Junior's Reading And Viewing List: June 21 - 30, 2011

Last Update - July 24, 2011 at 3:59 AM EDT

Junior's 'Reading And Viewing List' for June 21 through June 30, 2011 contains title links, with article snippets, from items published at the end of June 2011.

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


June 30, 2011

Doctor Who Magazine #436 Issued June 30, 2011

June 29, 2011

FIA confirms 1.6 turbo engines for 2014
Posted at Formula1.com

The FIA, motorsport's governing body, has confirmed that Formula One racing will move to new engine regulations in 2014, with the current 2.4 litre V8s being replaced by more efficient 1.6 litre, turbocharged V6s...


'Hulk' TV Show Moving Forward, Says Guillermo Del Toro
By Danica Davidson at MTV's Splash Page

The Hulk seems to have no shortage of fans these days. Besides appearing in “The Avengers,” the previously announced "Hulk" television series is moving forward, according to producer Guillermo Del Toro...


Home of Metal Launch In Pictures
Posted at Home Of Metal

Last Thursday Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery's Gas Hall hosted the launch of the Home of Metal Exhibition. In attendence were notable members of both the music and art communities. Slade singer Noddy Holder, former Judas Priest guitarist KK Downing and Brian Tatler from Diamond Head were among the guests at the official opening which was launched by Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi...


Halford To Release Live Blu-ray
By mdome at Classic Rock

...It’s called Halford Live At Saitama Super Arena, and features a 5.1 Surround Sound mix and is in HD. The full track listing is:...


June 28, 2011

VIDEO: Neil Gaiman Explains The Origins
Of His 'Doctor Who' Episode
By Rick Marshall at MTV's Splash Page

...Fortunately, the Gaiman-penned episode "The Doctor's Wife" managed to be even better than everyone hoped when it premiered earlier this year, and earned rave reviews from newcomers and longtime fans alike. So, when the author dropped by MTV News HQ to discuss the 10th anniversary of his award-winning novel "American Gods", I made sure to ask him about the experience of taking on 47 years of "Doctor Who" history and taking fans on a journey deep inside the TARDIS...

Record number of World Rally Cars set for Finland
Posted at WRC.com

More new-generation World Rally Cars than ever before will contest Finland's round of the world championship with 21 of the high-tech turbocharged machines set to do battle on the flat-out gravel spectacular next month...


Exclusive interview - Sauber CEO Monisha Kaltenborn
Posted at Formula1.com

There are plenty of women working in the Formula One paddock, but Monisha Kaltenborn is the first to take on the job of team CEO. Perhaps surprisingly it's with Sauber, traditionally seen as a relatively conservative team, but for Kaltenborn holding the fate of an F1 squad in one's hands holds few qualms. We spoke to her about her rise to prominence with Sauber...


June 27, 2011

High Voltage At The Golden Gods 2011
By mdome at Classic Rock

We caught up with High Voltage festival headliners Judas Priest at the recent Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards. Come inside to watch an exclusive video interview with Rob Halford and Glenn Tipton...

All-black scheme for Ford's test Fiesta
Posted at WRC.com

The Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team began its four-day asphalt test in France today with its Fiesta RS WRCs sporting a new colour scheme...


June 24, 2011

2010-2011 By the Tens -- Forwards: Brooks Laich
By The Peerless at The Peerless Prognosticator

Power is something of a recurring theme in Brooks Laich’s 2010-2011 season. First, if you look at this season compared to last, the results are almost duplicates of one another with one very important exception:...


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

It may have been business as usual on Friday morning in Valencia, with Red Bull's Mark Webber leading the pack, but by the afternoon session the advantage had shifted to Ferrari's Fernando Alonso. The drivers and senior team personnel report on the opening day of the European round...


June 23, 2011

New 'Captain America: The First Avenger' Trailer!
By Rick Marshall at MTV's Splash Page

...The new trailer premiered at Yahoo Movies, and features quite a bit of new footage from the film — including some impressive shield-slinging action!...


Europe preview - rule tweak & DRS to mix up Valencia field?
Posted at Formula1.com

McLaren, Ferrari and Mercedes will all be hoping fervently that a change in the regulations governing engine mapping will clip Red Bull's wings a little this weekend at the European round in Valencia and give them more of a chance of getting on even terms with the Milton Keynes team in qualifying...


