"KILLING" IT

At Hollywood's Bourbon Room, HITS President Karen Glauber was joyously reunited with Warner's Green Day—whose records she has touted since the Dookie days—for an animated conversation about all manner of pertinent topics, not least the Crush-repped band's new single, "The American Dream Is Killing Me" (with which Warner's Rob Goldklang and Crush's Capone speedily closed the Alternative panel), and forthcoming album Saviors (due out 1/19), as well as which Yes keyboardist was their second favorite after Rick Wakeman. KG reminded the trio of when they first met, out by the FedEx truck. Seen wondering where the time goes are (l-r) Mike Dirnt, Glauber, Billie Joe Armstrong and Tré Cool.