Earlier today, Mike Shinoda posted on his blog about the newfound 1999 demo, "She Couldn't". This is what he had to say:

"Many of you have asked about an old demo that is floating around. The song is called “She Couldn’t.” We recorded it in 1999 during the making of Hybrid Theory, but it never made an album and was never released by us. For legal reasons, that's all I can say about the song, but I hope this clears things up!"

What do you think?

Straight from Julien-K site, tonight Julien-K will be having a LIVE webcast from Orlando, FL at approximately 9:00pm ET. We'll have a song from the set in a live feed for you guys! Please be aware that the time of 9:00pm might change based on how on time everything is going for the evening so keep that in mind while you're waiting. Please tune in below to see the webcast!

Webcast

Just 1 song? too bad but oh well, let's hope they let us watch more.

From LP.com: Linkin Park will play at Shanghai Stadium in Shanghai, China on August 15. Tickets are on sale NOW at Ticketmaster! LP Underground members have tickets set aside, and also have a chance for Meet & Greets with members of Linkin Park.

Also, a new LPTV episode entitled "Mike's Valiant Effort" is up on LP.com. The episode deals with Mike and Chester having fun in the studio at NRG playing pool during the writing of the new album.

Lastly, if you have any ticket stubs or promo posters for shows (especially 2009 stuff), send 'em on in if you haven't. You can email them to me at "hahninator@sotrix.net" or attach them in a reply to this post. We're missing Pori, Chiba City, Osaka, Okinawa, Shanghai and Macao. If you have any of those, we'd love to have some scans. We're also taking any from older shows as well. Fort Minor and Julien-K are accepted too.

As far as the site goes, we're currently working on an "LPLive 2.5" upgrade for you all, hopefully ready before the first show of the summer in Istanbul in a few weeks. We're going to be including some cooler stuff, such as expanding the site's width to allow more room for content, adding a Twitter box, adding ticket stubs and show posters, and more. Our next exclusive will be next week and once again, it will be a really good live show (our best one besides the Mountain View 2004 release in my opinion), so be ready for that. I want to get a page up sometime soon with all of the downloads and info on them that we've ever had. Hmm.

Thanks for the support and I'm glad you all enjoyed "She Couldn't" and the other demos!

Here's an exclusive that's sure to blow your minds: A previously unheard, 10 year-old demo CD that includes a never-before-released song and alternate versions of several other demos!

Of course, the big gem on this disc is 'She Couldn't.' This song goes against a lot of stereotypes regarding early Hybrid Theory/Linkin Park material. For one, the song clocks in at well over 5 minutes in length, and features an extended instrumental breakdown. It's also one of the softest songs the band has produced, particularly from this era. And as mentioned, this is an extremely rare case of a Linkin Park song sampling music from another artist (which may be part of the reason it was scrapped so early on and none of us had ever heard it until now).

Thanks to Astat, Nick (Yes, I mentioned you this time since this is huge), Jonas, Sotrix (oh man) and everyone else involved in this awesome release. Thanks for keeping the track on the down low despite all the pressure! Now, maybe we can get a quote from Mike on it…?

Check out our FULL post and download the entire CD in both FLAC and mp3 HERE.

Everyone ready for our best exclusive in LPLive history?

Take some guesses! I'll be posting it later today.

EDIT: It's not the live show - I decided to release that next week; this is something different.