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

Last Update - August 11, 2011 at 3:26 AM EDT

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

Film adaptions of super hero comics, Washington Capitals hockey, music, Formula One racing and WRC rally news are among the things covered here.


July 21, 2011

FIA Thursday press conference - Germany
Posted at Formula1.com

Drivers: Timo Glock (Virgin), Nick Heidfeld (Renault), Nico Rosberg (Mercedes), Michael Schumacher (Mercedes), Adrian Sutil (Force India) and Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull)...


The Poti Predicament
By Fehr and Balanced at Japers' Rink

It's no secret that George McPhee has had an incredibly successful off-season to date. Thus far he's assembled (on paper, at least) the best roster Bruce Boudreau has ever had to work with, and one of the best Capitals rosters ever, regardless of era. The most talented forward corps the franchise has ever had, hopefully bolstered by newfound checking depth that Caps fans have been used to relying on. Defense to rival the ‘80s. Goaltending to rival the ‘90s. What's not to like?...


Hirvonen tries rallycross for size
Posted at WRC.com

Mikko Hirvonen has followed in the footsteps of his former factory Ford team-mate Marcus Gronholm by taking part in a fully-fledged rallycross event...


Meeke and Sordo set for more MINI magic
Posted at WRC.com

MINI WRC Team stars Kris Meeke and Dani Sordo say they are ready and waiting to return to world championship duty on Neste Oil Rally Finland next week...


Germany preview - home heroes out to halt Ferrari
Posted at Formula1.com

A whole slew of intermixing factors will ensure that this weekend's German round, the Formula 1 Grosser Preis Santander von Deutschland 2011, will be a gripping affair as the race returns to the Nurburgring...


July 20, 2011

Keeping Development in Perspective
By Becca H at Japers' Rink

...The 2011 Development Camp has come and gone, the prospects returned to their various hometowns, but the impressions remain relatively fresh - of a late-round draftee from last month's draft, or a veteran of three camps who knows he still has some work to do, or a Russian defenseman looking to get his first season of North American hockey underway...


'Amazing Spider-Man' Trailer Swings Into Action
By Josh Wigler at MTV's Splash Page

Spider-Man bootleg no more! It's the real deal — the actual "Amazing Spider-Man" trailer has been caught in the web!...

McLaren confident of reclaiming advantage from Ferrari
Posted at Formula1.com

While six wins from nine races for Red Bull may look dull on paper, the reality of the 2011 season to date has been far more exciting. Not least because we've had the entertaining spectacle of seeing two of the sport's stalwarts - McLaren and Ferrari - battling it out for the honour of leading the vanguard against the 'upstarts' from Milton Keynes...


Gronholm reveals key to Finland success
Posted at WRC.com

Seven-time Neste Oil Rally Finland winner Marcus Gronholm reckons courage and brains are key to success on the world championship qualifier, which takes place in Jyvaskyla in the centre of the country from 28-30 July...


Rees: Petter will fight on in WRC
Posted at WRC.com

Petter Solberg World Rally Team head Ken Rees has vowed to remain positive despite his driver's unequal struggle for WRC glory...


July 19, 2011

Queen's Roger Taylor re-releases anti-Murdoch song - video
Posted at NME.com

...The song, entitled 'Dear Mr Murdoch', was first written in 1994 and was included on the musician's album, 'Happiness'. It is being re-released with the lyrics slightly tweaked...

Patti Smith To Release New Compilation
By mdome at Classic Rock

...Titled Outside Society, it will span her career from 1975’s Horses to 2007’s Twelve. The full track listing is:...


Ford reveals food-themed designs for Finland
Posted at WRC.com

The individual food-themed roof designs that will feature on the trio of Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team Fiesta RS WRCs on Neste Oil Rally Finland later this month have been revealed...


Stage Collapses During Cheap Trick Set
By mdome at Classic Rock

...Just 20 minutes into their set on the main stage at the Ottawa Bluesfest, the area was hit by a huge thunderstorm, causing the stage to collapse...


July 18, 2011

'Dark Knight Rises' Trailer: Batman Must Return
By Josh Wigler at MTV's Splash Page

Batman rises one last time next July, but you won't have to wait a full year before catching a glimpse at the final round of "Dark Knight" mania...

Matt Hendricks talks about Washington Capitals’
offseason changes
By Katie Carrera at The Washington Post's Capitals Insider

With the flurry of changes to the Capitals’ lineup this offseason, Matt Hendricks is one forward who already knows he’ll have to adjust to new linemates when the 2011-12 regular season kicks off...


Jim Simpson's Photographs at Sandwell Museums
Posted at Home Of Metal

Sandwell Museums are hosting an exhibition of long buried photographs of music promotor and former Black Sabbath manager, Jim Simpson. From the late 1950s Jim worked as a musician and a photographer before moving into managmenent and music promotion...


Foo Fighters Stream iTunes Gig
By mdome at Classic Rock

...The gig happened on Tuesday, July 12 at The Roundhouse in London, when the band were joined onstage by Lemmy for the Probot song Shake Your Blood. Brian May and Roger Taylor got up for the Queen classic Tie Your Mother Down, with Taylor Hawkins on vocals.

Get the stream here.

July 17, 2011

40 Years Stoner Rock
Posted at Home Of Metal

Summer 1971 saw the release of Black Sabbath’s third album Master of Reality. A 10ft x 10ft reproduction of the album artwork features in the 40 Years of Heavy Metal and its Unique Birth Place exhibition now on at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. Tony likes it and we hope you will do too...


July 16, 2011

7-16-11 George McPhee
Video posted at Caps365 media player via WashingtonCaps.com

Capitals GM George Mcphee addresses the media on the final day of development camp.

