Loeb, having already grabbed the season's championship in the previous rally, was followed by second place finisher Norwegian Citroën privateer Petter Solberg. Third overall in his home country event was Loeb's teammate Dani Sordo.
The major review links, including daily podcasts and a highlights video, are included in this list. Preview post links are loaded within Junior's last couple regular 'Reading And Viewing List' blog posts.
Three weeks after he clinched the 2010 drivers' title, Sebastien Loeb underlined his intention to keep on winning by setting the fastest time at this morning's shakedown test for Rally de Espana...
After 125 kilometres of competitive action on Rally de Espana it's situation normal - but not for all the WRC mechanics, who have to change their cars' specification from gravel to asphalt, at a specially extended service halt...
Three weeks after clinching this year's drivers' World Championship, Citroen C4 WRC driver Sebastien Loeb has won the Rally de Espana - adding another victory to his record breaking tally...
...The Catalunya Rally - as the Rally de Espana is still known to those of a certain age - is always a funny event, and not just because you stand a fair chance of being suddenly embraced by a larger than life blue woodpecker as you wander around the service park...
Junior's October 18 through October 24, 2010 'Reading And Viewing List' includes title links with snippets from items that were published as we were getting into the second half of October 2010.
A brand new feeder series to the World Rally Championship will start in 2011, run in partnership by motorsport's governing body, the FIA and WRC promoter, North One Sport.
The ‘WRC Academy’ will be the first step on the WRC ladder for young drivers and will give the stars of tomorrow an unrivalled opportunity to develop their talent on the world stage in an extremely cost effective way...
Hats Off To Semin – Having lost two straight games, having a visiting team in town that played and lost at home last night, and having a rugged road trip (three games, four nights, three time zones) looming ahead this week, there was some urgency for the Capitals to win Saturday night’s home game against the Atlanta Thrashers...
With a brand-new track to get to grips with, the drivers enjoyed a challenging and largely productive first day in Korea, as the 'green' surface began to rapidly rubber in. As well as learning the ins and outs of the Yeongam circuit, they were tasked with maximising the set-up and balance of their cars ahead of Saturday's qualifying session and the majority were pleased with their progress. We take a team-by-team look...
John Lydon is putting out a coffee table book called Mr Rotten’s Scrapbook...
...There will also be a 12” record included, with tracks recorded on the recent Public Image Ltd’s recent reunion tour, plus spoken word content such as Mr Rotten’s Nursery Rhymes...
Lemmy, the documentary on the life of the legendary Motorhead leader, is be screened at cinemas across the UK on December 7.
Here’s a list of all the cinemas where you can see the film, which was shot over a three-year period and includes interviews with Slash, Alice Cooper, Ozzy Osbourne, Dave Grohl, Jarvis Cocker and Mick Jones (the one was in The Clash):...
No Doubting Thomas – For the second straight game, the Capitals poured more than 35 shots on Boston netminder Tim Thomas. And for the second straight game, the veteran goaltender stopped all but one of them. Thomas backstopped the Bruins to a 4-1 win over the Capitals in Boston’s home opener at TD Garden on Thursday night...
The Korean Grand Prix is all about breaking new ground figuratively and literally, so it as fitting that they took an historic photograph here yesterday of the world championship contenders...
On December 7th, 2010, British rock guitar legend Robin Trower is set to release a brand new studio album 'The Playful Heart' via his own V-12 Records. Distribution in North America will be handled through MVD Entertainment Group.
Recorded with his touring band, with includes vocalist Davey Pattison, and produced by long time musical cohort Livingston Brown, reportedly the eleven new songs show a more introspective Robin Trower. Three tracks are available for sampling at this location...
...Boyd Gordon is never going to be an offensive dynamo in the NHL (although he certainly has his moments). He's rarely going to crack fifteen minutes of ice time a night, and will probably only get a shot in the shootout if the coach has exhausted all his other options. And yet when he's healthy, he's often as invaluable to this team as the guys making the big bucks and earning the big minutes...
Drivers: Fernando Alonso (Ferrari), Jenson Button (McLaren), Lewis Hamilton (McLaren), Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) and Mark Webber (Red Bull).