MINI set for Goodwood demonstration
Posted at WRC.com

Rally fans living in Britain will get another opportunity to see MINI's John Cooper Works WRC in action when Kris Meeke demonstrates the all-new machine at the Goodwood Festival of Speed...


June 22, 2011

Todt positive on WRC changes
Posted at WRC.com

Jean Todt, the president of the FIA, motorsport's world governing body, visited the Acropolis Rally in Greece last week on a fact-finding mission...


June 21, 2011

Does Alex Semin Need an Elite Center to Succeed?
By Kareem E. at Japers' Rink

Two weeks ago we completed our annual wrap of Capitals forward Alexander Semin. One of the questions at the end of the recap asked if Semin needed an elite center to pull more out of the enigmatic player. Challenging contemporary hockey wisdom, some openly thought no, that Semin, a wing, was enough of a playmaker that he could dictate play regardless of who he had as his pivot. It's an important question to answer, because if the answer is indeed "no", the Caps do not need to chase a high-cost center this summer...


Home of Metal in the Birmingham Post
Posted at Home Of Metal

Bunny Bissoux plays her Les Paul Epiphone SG in Ozzy's front room.

Take a look at the Post's fantastic picture gallery HERE

Heavy metal music is being celebrated in the West Midlands with a host of exhibitions, writes Lorne Jackson.

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Sunday Times Article on Home Of Metal
Posted at Home Of Metal

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Title: Full metal jacket
Author: Richard Clayton

Renault: Engine-mapping clampdown will affect all teams
Posted at Formula1.com

Renault technical director James Allison expects every team will be affected by a clampdown on engine mapping ahead of the forthcoming European event. The FIA have told teams that they won't be allowed to alter engine maps between qualifying and the race from this weekend's Valencia round...


Strong return makes Henning happy
Posted at WRC.com

Henning Solberg marked his return to the world championship on last week's Acropolis Rally by claiming his best finish of the season so far...


Leslie West Has Emergency Surgery
By mdome at Classic Rock

...The celebrated guitarist, who suffers from diabetes, was rushed to hospital in Biloxi, Mississippi after the leg began to swell. The decision was then taken to amputate the limb up to his knee...

Junior's Reading And Viewing List: September 16 - 20, 2010

Last Update - October 25, 2010 at 7:59 PM EDT

Junior's 'Reading And Viewing List' for September 11 through September 20, 2010 contains title linked places worth visting from last month. If you missed these posted items, or just want to revist and review them, I think you'll find them worth the cyber trip.

The topics covered below include films, music, hockey (Washington Capitals) and racing (Formula One and WRC).

At least one 2010 WRC Rally France Preview post made it into this list.


September 20, 2010

Leslie West Illness Forces Changes to Scheduled Shows
Posted by Nightwatcher at Nightwatcher's House Of Rock

Leslie West, legendary guitarist and singer for the group Mountain and West, Bruce Jr and Laing, is at home recovering from a recent stay at Holy Name Hospital in Teaneck, New Jersey to treat blood clots, (DVT) and a pseudo aneurysm in his leg.

Intervention Radiologist, Dr. John Rundback stated, “Leslie underwent several procedures to re-vascularize his right leg with angioplasty and extensive use of stints”. The aneurysm was a result of anticoagulation drugs administered to Leslie to resolve and prevent further thrombosis...

First Betty White, Now Stan Lee? New 'SNL' Facebook Campaign Kicks Off!
By Rick Marshall at MTV's Splash Page

Just a few months ago, "Golden Girls" actress Betty White made headlines by turning a Facebook fan campaign into a guest hosting gig on "Saturday Night Live." Now, fans of comics legend Stan Lee are hoping to do the same for the co-creator of Spider-Man, the X-Men, and countless other iconic characters...

A Survey of Local Caps’ Media: Evaluating the Offseason
By pucksandbooks at On Frozen Blog

In the leadup to this fall’s training camp I reached out to local media long devoted to covering the Caps and asked them to respond to a single line of inquiry: relative to where they imagined the Caps to be as claimants for legitimate Stanley Cup contention in the immediate aftermath of last April’s seven-game series loss to Montreal, where were the Caps at the dawn of training camp this fall? Improved? Regressing? More or less the status quo? I wanted from them a verdict on the Capitals’ offseason, with en eye toward the big prize. I received from my media colleagues what I thought I would: extremely thoughtful verdicts...

Vosgien test nets Kimi his first rally victory
Posted at WRC.com

Kimi Raikkonen says he is ready for his next World Rally Championship event after a successful test - and first rally win - on the Rallye Vosgien on Saturday.