July 15, 2011

TNT cancels 'Men of a Certain Age'
By Alan Sepinwall at What's Alan Watching?

TNT has canceled "Men of a Certain Age", the low-rated critical darling starring Ray Romano, Andre Braugher and Scott Bakula as the three titular men...


Sky Arts Documentary on Home of Metal
Posted at Home Of Metal

We are delighted that not only will there be a 10 minute documentary screened on Sky Arts throughout the summer, (tonight will be the first airing at 7.50pm!!) but there will also be an extended version of a 30 mins documentary being broadcast on Sky One on the 31st August!

You can watch the trailer here...

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

This week, we’ve prog legends with a new singer, the teaming of Lemmy and Slim Jim Phantom, a mega expanded anniversary reissue of a thrash classic and a bunch of muthatrucking New Yorkers live on DVD...


Germany preview quotes - Lotus, Pirelli, HRT & more
Posted at Formula1.com

Hot on the heels of one legendary track - Silverstone - comes another, and this time it is the turn of the tight and challenging Nurburgring circuit to welcome the Formula One paddock. As the 'home' race for world champion Sebastian Vettel, Michael Schumacher, Nico Rosberg, Nick Heidfeld, Timo Glock and Adrian Sutil, the event has special significance for many on the grid. Here the drivers and senior team personnel explain why they can't wait to head for the mountains...


Formula One teams gear up for Russian invasion
Posted at Formula1.com

It may be three years before the country expects to stage its first Grand Prix, but this Sunday Russian fans will have the chance to enjoy the spectacle of Formula One at two separate demonstration events - one in the capital, Moscow, the other in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, which is set to host the F1 calendar's inaugural Russian round in 2014...


July 14, 2011

'MTV First: Captain America' Starts Right Now!
By MTV News Team at MTV's Splash Team

...Welcome to MTV First: Captain America, a 30-minute conversation between our very own Josh Horowitz and Mr. Steve Rogers himself, actor Chris Evans, featuring everything you could possibly want to know about "The First Avenger" and his first Marvel Studios adventure. In addition to the interview, we're also debuting an exclusive clip from next week's big superhero release, so make sure to tune in and enjoy the show!...


Second Clip and Featurette for 'Cowboys And Aliens'
Posted at Super Hero Hype

A second clip and featurette for Jon Favreau's Cowboys & Aliens are now up and can be watched using the player below!...

Hirvonen: Finland will be close
Posted at WRC.com

Home hero Mikko Hirvonen reckons this year's Neste Oil Rally Finland will be one of the closest yet - and expects several privateers from Finland to spring a surprise on the world championship qualifier...


Lemmy Readies New Solo Album
By mdome at Classic Rock

...Among the guests on the album are Dave Grohl, Joan Jett, Reverend Horton Heat and The Damned...


Idiocracy
By Brian Lumley at Rumblings From The Man Cave

...We're on a downward spiral, culturally-speaking, and I see it only getting worse. Lately, intelligence has become a thing of ridicule; a moniker like a big fat scarlet letter emblazoned upon your post-high school, matriculated forehead. For some reason an education makes you an "elitist," and over the past twenty years we've embraced the worst pop culture as our unique American offering to the rest of the world. TV has taught other countries that America's GDP is stupidity and somehow it's wholly chic to be unintelligent...


July 13, 2011

First 'Cowboys & Aliens' Clip: Daniel Craig Owes Harrison Ford
By Kara Warner at MTV's Splash Page

...There's a new "Cowboys & Aliens" clip out today, entitled "You Owe Me", that features a nice little scene between our heroes Dolarhyde (Harrison Ford) and Lonergan (Craig)...

Washington Capitals sign Mathieu Perreault
By Katie Carrera at The Washington Post's Capitals Insider

The Capitals announced Wednesday that they’ve signed center Mathieu Perreault to a one-year, two-way deal...


Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi on the Birthplace
of Heavy Metal - Video
Posted at Home Of Metal

Guitar legend Tony Iommi talks to Stuart Jeffries at the Home of Metal exhibitions in Wolverhampton and Birmingham, celebrating the origins of heavy metal and grindcore in Birmingham and the Black Country, the crucible of the industrial revolution.

The Guardian: Home of Metal - A history of the heavy
in seven objects
Posted at Home Of Metal

To salute home of metal's new series of exhibitions across the west midlands, justin quirk offers a history of the music in 7 objects.

To see the full article and all seven wonderful items:
--> Click here <--

Solberg takes to the skies
Posted at WRC.com

World Rally Championship star Petter Solberg took to the skies last week when he joined the Breitling Jet Team during a promotional event in Switzerland...


July 12, 2011

Leslie West Prepares Album, Tour
By mdome at Classic Rock

Leslie West intends to carry on with the release of his new album and a subsequent tour, despite having the bottom half of his right leg amputated...


50 Things I Don't Want to See, Hear, or Think About Next Season
By The Peerless at The Peerless Prognosticator

Because it's July, it's hot outside, and there is enough going on with development camp to keep bloggers busy, we thought we would offer up 50 things we do not want to see, hear, or think about when the next season of hockey rolls around...


Queen Plan Sheer Heart Attack Video
By gbarton at Classic Rock

Queen are giving independent film makers the chance to create a video for the classic 1977 song Sheer Heart Attack...


Acropolis chiefs set to repeat night stage
Posted at WRC.com

Acropolis Rally bosses are planning to repeat the Nea Politia night stage when the world championship returns to Greece next season...