Q: Gentlemen, you have just been doing the recreation of the 1986 photograph of the World Championship contenders. There were four of them then. There are five of you now going into the third last round of the championship. What are your feelings about the championship going into this race, particularly on an unknown circuit? Jenson Button: For me it has been a very interesting season. Arriving at a new team and working with a new team-mate and finding my feet pretty early on I felt...
The inaugural Korean Grand Prix - the race which some thought would never happen - is set to play a key role in the outcome of an increasingly tense world championship battle.
Red Bull drivers Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel prepare to go head-to-head with Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button. And to spice things up even more, all of them must aim for victory...
...In recent years the rally has been a pure asphalt encounter. However, to celebrate its 20th year in the WRC, organisers have reverted to the event's original format of mixed surface competition...
...The Caps outplayed and outchanced the Bruins but came up on the short end of a 3-1 score, bringing Washington’s four-game winning streak to a halt...
Nineteen years ago Michael Schumacher made his Formula One debut. Nineteen years of interviews - and seven world titles - later, there's very little we don't know about Schumacher. But after he agreed to partake in our Secret Life series, we managed to wrangle a few surprises out of the German legend. Samuel Beckett, skydiving and Italian culinary exploits are just some of his unexpected answers...
A host of star drivers from the World Rally Championship will lend their support to a charity auction and forum in Spain this week to raise funds for the Richard Burns Foundation and Michael Park Fund...
The Citroen privateer says the combination of his start position on the road for the penultimate round of the World Rally Championship allied to his increased confidence aboard his Citroen C4 WRC ensure he starts the event with what he feels is his best chance yet of ending his five-year drought of wins...
...One thing that fans can count on soon is the first teaser trailer for "Green Lantern", set to accompany "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" next month.
"Technically it's a teaser, but it's pretty big", Johns said of the teaser. "I don't know the exact time length, but it's got more stuff in there than I would have thought for a teaser, that's for sure."...
The cars competing from Rally Sweden onwards next year will run with 1.6-litre instead of two-litre turbocharged engines and they’ll have less technology in the transmission than the likes of the Citroen C4 WRC and Ford Focus RS WRC we’ll see in Spain this week. But, to you and me, they’re going to be just as quick, according to Lapworth...
The addition of a brand new circuit to the F1 calendar is always an exciting prospect and this weekend's inaugural Korean Grand Prix in Yeongam certainly has all the ingredients for an entertaining race...
Mikko Hirvonen and Jari-Matti Latvala drove the new Fiesta RS World Rally Car for the first time during testing last week on gravel roads in Spain and France...
Junior's 'Reading And Viewing List' for October 11 through 17 of 2010 offers title links with article snippets from items that were published via the web heading into mid October.
Four Straight – It wasn’t pretty, but the Capitals came out of Nashville with a 3-2 overtime win over the Predators, their fourth consecutive win after an opening night loss in Atlanta. Brooks Laich’s power play goal closed out the Preds, but Michal Neuvirth’s spectacular 37-save performance in goal kept the Caps within striking distance...
World Rally Championship television coverage entered a new era this week when broadcasters were given a first glimpse of an exciting range of new programmes for next year...
Sure, "Red" has an amazing cast of actors — Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, and Richard Dreyfuss, among others — but we're not alone in calling out Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren as one of the most intriguing (and unlikely) of the bunch...
...According to Heat Vision, Marvel and ABC are developing a live-action television revival of "The Incredible Hulk," a property that's considered a top priority at Marvel Television. The division is headed up by comic book scribe and former "Heroes" writer Jeph Loeb, who just recently concluded a lengthy "Hulk" arc for Marvel Comics...
Eighty-two times Dani Sordo has taken the start of a World Rally Championship event. And 18 times, he has finished second. Sixteen times, he has finished second to Sebastien Loeb. Will Catalunya be number 17? Not if the former Junior World Rally Champion has got anything to do with it...
