Now that March Madness is over, The Pink Logs thought it would be fun to celebrate Opening Week with some of their favorite baseball players. Unfortunately, it got a bit violent when one of the logs went straight for Barry Bonds' head in a clear intentional foul. Mr. Bonds wasn't even officially playing for a team, but wanted to prove that he could still hit a homer without any...additional vitamins. Barry wasn't hurt or questioned for any substances either. Alyssa Milano just wanted to be photographed and we allowed it for obvious reasons.

Jon DeVoto with hushhush ATTACK's Little Sara

Jon DeVoto - Guitarist/Singer - The Matches

What does your "On Tour Survival Kit" consist of?

I bring lots of socks and underwear. I wake up and put on new underwear then I work out and get sweaty so I have to change it, then I play a show and get sweaty so I change again. I go through like 3 pairs a day. I also bring a bunch of Clif Bars and enough books to last me the whole tour. I haven't been able to read much for the last few weeks since I've been picking up my guitar in my downtime.

What do you do to get psyched up for your performances?

I have to stretch for 20 minutes so I don't hurt myself. I do vocal warm ups that I'm sure sound pretty strange to someone who doesn't know what I'm up to. Then I warm up on the guitar so I don't pull a finger muscle.

Have you pulled a finger muscle before?

Yes! I pulled my ring finger during the Warped Tour last year. It hurt every time I played and wouldn't get better since I kept using it. I also recently broke my toe...it's taking forever to heal because I'm up on stage going all out every night.

Your 3^rd album A Band In Hope just came out, how amped are you?

We are thrilled about it! It's been a year and a half in the making. It was actually ready 3 or 4 months ago and we were like, 'okay let's put it out now' but our label said we had to start promoting it for a few months before we could. We've been playing some of our new songs at the shows for about 3 months to give fans a taste.

Rumor has it that the album was originally planned as a "sister album" to Decomposer which was released in 2006. What's the story behind it?

Well, we never really stopped recording after Decomposer. We just kept recording between tours. But it took a long time to complete. We don't take a 6 month break to record like some bands do.

So were any of the songs on A Band In Hope recorded at the same time as Decomposer?

Yeah, actually 2 of them were. We were really happy with the songs but they just didn't fit with the rest of the album (Decomposer) so we held on to them.

If you could open for/play with any band in the world, who would it be?

The Beatles just so I could seem them play live together. Also, Snoop Dogg, MUSE, Jay- Z and Tom Waits...I don't think we'd go over well with their crowds at all but I'd like to do it so I would get to see them live.

What's the coolest thing a fan has ever given you?

Let's see, I can tell you the strangest thing. A fan from Japan was at one of our LA shows and brought me a shoebox diorama of snowmen that was inspired by my guitar solos. I think the music may have been lost in translation.

What's the most exciting place you have visited on tour?

Australia. I love it there. I want to move there. Everybody is so nice. Also Croatia, but I was young at the time, 18, and I wish I would have appreciated it more.

Would you rather have to open for Britney Spears on her (inevitable) comeback tour, or make an appearance in the new High School Musical movie?

I don't even know what High School musical is, I haven't seen it. I'd assume it's about a high school musical. I'd choose Britney Spears so I could see crazy shit go down.

Random Question Time

Mariah Carey or Jim Carrey: Jim Carrey, the first time I saw Ace Ventura I laughed so hard that I almost choked on the rice I was eating...so maybe Mariah since Jim Carrey almost killed me? Nah, definitely Jim Carrey.

Jelly Beans or Green Beans: Broccoli

Burger King or Dairy Queen: Subway (looks around)

The Breakfast Club or Breakfast at Tiffany's: I love The Breakfast Club. That's a good one.

Fall Out Boy or Boyz II Men: I used to have a karaoke machine when I was younger and I would belt out Boyz II Men songs. Now they have a special place in my heart.