July 11, 2011

Olie Kolzig: 'I’m glad that I’m back' with Washington Capitals
By Lindsay Applebaum at The Washington Post's Capitals Insider

Former longtime Capitals goalie Olie Kolzig sat high up in the stands at Kettler Capitals Iceplex on Monday, watching prospects and chatting with goaltender coach Dave Prior and other team officials as development camp got underway...

Washington Capitals prospect Cody Eakin: 'I am coming to camp
to make the team'
By Katie Carrera at The Washington Post's Capitals Insider

For this particular development camp, Cody Eakin will be one of the most watched and scrutinized prospects in attendance. The 20-year-old center is set to turn pro in the fall and the question that looms is where will he do so? Washington or Hershey?...


'Spider-Man' Writer Swings For Realistic Reboot
By Josh Wigler at MTV's Splash Page

In one year from now, your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is swinging back into theaters — and when he does, he'll bring a whole lot of reality with him...


Dear TNT: Please save 'Men of a Certain Age'
By Alan Sepinwall at What's Alan Watching?

Last Wednesday night, I published my review of the season finale of "Men of a Certain Age", which was as much about the idea that it could be the last episode of the show ever as it was about the episode itself. Ultimately, I struck what I felt was a happy but resigned note. You gave us two seasons of this marvelous show, after all - a show whose charms are incredibly subtle (so subtle that I'm not always able to properly describe them, and I love the show) in an era where only the noisiest and/or most high-concept shows seem to be breaking through, a show built around three men who were aging out of the infamous 18-49 year-old demographic even as the series began...


Van Halen Mixing New Album
By mdome at Classic Rock

...Producer Ross Hogarth has revealed that the record’s in the mixing stages, and everything’s prepared for a release later in the year...


Gymkhana tour a hit for Block in Vienna
Posted at WRC.com

Ken Block has said he was thrilled after more than 25,000 fans attended the first stop of his Gymkhana World Tour in Vienna, Austria on Sunday...

Junior's Reading And Viewing List: March 22 - 24, 2010

Last Update - March 25, 2010 at 11:56 PM EDT

Items of interest posted to the web on March 22 through March 24, 2010 are included in the following 'Reading And Viewing List'.


March 24, 2010

Postgame Notebook: Capitals 4, Penguins 3, SO
By Mike Vogel - Senior Writer at WashingtonCaps.com

Twice As Nice – The Caps trailed 2-1 after 40 minutes of Wednesday’s game with Pittsburgh, but came back to take a 3-2 third-period lead. A late Pens goal sent the game to overtime and then to a shootout, and Pittsburgh took a 2-0 lead in the skills competition, scoring on each of its first two shots. But the comeback Caps came back again, scoring on three straight shots to send Pittsburgh to a 4-3 shootout setback...

Coach Bruce Boudreau After Home Win
Against Pittsburgh Penguins
Posted on Caps365 at WashingtonCaps.com

Washington Capitals Players After Win Over Pittsburgh Penguins
Posted on Caps365 at WashingtonCaps.com

Pittsburgh Penguins at Washington Capitals Game Highlights
Posted at Comcast SportsNet - Washington, DC

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In conversation - Bernie Ecclestone & Lewis Hamilton
Posted at Formula1.com

Reams have been written about both Formula One Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone and 2008 world champion Lewis Hamilton, usually separately. Interviewed together for the first time at the recent Bahrain Grand Prix, the duo set out to make joint headlines, as they discussed the return of Michael Schumacher, the three new teams joining the grid this year, and each other...

Foos To Record In Dave Grohl’s Garage
Posted by mdome at Classic Rock

Dave Grohl has been talking about the new Foo Fighters album. What’s he been saying? Read on...As Classic Rock reported, the band are to start work shortly on a new album with producer Butch Vig.

Grohl told BBC Newsbeat: “It’s the first album the two of us have made together in 20 years. There’s something that Butch does that helps a song become a bigger song. At this point I just want to rock”...

Triumph Remix Package On The Way
Posted by mdome at Classic Rock

Triumph are to have a CD/DVD titled Greatest Hits Remixed through the Frontiers label on May 17.The CD has 14 tracks remixed by Rich Chyki, with the following listing:...

Caps Battle With Pens
By Mike Vogel - Senior Writer at WashingtonCaps.com

After a three-day breather from the rigors of the condensed NHL schedule, the Capitals climb back into action on Wednesday night when they host the Pittsburgh Penguins. With a victory over the Pens, Washington would eliminate the Pens from any chance of claiming the top spot in the Eastern Conference standings...


March 23, 2010

Caps OT with Michelle Scalise
Posted at Comcast SportsNet - Washington, DC

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Boudreau discusses Sidney Crosby's scuffle
By Dan Steinberg at D.C. Sports Bog

Bruce Boudreau was on Pittsburgh sports talker 93.7 The Fan Tuesday morning, and as he's wont to do, he charmed the socks off the hosts.

"You know, it's kind of hard not to like the bad guy," one of the hosts said after the segment. "He's the bad guy, and we like him."

The coach and the Pittsburghers did have a disagreement on one thing, though. You can probably guess what that one subject was...

Meet The Avengers: Captain America, Thor, Iron Man
And Nick Fury Casting Finalized
By Rick Marshall at MTV's Splash Page

While there are still a few roles that need to be cast, yesterday's report that actor Chris Evans will play Captain America provides one of the final pieces in a long-developing puzzle that, when completed, will bring together a host of Marvel Studios superheroes for "The Avengers."...

Rush talk About Songwriting Honour
Posted by mdome at Classic Rock

To commemorate Rush’s imminent induction into the Canadian Songwriters Hall Of Fame, CBC have posted a 55-minute interview with Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson.You can check it out here. The ceremony happens on March 28 at the George Weston Recital Hall, inside the Toronto Centre For The Arts...

