Junior's Reading And Viewing List: November 27 - 30, 2010

Last Update - January 1, 2011 at 1:01 AM EST

Junior's November 27 through November 30, 2010 'Reading And Viewing List' includes title links with snippets from items that were published with November 2010 winding down.

You'll find subjects represented in this list include films, hockey (Washington Capitals), music and racing (Formula One and WRC).


November 30, 2010

FIA publishes 2011 entry list
Posted at Formula1.com

Formula One racing's governing body, the FIA, published the first draft of the 2011 championship entry list on Tuesday. Six teams have yet to finalise their driver line-ups, with Sauber's Sergio Perez the...

Caps trade Tomas Fleischmann to Colorado
for defenseman Scott Hannan
By Lindsay Applebaum at Capitals Insider

...TSN's Bob McKenzie is reporting that the Capitals have made a trade with the Colorado Avalanche for veteran defenseman Scott Hannan. The Denver Post's Adrian Dater reports that the Caps player is Tomas Fleischmann...

Home Of Metal on BBC news
Posted at Home Of Metal

When trawling youtube on a bit of a research jaunt I came across this BBC News footage from one of our open days at New Art Gallery Walsall, where we were collecting fans memorabilia, think Antiques Roadshow for Metal fans. All those artefacts have been included on this website and will help to inform a major exhibition next year at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery - more news coming soon.

A change in the air - 2011's technical revisions
Posted at Formula1.com

The sound of champagne corks may still be ringing in the ears after 2010's title celebrations, but F1 waits for no man. And if one was needed, the recent Pirelli tyre test served as a stark reminder...

Kovalainen on bed rest after ROC smash
Posted at Formula1.com

Lotus's Heikki Kovalainen is resting in bed on doctors' advice after suffering a heavy concussion during his crash in Sunday's Race of Champions (ROC) event in Germany. He will undergo further tests in the...

Man Out Of Time : An Exclusive Inteview With Black Country Communion Keyboardist Derek Sherinian
Posted by Nightwatcher at Nightwatcher's House Of Rock

Keyboardist Derek Sherinian is a man out of time.

For if this were the 1970's, in the heyday of such titans of the keyboards such as Keith Emerson, Rick Wakeman and Jon Jord, he would be among that elite circle of players whom were superstars - back in a time when such talent was not only appreciated, but celebrated in popular music...


November 29, 2010

Lemmy The Movie: Cinema List
By mdome at Classic Rock

Lemmy The Movie is to get screenings at cinemas across the UK in December and January.

Here’s how the list shapes up:...

Ogier back on track after strong finish in France
Posted at WRC.com

Following three consecutive mistakes on the WRC rallies in France, Spain and Great Britain, Sebastien Ogier believes his driving is back on track after claiming a trouble-free fifth overall on Rallye du Var in France at the weekend, at the wheel of the new Citroen DS3 R3...


Force India's Di Resta takes DTM title
Posted at Formula1.com

Force India's reserve driver Paul di Resta became 2010 DTM champion on Sunday after finishing second in the season finale of the prestigious German touring car series. The Scot now hopes his success will be...


November 28, 2010

High On Excitement
Carolina Hurricanes Vs Washington Capitals Home Game Review
By Joe Beninati (Capitals Play-by-Play) at CSN - Washington, DC

The Caps and Hurricanes treated us to their usual nerve-wracking conclusion today. Whenever these two teams get together all the makings are there for a dramatic photo-finish and this contest did not disappoint...

Bonus Track Of The Band: Triumph
By mdome at Classic Rock

...Allied Forces was the fifth album from the trio of Rik Emmett (guitar/vocals), Mike Levine (bass/vocals) and Gil Moore (drums/vocals). Released in 1981, it got to Number 23 on the US charts (the band’s highest position) and 64 in the UK, where Triumph appeared at the first – and only – Heavy Metal Holocaust festival at Port Vale FC. Now you can download the song Fool For Your Love for free right here...


November 27, 2010

U.K. Vote Eric Clapton No. 1 Guitar Hero
Posted by Nightwatcher at Nightwatcher's House Of Rock

Gibson.com is reporting that visitors to this week’s London guitar show Guitar Nation Live voted Eric Clapton as their #1 Guitar Hero. The poll was taken at the booth of instrument insurance company Allianz Musical Insurance...

2010 F1 Australian Grand Prix Review, Video

Jenson Button celebrates 2010 Autralian Grand Prix win. Photo by AP Photo.

The second race of the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship Season took place at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit in Melbourne, Australia this past Sunday - March 28, 2010. The winner of the 2010 Australian Grand Prix was the reigning Formula One World Drivers' Champion, Great Britain's Jenson Button (McLaren - Mercedes).