Stealing Love Jones "Kicks" (Sheer Music)

Stealing Love Jones is a quartet from Durban, South Africa, composed of three gents and a femme fatale, all bearing the last name "Jones," a la the Ramones. Vocalist "Miss Jones," a.k.a. Esjay Jones, was previously offered a solo deal in the States but, due to visa difficulties, had to regretfully turn it down. After returning to South Africa and forming Love Jones in early 2005, Esjay was contacted by Sarah Bettens, former vocalist for indie darlings K's Choice, who offered the opportunity for Stealing Love Jones to open for Bettens at the world-famous Viper Room in West Hollywood; alas, a lack of timing didn't allow them to fill out the voluminous paperwork required for the trip, leading them to once again regretfully decline the invite. Undaunted, the group set up its own label, We Love Jones Forshore Records, with Esjay taking on the role of label head and visiting a variety of radio stations in order to secure airplay. Mission accomplished: first single "Kicks" was a smash on South African radio, prompting tabloid SA Music to exclaim, "Esjay's voice burns left-field rock hardness into their ingeniously arranged, super stadium-rock ballads." Stealing Love Jones just finished a brief US tour with dates that included New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and more. They are currently working on their next album which they hope to release in the fall.

You bug!

HushPuppies - Bad Taste And Gold On The Doors (I Want My Kate Moss) (Diamond Traxx)

The best way to promote an album is to go on the road. For their first album release, that's exactly what the HushPuppies did-they scheduled nearly one hundred stops before releasing their first album, The Trap. Even though their second full-length release is called Silence is Golden, the five Frenchmen are creating a loud enough buzz about "wanting their Kate Moss" that it's caught the ears of radio tastemakers in the UK, Japan, Spain, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy and now the US. Influenced by The Kinks and The Who, the HushPuppies' track "Bad Taste And Gold On The Doors (I Want My Kate Moss) is lighting up request lines wherever it's being played. Additional information is available in French and English on http://www.hushpuppiestheband.com/

ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT: Fortunately, that isn't the case for Saddle Creek's Tokyo Police Club, which is developing quite nicely, thank you, as evidenced by a 4-1 chart leap this week to claim the top spot on the Mediaguide Alternative Specialty Song chart with "Tessellate," the initial release from the Canadian quartet's highly anticipated full-length debut, Elephant Shell (in stores April 22 and available online now). The song picks up enough spins to also clock in at #2 on the Album end...where it trails only the new one from the Raconteurs, Consolers of the Lonely (Third Man/Warner Bros.), which slides up from the No.2 slot last week. After a week of indecision--despite last week's No.2 album showing for Jack White and the lads, not a single track cracked the Top 20 on the Song side--the Specialty panel seems to have settled on "Salute Your Solution," which boasts the highest debut on that chart this week at No.3. The group will be on tour in support of the album for the majority of the next two months, culminating in a performance at this year's Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival on June 13. For further info, check out www.theraconteurs.com. Also boasting an impressive debut on the Song side this week is Goldfinger at #4 with "One More Time," first offering from the album Hello Destiny (SideOneDummy), which hits stores April 22. While we're quite sure Goldfinger frontman John Feldmann is sick of hearing it, we'll say it one last time: Boy, do we miss Electric Love Hogs! Now that we've outed ourselves as being on the Hollywood scene for far too long, back to the charts: kudos to These New Puritans, who enjoy a pair of Top 10 debuts this week: the UK act bows at No.6 on the Song side with "Elvis," assisting full-length Beat Pyramid (Domino) to a No.8 showing on the Album end.

You know you've been on-line too long when...

• You start introducing yourself as so-and-so at aol.com.

• Your wife drapes a wig over the monitor to remind you of what she looks like.

• You check your mail. It says "no new messages" so you check it again.

• You name your children Eudora, Mozzilla, and Dotcom.

• All of your friends have a @ in their names.

• You tell the cab driver you live at http://123.elm.street/house/bluetrim.html

• You tell the kids they can't use the computer because "Daddy/Mummy's got work to do."

• You start tilting your head sideways whenever you smile. :-)

• As your car crashes through the guardrail on a mountain road, your first instinct is to search for the "back" button.