Q&A with Renault's Kubica and Petrov
Posted at Formula1.com

Renault’s Robert Kubica reviews his first race for the French squad and evaluates the R30’s potential, whilst team mate Vitaly Petrov assesses his debut performance at the Bahrain Grand Prix and describes how Formula One racing is fast becoming his home country Russia’s favourite sport...

Heavy braking - stopping a car with a 2010 fuel load
Posted at Formula1.com


When the refuelling ban was first announced for 2010, one of the main concerns was how to make sure brakes could last a Grand Prix distance. A full tank of fuel adds around 150 kg of weight to the car, and it requires considerably more energy to slow down that extra weight. It seemed that the brakes would be in for a tough time in 2010...

Behind the scenes: Citroen
Posted at WRC.com

Ever wondered what it takes to win five World Rally Championship manufacturers' titles?

Defending champions Citroen know, and they've given wrc.com an EXCLUSIVE look behind the scenes at their state-of-the-art WRC team headquarters at Satory near Paris...
*Dan, Jr. / Junior's Eyes Note: Cool video - Citroen’s PR manager, Marie-Pierre Rossi, shows you around the Citroen WRC factory.

Pirelli Star Drivers get their season underway
Posted at WRC.com

Pirelli's five Star Drivers have got their season off to the best possible start by completing a week of media and fitness training; including a test in the Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X with which they will contest six rounds of this year's World Rally Championship.

The five drivers, Nick Georgiou (Lebanon), Peter Horsey (Kenya), Hayden Paddon (New Zealand), Alex Raschi (San Marino) and Ott Tanak (Estonia), completed three days of theoretical preparation in Edinburgh together with their co-drivers, before moving onto a two-day test in Tuscany, where they sampled the Mitsubishi Lancer run by Ralliart Italia for the first time...

Ratt Drummer Publishes Autobiography
Posted by mdome at Classic Rock

Ratt drummer Bobby Blotzer is to have his autobiography published next month. It’s titled Tales Of A Ratt – Things You Shouldn’t Know, and is published on April 20 – the same day that the band release new album Infestation...

Free 'Forever' DVD To Get Stateside Re-Release
Posted by Nightwatcher at Nightwatcher's House Of Rock

Bringing forth a mighty brand of blues-rock in the early 1970s, Free was a critical piece of foundation in hard rock’s roots. Today, March 23, Eagle Rock Entertainment will celebrate their career with the release of the Free Forever 2 DVD set...

How to Wash Crosby's Face Video
By tj at Alex Ovetjkin

Paul Kukla asks: "Someone Want To Count The Crosschecks?"

Ok, Paul, I counted three and one more after it was over.

The refs missed all of them since the cross-checks were coming from NHL's poster boy. And what's up with picking on a smaller Zetterberg? Why not to try Todd Bertuzzi? Last year it was Malkin (6'3") who tried to beat up Henrik and he couldn't! Go, Zatta!...
*Dan, Jr. / Junior's Eyes Note: Contains 3 videos of Crosby showing what a dirty player he is.

Download Festival: More Bands Confirmed, Day Tickets Go On Sale
Posted by mdome at Classic Rock

Steel Panther, Saxon, Cinderella, Ratt and Airbourne head the latest batch of 22 bands just confirmed for the Download Festival, which happens at Donington from June 11-13.The full list of those 22 names is as follows:...


March 22, 2010

Ten games left, ten things to watch
By The Peerless at The Peerless Prognosticator

We are down to it now – ten games or so left in the regular season. There is no mystery about where the Caps will finish the year. Absent being spirited away by aliens, they will win the Southeast Division (already clinched), they will win the Eastern Conference (16 points ahead of Pittsburgh with ten games to play), and they will likely win the President’s Trophy (nine points ahead of Chicago and Phoenix with ten games left to play)...

The Caps Season So Far ... By the Numbers
By Usually Frustrated Caps Fan at Mark's Musings

...so it seems like a good time to reflect on the season thus far, and that's what I've did late last night. I figured I'd share some of what I think are the highlights one gets when looking at the current NHL Team Stats in a comparative fashion. So by the numbers the Capitals are the #1team in the NHL in the following categories:...

Slash: Video Studio Insight
Posted by mdome at Classic Rock

A 12-minute video studio report on the new self-titled Slash album has been posted.This features interviews with Slash himself, Ozzy Osbourne, Iggy Pop, Lemmy, Andrew Stockdale (Wolfmother), Myles Kennedy (Alter Bridge), Fergie (Black Eyes Peas), Adam Levine (Maroon 5), Duff McKagan and Dave Grohl.

Check it out here.

For further info on the album and also the special Slash fan Pack, go here.
*Dan, Jr. / Junior's Eyes Note: Check out this video! Long list
of living legends included.

On Playing Out the String
By pucksandbooks at On Frozen Blog

Seldom if ever have the Capitals had as many games to conclude the regular season that mean so little in the grand scheme of things as they do this spring. The Southeast division title was locked up not long after Valentine’s day, and effectively not long after Washington’s first blizzard this winter. The Caps began seriously pulling away from the rest of the Eastern conference immediately after the Olympic break. There’s still some mild drama related to the President’s trophy, and the Caps have never won that, but that’s almost a curse of sorts — in the 23 times the trophy has been awarded since 1985-86, only seven winners have gone on to claim the Stanley Cup...

Glenn Hughes Can't Believe The Story Of His Life
After Writing Autobiography
Posted by Nightwatcher at Nightwatcher's House Of Rock

Former Deep Purple and Black Sabbath vocalist Glenn Hughes plans to shock fans with stories of debauchery and drug use in a new autobiography...