If there is one thing all the drivers and their teams love, it is a challenge, and the inaugural Korean Grand Prix should certainly be one of the biggest challenges of the season. Only just approved by the FIA, the Yeongam track is a real unknown quantity. Although they have undoubtedly studied the circuit map and sampled it on a simulator, the drivers have yet to experience the newly-built circuit for real, and they clearly can't wait to get cracking. The drivers and team personnel reveal their preparations...
During last weekend's New York Comic Con, MTV News hosted an event that took a look back at one of the first dark superhero films of the decade: M. Night Shyamalan's "Unbreakable"...
Former IRON MAIDEN singer PAUL DI'ANNO as confirmed with BraveWords.com that he will perform Iron Maiden's debut album in its entirety, as well as tracks from the Killers album, on his upcoming US dates in December and January...
Matthew Wilson says the end of the current World Rally Car era later this season will be less significant because the new generation machines being prepared for 2011 are so good...
Happy Homestand – Washington eked out a 2-1 win over the New York Islanders on Wednesday to finish off its first homestand of the season with a perfect 3-0 mark...
In "Red," Bruce Willis and Helen Mirren play retired black ops agents forced to get back into the game after they're targeted for assassination. Along with fellow agents played by Morgan Freeman and John Malkovich, the pensioners set out to discover who's trying to end their quiet retirement — though, as you'll see in this new clip, some have been quieter than others...
We here at Splash Page and the greater MTV community have long advocated for a sequel to "Unbreakable," director M. Night Shyamalan's 2000 feature film about a man who learns that he's super strong and practically invulnerable. But while we have always been big fans of the comic book inspired movie, it wasn't always a well-received work...
Ferrari's Fernando Alonso says he must go on the attack at the forthcoming Korean Grand Prix in order to stop championship leader Mark Webber pulling further ahead in the title race...
Diamond Head are to make their performance at Hard Rock Hell IV on December 3 something special.
To mark the 30th anniversary of the release of their classic debut album, Lightning To The Nations, the band will play this in its entirety – for the first time ever. Released in 1980 by Happy Face Records, it’s regarded as one of the most important of all NWOBHM records. This was originally put out in a plain white sleeve, hence it’s alternative title of The White Album...
Williams had an eventful Japanese Grand Prix, with Nico Hulkenberg being punted out by Renault's Vitaly Petrov on the opening lap and Rubens Barrichello complaining that his car was 'bouncing' during the race. At the end of it all, however, they came away with two points, courtesy of Barrichello...
...Beyond "Fantastic Four", there's another superhero project that Willis would "absolutely" love to pursue: a sequel to "Unbreakable", the 2000 thriller written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. Asked about the possibility of that project coming to life, Willis said: "You better talk some sense into M. Night Shyamalan and see if we can get that to come around."...
Eight Gets One Late – Monday night’s game against the Senators won’t be remembered as one of the best performances of Alex Ovechkin’s career. The dynamic left wing struggled in all situations all night against the Senators, but he redeemed himself in the game’s 65th minute...
...Deadline reports the breaking news that Sony Pictures Entertainment has offered the lead villain role in "Spider-Man" to the Welsh actor. If he accepts the offer, Ifans will join a growing cast list that already includes Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker and Emma Stone as his ill-fated first love Gwen Stacy...
Championship leader Mark Webber says he must take another race victory this season as he looks to secure his first Formula One drivers' title. Webber extended his standings lead in Suzuka on Sunday, but...
The organisers of RallyRACC Catalunya-Costa Daurada Rally de Espana have issued a strong entry for next week's penultimate round of the World Rally Championship, featuring all the main players and a WRC debut in a Subaru Impreza WRC for Francois Duval...
As a follow up to our earlier Paranoid @ 40 blog post we are celebrating the LP reaching the top of the UK album charts. As you can see from the advert we obtained from the Vertigo Swirl website which was published in the October 10th edition of Record Mirror, the lable were very proud of this landmark achievement for them and the band. I wonder if they could have ever imagined that the record would still be making waves all these years on. We asked Dr Andy Cope, author of Black Sabbath and the Rise of Heavy Metal to give the musicology perspective on the album which reached the top of the UK album charts 40 years ago. He gave us this summary of some of the material he covers in far greater detail in his book...
