Image via Wikipedia No nothing to do with that vampire crap or anything…just a cool phenomenon occurring tonight… From gizmodo: Prepare for the Super Harvest Moon! For the first time in two decades, the Sun will sink as the full Moon rises exactly opposite to it on the day the summer ends, creating in a [...]
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September 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Happy International Talk Like a Pirate Day! According to the Official Source of All Factual Information on the Internets: International Talk Like a Pirate Day (ITLAPD) is a parodic holiday created in 1995 by John Baur (Ol’ Chumbucket) and Mark Summers (Cap’n Slappy), of Albany, Oregon,[1] U.S., who proclaimed 19th September each year as the [...]
Flashback Alert: Backwater
September 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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The Meat Puppets are an American rock band formed in January 1980, in Phoenix, Arizona. The group’s original lineup was Curt Kirkwood (guitar/vocals), his brother Cris Kirkwood (bass guitar), and Derrick Bostrom (drums). The Kirkwood brothers met Bostrom while attending Brophy Prep High School in Phoenix. The three then moved to Tempe, Arizona (a Phoenix [...]
Roger Waters on The Wall: 30 Years Later
September 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Cover of Pink Floyd The Wall The following is an excerpt of an article from the Sept. 30 issue of Rolling Stone. This issue is available Wednesday on newsstands and Friday, Oct. 1, online via Rolling Stone’s premium subscription plan. Roger Waters is about to launch a tour where a 36-foot-high wall will rise up [...]
Avoid trends and cliches
September 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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The Tragically Hip, often referred to simply as The Hip by radio, is a Canadian rock band from Kingston, Ontario, consisting of Gordon Downie (lead vocals and guitar), Paul Langlois (guitar), Rob Baker (guitar, known as Bobby Baker until 1994), Gord Sinclair (bass) and Johnny Fay (drums). Since their formation in 1983 they have released [...]
There Are No Words
September 10, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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Creed, One, 9-11.
Stones – 2000 Light Years from Home Live
September 8, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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The Rolling Stones live in concert, performing 2000 Light Years from Home, the b-side to “She’s a Rainbow” and a deep cut from their first psychedelic album which was despised by many fans at the time but later seen as one of many great concept albums of its era. “2000 Light Years From Home” is [...]
Craigslist “Adult” Section Gone (Kind Of)
September 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Image by Getty Images via @daylife From wired.com: The online classified website Craigslist has removed its controversial Adult Services portion of its website. Technology blog TechCrunch was the first to report the section had been blacked out with the word “Censored.” In August several state attorneys general called for the closing down of the Adults [...]