Junior's
'Reading And Viewing List' for September 11 through September 20, 2010 contains title linked places worth visting from last month. If you missed these posted items, or just want to revist and review them, I think you'll find them worth the cyber trip.
The topics covered below include films, music, hockey (
Washington Capitals) and racing (
Formula One and
WRC).
At least one
2010 WRC Rally France Preview post made it into this list.
September 20, 2010Leslie West Illness Forces Changes to Scheduled ShowsPosted by Nightwatcher at
Nightwatcher's House Of RockLeslie West, legendary guitarist and singer for the group Mountain and West, Bruce Jr and Laing, is at home recovering from a recent stay at Holy Name Hospital in Teaneck, New Jersey to treat blood clots, (DVT) and a pseudo aneurysm in his leg.
Intervention Radiologist, Dr. John Rundback stated, “Leslie underwent several procedures to re-vascularize his right leg with angioplasty and extensive use of stints”. The aneurysm was a result of anticoagulation drugs administered to Leslie to resolve and prevent further thrombosis...
First Betty White, Now Stan Lee? New 'SNL' Facebook Campaign Kicks Off!By Rick Marshall at MTV's
Splash PageJust a few months ago, "Golden Girls" actress Betty White made headlines by turning a Facebook fan campaign into a guest hosting gig on "Saturday Night Live." Now, fans of comics legend Stan Lee are hoping to do the same for the co-creator of Spider-Man, the X-Men, and countless other iconic characters...
A Survey of Local Caps’ Media: Evaluating the OffseasonBy pucksandbooks at
On Frozen BlogIn the leadup to this fall’s training camp I reached out to local media long devoted to covering the Caps and asked them to respond to a single line of inquiry: relative to where they imagined the Caps to be as claimants for legitimate Stanley Cup contention in the immediate aftermath of last April’s seven-game series loss to Montreal, where were the Caps at the dawn of training camp this fall? Improved? Regressing? More or less the status quo? I wanted from them a verdict on the Capitals’ offseason, with en eye toward the big prize. I received from my media colleagues what I thought I would: extremely thoughtful verdicts...
Vosgien test nets Kimi his first rally victoryPosted at
WRC.comKimi Raikkonen says he is ready for his next World Rally Championship event after a successful test - and first rally win - on the Rallye Vosgien on Saturday.
The Citroen Junior Team has now planned all of its 15 official test days, which means the only alternative way of offering the Red Bull-backed Raikkonen experience of the kind of roads he will drive on in the Rally of France is for him to compete on rallies...
September 19, 2010Fate, Karma And Throwing Down That Rock and Roll Gauntlet :
An Exclusive Interview with Glenn Hughes Of Black Country CommunionBy Nightwatcher at
Nightwatcher's House Of RockTo die hard rock n rollers, Glenn Hughes needs no introduction. From his first rise to prominence in the early 70's with Trapeze, through a three year stint with Deep Purple, later with Black Sabbath, Gary Moore and numerous solo releases, his vocal prowess has been such as to garner being called the "Voice Of Rock"...
If You Choose Not To Decide, You Still Have Made A ChoicePosted by OrderedChaos (a.k.a. Mike Rucki) at
On Frozen BlogWe pardon this interruption of your regularly-scheduled programming: Mike, John, and Gary chose to attend the Rush concert last night. 42 years to the day since the Rush’s first-ever performance at The Coff-In, and the band just keeps getting better.
Below are a few photos from the show. We will shortly resume your Capitals coverage, already in progress...
September 18, 2010Victims?By Ted Leonsis at
Ted's TakeThat is a pretty strong word, isn’t it?
I believe that small businesses are the life blood of our economy. They mostly serve local consumers in neighborhoods and it is tough to compete against big companies if you are a small business...
Japers' Rink Radio - Episode 20Posted at
Japers' Rink RadioFull Washington Capitals training camp opens today, and Pepper and Russell discuss the sky-high expectations for the Caps in this 2010-11 season with a very special 20th episode of JRR. And by special, we mean that we'll be joined by chairman and majority owner of Monumental Sports & Entertainment (the holding company of the Capitals), Ted Leonsis, and later in the hour by Greg Wyshynski, editor-in-chief of Yahoo's Puck Daddy blog...
Steven Tyler To Release Solo SingleBy mdome at
Classic Rock...