Here are some links to the main Formula1.com stories for this race, from qualifying and on through to post race reactions in a review list. Please, also enjoy the usual highlights video.
Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber annihilated their opposition in Sunday morning's delayed qualifying session for the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka, their stunning pace through the Esses in the first sector giving them a conclusive advantage over opposition that proved very closely matched...
After Saturday's qualifying session for the Japanese Grand Prix was postponed thanks to heavy rain at Suzuka, the drivers finally had a chance to stake their claim on the grid on Sunday morning, ahead of the afternoon race. With Ferrari's Felipe Massa failing to make it through to Q3 and the Red Bull duo of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber looking ominously dominant, there was plenty to talk about. The drivers, and senior team personnel, review Sunday's qualifying action...
It may have been unusually timed - Sunday morning, instead of rain-hit Saturday - but qualifying in Japan was business as usual for Red Bull, with polesitter Sebastian Vettel and team mate Mark Webber locking out the front row of the grid. Renault's Robert Kubica could be a fly in the ointment in third, whilst Ferrari's Fernando Alonso, and McLaren's Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton will be gunning for the podium. We take a team-by-team look at qualifying at Suzuka...
As expected, nobody could hold a candle to the Red Bulls in Suzuka on Sunday afternoon as Sebastian Vettel led home team mate Mark Webber by nine-tenths of a second in a gripping race in which the five title contenders finished in the top five places. Vettel's third triumph of the season, and Fernando Alonso's third place for Ferrari, 1.8s behind Webber, moves the German into joint second place with the Spaniard, each on 206 points, as Webber moved out to 220 to extend his lead to 14...
1st Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull), 1h30m27.323s; 2nd Mark Webber (Red Bull), 1h30m28.228s; 3rd Fernando Alonso (Ferrari), 1h30m30.044s
Q: Sebastian, last season pole and the win. This year pole and the win and all in the space of just one day. Sebastian Vettel: Yeah, incredible day this morning with qualifying and with the pole position and this afternoon we just continued. So fantastic...
Sebastian Vettel has come in for his fair share of criticism this season, but in Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix the Red Bull driver was untouchable as he delivered the win he needed to stay in title contention. With neither McLaren making the Suzuka podium - and with just three rounds remaining - it's looking increasingly like a three-way showdown for the drivers' championship...
Junior's 'Reading And Viewing List' for October 1 through October 10, 2010 offers title links with article snippets from items that were published via the web during the first ten days of October 2010.
As you all know by now, I am the sort of person that likes most types of music. I listen to a lot of music of different styles and genres, and it pains me immensely to complain about music, because the last thing I want to happen is to be labelled an old fart. But now I throw in the towel. Go ahead. Call me a geezer. The Sultan of Geez. The Geezmeister.
Why is this, Jeff? I hear you cry in dismay. Because I am officially confused. I can't deal with all the different subgenres and subgenres of subgenres of metal. Can't deal with it...
Where The Devil Don't Stay – After admitting they had been outworked by an upstart Thrashers team in a 4-2 loss in Atlanta on Friday, the Capitals found themselves on the short end of a 2-1 count after the first 20 minutes of play in Saturday’s home opener against the Devils. As was often the case with the four goals against in Friday’s game, defensive-zone sloppiness was responsible for the first two New Jersey tallies on Saturday...
Star of the Travel Channel show "No Reservations," Anthony Bourdain broke out some hard-hitting writing when he released his memoir "Kitchen Confidential" — but he's decided to try his hand at creating a graphic novel as well...
Washington opens its 2010-11 home slate with a Saturday date with the New Jersey Devils. Both teams fell in their season openers on Friday night. The Capitals dropped a 4-2 decision to the Thrashers in Atlanta while New Jersey lost a 4-3 overtime contest to the Dallas Stars on home ice...
Déjà Vu All Over Again – Two years ago, a strong Washington team rolled into Atlanta for its season opener and was humbled in a decisive 7-4 loss to the Thrashers, playing in their first game under a new coach. Tonight, the Caps got their 2010-11 season off to an inauspicious start with a 4-2 setback at the hands of the Thrashers in Atlanta. It was the first game for Craig Ramsay as Atlanta’s bench boss...
