Memories: Elisabeth Sladen, Never To Be Forgotten

Lost Apr 19, 2011I've been thinking of you, Lis Sladen. You were, and always will be, the very best.Love,Dan, Jr.youtu.be/elpvW8XdFog

— Dan, Jr. (@DanJunr) April 20, 2013

2012 WRC Wales Rally GB Review

Jari-Matti Latvala driving in 2012 Wales Rally GB. Photo via WalesRallyGB.com.

The tenth rally of the 2012 season of WRC was run from September 13 through September 16, 2012. For the most part, it was done on a gravel surface, but some of the sections were also on asphalt. Base camp for Wales Rally GB was Cardiff, Wales.

In the end, these were the drivers finishing in the top three: Jari-Matti Latvala (Finland) from factory Ford World Rally Team was the overall victor, Sébastien Loeb (France) of Citroën Total World Rally Team ended up second, and Petter Solberg (Norway) from factory Ford World Rally Team took third place points.

WRC.com rally recaps, and four extensive and informative review videos are included below.


Sunday wrap: Latvala returns to winning ways in Wales
Posted at WRC.com on September 16, 2012

Jari-Matti Latvala has done something he hadn't managed for 217 days when he claimed victory on Wales Rally GB this afternoon, his first in the FIA World Rally Championship since Rally Sweden seven months and four days ago...


The wrc.com review: Wales Rally GB
Posted at WRC.com on September 17, 2012

The agonising thing for Ford on Wales Rally GB was not just that it was the first factory win for 217 days, but also that it came frustratingly close to being a perfect one-two: a result that has eluded the works squad since Rally Australia one year ago...

WRC 2012 - Wales Rally GB - Review - Part 1/4
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WRC 2012 - Wales Rally GB - Review - Part 2/4
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WRC 2012 - Wales Rally GB - Review - Part 3/4
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WRC 2012 - Wales Rally GB - Review - Part 4/4
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2012 F1 British Grand Prix Review

Webber ahead of Alonso in 2012 Formula 1 British Grand Prix on July 8, 2012.
Photo by Clive Mason / Getty Images via Zimbio.com.

It was on July 8, 2012, when Formula One race drivers lapped around the Silverstone Circuit of Northamptonshire, England, for the 2012 British Grand Prix. The ninth race of the season, which involved more movement in the drivers and the constructors points order positions, showed that 2012 has become one of the more exciting seasons in a long time.

Mark Webber (Australia), of Red Bull Renault, won the race. He was followed by Scuderia Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso (Spain) in second, and third place finisher Sebastian Vettel (Germany), of Red Bull Renault.

Below are related links from Formula1.com and some video, so we can review this race.


Race - Webber beats Alonso to Silverstone win
Posted at Formula1.com on July 8, 2012

For so many laps on Sunday at Silverstone it seemed that Fernando Alonso was set to repeat his historic 2011 British victory for Ferrari, until Red Bull’s Mark Webber was able to turn the tables dramatically with just five laps remaining...


Great Britain analysis - Webber plays it to perfection
Posted at Formula1.com on July 8, 2012

The sun finally shone on Silverstone on Sunday, as it served up a highly entertaining Grand Prix. Pre-race predictions of a Ferrari-Red Bull showdown proved correct, but it was the latter’s Mark Webber who made all the right moves. The Australian hunted down and passed polesitter Fernando Alonso in the closing laps, narrowing the gap between them at the top of the driver standings to just 13 points, as the season nears its halfway point. We look back, team-by-team, on an enthralling 52 laps...

Formula 1 2012 British Grand Prix Official Race Edit
Uploaded to YouTube by TheVivek33




F1: British GP Results - 2012
Posted at SpeedTV.com


F1: Bob Varsha, David Hobbs and Steve Matchett take
a look at the results from Silverstone. Mark Webber
makes a late pass on Fernando Alonso to take the win.

Junior's Reading And Viewing List: November 1 - 10, 2011

Last Update - November 21, 2011 at 6:30 AM EST

The 'Reading And Viewing List' for November 1 through November 10, 2011 looks back at the beginning of November 2011.

The following articles and videos include film, television, music, Washington Capitals hockey, Formula One racing and WRC rally news.


November 10, 2011

Saxon To Release Live DVD
By mdome at Classic Rock

Saxon are to release a live DVD in early 2012.

It’s to be called Heavy Metal Thunder Live: Eagles Over Wacken, and will feature performances from the Wacken Festival...


CR AWARDS: Queen
By gbarton at Classic Rock

Queen won the Best Reissue Of The Year Award – come inside for exclusive chinwags with none other than guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor...

...Do you have any theories about why those old Queen albums are still so popular?

Taylor: That’s such a difficult question to answer, there were so many great bands that didn’t last the way we have. We definitely put our hearts into what we did back then. It was beautifully crafted; Freddie and Brian were always utter perfectionists.

May: We were also very competitive at the beginning, and that contributed to our high standards. Being so critical of each other definitely helped to raise the bar. We could all be self-indulgent, but between the four of us we managed to stop that.

Are the newspaper rumours true, is Lady Gaga going to join Queen?

Taylor: No. Even though she nicked the name [from Radio GaGa].

May: It’ll never happen.


FIA Thursday press conference - Abu Dhabi
Posted at Formula1.com

Drivers - Sebastien Buemi (Toro Rosso), Paul di Resta (Force India), Timo Glock (Virgin), Heikki Kovalainen (Team Lotus), Vitantonio Liuzzi (HRT) and Vitaly Petrov (Renault)...


Abu Dhabi preview - DRS to dial up electric Yas Marina
Posted at Formula1.com

Last year the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix saw Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel snatch the world championship crown from Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and his own team mate Mark Webber, but the dearth of overtaking played a key role in the final outcome. This year both the drivers' and constructors' titles are long settled, but the use of DRS could make for a much more exciting race...


Petter plans to push in Wales
Posted at WRC.com

Petter Solberg is planning a "big push" on Wales Rally GB this week as he bids to end a sometimes frustrating 2011 World Rally Championship season on a high in his privateer Citroen DS3 WRC...


November 9, 2011

'Iron Man 3' Seeks 1,000 Extras For North Carolina Shoot
By Kevin P. Sullivan at MTV's Splash Page

If you live near Wilmington, North Carolina, you might have a chance to be an extra in "Iron Man 3", and your chances are actually pretty good. A Facebook post by Premiere Casting stated that production would call for 1,000 background actors for the shoot in Wilmington starting in May 2012 and finishing in January 2013...


Lou Reed And Metallica Play On TV
By mdome at Classic Rock

Lou Reed and Metallica performed last night (November on Later...With Jools Holland...

...Check out the footage here and here.


Title rivals go face-to-face in Wales
Posted at WRC.com

The two contenders for this year's World Rally Championship squared up to one another today as the start of Wales Rally GB drew ever closer...