Experts had once again predicted German Renault driver Sebastian Vettel and "Red Bull the team to beat". But once again Vettel, a dominating driver in portions of both of the first two races, was a victim of car failure.

The following articles posted this week at Formula1.com review this year's Australian Grand Prix. Click on the title links to read the full story on this race. Interviews, details and race analysis are included.

For recent posts dealing with things other than this particular GP race, visit Junior's 'Reading And Viewing List' blog entries. Amongst varied subject matter, you may find links to other stories on F1.


Paddock Postcard from Melbourne
Posted at Formula1.com on March 28, 2010

It may not have opened the season this year but Melbourne’s Albert Park was en fete yet again for this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix.

Friday evening saw world champion Jenson Button star in the annual Grand Prix Ball, while the paddock teemed with stars from racing and other walks of life, displays of historic racing and road cars...

Australian Grand Prix - selected team & driver quotes
Posted at Formula1.com on March 28, 2010

BMW Sauber’s Kamui Kobayashi, Toro Rosso’s Sebastien Buemi and Williams’ Nico Hulkenberg on their first-lap clash; Ferrari’s Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso on their late-race tyre troubles; and reigning world champion Jenson Button on his first win for McLaren. All 24 drivers and their teams review Sunday’s action...

Button wins Melbourne thriller for McLaren
Posted at Formula1.com on March 28, 2010

Jenson Button moved within six points of the world championship lead on Sunday with a superbly judged victory for McLaren in a dramatic Australian Grand Prix that firmly gave the lie to suggestions that Formula One racing is boring.

A rain shower just before the start saw the field start on intermediate Bridgestone tyres, and after a brush between Button, Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso and Mercedes’ Michael Schumacher, then a heavy crash involving BMW Sauber’s Kamui Kobayashi, Toro Rosso’s Sebastien Buemi and Williams’ Nico Hulkenberg in Turn Six, the safety car was deployed...

Lewis Hamilton Q&A: I drove my heart out
Posted at Formula1.com on March 28, 2010

From his poor qualifying position, to a questionable strategy call by McLaren, to Mark Webber’s overly-optimistic passing attempt, Australia hasn’t been Lewis Hamilton’s weekend. Here Hamilton reviews his race and looks ahead to next weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix...

FIA post-race press conference - Australia
Posted at Formula1.com on March 28, 2010

1st Jenson Button (McLaren), 1h33m36.531s; 2nd Robert Kubica (Renault), 1h33m48.565s; 3rd Felipe Massa (Ferrari), 1h33m51.019s.

Q: Jenson, an incredible race. 50 laps plus on a set of soft tyres. You made the early gamble for the slick tyres and that was the game changer. Was that your call?
Jenson Button: It was. I think it is a lot easier for the drivers to feel the conditions. The team can see it on TV with the clouds coming in, but we can feel out on the circuit what is happening. I didn’t have a balance on the inters, I was really struggling and I lost a couple of places, so I thought ‘let’s get in, stick the slicks on.’ There was a dry line...

Sebastian Vettel Q&A: Car failure ‘massively infuriating’
Posted at Formula1.com on March 28, 2010

It would seem Sebastian Vettel is jinxed. As in Bahrain, Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix saw him dominate the race only to be eliminated by a mechanical problem. He may head to Malaysia safe in the knowledge that he has the fastest car on the grid, but he also knows that missing out on valuable points at this stage of the season could ultimately cost him the title...

Jenson Button Q&A: Melbourne’s a good place for me
Posted at Formula1.com on March 29, 2010

In 2009 Jenson Button took his first win of the season in Australia en route to the title. On Sunday he took the first win of his title defence in the same place - surely a good omen. After qualifying fourth, Button had predicted the real strength of the McLaren would be race pace - and he was right. After victory in only his second outing for his new team, can it get any better for the Briton? Button certainly thinks so...

Australia race analysis - McLaren win the bull fight
Posted at Formula1.com on March 29, 2010

As in Bahrain, Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull were the fastest combination in Melbourne. But as in Bahrain, mechanical failure meant the win escaped them. Instead it was Jenson Button and McLaren who did the best job of capitalising on their rivals’ misfortune in some very difficult conditions. A stunning drive from Robert Kubica brought Renault an unexpected podium, and Felipe Massa struck back in his battle with Ferrari team mate Fernando Alonso, beating the Spaniard to third place. We take a team-by-team look at how everyone fared at Albert Park on Sunday...

Robert Kubica Q&A: Australian race ‘pretty much perfect’
Posted at Formula1.com on March 29, 2010

Renault’s second-place finish was arguably the biggest shock of the Australian Grand Prix weekend and much of it was down to the skills of the man behind the wheel, Robert Kubica, who kept his cool as supposedly faster rivals tripped up in the tricky conditions. The Pole reviews his Melbourne race and looks ahead to Malaysia...

2010 Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix - Highlights Music Video