A track that was still relatively green, and a drop in its temperature in the second session, gave teams plenty to think about on the first day of practice for the Japanese Grand Prix. Red Bull team mates Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber came out on top, but Renault's Robert Kubica displayed some impressive speed behind the RB6s. However, with the weather forecast suggesting that heavy rain might enliven proceedings on Saturday, there's still everything to play for. We take a team-by-team look at the early progress at Suzuka...
Everybody expects that Ferrari and Red Bull will be massively strong this weekend at Suzuka, the wonderful figure-of-eight track that places such a premium on aerodynamic efficiency and the ability for a car to change direction faithfully and cleanly...
The Washington Capitals break the seal on the 2010-11 season – the 36th in the franchise’s history – when they visit Atlanta to take on the Thrashers on Friday night at Philips Arena. This year’s season opener marks the fifth straight season in which Washington has opened up on the road and the third time in the last four seasons that it has done so in Atlanta...
In comparison to his title rivals, at 34 years-old Red Bull's Mark Webber is the 'old man' of this year's championship fight. But with age comes experience, and the relaxed way in which Webber is wandering around the Suzuka paddock ahead of Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix suggests his maturity could make the difference...
Drivers: Lewis Hamilton (McLaren), Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber), Michael Schumacher (Mercedes), Adrian Sutil (Force India), Sakon Yamamoto (HRT)
Q: Kamui, your home race but I don't think you have raced here for a long, long time. Since you were 17, I think?Kamui Kobayashi: Yes, I think the last race at Suzuka was seven years ago. Quite a long time. I am very excited to drive at Suzuka again...
Last year Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel walked the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka. And the time before that, Fernando Alonso won the last race here, to clinch his second world championship. Both plan to repeat those feats...
Slash has started his own film production company, and is getting involved with horror movies. The company’s called, appropriately enough, Slasher Films, and the first project is titled Nothing To Fear...
It was quite a season for the Washington Capitals last season. Wherever you turned, at just about any point on the calendar, you saw achievement after achievement:...
...Titled Ronnie James Dio – A photographic Memoir, it features photos from P.G. Brunelli, who worked closely with the great singer for over 20 years. Apart form his photos, there are also contributions from Bruce Dickinson, Rob Halford, Doug Aldrich among others...
Last year was a “might have been” season for Alex Ovechkin. The two-time reigning Hart Trophy winner had the stars in his sky aligned for what might have been a season for the ages. The most compelling force in the NHL and perhaps its most market-friendly would see his Washington Capitals mentioned often as contenders for the Stanley Cup. He would be named the 14th captain in Capitals history...
BMW Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi will be the subject of intense media scrutiny at his home Grand Prix this weekend. But before he gets hit with a barrage of predictable pre-race questions, we thought we'd get in there with a few less predictable ones. Want an F1 driver who can cook anything, except maybe carrots? Or one who fears the world might end in two years' time? Then Kobayashi is your man...
Since the NHL returned from its lockout for the 2005-2006 season, 14 different players have reached the 100-point mark. Of that group, only four reached it at a younger age than Nicklas Backstrom – Eric Staal, Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, and Alex Ovechkin. Not bad company. Getting there for Backstrom has been an example of steady progress...
...The brand new deluxe reissue is a 2CD/DVD collection that contains both a remastered edition of the original album replete with a handful of bonus tracks along with a live recording from Carnegie Hall and a live film from that same concert.
The reissue is scheduled for release on October 25th...
Lotus have confirmed on Tuesday that Red Bull Technology will supply the team with gearboxes and hydraulic systems from 2011. “The announcement is obviously a massive step forward for us, both in engineering terms, and as an expression of our ambitions for next year and for future championships,” said Mike Gascoyne, Lotus's chief technical officer. “The gearbox / hydraulics package obviously plays a critical role in the performance of the car, not just on track but in design and packaging terms, and this deal gives our design and aero teams a very exciting platform to work with...
Rufus Stone Limited Editions, who specialize in expensive, limited edition rock books have announced the forthcoming release of two "coffee table" sized books tracing the history of Whitesnake and also the late Ronnie James Dio...