November 8, 2011

POSTGAME NOTEBOOK: Stars 5, Capitals 2
By Mike Vogel - Senior Writer at WashingtonCaps.com

No D vs. Big D – For the last two-thirds of the 2010-11 season, the Washington Capitals were the league’s stingiest defensive team. And they were the stingiest team the league had seen in a decade or so...


Racing against the clock - 2011 pit stops analysed
Posted at Formula1.com

The combination of DRS and Pirelli tyres has made 2011 a bumper year for the sport, but not just in terms of on-track passing manoeuvres. The characteristics of the Pirelli tyres, designed to improve the racing, have also seen the total number of pit stops rise steeply - so far, there have been an average of 58 stops per race. Slick pit work has always been important in Formula One racing, but the frequency with which the pit crews have been in action this year has brought both speed and consistency to the fore. Mercedes explain more...


GB preview notes: Part two
Posted at WRC.com

Petter Solberg (anxious to make up for his pain in Spain): "After my short drive in Spain, I’m so looking forward to drive here in Wales. We started with a few hours of testing [on Sunday] and everything looks very promising. The often muddy and slippery conditions in Wales suit me very well, and we have had many good results here in the past. My aim is to finish of the 2011 season on the podium."...


World Rally Radio preview: Wales
By Becs Williams at WRC.com

...Last year the drivers’ championship was decided in France, two rounds before the end of the season. This time around we get a fight on the very last round. It’s Seb Loeb (who else?) versus Mikko Hirvonen. 2009 ring any bells?...


November 7, 2011

Punk Exhibition In London
By mdome at Classic Rock

...Called Punk And Beyond, it runs from Friday, November 25 to Saturday, December 17, and is being curated by Gaye Advert. There will be artwork on display form her, plus Billy Childish, Marco Pirrone, Thurston Moore, Savage Pencil, Mark Mothersbraugh, Jamie Reid and Robyn Hitchcock among others...


We want YOU in the next Doctor Who "Best of" Special!
Posted on YouTube by BBC America

Record your wittiest, most festive answers to the any of the questions in this video and submit it as a response video here on YouTube!

Submissions must be in by WEDNESDAY November 23RD!

Other things to know: You do not have to live in the US to participate. There are no age limits but you will need the consent of a parent or guardian if your video is chosen.


Thin Lizzy Name New Guitarist
By mdome at Classic Rock

Thin Lizzy have announced that Damon Johnson is now a full-time member of the band...


Hirvonen chasing GB glory
Posted at WRC.com

Mikko Hirvonen will start Wales Rally GB this week knowing that he will almost certainly need to win the event to stand any chance of preventing Sebastien Loeb from making it eight World Rally Championship titles in a row...


GB preview notes: Part one
Posted at WRC.com

The World Rally Championship is set for a dramatic climax on Wales Rally GB this week with Mikko Hirvonen and Sebastien Loeb facing off for the world title. This is a summary of what the leading contenders have had to say in the build-up to the battle in Britain...


November 5, 2011

POSTGAME NOTEBOOK: Islanders 5, Capitals 3
By Mike Vogel - Senior Writer at WashingtonCaps.com

Caps Can’t KO DiPietro – Through the game’s first 20 minutes, Washington had the homestanding New York Islanders right where they wanted them. The Caps owned a 2-0 lead, Isles goaltender Rick DiPietro looked shaky to the point that the fans were chanting for back-up Al Montoya as the clock wound down in the first frame, and the offensively challenged Islanders were up to more than 100 minutes since they scored their last goal...


Review: All-star cast shines in 'Masterpiece' film 'Page Eight'
By Alan Sepinwall at What's Alan Watching? via HitFix.com

..."Page Eight" was written and directed by David Hare, who wrote the scripts for "The Reader" and "The Hours" but is a playwright by trade. And there's a very stage-like quality to the film, much of it consisting of Johnny sitting in conference rooms and drawing rooms discussing his life, his legacy and the current state of British intelligence with friends and colleagues, most of them played by a murderer's row of British (and/or Australian) character actors. In addition to Bill Nighy as Johnny, we have Michael Gambon as Benedict, Judy Davis as their colleague Jill, Rachel Weisz as Johnny's inquisitive neighbor Nancy, Ralph Fiennes as the British prime minister, Alice Krige as one of Johnny's many ex-wives and Felicity Jones as their estranged daughter...


Alice Cooper - Welcome 2 My Nightmare
By Ollie at The Ripple Effect

He’s back ... the man behind the mask. Well, strictly Alice has never really gone away. Now Alice, in my humble opinion, has never made a truly terrible album although some do shine far brighter than others. 1975’s original Welcome To My Nightmare set, however, stands head and shoulders above anything else in his solo career. As a die hard Alice fan, when I heard in 2010 he was working on a sequel to that album, Hell, I was intrigued...

November 4, 2011

POSTGAME NOTEBOOK: Capitals 5, Hurricanes 1
By Mike Vogel - Senior Writer at WashingtonCaps.com

Five Unanswered – Washington came into Friday night’s game with Carolina as the league’s most prolific offensive team with an average of 3.9 goals per game. That average will get a bit of a bump northward after the Caps trounced the Hurricanes 5-1 at RBC Center in a four-point Southeast Division contest...


New Pirates! Trailer
Posted at David Tennant - Fan News Blog

David's DWM Lis Sladen Tribute
Posted at David Tennant - Fan News Blog

The above interview with David is included in the latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine, which is a special tribute issue for the Sarah Jane Smith actress Elisabeth Sladen who so sadly passed away earlier this year.

Benjamin Cook who conducted the interview with David has some fab sound bytes on his official website at www.benjamincook.net...


Wrc.com preview: Wales Rally GB
Posted at WRC.com

...After 12 thrilling rounds in four continents, the 2011 World Rally Championship concludes in Great Britain next week with the title battle finely poised between Mikko Hirvonen and defending champion Sebastien Loeb...


November 3, 2011

The Prison In Space - Scriptbook
Posted at Doctor Who Online

...Eager to inject some humour into the series, producer Innes Lloyd called upon experienced scriptwriter, Dick Sharples, to come up with a story that would inject a lighter tone into Doctor Who. That adventure was The Prison in Space, originally envisioned to write out the character of Jamie and introduce a new companion called Nik - and it's a story that was just a hair's-breadth away from being made...


See Exclusive Rush Video
By gbarton at Classic Rock

Come inside to watch an amazing four-and-a-half-minute clip from the Canadian maestros’ brand new Time Machine 2011: Live In Cleveland DVD...


