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Looking to jam with some legends? The Spring 2024 edition of Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Camp has been announced, with Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, The Offspring guitarist Noodles, and 311 frontman Nick Hexum leading the lineup.

The four-day camp runs April 18th to 21st in Los Angeles. Aspiring singers and instrumentalists will be placed into bands with other campers and receive mentoring from one of Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy Camp’s rockstar counselors, including Derek St. Holmes (Ted Nugent), Bruce Kulick (Kiss), Todd Morse (The Offspring), Vinny Appice, Gary Hoey, Tommy Black (Scott Weiland), and camp musical director Britt Lightning (Vixen), among others.

The camp will culminate with a pair of gigs at Whisky a Go Go and The Viper Room, where campers will get to perform alongside Smith, Noodles, and Hexum.

“I am looking forward to jamming with the campers this April,” said Smith in a press release.

This summer's movie season has been a little underwhelming, as while there have been a handful of true box office smashes ("Toy Story 3," "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse," "Shrek Forever After," "Iron Man 2"), but as far as quality or innovation goes, the pickings have been unfortunately slim (though the release of "Inception" this weekend promises to provide a boost to both of those things). There aren't a whole lot of genuinely fun times either, as whiz-bang action affairs have often been weighed down by terrible storytelling, absurd special effects or an air of self-importance. But the new release hitting theaters today will undoubtedly provide all of the fun that much of the summer movie slate has been missing. Of course, we're talking about "The Sorcerer's Apprentice."

"The Sorcerer's Apprentice," loosely based on the "Fantasia" segment of the same name, stars Nicolas Cage as the Sorcerer and Jay Baruchel as his titular apprentice.

Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea has announced some exciting new initiatives for his Silverlake Conservatory of Music.

Established by Flea and Keith Barry in 2001 to facilitate music education by providing affordable or free lessons and instruments, the Conservatory’s eight classrooms are filled with instruments, teachers and students, with instruction, discussion, laughter and, of course, lots of music. To these students, the Scm represents a future full of the joy of music and the sense of accomplishment felt by those who make it.

The charity is happy to announce that it is running an online fundraising auction for a brand new Fender guitar amp, with all proceeds going to its music facilities. The G-dec 3 Thirty model amp comes packed with presets and loops from some top artists, including Eric Johnson, Charlie Benante and Frank Bello (Anthrax), Phil Collen (Def Leppard), Joe Trohman (Fall Out Boy), Brad Paisley, Dweezil Zappa,...