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

Right click on video to choose full screen option.

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...

Today's Tune: "Fire And Water" By Free

Free's 'Fire And Water' album was originally released in June of 1970.

On October 8, 1871, four major fires broke out on the shores of Lake Michigan in Chicago, Illinois, Peshtigo, Wisconsin, Holland, Michigan, and Manistee, Michigan. The Great Chicago Fire, which left almost 100,000 people homeless, is the most famous of the four. However, the Peshtigo Fire may have killed as many as 2,500 people, making it the deadliest fire in United States history.

Thinking about all this fire and water existing at the same time and within the same general area, brings to mind one of the most well known songs by the great English band Free. "Fire And Water" is the 'Today's Tune' this time.

Free - "Fire And Water" (1970)

One Night With Bad Company

The surviving original members of the band Bad Company are getting back on stage to perform together, but just for one night. The main reason for this one off show is to retain the legal rights to the name "Bad Company". Following this concert, anyone else trying to use the name will find themselves heading to court.

Can you blame them? You see advertisements all the time which promote a concert of a famous band, featuring one of the temporary replacement members that played with them for a little while. You might think to yourself - Great! So and so has rejoined the group. Then you check the fine print, or go to the concert only to find out the featured member is the only one whom you've ever heard of. There are a few great old bands that went through several breakups and lineup changes over the period of several years. Some of these guys don't mind misleading you into thinking the whole original gang will be playing, if they think it'll get you to buy a ticket. Sometimes new pathetic little upstarts will just take on the cool sounding name of a formerly successful band if they think they can start doing shows before the originals find out.

The following is the press release for the August 8th Hollywood, Florida show.


BAD COMPANY TO REUNITE - ONE NIGHT ONLY!

ORIGINAL MEMBERS PAUL RODGERS, SIMON KIRKE AND MICK RALPHS TO PERFORM FIRST SHOW TOGETHER IN A DECADE AT THE HARD ROCK LIVE IN HOLLYWOOD, FL AUGUST 8th!

Los Angeles, CA – July 2, 2008 – Bad Company original members Paul Rodgers, Mick Ralphs and Simon Kirke will reunite for the first time in nearly a decade. Following a huge demand from fans, Bad Company will perform one show only at Hard Rock Live at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida on Friday, August 8th. Tickets will go on sale Saturday, July 5th.

Bad Company’s hits such as “Can’t Get Enough,” “Feel Like Makin' Love,” “Rock Steady,” “Movin’ On,” “Shooting Star,” “Rock & Roll Fantasy” and “Bad Company” (the first to self title their band name in a song and album) propelled them to the forefront of the '70s arena rock movement. Paul Rodgers, Mick Ralphs and Simon Kirke will reunite to perform together for the first time since 1999 (founding member Boz Burrell passed away in 2006). Rodgers, celebrating his 40th year as a recording artist, recently performed at London’s Hyde Park with Queen as part of the “The 46664 Concert – Honoring Nelson Mandela’s 90th Birthday” and will be embarking on a world concert tour in support of their new studio album September. His most recent solo CD/DVD release, Live in Glasgow, charted internationally at #1 and #3 and is certified Gold.

After the break up of FREE (best known internationally for their smash hit “All Right Now” co-written by Rodgers) vocalist and multi-instrumentalist vocalist Paul Rodgers connected with ex-Mott the Hoople guitarist Mick Ralphs, FREE drummer Simon Kirke would later join that year and the trio began rehearsing. Ex-King Crimson bassist Boz Burrell came aboard a few months later and the supergroup Bad Company was solidified. Before releasing their first album, the band had toured for months and in 1974 signed to Swan Song Records (owned by Led Zeppelin and distributed via Atlantic Records) to release their highly anticipated debut album, titled Bad Co. Propelled by the hit single “Can’t Get Enough,” the album would quickly hit #1 on the charts and remain in the Top 40 for four straight months. To this day, the multi-platinum Bad Co. album arguably remains one of the most accomplished debuts in rock history, reading as a virtual greatest hits set in itself.

Straight Shooter, Run with the Pack, Burnin’ Sky and Desolation Angels would all follow within a five year run throughout the 70s yielding more multi-platinum awards with hit after hit, “Feel Like Makin’ Love,” “Seagull,” “Run with the Pack,” “Burnin’ Sky,” “Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy,” making Bad Company one of the biggest concert attractions of the decade. In 1982, the band released their final recording Rough Diamonds and the single “Electricland” would be their last before disbanding. The group’s multi-platinum award-winning greatest hits set 10 from 6 has become a record collection staple.

For more info visit http://www.hardrocklivehollywoodfl.com/

Bad Company (with Rodgers, Kirke in 2002) - "Bad Company"