The residents of Seoul enjoyed a taste of Formula One action on Sunday as the Renault team took to the streets of the South Korean capital to stage a spectacular series of demonstrations. Test driver Jerome D'Ambrosio drove last year's Renault, the R29, on a specially constructed 0.5km circuit along Se Jong Road in central Seoul. A huge crowd lined the streets to watch the show and witness the unique sight and sound of a Formula One car up close...
Nobody’s Perfect – Washington put its perfect 5-0 pre-season mark on the line against Nashville on Sunday at Verizon Center, bidding for the first perfect exhibition slate in franchise history. The Capitals closed out the pre-season on the short end of a 3-0 whitewashing at the hands of the Predators...
Kimi Raikkonen has elected not to re-start the final day of the Rallye de France-Alsace in order to save his car for the Catalunya Rally in three weeks' time.
The former Grand Prix Champion had a torrid time yesterday, sliding off the road on two occasions and dropping just out of the top 50 overall...
...Alexander Semin took something of a beating in the press after last spring’s seven-game loss to the Montreal Canadiens in the first round of the 2010 Stanley Cup playoffs. After finishing the regular season with career highs in total goals (40), even strength goals (30), shorthanded goals (two), road goals (17), and home goals...
Mike Knuble works in a violent world. That semi-circle with a radius of a dozen feet from the center of the goal line are the equivalent of a Class IV or V rapids on a river – difficult to negotiate, heavily obstructed, dangerous, requiring the best effort and greatest knowledge. Working in that world over the past 13 seasons has imparted upon Knuble a certain wisdom on how to survive (he has played in fewer than 64 games in a season only once in the last 11 seasons) and how to flourish...
...Tomas Fleischmann has been quietly working toward this season, making steady progress while enduring the slings and arrows cast his way for not fitting a certain mold of player that fans seem to expect. Step back for a moment and try not to associate the player with the name...
On a team that has offense in spades, the Caps are a club that is perceived as being somewhat lacking in the defensive arts. That notion seems to apply to forwards as well as defensemen. A team that finished 16th in goals allowed per game – sixth among the eight teams in the Eastern Conference that made the playoffs last spring – has not really done much to alter that perception. And that brings us to David Steckel...
Five For Five – Washington ran its exhibition record to a perfect 5-0 with a 5-3 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets at Verizon Center on Friday night. Eric Fehr had two goals – including the game-winner – and an assist to pace the attack...
With just four rounds remaining and both titles far from decided, the championship heads to the legendary Suzuka circuit for next weekend's Japanese Grand Prix. The fans are fanatical, in the truest sense of the word; the track is widely considered one of the best on the calendar; and it even has its own theme park. No wonder everyone in the paddock is itching to get there. The drivers and senior team members look ahead to the race and discuss their prospects...
This is a collection of review links, including daily podcasts and a highlights video. Preview posts can be found within Junior's last couple regular 'Reading And Viewing List' blog posts.
Junior's 'Reading And Viewing List' for September 26 through September 30, 2010 contains title links with article snippets from items that hit the web during the final days of the September 2010.
A couple 2010 WRC Rally France Preview posts made it into this list. You'll also find two (each) Washington Capitals NHL Preseason game previews and reviews.
Rock Radio UK is reporting that Who singer Roger Daltrey worries that new technology means younger generations aren’t taking time to stop and think – meaning they’ll be too easily controlled by the powers that be.
He fears the angry sentiments of classic track My Generation might not be echoed by future kids, because they’re too busy interacting with the virtual world to think about the real world around them...
It might be easy to look at Brooks Laich’s style of hockey and pigeon-hole him as a grinding, third-liner sort of player, one who applies a certain amount of grit and tenacity to his effort, mixing in the odd goal here and there. But look a bit deeper...
BraveWords.com spoke with original Alice Cooper drummer Neal Smith about the band's long-overdue nomination into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2011. Watch for the feature to go online at BraveWords.com this week. In the meantime, Smith told scribe Mitch Lafon that Alice Cooper and original band members Michael Bruce (guitar/keyboards), Dennis Dunaway (bass) and he have been in the studio and have already recorded "more than one track" for Alice's upcoming Bob Ezrin (Pink Floyd, KISS) produced album...
