S.F.'s The Stone Foxes cancel tour dates due to one member having to receive an emergency appendectomy. But the band's announcement doesn't say which member is having surgery. [Pollstar]

Neil Young's fictional Northern California town, “Greendale,” depicted in new graphic novel. [NY Times]

Scientists want to know why Ozzy Osbourne and Keith Richards are still alive. Could the drugs have increased their longevity? [Digital Music News]

Win tickets to see Portugal The Man at the Fillmore on Friday. [Hippes Are Dead]

S.F. metalheads Hot Fog are not trying to get their music in an Apple commercial, but play Friday at Bottom of the Hill. [SF Appeal]