Twisted Sister - Double Live DVD/Live At the Marquee CD
By Woody at The Ripple Effect

A few months ago I wrote a frantic, drooling review of the reissue of Twisted Sister's debut album Under The Blade. It came with a bonus live DVD of their hell raising performance at the 1982 Reading Festival in the UK. As great as that package is, 2 others have come out and blow it away. In July the Double Live DVD was released containing a full live show from 1982 and their reunion at the 2001 NY Steel benefit, and just a few weeks ago Rhino released an audio CD called Live At The Marquee recorded in 1983...

Loeb won’t hold back on Rally GB
Posted at WRC.com

Citroen legend Sebastien Loeb insists he won't settle for second place on the World Rally Championship decider in Wales next week...


November 2, 2011

Primeval Season 5 Exclusive Trailer
Posted on YouTube by BBC America

This November, PRIMEVAL comes roaring back to BBC America's Supernatural Saturday - bigger and badder than ever before. Don't miss the all new season *** premiering Saturday November 12 at 9/8c ***

In the highly-anticipated new season, dark secrets bubble to the surface, testing relationships to the limit as anomalies - holes in the fabric of time - become more unpredictable and numerous, with more far reaching consequences than ever before. An underground creature causes chaos to a city, a nuclear submarine encounters an anomaly in the sea and a raptor roams the same streets of the infamous murderer Spring Heeled Jack in Victorian London.


Will there be a Torchwood season 5?
By Simon Brew at Den Of Geek

...While it never reached the commercial and critical heights of Torchwood: Children Of Earth, this year’s long-awaited fourth season of Torchwood, Miracle Day, appears to have been a solid enough success...


Hear ‘N Aid Single To Be Reissued
By mdome at Classic Rock

...Originally put out at the start of 1986, it was the heavy metal world’s contribution to raising money to help fight famine in Africa. Conceived by Ronnie James Dio, the single featured members of Iron Maiden, Motley Crue, Twisted Sister, Quiet Riot, Blue Oyster Cult and Spinal Tap, plus the likes of Ted Nugent ad Yngwie Mamsteen...

...Here’s the original video for Stars...


Block relishing Rally GB return
Posted at WRC.com

Ken Block is relishing his return to Wales Rally GB next week citing it as one of the events that first attracted him to the sport...


November 1, 2011

POSTGAME NOTEBOOK: Capitals 5, Ducks 4, OT
By Mike Vogel - Senior Writer at WashingtonCaps.com

Laich Line, Life Line – For the first half of tonight’s Caps-Ducks game, things weren’t going the home team’s way. Although they stayed out of the penalty box and generally limited Anaheim’s chances at even strength, the Caps found themselves on the short end of a 3-0 score


Bill Bailey In Metal - Out Now!
Posted by Pete at BillBailey.co.uk

Today sees the launch of the eagerly awaited album Bill Bailey In Metal, a collection of nine solid rock tracks that were forged for Bill’s headline set in the fiery furnace of the Saturn Stage at Sonisphere 2011. Each of these pieces were then hammered into shape in the studio furnace using the voodoo brilliance of a superb band of musical sorcerers...

Junior's Reading And Viewing List: July 1 - July 10, 2011

Last Update - August 2, 2011 at 7:30 AM EDT

Junior's July 1 through July 10, 2011 'Reading And Viewing List' has link titles, with bits of published articles, from the beginning of July 2011.

New films, Washington Capitals hockey, music, Formula One racing and WRC rally news show up in this list.


July 10, 2011

Former Motörhead Guitarist Michael "Würzel" Burston Dead at 61
Posted at Noise Creep

Sad news for headbangers: Former Motörhead guitarist Michael "Würzel" Burston, who joined the legendary metal band in 1984 and performed with them for 11 years, has passed away at the age of 61. Several sources report that Burston died from ventricular fibrillation, caused by cardiomyopathy...


July 9, 2011

"I think it’s odd how it’s mirrored my life so much" - Eve Myles
By Rachel Mainwaring - Posted by Brian at EveMyles.net

Eve Myles is Gwen Cooper. She’s a feisty Welsh policewoman and new mum who is hiding out in rural Wales with her husband Rhys (Kai Owen)...


A Capitol Fourth
By Brian Lumley at Rumblings From The Man Cave

I spent a wonderful three days in Washington D.C. this past week with my son and two of his best friends. I felt like a tour guide, mentor and history teacher as I dragged these kids all over Northern Virginia in search of new and interesting sites to see...


July 8, 2011

Washington Capitals trade Eric Fehr to Winnipeg Jets
By Katie Carrera at The Washington Post's Capitals Insider

In an effort to clear space under the salary cap, the Capitals traded right wing Eric Fehr to the Winnipeg Jets on Friday in exchange for a fourth-round draft pick in 2012 and prospect Danick Paquette...


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

The weather dominated proceedings on the opening day of practice for this weekend's British round. In the morning Red Bull's Mark Webber ended the session in front, whilst Ferrari's Felipe Massa was top dog in the afternoon. The drivers and senior team personnel report on the early running at Silverstone...


The opening of Hell Bent for Leather at Walsall Leather Museum
Posted at Home Of Metal

Image: Katja Ogrin

Last night saw the opening of Home of Metal's 'Hell Bent for Leather' Exhibition a the fantastic Leather Museum in Walsall. The Exhibition celebrates Judas Priest and the Heavy Metal Look, as created for Judas Priest by Ray Brown Fashion...


Tough route for Monte Carlo season-opener
Posted at WRC.com

Rallye Monte Carlo organisers have revealed preliminary details of the route of next year's World Rally Championship opener - and crews should be braced for an early shock to the system...


July 7, 2011

More Captain America Photos Revealed
Posted at Super Hero Hype

Paramount Pictures has revealed more photos from Marvel Studios' Captain America: The First Avenger and you can check them out below. Opening in 3D and 2D theaters on July 22, the Joe Johnston-directed film stars Chris Evans, Tommy Lee Jones, Hugo Weaving, Hayley Atwell, Sebastian Stan, Dominic Cooper, Toby Jones, Neal McDonough, Derek Luke and Stanley Tucci...


Review: Starz's 'Torchwood: Miracle Day'
By Alan Sepinwall at What's Alan Watching

There are two different shows co-existing under the title "Torchwood: Miracle Day" (Friday at 10 p.m. on Starz). The first is a classic kind of science fiction story, built around a simple what if? question: what would happen if every person in the world suddenly became incapable of dying? The second is a familiar action thriller in which a rogue team of government agents try to find out who made everyone immortal, and why...


New 'Captain America' Featurettes Discuss Character,
Period Setting
By Danica Davidson at MTV's Splash Page

..."We soon found it was essential to the story", he says. "Once you took Cap out of that time period, it was more difficult to understand. We made the decision to tell the story the way it was originally told in 1941 by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon."...


FIA Thursday press conference - Great Britain
Posted at Formula1.com

Drivers - Rubens Barrichello (Williams), Jenson Button (McLaren), Paul Di Resta (Force India), Lewis Hamilton (McLaren), Daniel Ricciardo (HRT)...