Junior's Reading And Viewing List: March 8 - 9, 2010

Last Update - March 11, 2010 at 1:19 AM EST

Check out some of the interesting things posted to the internet over the first couple days of the week, in this 'Reading And Viewing List' for March 8 through March 9, 2010.


March 9, 2010

Creedence Clearwater Revival: London DVD On The Way?
By mdome at Classic Rock

There’s unreleased footage of Creedence Clearwater Revival playing in London’s Royal Albert Hall 40 years ago – and the band would love to see this put out on DVD.

Talking exclusively to Classic Rock, bassist Stu Cook says: “The whole of one of our two shows at the venue (in April 1970) was filmed, and it’s sitting in the vaults. Every year we get closer to the release, inch by inch. Mind you, now that the era of DVDs seems to be over, perhaps we’ve missed the boat!...

Exclusive Q&A with McLaren’s Jenson Button
Posted at Formula1.com

Not many drivers have been able to defend their title. Jenson Button’s bid to join that small but illustrious group starts this weekend in Bahrain. Just to add to the challenge, he will have to race against two drivers who’ve done it: Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso. And with the likes of Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel, Felipe Massa, Nico Rosberg and Mark Webber also chasing his crown, this season promises to be a mouth watering affair...

Kenneth Branagh's Protégé Visits 'Thor' Set,
Film Synopsis Released
By Blair Marnell at MTV's Splash Page

As director Kenneth Branagh's highly anticipated adaptation of "Thor" enters its third month of principal photography, word from the production has continued to come from unexpected sources. British screenwriter and director Keri Collins — whom Branagh is mentoring — recently spoke out about his time on the set...

Villagra matches his Mexican best on WRC return
Posted at WRC.com

Five months after its last competitive outing, the Munchi’s Ford World Rally Team marked its return to the FIA World Rally Championship with a points-scoring result in Rally Mexico.

Federico Villagra and co-driver Jorge Perez Companc brought their Ford Focus RS WRC to the finish in seventh place overall to take eight manufacturers' points...

Extreme Come Alive
By mdome at Classic Rock

Extreme release the live CD/DVD Take Us Alive through Frontiers on April 23.

This was filmed and recorded at the House Of Blues in Boston on August 8, 2009. The full track listing is...

Foos Head For the Heavy Stuff
By mdome at Classic Rock

...Mainman Dave Grohl has confirmed that he and drummer Taylor Hawkins have already started demoing songs for the album, which should go into production shortly. And it could be a comparatively heavy record...


March 8, 2010

Postgame Notebook: Stars 4, Capitals 3, SO
By Mike Vogel - Senior Writer at WashingtonCaps.com

Grand Theft Points – Firing early and often, the Capitals staked themselves to a 2-0 lead after the first 40 minutes of play on Monday against the Dallas Stars. The Caps outshot Dallas by a 42-16 margin in the process. But the Caps got into penalty trouble in the third, and their tenuous penalty-killing unit wasn’t up to the task. The Stars scored three third-period goals on their way to a 4-3 shootout win over Washington...

Bruce Boudreau Talks After Home SO Loss To Dallas Stars
Posted on Caps365 at WashingtonCaps.com

Washington Capitals Players After Home SO Loss To Dallas Stars
Posted on Caps365 at WashingtonCaps.com

Dallas Stars at Washington Capitals Game Highlights
Posted at Comcast SportsNet - Washington, DC

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The 'Iron Man 2' Briefcase Armor: A Brief History
By Rick Marshall at MTV's Splash Page

Sure, the shots of Iron Man and War Machine putting a beatdown on an army of robotic drones in the latest "Iron Man 2" trailer was pretty amazing, but I think most fans of ol' Shellhead will agree that the debut of Tony Stark's new briefcase armor was the highlight of the second official trailer...

Exclusive Karun Chandhok Q&A: It's thrilling but surreal
Posted at Formula1.com

Coming the week before the 2010 season gets underway, the launch of the HRT team (formerly Campos) - and the announcement of second driver Karun Chandhok - was a very last-minute affair. Although he is yet to drive the car, and despite the mountain of work and obstacles still facing the team, it’s a dream come true for 26 year-old Chandhok, who had almost lost faith in realising his Formula One ambitions. The second Indian F1 driver in the history of the sport describes his thoughts as he prepares to make his debut this weekend...

Q&A with Renault’s Robert Kubica and Vitaly Petrov
Posted at Formula1.com

Renault’s line-up for 2010 features the experienced Pole Robert Kubica and Russian newcomer Vitaly Petrov. Ahead of this weekend’s season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, Kubica sums up winter testing and his hopes for the year ahead, while Petrov reveals his emotions concerning his imminent F1 debut...

Mullets from Maryland
Posted by Ted Leonsis at Ted's Take

This is the greatest bootleg film out there. A documentary on heavy metal music shot in Maryland in the 80’s. It is called “Heavy Metal Parking Lot” and it is awesome...

Exclusive Kobayashi Q&A: With luck, we can fight for podiums
Posted at Formula1.com

BMW Sauber’s Kamui Kobayashi may look like he’s just stepped out of Tokyo’s trend-setting Shibuya district, but he’s also a determined racer, keen to make an excellent impression as he embarks on his first complete season. After muscling his way onto everyone’s radar with two sparkling performances last year as a stand-in for an injured Timo Glock at Toyota, watching Kobayashi in Bahrain will be a treat indeed...

How Hockey Blogging Introduces You to Heroes
By pucksandbooks at On Frozen Blog

Two moments last week, both occurring off the ice, reminded me of the greatness of our game, and my particular great fortune in being located where I am in covering it.

