Kevin Bronson on September 1st, 2009

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[Random observations on a Tuesday afternoon …]

Ozzy Osbourne, who will be honored Sept. 10 at the House of Blues as the kickoff to the Sunset Strip Music Festival, has been added to the bill to perform the final set on the festival’s outdoor stage on Sunset Boulevard on Saturday, Sept. 12. Korn, Pepper, Kottonmouth Kings and Shiny Toy Guns are among the 40-plus bands playing in a lineup that nods to the Strip’s rawk heritage. A snarky person might note that, with the event formerly known as the F Yeah Fest this weekend, does that make the SSMF the F No Fest? You have the lineups, you decide.

‣ Wolfmother: You don’t see a lot of big dollar figures tossed around in the music industry these days, but Wolfmother’s publishing deal with Universal was for $2 million, sources say.

‣ Speaking of wolves: The Ryan Gosling-Zach Shields project Dead Man’s Bones, whose werewolf-, zombie- and monster-inspired debut album comes out Oct. 6, will do a three-week residency (Sept. 11, 18 and 25) at the historic Bob Baker Marionette Theater. And there will be puppets. I am not making this up.

‣ Problem solved: That scheduling conflict I complained about a couple weeks ago – the Psychedelic Furs and Happy Mondays playing in town the same night the Charlatans UK were playing another venue – was remedied. The Charlatans canceled their U.S. tour. The news release blamed drummer Jon Brookes’ ailing shoulder, but there have been whispers about the band’s ailing profile. Another U.K. fave, Maximo Park, canceled its U.S. tour too.

‣ Part time: The first few names for this year’s Part Time Punks Festival (which I liked last year) have been released – they include the Raincoats, former Factory Records techno-punks Section 25 and Savage Republic, among others. Additions to come, the promoter says. The first 100 tickets for the Oct. 11 event are $20.