WRC fans prefer all-black Fiesta...
Posted at WRC.com

...In an online poll on Wrc.com, users were asked if they preferred the all-black paintjob used for the test to the more traditional blue and white rally version. A staggering 91 per cent said that they did...


Loeb savours motorbike switch
Posted at WRC.com

World rally champion Sebastien Loeb has made the switch from four wheels to two after sampling a KTM RC8 R in his native France last month...


Great Britain preview - predictions blowing in the wind
Posted at Formula1.com

Red Bull have dominated the last two British Grands Prix, with Sebastian Vettel running away in 2009 and Mark Webber doing likewise last year. Adrian Newey's car seems to have an unbeatable aerodynamic advantage at the Northhamptonshire track. But the highly knowledgeable crowd will be willing on McLaren, as Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton hunt for victory on home soil...


July 6, 2011

Firewall & Iceberg Podcast, episode 82: 'Torchwood: Miracle Day',
'Curb Your Enthusiasm' & more
By Alan Sepinwall and Daniel Fienberg via What's Alan Watching

Dan was traveling back from Canada in the early part of the week, so the Firewall & Iceberg Podcast makes a temporary Wednesday return, and a fairly busy one, as we discuss "Torchwood: Miracle Day", "Curb Your Enthusiasm", the "Treme" finale, a new "Twin Peaks" and answer several letters...

...As always, you can subscribe to The Firewall & Iceberg Podcast over at the iTunes Store, where you can also rate us and comment on us. Or you can always follow our RSS Feed, download the MP3 file or stream it on Dan's blog...


Washington Capitals sign Troy Brouwer
By Katie Carrera at The Washington Post's Capitals Insider

The Capitals have signed winger Troy Brouwer to a two-year contract worth $2.35 million per season. The details of Brouwer’s salary were first reported by TSN’s Gord Miller...


Hold on to your hats, it's high-speed Silverstone
Posted at Formula1.com

Silverstone's layout has changed many times, but in its 61 years on the calendar, one thing has remained constant: speed. By the mid '80s, it was Formula One's fastest track; indeed, Keke Rosberg's '85 pole lap boasted the highest average lap speed in F1 - 259 km/h - until 2002. And though the old circuit was lengthened for 2010, it retained its essential character, and even gained another flat-out sweeper...


July 5, 2011

Man Of Steel Set Photos
By Silas Lesnick at Super Hero Hype

Set construction is now underway for Zack Snyder's soon-to-shoot Superman reboot, Man of Steel. Today, Superman Homepage offers a first look at what is said to be some of the newly-built sets at the film's Plano, Illinois location...


How Roman Hamrlik Fits in on the Caps Blue Line
Posted by David Getz at Japers' Rink

Of the roster moves the Capitals have made over the last couple of weeks, the signing of veteran defenseman Roman Hamrlik may be the least sexy. It didn't involve any off-ice drama, any high draft picks. or the return of a former captain, and it didn't even address the team's most obvious need. Despite that, Hamrlik, who's a versatile player with more than 1,400 combined NHL regular season and playoff games, should have an immediate and significant impact on the Capitals blue line...


Neil Peart, Jason Bonham In Rhythm Magazine
By mdome at Classic Rock

The new issue of Rhythm magazine is on sale now – and it includes a major interview with Rush’s Neil Peart...


Herman Rarebell Writes His Autobiography
By mdome at Classic Rock

Former Scorpions drummer Herman Rarebell is to publish his autobiography in the autumn...


July 4, 2011

Williams to revive Renault engine partnership
Posted at Formula1.com

Williams are to switch from Cosworth to Renault power for the 2012 and 2013 seasons, it was announced on Monday, reviving one of Formula One's most famous partnerships. Between 1989 and 1997, Williams and Renault won four drivers' and five constructors' titles together...


Mission accomplished for Ford in France
Posted at WRC.com

...Mikko Hirvonen and Jari-Matti Latvala spent two days each testing Ford’s all-black Fiesta RS WRC to prepare for the sealed-surface rounds in Germany, France and Spain later this season...


Alice Cooper Joins Foo Fighters Onstage
By mdome at Classic Rock

He performed School’s Out and I’m 18 with the band. Check out the footage here...


July 2, 2011

I Can Live With This Line-Up For Next Season
How About Youse Guys?
By Usually Frustrated Caps Fan at Mark's Musings

Here's the way I now see the Caps Line-up for the start of the 2011-2012 season and I'm liking it a lot...


Washington Capitals sign goalie Tomas Vokoun
By Lindsay Applebaum at The Washington Post's Capitals Insider

The Washington Capitals have signed Tomas Vokoun to a one-year deal worth $1.5 million, his agent confirmed to The Post’s Katie Carrera on Saturday. The signing was first reported by TSN...


Former Capital Matt Bradley signs with Florida Panthers
By Katie Carrera at The Washington Post's Capitals Insider

Veteran right wing Matt Bradley has become the latest former Capital to join part in the rebuilding of the Florida Panthers...


July 1, 2011

Free Agent Signing Period Day One -- For the Caps,
a Case of "Then and Now"
By The Peerless at The Peerless Prognosticator

...the Caps closed Day One of the unrestricted free agency signing period with a whirlwind of activity. Level 5 hurricane is more like it. The Caps made four separate deals this afternoon – three free agency signings and an unexpected trade:...


Halpern Comes Home
By Mike Vogel at Dump 'N Chase

On the first day of the NHL’s unrestricted free agency period, the Capitals and Jeff Halpern are out to prove Thomas Wolfe wrong. The Caps and Halpern agreed to terms on a one-year deal for the veteran center – a native of Potomac, MD – to return to Washington and the team that gave him his start in the league in 1999-00...


Solbergs to star in Cars 2 movie
Posted at WRC.com

World Rally Championship aces Henning and Petter Solberg will lend their voices to the new Cars 2 movie when it's released in their native Norway next month...


FIA Q&A: 2014 engines are a step forward
Posted at Formula1.com

From 2014 new Formula One engine regulations will be introduced, replacing the current 2.4 litre V8s with more efficient 1.6 litre, turbocharged V6s. The FIA discuss the pros and cons of the change and explain why their original plans for four-cylinder engines in 2013 were discarded after consultation with the teams...


2010-2011 By the Tens -- Goaltenders: Michal Neuvirth
By The Peerless at The Peerless Prognosticator

Michal Neuvirth came into the 2010-2011 season in a battle with Semyon Varlamov to see which of the two graduates of the draft class of 2006 would emerge as the Caps’ number one goaltender (that is, when they weren’t wondering if the Caps would get a veteran that would bump one of them off the roster)...


A Marriage Proposal
By Brian Lumley at Rumblings From The Man Cave

I was in Charleston, South Carolina last October and I saw a white girl and a black man holding hands, walking near the waterfront, oblivious to anyone around them. They were smiling, laughing and enjoying a cool Autumn evening...