I arrived in Hershey last Thursday morning with the simplest of objectives: snapping a few pictures of the Bears’ annual outdoor practice. Mostly I wanted merely to escape the office for a day, to get out in the fresh air a bit and view, rather thoughtlessly and purposelessly, a pro hockey team’s traditional weekday drills, in a novel setting...

Dallas Hits the District
By Mike Vogel - Senior Writer at WashingtonCaps.com

After winning three straight games in a span of four nights immediately after the NHL’s Olympic break, the Washington Capitals took Sunday off. On Monday night they’ll be back in action, hosting the Dallas Stars at Verizon Center. The game is the middle match of a five-game homestand...

Junior's Reading And Viewing List: February 22 - 24, 2010

Last Update - February 25, 2010 at 6:18 AM EST

To catch up with the first half of this week, visit the items linked to in the 'Reading And Viewing List' below, for February 22 through February 24, 2010.


February 24, 2010

Ray Davies Rerecording Kinks Songs With Bruce Springsteen,
Bon Jovi and More
By Steve Baltin at Spinner

While Kinks frontman Ray Davies joins millions of British Invasion fans in waiting on his brother and guitarist Dave Davies to decide if he wants to reunite the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band, the singer-songwriter is continuing to find new ways to re-examine his legendary band's catalog...

Chimera leaves practice early
By Tarik El-Bashir at Capitals Insider

Here's a quick update from today's afternoon practice session at KCI:

*Matt Bradley practiced fully and afterward pronounced himself healed up and ready to go, despite getting his "bell rung" for the second time in two months. He also said Cam Janssen apologized to him after the game in St. Louis for the hit...

Parise lifts U.S. past Switzerland and into hockey semifinals
By Tracee Hamilton at The Washington Post

...The Americans took a 2-0 quarterfinal victory over Switzerland on two third-period goals -- one an empty-netter -- by Zach Parise. They will play Finland on Friday in the semifinals...

AEROSMITH Announcing Plans This Week, Says Drummer
Posted at BLABBERMOUTH.NET

As reported last week, the feud between singer Steven Tyler and the other members of AEROSMITH seems to have cooled down, with the band's participation in several European summer festivals announced last week. Drummer Joey Kramer confirmed to The Pulse of Radio that the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers are back on solid ground: "Well, nothing's been officially announced yet," he said. "We did definitely have a meeting, and things in AERO-land are very copacetic at the moment, and we are gonna announce this week what our plans are gonna be."...

State health programme to run in tandem with Rally Mexico
Posted at WRC.com

Rural communities along the route of the forthcoming Rally Mexico are set to benefit from a rally themed health initiative known as the Rally de la Salud or 'Health Rally'.

A result of collaboration between rally organisers, the Department of Health of the State of Guanajuato and other local health authorities, the programme aims to improve the overall health of the communities where the rally is held by providing mobile medical units where people can receive dental care, cervical screening, medical checkups and eye tests...

February 23, 2010

Ovechkin: We must be united like fingers in the fist
Pavel Lysenkov interview and more - posted by tj at Alex Ovetjkin

..."Why are you standing here? Ovechkin just got in!" a joyful exclamation of a passerby pulled me out of whatever I was doing and I slid down the stairs from the second floor of the "Russia House". "The master! The master has arrived!," or something like this, that was the public reaction of the crowd.

Yes, Alexander Mikhailovich Ovechkin granted the "Russian House" a visit.

Those hour and a half of his evening were lined in a tight schedule, in the course of which the most valuable NHL player and Jagr's destroyer was supposed to give a dozen interviews to various TV companies in the world...

Video: Boudreau, Leonsis on Washington Post Live
Posted by Lindsay Applebaum at Capitals Insider

Washington Post Live's Ivan Carter talks to the Caps' head coach about practice, the Stanley Cup and who will win Olympic gold.

Ivan also sat down with Capitals owner Ted Leonsis. Here's a clip:

Who Makes Whom Good in Washington?
Posted by tuvanhillbilly at Japers' Rink

Tip of the hat to the Rink's Sverige insider Ice Warrior for finding and translating this great article from the Swedish Expressen website. In this interview, Nicklas Backstrom's former coach Leif Boork reveals that he knew all along that Nicky was destined for great things, and perhaps is the power behind the throne in Washington?...

2010 Olympics Hockey - It's "Showtime"....
By Usually Frustrated Caps Fan

So for both the men's and women's hockey teams and brackets it's really showtime now.

On the Woman's side we are down to the two medal games - Canad vs USA for the Gold and Finland vs. Sweden for the Bronze. These will be two really good games between two evenly matched sets of opponents so they should be a blast to watch. I'm calling them as follows:...

Wal-Mart Buys VUDU
By Ted Leonsis at Ted's Take

VUDU is a digital movie streaming and downloading service. Consumers more and more want to watch films on their computers or on their HD televisions sets in their own living rooms. TV’s and PC’s are merging and blurring. When Wal-Mart enters the market it has certainly gone main stream...

Superman Breaks The Bank As 'Action Comics' #1 Sells
For $1 Million
By Josh Wigler at MTV's Splash Page

It's a bird — it's a plane — it's Superman flying off with a $1 million price tag attached to his red-and-blue spandex!

According to The Guardian, a 1938 edition of "Action Comics" #1 was sold yesterday for the massive price of $1 million, officially becoming the most expensive comic book purchase of all time. Previous copies of "Action Comics" #1 have sold in the ballpark of $300,000 to $450,000...

Roger Daltrey Wants To Form Blues Supergroup With Jimmy Page
By Nightwatcher at Nightwatcher's House Of Rock

Roger Daltrey wants to start a super-group with Jimmy Page.

The Who singer is keen to form a new band with the Led Zeppelin guitarist and go back to the blues roots he established before he started writing songs with bandmate Pete Townshend...