The Citroen Junior Team has now planned all of its 15 official test days, which means the only alternative way of offering the Red Bull-backed Raikkonen experience of the kind of roads he will drive on in the Rally of France is for him to compete on rallies...


September 19, 2010

Fate, Karma And Throwing Down That Rock and Roll Gauntlet :
An Exclusive Interview with Glenn Hughes Of Black Country Communion
By Nightwatcher at Nightwatcher's House Of Rock

To die hard rock n rollers, Glenn Hughes needs no introduction. From his first rise to prominence in the early 70's with Trapeze, through a three year stint with Deep Purple, later with Black Sabbath, Gary Moore and numerous solo releases, his vocal prowess has been such as to garner being called the "Voice Of Rock"...

If You Choose Not To Decide, You Still Have Made A Choice
Posted by OrderedChaos (a.k.a. Mike Rucki) at On Frozen Blog

We pardon this interruption of your regularly-scheduled programming: Mike, John, and Gary chose to attend the Rush concert last night. 42 years to the day since the Rush’s first-ever performance at The Coff-In, and the band just keeps getting better.

Below are a few photos from the show. We will shortly resume your Capitals coverage, already in progress...


September 18, 2010

Victims?
By Ted Leonsis at Ted's Take

That is a pretty strong word, isn’t it?

I believe that small businesses are the life blood of our economy. They mostly serve local consumers in neighborhoods and it is tough to compete against big companies if you are a small business...

Japers' Rink Radio - Episode 20
Posted at Japers' Rink Radio

Full Washington Capitals training camp opens today, and Pepper and Russell discuss the sky-high expectations for the Caps in this 2010-11 season with a very special 20th episode of JRR. And by special, we mean that we'll be joined by chairman and majority owner of Monumental Sports & Entertainment (the holding company of the Capitals), Ted Leonsis, and later in the hour by Greg Wyshynski, editor-in-chief of Yahoo's Puck Daddy blog...

Steven Tyler To Release Solo Single
By mdome at Classic Rock

...Blabbermouth are reporting that the song is the theme for the upcoming Japanese movie Space Battleship Yamoto. The song itself is called Love Lives...

...Check out the song on this clip.


September 17, 2010

Event Verizon
By Brian at Rumblings from the Man Cave

...I finally took the phone back to my local Verizon store.

That's when things went from bad to epic fail...

WRC stars McRae and Park remembered
Posted at WRC.com


Two days in September, every September, will be forever remembered by rally fans. Two days in September, two years apart, when our world turned a little bit darker.

Already reeling from the terrible condition which had struck down Richard Burns, the WRC then lost Michael ‘Beef’ Park and Colin McRae.

Latvala to drive Monster Focus at Rallyday
Posted at WRC.com

BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team driver Jari-Matti Latvala will pilot Ken Block's Monster World Rally Team Ford Focus at the Rallyday show in the UK this weekend.

Latvala will join other guests including 1984 World Rally Champion Stig Blomqvist and former WRC co-drivers Phil Mills and Nicky Grist at the non-competitive event at Castle Combe race circuit on Saturday 18 September...

'No Reservations' Host Anthony Bourdain Writing Graphic Novel For DC Comics
By Josh Wigler at MTV's Splash Page

Anthony Bourdain is an acclaimed chef, food author, world traveler and television personality best known for "No Reservations," his globe-trotting Travel Channel series that shines the spotlight on the world's greatest culinary treats. Now, he can add another job to his ever expanding resume: comic book author...

Japan hoping for return to WRC as soon as possible
Posted at WRC.com

Rally Japan chief Dmitry Krivtsov says the event's best hopes of a return to the World Rally Championship calendar rest with the return of a Japanese car manufacturer.

The Sapporo-based event is not on the WRC schedule for next season, but with the increased speculation surrounding a return to the sport for Toyota, there are hopes the series could be back on the island of Hokkaido in the near future...

Happy 25th Birthday to Great Eight!
Posted at Alex Ovetjkin

...Happy 25th Captain Ovechkin!...

Eminem to stage first Latin American show with F1 Rocks™
Posted at Formula1.com

GEO Eventos in partnership with Enterprise Entertainment have announced global rap superstar Eminem will headline F1 Rocks™ with LG in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo on November 5, as part of the build-up to this season’s Brazilian Grand Prix. It will be Eminem’s first appearance in Latin America.