Home of Metal is delighted to announce details of the Heavy Metal and Place conference at The University of Wolverhampton in September 2011. The details reproduced below have been posted on numerous academic websites where scholars are invited to submit ideas for the contributions they would like to make. Here on Home of Metal dot com we’ve used the facilities offered by our website to bring you an audio and visual element to this announcement. Read, listen and look on...
Ford reveals Fiesta RS WRC Posted at WRC.com Ford has revealed its new Fiesta RS World Rally Car at the Paris Motor Show. The eagerly-anticipated new challenger will be used by the manufacturer from the 2011 season onwards, under the latest 1.6 turbo regulations. The Fiesta WRC will make its competition debut at Rally Sweden in February 2011...
...Starting out in 1977, under the name Lucifer, by the time I first saw the South Londoners they were already calling themselves Angel Witch (a sort of Heaven & Hell name, eh), and had the classic line-up of Kevin Heybourne (guitar/vocals), Kevin Riddles (bass/vocals) and Dave Hogg (drums). They played regularly at the good old Music Machine in London, a slightly run down venue, with catacombs instead of corridors. Located right next to Mornington Crescent tube station on the Northern Line (and now the altogether more plush Koko), this is where Soundhouse guru Neal Kay held regular, and famed, nights, showcasing both established talents and also young hopefuls.
Occasionally playing on the same bill at The Music Machine were Angel Witch, Iron Maiden and Samson. Each took it in turns to open and to headline. Yet, despite what history might tell you, at the time Angel Witch were possibly the most popular of the three. So much so that, according to legend, when EMI Records initially expressed an interest in getting ‘One of these NWOBHM bands’ under contract, it was Angel Witch to whom they first turned...
Speed Kills – Washington ran its pre-season record to a perfect 4-0 with a 4-1 win over the Bruins in Boston on Wednesday night. Even with a dozen of its skaters playing their second game in as many nights – and with many of the team’s top stars staying back in the District and getting the night off – the Capitals had more jump than the home team from the get-go...
This week, September 28th, Eagle Rock Entertainment released Rush: 2112 & Moving Pictures Classic Albums simultaneously released on DVD and Blu-Ray.
The epic program carries the viewer through the creation of the progressive rock milestones via brand new interviews, demonstrations, archive videos, and use of the original multi-track tapes. Besides new interviews with Rush’s bassist/vocalist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson, and drummer Neil Peart, original producer Terry Brown, is also featured...
Despite a minor off while testing his Ford Focus WRC prior to the Rallye de France, American Gymkhana sensation Ken Block is feeling upbeat in the build-up to the French event, run for the first time in the Alsace region...
Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher, reigning constructor's champions Brawn GP, technical whizz Ross Brawn and the might of German car giant Mercedes-Benz. The ingredients for a stunning 2010 season were all present and correct when Mercedes GP launched in Stuttgart back in January...
Washington travels to Boston on Wednesday for the back half of a home-and-home pre-season set with the Bruins. The Caps edged the B’s 3-2 at Verizon Center on Tuesday night in the opener.
The Caps will put a perfect 3-0 pre-season mark on the line against the Bruins on Wednesday...
...Let me make one thing clear: I'm a moderate and don't think the Democrats have the answers. But, the majority of the problems we currently face were created within the last administration. The huge tax cuts for the wealthy and the out-of-control spending on the Iraq War combined with the lax economic policies and deregulation of the financial sectors by Bush and his cronies has led us squarely to where we are right now...
...So, if the Tea Party folks get their way they'll help elect a candidate that doesn't really speak for them and whose hypocrisy will come back and bite them all in their collective asses...
*Dan, Jr. / Junior's Eyes Note: Amen Brian, Amen! There's a whole lotta truth written in this great post by Brian Lumley.
Middle Men – Everyone knows that Nicklas Backstrom is entrenched as the Caps’ No. 1 center. Backstrom, who signed a 10-year contract extension last May, spent most of last season centering for Alex Ovechkin and Mike Knuble and figures to start this season skating between the same wingers.