Loeb says no to Le Mans
Posted at WRC.com

Sebastien Loeb has turned down the chance to drive a Peugeot 908 for the factory team at this year's Le Mans 24 Hours because of the amount of time he would have to dedicate to the project.

Due to start on 12 June, this year's Le Mans is the first since 2006 not to clash with a round of the WRC, prompting speculation that sportscar racing fan Loeb would join Peugeot's squad, run by Citroen Racing boss Olivier Quesnel...

Grohl And Hawkins: Foo Fighters’ Future
By mdome at Classic Rock

Lots to come on The Foo Fighters’ drummer and his own project, Taylor Hawkins & The Coattail Riders, but for now this is what he has to say about the future of the Foos:

“It’s gonna be a very busy year for both myself and Dave [Grohl]. I have my band – and he’s busy with Them Crooked Vultures. But we will find time to sit down and start planning the next album from The Foo Fighters. The aim is to get a really solid basis for it.”...

Alex Ovechkin breaks the silence
Posted by tj at Alex Ovetjkin

Ovi's interview at Sochi house...

February 22, 2010

Russian media complains too
By tj at Alex Ovetjkin

There's a big discussion over at Japer's Rink about another journalist getting angry at Ovechkin not responding to the media:...

Personally I have a feeling the team Russia's coaching staff or the majority of players dictated to others not to talk to the media. I can remind you about the first day of team Russia training:
On the way to the locker room reserve goalkeeper Vasily Koshechkin even muttered through his mask about the media, "Everybody's wating for one guy!" It took Ovechkin about an hour to make his way to the locker room while he was talking to the media...

Bruce Willis Says M. Night Shyamalan 'Still Thinking' About 'Unbreakable 2'
By Rick Marshall at MTV's Splash Page

Confession time, folks: There are a few of us around Splash Page HQ who are big fans of M. Night Shyamalan's dark superhero tale "Unbreakable" — so we can't help bringing up the possibility of a sequel every time we talk to the filmmaker or one of the film's cast. Back in June 2009, Shyamalan told us that he still had plans for a sequel, so when we caught up with actor Bruce Willis during this weekend's "Cop Out" junket, we had to get his take on whether we'll ever see "Unbreakable 2."...

'Heroes' Creator Discusses Series' Decline, Says Network Forbids Killing Certain Characters
By Josh Wigler at MTV's Splash Page

Despite a widely embraced first season, NBC's "Heroes" has steadily declined both in ratings and critical approval to the point that it now faces cancellation. What exactly happened to cause such a fall? To answer that question, there's no one better to ask than Tim Kring, the show's creator...

A Miracle Acknowledged by Today’s American Hockey Stars
By The OFB Team at On Frozen Blog

Up in Hershey this past weekend our blogger colleague Eric McErlain of Off Wing Opinion joined us in a patriotic questioning of the Hershey Bears’ John Carlson. Carlson of course etched his name in American hockey lore last month, sudden-death silencing Canadians in Saskatoon and delivering the American Under-20 team gold. With the arrival of the 30th anniversary of the Miracle on Ice we wanted to know if that seminal moment in American sports history had any relevance for today’s generation of American hockey stars...

Rally Sweden nightmare still a mystery, says Solberg
Posted at WRC.com

Former World Rally Champion Petter Solberg is still trying to discover why his 2010 title campaign got of to such a poor start on the opening round in Sweden.

Equipped with the latest customer spec C4 World Rally Car from Citroen, great things had been expected of Solberg who won Rally Sweden in 2005. But the Norwegian's chances of repeating that success got off to a terrible start when he spun and lost his front bumper on the rally opening Super Special...

Dio Release Box Set
By mdome at Classic Rock

Dio are now offering fans the chance to buy the Tournado box set, which was originally to be made available for the band’s cancelled European tour last year. Limited to just 1500 copies, each will feature:...

*Dan, Jr. / Junior's Eyes Note: North Americans can buy it, but according to RonnieJamesDio.com ...

Please note on the Tournado Box Set offer... 2/21/2010 2:00:52 PM

We test drove the Tournado Box Set, and in doing so, realized that the DVD is formatted in PAL format, and as such, will not play on US DVD players.

We apologize to the US and Japanese fans for this oversight, but these box sets were made for the European tour which was cancelled, and we did not realize that they would [not] play in the US until we actually tried to play it.

Taylor Hawkins Gets His Coat
By mdome at Classic Rock

Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins is to release a new album on April 20.It’s the second album by Taylor Hawkins & Coattail Riders, titled Red Light Fever. And there’s a stellar list of guests on it. These include the Queen pair of Brian May (guitar) and Roger Taylor (drums), Cars guitarist Elliot Easton, plus a certain Dave Grohl...

It’s heli-cam week on wrc.com
Posted at WRC.com

Some of the most amazing television footage of Rally Sweden came from above, courtesy of the 'Abu Dhabi Eye in the Sky' helicopter camera.

All this week we're going to feature the very best clips from the Abu Dhabi Eye on wrc.com...

Abbey Road Taken Off The Market
By mdome at Classic Rock

EMI Records have taken Abbey Road Studios off the market. As Classic Rock reported last week, the label had plans to sell off the famous studio in an effort to raise funds. However this decision has now been reversed...

Week One In The Booksposted
By The Peerless at The Peerless Prognosticator

With Team Sweden defeating Team Finland last night/early this morning (depending on your time zone), the preliminary round of men’s ice hockey at the Vancouver Olympics came to a close. And what a way to end it – the “hit heard ‘round Vancouver”… the upset… and the technical marvel that was Team Sweden in the Sweden-Finland contest – made this every bit the “Spectacular Sunday” of ice hockey that hockey fans were hoping for...