Blabbermouth are reporting that the song is the theme for the upcoming Japanese movie
Space Battleship Yamoto. The song itself is called Love Lives...
...
Check out the song on this clip.September 17, 2010Event VerizonBy Brian at
Rumblings from the Man Cave...I finally took the phone back to my local Verizon store.
That's when things went from bad to epic fail...
WRC stars McRae and Park rememberedPosted at
WRC.com
Two days in September, every September, will be forever remembered by rally fans. Two days in September, two years apart, when our world turned a little bit darker.
Already reeling from the terrible condition which had struck down Richard Burns, the WRC then lost Michael ‘Beef’ Park and Colin McRae.
Latvala to drive Monster Focus at RallydayPosted at
WRC.comBP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team driver Jari-Matti Latvala will pilot Ken Block's Monster World Rally Team Ford Focus at the Rallyday show in the UK this weekend.
Latvala will join other guests including 1984 World Rally Champion Stig Blomqvist and former WRC co-drivers Phil Mills and Nicky Grist at the non-competitive event at Castle Combe race circuit on Saturday 18 September...
'No Reservations' Host Anthony Bourdain Writing Graphic Novel For DC ComicsBy Josh Wigler at MTV's
Splash PageAnthony Bourdain is an acclaimed chef, food author, world traveler and television personality best known for "No Reservations," his globe-trotting Travel Channel series that shines the spotlight on the world's greatest culinary treats. Now, he can add another job to his ever expanding resume: comic book author...
Japan hoping for return to WRC as soon as possiblePosted at
WRC.comRally Japan chief Dmitry Krivtsov says the event's best hopes of a return to the World Rally Championship calendar rest with the return of a Japanese car manufacturer.
The Sapporo-based event is not on the WRC schedule for next season, but with the increased speculation surrounding a return to the sport for Toyota, there are hopes the series could be back on the island of Hokkaido in the near future...
Happy 25th Birthday to Great Eight!Posted at
Alex Ovetjkin...
Happy 25th Captain Ovechkin!...
Eminem to stage first Latin American show with F1 Rocks™Posted at
Formula1.comGEO Eventos in partnership with Enterprise Entertainment have announced global rap superstar Eminem will headline F1 Rocks™ with LG in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo on November 5, as part of the build-up to this season’s Brazilian Grand Prix. It will be Eminem’s first appearance in Latin America.
"This is something very special for the Brazilian audience,” said Pedro Assumpcao, CEO of Geo Eventos. “Eminem’s performance in Sao Paulo will show the importance of Brazil and F1 Rocks™ with LG in Sao Paulo as well as on the global arts scene.”
*Dan, Jr. / Junior's Eyes Note: When did Eminem switch to Rock music? This news is about as welcome as "Borat To Play Freddie Mercury". Excuse me, while I go throw-up.September 16, 2010Caps Rookie Camp Closes With a Bang! Caps 4 - Flyers 3By The Peerless at
The Peerless PrognosticatorIt might be September, it might be in Arlington, it might be rookies, but it is never, ever a bad day when the Caps beat the Flyers. And the rookies did just that to their Flyer counterparts, riding a late Cody Eakin goal to a 4-3 win at Kettler Capitals Iceplex this afternoon before a packed house and many of the Caps vets in attendance...
2010-2011 Previews: Goaltenders -- Michal NeuvirthBy The Peerless at
The Peerless PrognosticatorImagine yourself a young goaltender. A second round draft pick in 2006 (fourth goalie selected). The next year, you record a 26-8-4 record in Canadian juniors (2.32, .932, four shutouts), followed up by a 14-4 post-season record (2.44, .932) that carries your team to the Memorial Cup semi-finals. You have cemented yourself as a prospect to watch, except the next year you end up playing for three different teams in Canadian juniors (Plymouth, Windsor, Oshawa). No matter – you still put up a combined 17-7-8 record and go 7-2, 2.49, .928 in the post-season with Oshawa. Not much more to prove here...
Solberg convinced he's on the brink of WRC victoryPosted at
WRC.comPetter Solberg says it's only a matter of time before he returns to winning ways in the World Rally Championship.
Solberg, 35, last won at WRC level on Rally GB in September 2005. But after coming close to victory on Rally Japan last week, the Norwegian is convinced that it’s a case of when rather than if he will win again.