Junior's Reading And Viewing List: June 1 - 10, 2011

Last Update - July 15, 2011 at 5:21 AM EDT

Junior's June 1 through June 10, 2011 'Reading And Viewing List' includes title links, with article snippets, from items published at the start of June 2011.

Upcoming films, Washington Capitals hockey, music, Formula One racing and WRC rally news are among the topics to be found in this list.


June 10, 2011

Assembled 'Avengers' Cast Is 'Everything Everyone's Imagined...
But Better,' Says Tom Hiddleston
By Kara Warner at MTV's Spalsh Page

...First, MTV News snagged some fun "Avengers" details from Captain America himself, Chris Evans at the Movie Awards on Sunday, and yesterday I happened upon a surprising, but welcome attendee at the "Super 8" premiere: actor Tom Hiddleston, a.k.a. Loki...

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

Sebastian Vettel, Kamui Kobayashi, Adrian Sutil and Jerome d'Ambrosio on their brushes with the Montreal walls; Pedro de la Rosa on his unexpected call-up for Sauber; and Fernando Alonso on setting the pace around the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. Drivers and senior team personnel report back on day one in Canada...


Bahrain withdraws from 2011 calendar
Posted at Formula1.com

Bahrain Grand Prix organisers have decided to withdraw from staging a round of the 2011 FIA Formula One World Championship. It follows the FIA World Motor Sport Council's reinstatement of the race last week...


June 9, 2011

2010-11 Rink Wrap: Alexander Semin
By Kareem E. at Japers' Rink

...Over the past seven seasons, the enigma known as Alex Semin has driven the Capitals fan base crazy. One stretch he is the best player on the ice, setting up plays, toying with defensemen, scoring goals, and flashing what may be the NHL's best set of hands. The next stretch he's invisible, except for the untimely defensive zone giveaway and the ugly offensive zone hooking penalty. You never know what you get with Semin, and, consequently, you have a much-divided fan base when it comes to determining his value to the team...


Canada preview - now or never to halt Red Bull rampage?
Posted at Formula1.com

The Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2011 is the race in which McLaren and Ferrari must stake strong claim to Red Bull's dominant position. Sebastian Vettel has won eight of the last nine races, and if the two legendary teams are to get back into the world championship fight they must beat the machines from Milton Keynes this weekend...


June 8, 2011

Black Country Communion Release First Video
From 'Black Country Communion 2'
Posted by Nightwatcher at Nightwatcher's House Of Rock

...The album will will be officially released in the U.K. and Europe on June 13 and in North America on June 14 via J&R Adventures.

*Dan, Jr. / Junior's Eyes Note: Free download (mp3)
of "The Outsider".


Ferrari: Montreal upgrades see another step forward
Posted at Formula1.com

Last month's Monaco round saw Ferrari finally shake off the issues that had so far blighted their 2011 season and take a genuine step forward, with Fernando Alonso challenging the might of Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel to the finish line. Although a second safety car eventually cost Alonso any chance of sweeping past Vettel for the win, his second-place finish was a positive performance from a rejuvenated team...


Raikkonen returns to rallying
Posted at WRC.com

Kimi Raikkonen will return to World Rally Championship duty in Greece next week, almost two months after he made his last appearance in the series in Jordan, where he finished sixth in his Ice 1 Racing Citroen DS3 WRC...


MINI set for Tarmac practice run
Posted at WRC.com

...MINI’s factory squad, which began its world championship campaign on Rally d’Italia Sardegna last month, will run a John Cooper Works WRC on the Richard Burns Memorial Rally in the United Kingdom from 13-14 August, one week before the WRC-counting ADAC Rallye Deutschland...


June 7, 2011

Judas Priest Announce Box Set Details
By mdome at Classic Rock

...Titled Singles Cuts, this features all the UK singles the band released for Columbia from 1977 to 1992. There are 52 songs in all. Here’s a list of them:...


Wales Rally GB gets support from political figures
Posted at WRC.com


..."We are thrilled to host Wales Rally GB later in the year,” said Councilor Wynne Jones, Powys Cabinet Member. “The area lends itself so well to rallying. We have it all, forests, mountains and magnificent scenery. The Rally brings so many benefits to the area and Powys County Council is delighted to support this prestigious event."...


Hope for Henning as Greece drive is confirmed
Posted at WRC.com

Henning Solberg will return to the World Rally Championship in Greece next week - and M-Sport Stobart boss Malcolm Wilson has backed the Norwegian to challenge for podium finishes once again...


June 6, 2011

2010-11 Rink Wrap: Mathieu Perreault
By Stephen Pepper at Japers' Rink

...His points per 60 minutes rate at even strength was the best amongst Caps centers not wearing #19 and, on the power play, his point production rate outshone Brooks Laich and Jason Arnott, suggesting that he again made decent work out of his somewhat limited opportunities with the big club...


'X-Men: First Class' - A Guide To The Comics Behind The Movie
By Matt Adler at MTV's Spalsh Page

"X-Men: First Class", the fifth film in the X-Men big-screen franchise, hit theaters this weekend and took audiences even deeper into the origins of Marvel's mutant team. The origins of the movie itself, however, lie between the pages of almost 50 years of X-Men comic books, which the film draws heavily upon in order to craft its own tale of how the X-Men came to be...


Drivers to choose starting order in 2012
Posted at WRC.com

...A statement from the FIA, motorsport’s world governing body, said: “From 1 January 2012 the shakedown will be used as a qualifying stage for all Priority 1 and 2 drivers to determine the start order for each individual gravel rally...


Acropolis gets strong entry for WRC return
Posted at WRC.com

Eighteen World Rally Cars will be in action on Acropolis Rally of Greece next week as part of a 42-car entry assembled for the all-gravel event...


June 5, 2011

'X-Men' Star James McAvoy Teaches Interviewing 101
In 'After Hours: Movie Awards Edition'
Posted by Terri Schwartz at MTV's Splash Page

Here's a hint for fans of actor James McAvoy: he doesn't want you to ask him which superpower he'd love to have.

That's the mistake MTV Movies' Josh Horowitz made in the latest edition of After Hours. During an interview with McAvoy for "X-Men: First Class", Horowitz made the terrible faux pas, prompting an arduous quest to improve his interview skills...

Track Of The Day: Queensryche
By mdome at Classic Rock

Now you can download the song Around The World for free right here.


June 4, 2011

Foo Fighters: See New Video
By mdome at Classic Rock

...This comes from the band’s current album Wasting Light, and you can see this here.There are a couple of stills from it below...


June 3, 2011

Deep Purple Man To Release New Solo Record
By mdome at Classic Rock

...If Life Was Easy is out on July 12, through the earMUSIC/Edel label. This is his first solo record in nine years, and features his daughter, Gillian Glover...