Maybe . . . Just Maybe . . . NBC Wishes It Had Run Hockey
Last Night
By The OFB Team at On Frozen Blog

...it was bizarre to see NBC (Nothing But Curling) run a 30-minute, spectacularly well produced feature on it, hosted by Al Michaels, less than two hours before Team USA faced off against Canada in the most highly anticipated international hockey game in years, only to jettison the broadcast of the game to its hinterland cable partner, MSNBC. Just bizarre.

It was also bizarre to see NBC News treat last night’s game as a mega-event a mere 30 minutes before puck-drop. The game and its fevered anticipation led the very top of the 7:00 NBC Evening News. And on the home page for NBC’s Olympics coverage yesterday afternoon, this headline: “It’s hockey night in Vancouver.” Just bizarre...

Dangle's Angle: 2010 Olympic Men's Hockey - USA 5, Canada 3
Posted by Dangle at Nike Training YouTube Channel

'The Cosmos Rocks' Released In USA And CA 10/28/2008

The first Queen + Paul Rodgers studio album was finally released in the USA and Canada Tuesday, October 28, 2008. 'The Cosmos Rocks' was released in the UK and the rest of the world on September 15, 2008.

Now we North Americans can get our very own copy and listen to the whole eclectic assortment of music that is included in this much anticipated creation. Until now, we've only rarely even gotten to hear the album's first two singles "Say It's Not True" and "C-lebrity", on US radio stations anyway. Brian May, Roger Taylor and Paul Rodgers wrote all the songs and played all the instruments recorded on this album. Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins added background vocals to "C-lebrity".

Not only did Europe get to buy the new album a month and a half before us, but they've already experienced the new music live in concert. The European Tour officially started September 16, 2008, the day after the UK / Rest Of The World album release. The guys also did an AIDS benefit concert in Kharkov (a.k.a. known as Kharkiv), Ukraine on September 12th, after doing a short rehearsal show near London, England for various media on September 3rd. Queen + Paul Rodgers will probably tour the US and Canada at some point, but when and how many shows? I'm guessing the answer will depend on the amount of interest shown here via sales of the new CD, sales of the previous live CD's and DVD's, and the amont of radio airplay that the band gets here. Venue availability will also play a part in where and when.

'The Cosmos Rocks' Interview - Summer 2008


'The Cosmos Rocks' YouTube Sampler - All Tracks

August 2008 Concerts In Mid-Atlantic

The weather has been heating up and so has the local concert schedule. There are plenty of good shows to catch in the Mid-Atlantic area this August.

Counting Crows and Maroon 5 played Hershey Park Stadium in Hershey, PA tonight. On Friday, the stadium will be filled with the heavy sounds of Poison and Dokken.If you're a fan of Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band, you can catch them there on the 19th. The Allman Brothers Band bring their bluesy southern rock to Hershey Monday August 25th. The other half of that bill is Bob Weir and RatDog. Ending the month's shows at Hershey, is a triple threat concert of Journey, Heart and Cheap Trick on the 28th.

At Rams Head Live! in Baltimore, MD tonight, Metallica wannabes and an embarrassment to all of us with even partial Welsh heritage, Bullet For My Valentine were scheduled to play. Opening for them was Cancer Bats, who could be a halfway decent band if they had a singer fronting the band instead of whatever you would call Liam Cormier. One upcoming concert that does get me excited, and for the right reasons, is Peter Frampton. He'll be playing real Rock and Roll music at Rams Head on Friday, August 15th. Ted Nugent may be a total whack job, but he sure can play guitar. You can "Wango Tango" with him on the 26th.

There are many reasons to visit Baltimore's Pier Six Pavilion this month. They'll have a wide range of musical styles in the entertainers headlining the venue. I'll just mention the most interesting. Classic Rock takes the stage on August 13th, when both Boston and Styx play there. Eight time Grammy Award winner Anita Baker follows with her beautiful voice two nights later, on the 15th. We change gears again on the 19th, with a harder edged style of blues in the forms of George Thorogood And The Destroyers and Buddy Guy. Performing their own hits, as well as 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' in it's entirety on August 21st, is an odd mix of musicians if you ask me (nobody's asking me). The list for the 'Sgt. Peppers' Tribute includes the great talents Todd Rundgren (He's gone metal with his latest album, you know), Lou Gramm (of Foreigner) and Denny Laine (of The Moody Blues, Wings), along with the less popular Christopher Cross and Bo Bice (former American Idol contestant). Speaking of Idols, Billy Idol will be at Pier Six on the 22nd. The wonderful blues artist Robert Cray will share the bill with Keb' Mo' on Saturday, August 23rd during the "Bringin' It Back Home Tour".

This coming weekend, Saturday August 9th and Sunday August 10th, it's time for "Virgin Music Festival 2008" . Held at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, MD as it has been each year since 2006, the festival will have a boat load of talent. The artists scheduled to perform this year include Bob Dylan, Nine Inch Nails, The Foo Fighters, Stone Temple Pilots, Iggy Pop And The Stooges, etc., etc., etc.

There's a few really good concerts at Nissan Pavilion in Bristow, VA (a.k.a. Washington, DC) this month. The 'Metal Masters Tour 2008' featuring Motorhead, Judas Priest, Heaven And Hell and Testament rocks the place on Thursday, the 7th. Counting Crows along with Maroon 5, as well as Sara Bareilles visit on the 16th. The legendary singer, Rod Stewart appears on Sunday, August 24th. Finally, on the 27th, the combo of Journey, Heart and Cheap Trick play at Nissan Pavilion.