Meat Puppets Bassist Pleads Guilty, Faces Time For Assault

Meat Puppets bassist Cris Kirkwood is looking at a two-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to an assault charge in a Phoenix courtroom Monday. Kirkwood, 43, entered his plea in U.S. District Court, where he stood accused of assault with a dangerous weapon. The charge stemmed from an incident in December that left the bassist with a bullet in his belly after he hit a post office security guard. Read more.