July 2, 2011

Junior's Reading And Viewing List:
May 11 - 21, 2011


Last Update - July 2, 2011 at 4:35 AM EDT

Junior's May 11 through May 21, 2011 'Reading And Viewing List' includes title links, with article snippets, from items published in the middle of May 2011.

Upcoming films, music, Formula One racing and WRC rally news are among the topics to be found here.


May 21, 2011

Dublin To Celebrate Phil Lynott On The Street
By mdome at Classic Rock

...Called The Boys Are Back In Town, this will mark the life and work of the legendary Lizzy leader. It happens on Saturday, August 20, which is Lynott’s birthday, and is being organised by Diblin City Council with street arts group MaSamba. They’ve selected some of the better known Lizzy songs, with costumes and choreography representing these...


May 20, 2011

Classic Rock’s New Releases Round-Up
By mdome at Classic Rock

This week, we’ve got new releases from old boys Saxon and Quo, a young lady called Sarah Fimm, some chaps with a King Crimson relationship, a Journey biography and Sammy Hagar’s story in his own larger-than-life style...


Friday practice - selected team and driver quotes
Posted at Formula1.com

Red Bull's Mark Webber may have led his team mate Sebastian Vettel by a country mile during Friday's opening session, but in the afternoon the situation changed somewhat with McLaren's Lewis Hamilton pushing Vettel down the order to third to run a very close second to Webber...


May 19, 2011

New 'X-Men: First Class' Clip: 'You Can Show Off'
By Rick Marshall at MTV's Splash Page

"X-Men: First Class" hits theaters soon, and along with a heap of new television spots popping up all over the place, there's also a brand new clip that just arrived online. Check out the team's introduction to Hank McCoy (a.k.a. Beast) in this scene from the film:...



Tickets for our huge Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery exhibition are now on sale!
Posted at Home Of Metal

"I’m really proud to be a Brummie and to call Birmingham my home, that’s why I’m supporting the Home of Metal events and message. Your surroundings and experiences influence your music so it’s important for people to know where that music came from!" - Tony Iommi, Black Sabbath...


The Kinks: Dave Davies On Reissues And Reunions
By mdome at Classic Rock

Dave Davies is recognised as one of the pioneers of the guitar sound that’s helped to define rock and metal over the past 45 years and more. As The Kinks continue their reissue programme (their first three albums will be put out in deluxe formats next month), he talks to Classic Rock about these albums and his thoughts on a reunion...


Spain preview - Barcelona thriller on the cards
Posted at Formula1.com

The Formula Ones teams are gathering in Spain amid excitement that the combination of KERS, DRS and Pirelli's tyres will provide an unusual level of overtaking at the Montmelo circuit, which in the past has generated low-key races with relatively little passing...


WRC only for ace Solberg
Posted at WRC.com

Petter Solberg will focus solely on his World Rally Championship campaign this season after postponing plans to enter the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in America next month...


May 18, 2011

Nicholas Hoult Reveals More Details About Beast's
'X-Men: First Class' Story Arc

By Danica Davidson at MTV's Splash Page

“X-Men: First Class” will be out in just a few weeks, and Nicholas Hoult, who plays Beast (a.k.a. Hank McCoy) is saying more — a lot more — about his character's arc in the "X-Men" prequel. Consider this your SPOILER WARNING, folks!...


New Ronnie Dio Compilation In June
By mdome at Classic Rock

...Titled Mightier Than The Sword, this double CD spans his entire career, from Elf to Heaven & Hell. The full track listing is...


Overtaking - making the impossible, possible at Barcelona
Posted at Formula1.com

The anomaly of Monaco excepted, Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya has long been the toughest F1 track for overtaking - 16 of the 20 races held there have been won from pole, including every race in the past decade...


May 17, 2011

Spain preview quotes - Red Bull, Force India, Virgin & more
Posted at Formula1.com

With last weekend's Turkish race hosted at Istanbul Park on the Asian side of the Bosphorous, the European leg of the Formula One season kicks off for real in Barcelona next weekend. The Circuit de Catalunya is a venue the teams know very well from testing, although racing there represents a completely different challenge. The drivers and senior team personnel discuss their prospects...


May 16, 2011

Ronnie's 1 year Anniversary
Posted by Joe Siegler at Black Sabbath Online

...Found this video online tonight which has interview footage with Wendy Dio, Geezer Butler, and former Elf bandmate David Feinstein. Check it out:



Long Lost Album From Irish Blues Rock Guitar Legend
Rory Gallagher Due Out May 17

Posted by Nightwatcher at Nightwatcher's House Of Rock

The story goes that Jimi Hendrix was once asked what it was like to be the greatest guitarist in the world, to which he replied, "I don’t know, go ask Rory Gallagher!"...


Raikkonen: WRC remains my main focus
Posted at WRC.com

Former Formula One title winner Kimi Raikkonen says his first commitment remains to the World Rally Championship ahead of his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut in Charlotte on 20 May...


May 13, 2011

Kenneth Branagh Reveals His 'Doctor Who' Love To Craig Ferguson
By Rick Marshall at MTV's Splash Page

Marvel's god of thunder isn't the only space-traveling hero on director Kenneth Branagh's radar these days, as the "Thor" filmmaker recently spent most of a recent interview with Late Late Show host Craig Ferguson discussing "Doctor Who"...

...Here's the first segment:



And here's the rest of it:



Listen To New Vivian Campbell Song
By mdome at Classic Rock

...Click here for the song...


Thin Lizzy Announce Three More Reissues
By mdome at Classic Rock

...Each will come in an expanded, deluxe edition with previously unreleased bonus material...


May 12, 2011

First 'X-Men: First Class' Clip: 'Magic Trick'
By Rick Marshall at MTV's Splash Page

...In the new clip, Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) encounters some difficulty getting the government to accept the existence of mutants, but all that changes when Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence) decides to make an example of her own shape-shifting abilities...



VW aims to put Germany back on the WRC map
Posted at WRC.com

Volkswagen Motorsport boss Kris Nissen is aiming for his company's World Rally Championship programme to unearth 'the next Walter Rohrl'...


May 11, 2011

The Cult Seal New Record Deal
By mdome at Classic Rock

The Cult have signed a new deal and are working on an album right now...


Statistics buff Alonso convinced of his title chances
Posted at Formula1.com

Despite a slow start to his season, Ferrari's Fernando Alonso is certain he can still claim the title. Buoyed by his first podium finish of the year in Turkey, and after carrying out his own statistical comparison between 2010 and 2011. Alonso believes his championship fight is far from over, as long as the Italian team continue to improve...

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