"This is something very special for the Brazilian audience,” said Pedro Assumpcao, CEO of Geo Eventos. “Eminem’s performance in Sao Paulo will show the importance of Brazil and F1 Rocks™ with LG in Sao Paulo as well as on the global arts scene.”

*Dan, Jr. / Junior's Eyes Note: When did Eminem switch to Rock music? This news is about as welcome as "Borat To Play Freddie Mercury". Excuse me, while I go throw-up.


September 16, 2010

Caps Rookie Camp Closes With a Bang! Caps 4 - Flyers 3
By The Peerless at The Peerless Prognosticator

It might be September, it might be in Arlington, it might be rookies, but it is never, ever a bad day when the Caps beat the Flyers. And the rookies did just that to their Flyer counterparts, riding a late Cody Eakin goal to a 4-3 win at Kettler Capitals Iceplex this afternoon before a packed house and many of the Caps vets in attendance...

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

Imagine yourself a young goaltender. A second round draft pick in 2006 (fourth goalie selected). The next year, you record a 26-8-4 record in Canadian juniors (2.32, .932, four shutouts), followed up by a 14-4 post-season record (2.44, .932) that carries your team to the Memorial Cup semi-finals. You have cemented yourself as a prospect to watch, except the next year you end up playing for three different teams in Canadian juniors (Plymouth, Windsor, Oshawa). No matter – you still put up a combined 17-7-8 record and go 7-2, 2.49, .928 in the post-season with Oshawa. Not much more to prove here...

Solberg convinced he's on the brink of WRC victory
Posted at WRC.com

Petter Solberg says it's only a matter of time before he returns to winning ways in the World Rally Championship.

Solberg, 35, last won at WRC level on Rally GB in September 2005. But after coming close to victory on Rally Japan last week, the Norwegian is convinced that it’s a case of when rather than if he will win again.

May 2010 Concerts In DC, Maryland And PA

Here is a current list of some of the music concerts and comedy performances scheduled to take place during the rest of May 2010, at venues in Maryland, (Washington) DC, and Southern Pennsylvania.


One Night of Queen by The Works - May 8th at American Music Theatre in Lancaster, PA

Public Image Ltd. (a.k.a. PiL) - May 12th at 9:30 Club in Washington, DC

Get The Led Out - May 15th at Rams Head Live! in Baltimore, MD

Kenny Loggins - May 15th at Pier Six in Baltimore, MD

Leslie West (Mountain) and Scrapomatic - May 18th at Rams Head On Stage in Annapolis, MD

Bon Jovi - May 19th at Hersheypark Stadium in Hershey, PA

Jimmy Fallon - May 22nd at Warner Theater in Washington, DC

Neil Young (Acoustic) - May 24th at D.A.R. Constitution Hall in Washington, DC

The Neville Brothers - May 26th at Rams Head On Stage in Annapolis, MD

Little River Band - May 31st at Rams Head On Stage in Annapolis, MD

*All details are subject to change!

Junior's Reading And Viewing List: January 30 - 31, 2010

Last Update - February 1, 2010 at 9:01 PM EST

Here are the links some of the interesting items posted to the internet on the last couple days of January. It's the 'Reading And Viewing List' for January 30 through January 31, 2010.


January 31, 2010

Rockin' Site You Should Know : Rock N' Roll TV With Share Ross
By Nightwatcher at Nightwatcher's House Of Rock

Looking for a great, rockin' place to go after this site? Well dear readers, look no further than Rock N Roll TV.

Hosted by the lovely and talented Share Ross, bassist for Vixen, Contraband, Dogs D'Amour, and currently guitarist and singer for Bubble...

Caps 3 - Lightning 2 - Streak Continues ... and Lot's Of Hockey News This Weekend to Muse About Too
By Usually Frustrated Caps Fan at Mark's Musings

Well this afternoon at Verizon Center, the Washington Capitals made it 10 in a row and came away with two points. The Caps closed out the month of January with a 13-2-0 record, their best month of the season, and their best month in a regular season ever...

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

Sawbuck Streak – Washington eked out a 3-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday afternoon at Verizon Center to extend its winning streak to 10. The spree matches the longest run in franchise history, a 10-game streak from Jan. 27-Feb. 18, 1984...


Bruce Boudreau Speaks To Media After Win Over Tampa Bay Lightning
Posted at Comcast SportsNet - Washington, DC

Right click on video to choose full screen option.

