of pro-shot Van Halen shows from the reunion era (Madison Square Garden?), Rolling Stone's recent top guitar list and Darren wants a David Lee Roth action figure! And the usual sidebars.

Guess what! Darren's got a book about Dave coming out, DLR Book: How David Lee Roth Changed The World, publishing January 2024! You can pre-order it now at Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, Bookshop.org and anywhere you buy books!