Monte Carlo returns to the WRC calendar
Posted at WRC.com

Rallye Monte Carlo, one of the sport's most iconic events will return to the World Rally Championship next season...


Ogier vows to recover from Argentina blow
Posted at WRC.com

...The Citroen Total World Rally Team ace took a lead of 43.7s into Sunday’s closing quartet of stages only for an erroneous pace note to cause him to roll...


June 2, 2011

2010-2011 By the Tens -- Defensemen: Karl Alzner
By The Peerless at The Peerless Prognosticator

...Karl Alzner was taken with the fifth overall pick in the 2007 draft, and if it seems as if it has taken a long time for him to cement his place in the Caps lineup, it is perhaps a product of his being a fifth overall pick. Call it "high expectations"...


'X-Men: First Class' 101: The Cast Introduce Their Characters
By Rick Marshall at MTV's Spalsh Page

...In order to bring everyone up to speed, MTV News asked the "X-Men: First Class" cast to explain their characters' powers and place in the live-action X-Men movie universe...

Canada preview quotes - Ferrari, HRT, Williams & more
Posted at Formula1.com

They may both have temporary waterside locations, but there aren't many similarities between last weekend's Monaco event and the forthcoming Canadian round. Whilst the cars wound their way around Monte Carlo's tight and twisty seaside streets, in Montreal they will be unleashed around a riverside track dominated by long straights and low-speed chicanes. But for all their differences, they are equally popular. The drivers and senior team personnel explain why the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is such a firm favourite and discuss their prospects...


Massa: The car is competitive - I hope I can exploit it soon
Posted at Formula1.com

Ferrari may be in the midst of one of the toughest starts to a season in years, but Fernando Alonso's second-place finish in Monaco finally breathed life into the team's 2011 championship campaign. For Alonso's team mate Felipe Massa, however, the feeling of frustration continues after his Monte Carlo race ended in the barriers following a prior collision with McLaren's Lewis Hamilton...


June 1, 2011

Rumored 'Hawkman' Film Treatment Is A Mix Of 'Indiana Jones'
And 'Da Vinci Code'
By Rachel Molino at MTV's Splash Page

Rumor has it a “Hawkman” movie is being shepherded by producers Adrian Askarieh, Gregory Novack and production executive Will Hackner. The info comes courtesy of It’sOnTheGrid (via The Playlist), a members-only site for tracking Hollywood project seedlings...


Yes Announce New Album Details
By mdome at Classic Rock

Yes are to release their first studio album in a decade on July 1...


Block comfortable again in the WRC
Posted at WRC.com

Ken Block has said that "getting comfortable" in his Ford Fiesta RS WRC again took away some of the frustration he felt after he failed to complete the entire competitive route on Rally Argentina last week...

2010 WRC Wales Rally GB Review

Sébastien Loeb at 2010 Wales Rally GB. Photo Copyright © Motorsport.com .

2010 Wales Rally Great Britain, the final round of the 2010 World Rally Championship Season (38th), was based in Cardiff, the capital city of host country Wales. Including pre-rally activities for Great Britain, it was held from November 11 (Thursday) through November 14 (Sunday), 2010. French Citroën World Rally Team driver Sébastien Loeb, already champion of the season, won the last WRC rally of the year.

Norwegian Citroën privateer Petter Solberg, the driver with the best chance of beating Loeb here, finished 20 seconds slower for second place. Third overall went to Finnish driver Jari-Matti Latvala. Round thirteen put a wrap on the season.

Here is a collection links (main WRC category only), starting off with one scene setting preview, followed by rally review posts that include daily podcasts, and ending with a highlights video. Preview posts can be found within Junior's last couple regular 'Reading And Viewing List' blog posts.


Countdown to Wales Rally GB
Posted at WRC.com on November 5, 2010

...Another constant are the classic gravel roads found north of Roald Dahl Plass. People talk about Finland and New Zealand being great, fast rallies - well Wales Rally GB is right up there with them. And this year’s event is going to be an even bigger challenge with some of the trickiest asphalt around being slotted into Saturday’s stages on the Epynt military ranges.

But, for the mainstay, this event is about the woods; it has been for the last half-century. It was 1960 when then clerk of the course Jack Kemsley decided to give the RAC Rally some teeth...

Ogier fastest at Wales Rally GB shakedown
Posted at WRC.com on November 11, 2010

...The three hour test - a prelude to this weekend’s rally - took place a day earlier and at a different location than originally scheduled after a tree disease in Margam Forest forced organisers to abandon Thursday’s planned stage at Margam Park.

Instead the test took place on the 1.7km asphalt Superspecial constructed on the Barrage in Cardiff Bay, a stone’s throw from the Service Park. Weather conditions were dry and chilly as the night time session got underway at 1900hrs in a temperature of just three degrees Celsius...

Saturday morning the key, say WRC drivers
Posted at WRC.com on November 11, 2010

...“Where it goes to asphalt, it’s going to be very, very slippery,” said Ford’s Jari-Matti Latvala. “It’s going to be a question of trying to stay on the road. If it’s foggy it’s going to be really difficult, also because the organisers have placed some blocks near the corners to stop people from cutting the corners. I can see a few people running into those...

Wales Rally GB 2010 - Pre Event Podcast - Thursday
Posted at WRC.com on November 11, 2010

Listen to the pre event podcast for Wales Rally GB.

Ford bids a star-studded farewell to its Focus WRC
Posted at WRC.com on November 12, 2010

Ford's world rally drivers from the last 12 years said an emotional farewell to the Focus RS World Rally Car at a celebration event in Wales today.

After 173 event starts, the Focus makes its final appearance as Ford's team entry in the World Rally Championship at Rally GB this weekend. Next season the Focus will be replaced by a World Rally Car based on the Fiesta model...

Friday wrap: Loeb heads close fight for Rally GB win
Posted at WRC.com on November 12, 2010

...Citroen C4 driver Loeb started Friday’s opening stage, the 32.14-kilometre charge through Hafren Forest, with a lead of 0.7s over Jari-Matti Latvala following his fastest time through Thursday night’s Cardiff Bay stage.

Despite a wild moment when he ran wide on a corner, Latvala went quickest in his factory Ford Focus to take a slender one-second lead. Although he slipped back when his car’s engine ingested water going through the second splash in Sweet Lamb and stuttered momentarily (click here to see the incident), a determined run through Myherin meant he stopped the clocks 3.2s faster than Loeb to go back in front of the Frenchman in the overall standings at the midway point...


WRC Wales Rally GB 2010 - End Of Day One Podcast - Friday
Posted at WRC.com on November 12, 2010

Listen to the podcast for the first day of Wales Rally GB.