In Tuesday’s home preseason opener, Caps fans got a glimpse of their team’s future up the middle...
The late Ronnie James Dio was one of the greatest rock singers of all time, most notably with Rainbow, Black Sabbath and his own band Dio. It was at London's Astoria Theatre on October 22nd 2005 that Dio took to the stage to deliver one of the most memorable performances of their career...
In this day of press releases, comes a release that's more "modern" and isn't a re-release of something. It's a live CD & DVD from Heaven & Hell, and is the last professionally recorded appearance of Ronnie James Dio...
Also, in a bit of a surprise came a press release with pictures of a new box set announced today by Sanctuary Records. It's called "The Ozzy years - Complete Albums Box Set (Limited Collector's Edition)"...
The pile of release announcements continues with some other releases from the past. As with the Seventh Star & Eternal Idol announcement, I'm here to announce that available now are Deluxe Edition versions of the "Live at Last" album, as well as "Past Lives". These are available now (they were technically released yesterday)...
A couple of weeks ago, I broke the news that the Ray Gillen version of the Eternal Idol was to be released. Back then I didn't have a formal press release, but I have that today. Below is the full press release for the two releases. One slightly different bit in the press release, however. The previously accepted date of October 25, 2010 has been changed - the formal press release now says one week later, November 1, 2010. I've confirmed with Sanctuary records that November 1st is the proper release date...
Classic Rock has today announced that Rush will be honoured with the ‘Living Legend’ award at this year’s Marshall Classic Rock Roll Of Honour Awards in association with Currencies.co.uk.
Rush will fly in to London to collect the award on November 10, with Alice Cooper hosting the event at London’s Roundhouse venue...
Heaven & Hell are to release a live CD/DVD in November on the Eagle Records label.
It’s called Neon Knights: 30 Years Of Heaven & Hell, and was filmed/recorded at the Wacken Festival in Germany on July 30, 2009. Here’s the full track listing:...
Stobart Ford World Rally Team driver Matthew Wilson says the recce for this week’s Rallye de France will be more important than ever as the event switches from its traditional base on the island of Corsica and moves onto the mainland region of Alsace...
He was born in Italy but lives in Switzerland; he's been wowing the paddock on and off for the last six seasons with his colourful dress sense; and from his 57 Grand Prix entries he's claimed 18 world championship points and a career-best finish of sixth place at the 2007 Chinese Grand Prix. But delve a little deeper, and there's plenty more to discover about Liuzzi...
After taking two road tilts to start off their six-game slate of exhibition games, the Caps host the Boston Bruins on Tuesday at Verizon Center in the first of their three home contests during the pre-season...
An HBO film crew is at Kettler Capitals Iceplex today working on a few promotional shots before they begin formal shooting for "24/7 Penguins/Capitals: Road to the Winter Classic" on Dec. 5. Capitals officials have said this is a much larger crew than the one that will be filming regularly, but the sheer number of cameras, crew members and producers hasn't gone unnoticed...
If "The Dark Knight" shattered preconceived notions that comic book movies are inherently lighthearted, then "The Flash" could help push those expectations even further...
BP Ford Abu Dhabi driver Mikko Hirvonen has said he will run a compromise set-up on his Focus RS World Rally Car on Rallye de France, which gets underway with the first of 20 special stages on Friday morning (October 1)...
As expected, Pirelli have confirmed Pedro de la Rosa as their new official Formula One test driver. De la Rosa takes over from Nick Heidfeld - to whom he recently lost his 2010 race drive with BMW Sauber - as the Italian firm gears up for its F1 return in 2011...
Mulligan was a hilarious character actor. He appeared in some great television situation comedy series during his career, such as Soap (as Burt Campbell) and Empty Nest (as Dr. Harry Weston). Memorable movies he worked in include 'S.O.B.' (as Felix Farmer) and 'The Big Bus' (as Claude Crane).
In the following Soap video clip, Burt Campbell deals with his alien double.
During the second afternoon of the Rallye de Espana, Dani Sordo finally came alive: but was it too little, too late?...