Washington Capitals Players Speak To Media After Win Over Tampa Bay Lightning
Posted on Caps365 at WashingtonCaps.com

"The juice in the GM job is deals..."
By The Peerless at The Peerless Prognosticator

That quote comes from Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brian Burke at a press conference earlier today announcing the the first major trades of 2010...

“Business of Happiness” is Shipping
By Ted Leonsis at Ted's Take

Thank you Amazon.com. My book is shipping about ten days earlier than expected and scheduled...

West, Bruce jr & Laing Rock Long Island
By Nightwatcher at Nightwatcher's House Of Rock

This past Friday, January 29, the reunited West, Bruce & Laing, now entitled West Bruce jr & Laing, with Jack Bruce's son Malcolm replacing him...

Can Caps Bolt to Ten?
By Mike Vogel - Senior Writer at WashingtonCaps.com

For just the second time in the Washington Capitals’ three and half decade history, the team is aiming for its 10th straight win. The Caps host the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday afternoon at Verizon Center in the finale of a three-game homestand. With a victory over the Bolts, Washington would match the franchise standard for consecutive victories, established from Jan. 27-Feb. 18, 1984...

January 30, 2010

Ovechkin's Olympics Portrait Shoot and other stuff
Posted by tj at Alex Ovetjkin

Fact:

"Since the Capitals named Alexander Ovechkin captain on Jan. 5, they have gone 12-1-0 and have scored four or more goals in every game but one. Their nine-game winning streak is the club’s longest in 21 seasons and one short of the franchise record."...

Green, Boudreau react to suspension
By Tarik El-Bashir at Capitals Insider

When Mike Green limped off the ice after a light skate this morning, he did not look like he could play 24 hours from now.

As it turns out, the NHL took the decision out of his hands...

A Call to Remedying Action for the Red Army
By The OFB Team at On Frozen Blog

No prolonged setup needed for this tale of terror:
Hershey Bears’ fan Jason Hartle, afflicted with cerebral palsy, attended a Bears’ game at Giant Center back in December, returned home that night in his specially equipped van, only to awaken the next morning and discover it stolen...

The Fairy Coffins of Arthur's Seat
By Kameron at I May Have Been Born Yesterday
But I Stayed Up All Night

When I was about 18 years old, I located a copy of Charles Fort's The Book of the Damned (1919). My mind's never been quite the same; Fort's gift, or perhaps curse, to some readers is to permanently alter their way of looking at the world...

Scorpions: It’s Over... But It Isn’t!
By mdome at Classic Rock

They might have just announced they’re splitting up, but it’s far from the end for The Scorpions.

Talking to Billboard, guitarist Rudolf Schenker said that the band have enormous amounts of unreleased live footage, including film that goes back to their early days...

Ratt Drummer Comments On Arrest
By mdome at Classic Rock

Ratt drummer Bobby Blotzer has claimed that reports he was arrested last month for assaulting his girlfriend are ‘overstated’.This is what he had to say: “The stories of a relationship problem I had in December 2009 are significantly overstated...

'Meeting hero Brian was the best day of my life'
Posted at South Devon Herald Express

A BRAVE South Devon boy's dream has come true with a master class from Brian May.

Queen enthusiast Connor Walker was invited to jam with the guitarist in his home, courtesy of the Make-A-Wish Foundation, the charity which grants magical wishes to children and young people fighting life-threatening illnesses...

Postgame Notebook: Capitals 4, Panthers 1
By Mike Vogel - Senior Writer at WashingtonCaps.com

Number Nine, Number Nine – The Washington Capitals did not play their best game on Friday against the Florida Panthers, but some strong goaltending from Michal Neuvirth and another 20 minutes of third-period dominance were enough to push the Caps to a 4-1 win over the Cats...

'Hippiefest Tour 2009' Includes Stop In Baltimore

The Hippies are coming to town this summer. 'Hippiefest Tour 2009' runs from July 17 to August 22, 2009. Artists include The Turtles featuring Flo & Eddie, Mountain featuring Leslie West & Corky Laing and Badfinger featuring Joey Molland. Tour dates are still being added. For the latest information check the tour pages of the artists listed above.

Tickets for the Thursday July 23, 2009 show (starts at 7:00 PM EDT) at Pier Six Pavilion in Baltimore, MD go on sale today - Saturday March 7, 2009 at 12:00 PM EST.