WRC wrap: Loeb leads - just - after epic battle in Wales
Posted at WRC.com on November 13, 2010

...Solberg had no answer to Loeb - who was running first on the road - on the 11.15 kilometres of asphalt on the Four Ways Crychan stage and claimed that his rival had taken excessive ‘cuts’ through corners to drag mud and other debris onto the sealed stage surface to impede him.

Loeb, who won the stage by 6.4s to go 5.3s ahead of Solberg, brushed off the suggestion when quizzed at the remote service halt at the Royal Welsh Showground in Builth Wells, where he reported overshooting a junction and stalling his engine on stage nine, before spinning on stage 11, which Solberg won to narrow Loeb’s advantage to 2.5s...

WRC Wales Rally GB 2010 - End of Day Two Podcast - Saturday
Posted at WRC.com on November 13, 2010

Listen to the podcast for the second day of Wales Rally GB.

BREAKING NEWS: Loeb wins Wales Rally GB!
Posted at WRC.com on November 14, 2010

Frenchman Sebastien Loeb has won Wales Rally GB, to round off his seventh championship winning season with a record-breaking 62nd rally victory...

Rally wrap: Loeb claims win number 62 in Wales
Posted at WRC.com on November 14, 2010

Sebastien Loeb cemented his dominance of the 2010 World Rally Championship season with his eighth victory of the campaign on Wales Rally GB earlier today.

Loeb, who became world champion for the seventh time on Rallye de France last month, fended off a spirited charge by fellow Citroen C4 driver Petter Solberg to claim top honours on the Cardiff-based event for the second time for his 62nd career triumph...

WRC Wales Rally GB 2010 - End of Day Three Podcast - Sunday
Posted at WRC.com on November 14, 2010

Listen to the podcast for the final day of Wales Rally GB.

The wrc.com review: Wales Rally GB
Posted at WRC.com on November 15, 2010

...Even seven-time World Champion Sebastien Loeb, a man who has more or less seen it all, said that it was the longest and the tightest battle that he had experienced all year. The fact that he still won by 20 seconds proves the extent to which he has dominated the season: Wales Rally GB was the Frenchman’s eighth win of the year...

13 Wales Rally GB 2010
Posted by WRCNorthAmerica at YouTube November 14, 2010

Junior's Reading And Viewing List: November 8 - 14, 2010

Last Update - December 11, 2010 at 6:27 PM EST

Welcome to Junior's 'Reading And Viewing List' for November 8 through November 14, 2010.

Upcoming films, hockey (Washington Capitals), music and racing (Formula One and WRC) are the main topics here, once again.

2010 F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Preview and 2010 WRC Wales Rally GB Preview posts made it into this list, as those events wrapped up the 2010 season for both F1 and WRC.


November 14, 2010

Postgame Notebook: Capitals 6, Thrashers 4
By Mike Vogel - Senior Writer at WashingtonCaps.com

Burn Before Watching – Both the Washington Capitals and the Atlanta Thrashers were playing the second of back-to-back games and also for the third time in four nights on Sunday afternoon at Verizon Center. The result was an ugly, often sloppily played contest that concluded in a 6-4 Washington win...


November 13, 2010

Postgame Notebook: Sabres 3, Capitals 2, OT
By Mike Vogel - Senior Writer at WashingtonCaps.com

...After going winless (0-6-1) in their first seven home games of the 2010-11 season, the Buffalo Sabres finally made the home crowd happy with a 3-2 overtime win over the Capitals on Saturday night. Thomas Vanek’s highlight reel goal – his second tally of the night – with one minute remaining in overtime lifted the Sabres...

Mills 'lost for words' after Park award
Posted at WRC.com

Petter Solberg's former co-driver Phil Mills has become the fifth recipient of the Michael Park trophy, which was awarded at Wales Rally GB...


November 12, 2010

Friday analysis - what do Red Bull have in reserve?
Posted at Formula1.com

The first day of Abu Dhabi practice saw the four title contenders to the fore, as everybody worked on setting their cars up and getting the best out of Bridgestone's medium and super-soft tyres for the last time. Hamilton was quickest in what he felt was a much improved McLaren, but Vettel insisted there is more to come from Red Bull. We take a team-by-team look at Friday at Yas Marina...

A Defenseman Grows Up
By The Peerless at The Peerless Prognosticator

Mike Green is an “offensive” defenseman. These days, that is a term that seems to question one’s manhood as much as it identifies a defenseman’s style of play. As in, “Green doesn’t play defense.”

It is the narrative theme that probably cost Green a Norris Trophy in each of the last two seasons, his brand of play being less rugged and less “two-way” than the voting media seemed to want in their defensemen nowadays...

Foreigner To Release Live Album
By mdome at Classic Rock

Foreigner are to release a live album on November 15.

It’s titled Can’t Slow Down – When It’s Live, and has the following track listing:...

...The band will be touring the UK next summer,
with Journey and Styx.


Pre-Abu Dhabi analysis - title contenders giving nothing away
Posted at Formula1.com

All four world championship contenders did their level best here in Abu Dhabi on Thursday to appear cool, calm, and collected, barely bothered by the possible outcomes on Sunday afternoon, and how they might affect their season-long aspirations. Could you believe that none of them really cared if they didn't emerge as the title holder? Of course not...

White Lion To Release Live CD/DVD
By mdome at Classic Rock

White Lion, the 1980s melodic rock heroes, are to release a live compilation on November 23.

The deluxe CD/DVD, called Concert Anthology 1987-1991, is to be put out by Cleopatra Records. Here’s the full track listing:...


November 11, 2010

Postgame Notebook: Capitals 6, Lightning 3
By Mike Vogel - Senior Writer at WashingtonCaps.com

Show Stealer – Heading into tonight’s game, most of the talk was of Lightning center Steven Stamkos, who came into the game with a league-leading 13 goals and 24 points in just 14 games. Stamkos didn’t disappoint; he had a goal and an assist and was named the game’s third star.

The guy everyone is talking about after the game is Washington’s Alexander Semin. He had a hat trick – his second in nine games and the fifth of his NHL career...

The Who, Jeff Beck Play Charity Gig
By mdome at Classic Rock

The Who, Jeff Beck and Debbie Harry are joining forces for a charity gig in January.

It’s happens at the Hammersmith Apollo on January 13, with all proceeds going to the Killing Cancer charity, which funds research into a little-known therapy that destroys cancer cells with a single treatment – without patients suffering the emotional and physical trauma of chemotherapy and radiotherapy...

Iron Maiden Announce Ten-Date UK Tour
By gbarton at Classic Rock

Iron Maiden will embark on a major British tour in summer 2011 – culminating with a prestigious show at London’s O2 Arena.

The Irons’ dates are as follows:...

FIA Thursday press conference - Abu Dhabi
Posted at Formula1.com

Drivers: Fernando Alonso (Ferrari), Lewis Hamilton (McLaren), Nico Hulkenberg (Williams), Sebastian Vette; (Red Bull) and Mark Webber (Red Bull).

Q: A question to all the championship contenders. How do you approach this race? Do you approach it tactically, just to win, or does the approach evolve during the weekend? Lewis, from your point of view I guess it is relatively simple?
Lewis Hamilton: For me, I have nothing to lose. The guys in front of me have everything to lose, so for me I am going to be flat out as always...

Ogier ready to come out fighting in Wales
Posted at WRC.com

Sebastien Ogier has confessed to feeling surprised at lying second in this year's FIA drivers' title contest, but hopes to seal the deal with an all-out attack at Wales Rally GB this weekend...

Budgie Cancel All Shows
By mdome at Classic Rock

...Here’s the official statement on what’s happened from the band’s management:

“Burke Shelley was admitted to hospital after complaining of pains in his abdomen on Tuesday 9th November in Wejherowo. A team of surgeons was quickly assembled to operate on the singer and bassist who was diagnosed as having a 6cm aneurism of the aorta.Tests revealed that Burke’s aorta was leaking blood into the outer wall of the aneurism which could have burst at any time...


Abu Dhabi preview - will Red Bull win, but lose?
Posted at Formula1.com

Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz's insistence on not employing team orders adds further spice to this weekend's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, as for the first time in history four drivers compete for the world championship crown in the final race. Red Bull's policy means Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel go head to head in a bid to win - and stop Fernando Alonso winning - the 2010 drivers' title...


November 10, 2010

Idiots
By Jeff Hickmott at The World of Jeff

A teacher says she had to give up teaching because she developed nodules on her vocal cords, caused, she says, by constantly having to raise her voice. She has been awarded over £150,000 in compensation. People are idiots.

A survey of 17 large towns found that the stupidest town in Britain was Swindon, in Wiltshire. Participants were asked a variety of fairly straightforward questions such as...

Rally Portugal gets Lisbon street stage for 2011
Posted at WRC.com

Following the success of this year’s WRC roadshow in Porto that drew 40,000 spectators, the organisers of Rally Portugal will go one better in 2011, with a brand new Superspecial stage right in the heart of the Portuguese capital Lisbon...

Five become four - the great contenders
Posted at Formula1.com

Over the last 18 races, five drivers from three teams have won races and the lead in the drivers' championship has changed hands a staggering nine times. As we head to the season finale in Abu Dhabi there are still four men with a shot at the title - a first for Formula One racing. With Jenson Button having dropped out of the running in Brazil, we take a closer look at the remaining contenders...

Testing crash forces car swap for Block
Posted at WRC.com

Ken Block will start Wales Rally GB on Thursday night with a replacement Ford Focus RS WRC following a testing crash on Monday...


November 9, 2010

Postgame Notebook: Capitals 5, Rangers 3
By Mike Vogel - Senior Writer at WashingtonCaps.com

Barnburner – Recent history between the Capitals and the New York Rangers features high-scoring games at Madison Square Garden and lower scoring affairs at Verizon Center. That pattern held true to form on Tuesday when the Caps left town with a 5-3 victory after their first Broadway visit of the season...

'Doctor Who: The Complete Fifth Series' Bonus Feature
Takes You Inside The (New) TARDIS
By Rick Marshall at MTV's Splash Page

The countdown is finally over for "Doctor Who" fans eagerly anticipating the release of "Doctor Who: The Complete Fifth Series" on DVD or Blu-Ray, and along with the big giveaway we kicked off today to celebrate the set's arrival, we also have another exclusive peek at the bonus features found in the collection.

This time around, it's a personal tour of the new TARDIS set (and a peek at the old) from Amy Pond herself, actress Karen Gillan.

Welcome Back Conan
Posted by Ted Leonsis at Ted's Take

THIS was an awesome opener. So well played and the pitch was perfect.

“Less - Much Less.”...

*Dan, Jr. / Junior's Eyes Note: Conan's opening sketch:

Thin Lizzy Re-Release Classic Albums
By mdome at Classic Rock

Thin Lizzy are to release deluxe, expanded versions of three classic albums on January 24...

...Jailbreak

Johnny The Fox

Live And Dangerous

Each has been remixed and remastered by Lizzy guitarist Scott Gorham, together with Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott. They’ll be double discs, containing the original album on one CD, a second CD with rare bonus tracks. Live And Dangerous will also have a DVD...

Ford pair bid for one more Focus victory
Posted at WRC.com

The Ford Focus RS World Rally Car will end a 12-year world rally career in Britain this week, and BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team drivers Jari-Matti Latvala and Mikko Hirvonen aim to provide a fitting farewell for the car that has won two manufacturers' world titles and 44 rallies...


November 8, 2010

RONNIE JAMES DIO Musical Christmas Card Available
Posted at Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles

You know how hard it is to find the right card to send to your metal buddies, right? Now you can send them a RONNIE JAMES DIO Christmas card!

When you open the card, Ronnie pops out and the card plays his version of 'God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen'!...

'Batman Live' Stage Show Announced
By Josh Wigler at MTV's Splash Page

Even though the "Spider-Man" musical is experiencing further delays, it's not the end for stage shows based on popular comic book characters. Case in point -- "Batman Live", an upcoming live show that's set to tour across Europe next summer...

Dio Memoirs Get Publishing Deal
By mdome at Classic Rock

Rainbow In The Dark: The Autobiography Of Ronnie James Dio will be published by MTV Books.

The memoirs of the iconic singer, who died earlier this year, are expected to be published in 2012. Dio wrote about three-quarters of it, with his widow/manager Wendy Dio currently finishing it off...

Exclusive 'Doctor Who: The Complete Fifth Series' Bonus Feature:
Building A New Dalek
By Rick Marshall at MTV's Splash Page

Our countdown to the release of "Doctor Who: The Complete Fifth Series" on DVD and Blu-Ray continues this week with an exclusive preview of another bonus feature from the collection...

Abu Dhabi preview quotes - Virgin, Force India,
HRT, Lotus & more
Posted at Formula1.com - Updated November 11, 2010

The visual drama of the Yas Marina Circuit at twilight is already so embedded in our minds that it's hard to believe the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix is only in its second year. Last season it debuted, this season it hosts the championship decider - the first four-way title showdown in Formula One history. The men involved in this weekend's season finale discuss their prospects...

Bonus Track Of The Day: Praying Mantis
By mdome at Classic Rock

The veteran NWOBHM band are currently re-recording some of their classic songs for an EP titled Metalmorphosis, which will be released shortly. But in celebration of their 30th anniversary (even though they were formed in 1974!), the band – frontman Mike Freedland, guitarist/vocalist Tino Troy, guitarist Andy Burgess, bassist/vocalist Chris Troy and drummer Benjy Reid – are now offering the previously unreleased song Witchhunt as a free download...