Google has released a new Chrome extension to address privacy concerns tied to online behavioral tracking. – Google has thrown its own hat into the ring in efforts to address privacy
concerns related to online behavioral tracking.
Roughly 24
hours after Mozilla pitched its idea for a “Do Not Track” mechanism for
Firefox, Google announced an extension for the Google Chrome browser that
will allow use…
FORMER RAILROAD EARTH BASSIST FILLS VACANT SLOT
 Emmitt-Nershi Band |
With Tyler Grant recently announcing his departure from the Emmitt-Nershi Band, fans have
been anxiously awaiting
the announcement of the new bass player for the band. Today, it has been announced that Johnny Grubb
of Railroad Earth will be filling the
spot. Read Johnny’s official message below.
“Hello, World! Rather than make someone else come up with an announcement for who the new bassist will be, I
thought I’d try to follow in Tyler’s gracious footsteps and do it myself.
My name is Johnny Grubb. I went to school at Appalachian State University and saw Leftover Salmon
many, many times my first couple of years there. After ASU, I spent a good year rolling burritos, washing dishes and
playing bluegrass in my hometown of Atlanta before serendipitously running into John Skehan of Railroad Earth one
night at a gig of ours. They just happened to be on the lookout for a new bassist and long story short, I spent 7
years in that band, playing several metric tons of great music and meeting lots of great folks all over the
country.
One of the folks I met and had the good fortune of playing with on many occasions was Mr. Billy Nershi. RRE was
signed to SCI Fidelity Records for a number of years and we got to be friends with a bunch of the SCI/Mad House
folks in time. RRE always was and still is a full-time commitment. I just couldn’t keep it up with the birth of my
second boy last January, so I bowed out a year ago and spent this past year getting a web development consultancy
off the ground, getting to know the virtues and vices of the various open source software scenes out there and being
home with my wife and boys for the first time ever. The itch to play some bass didn’t come back until just a few
months ago after getting into the most recent Larry Keel and Stringduster’s CDs.
In any event, I cruised by this website last month to see what they were working with from a technical standpoint.
The meaning of Tyler’s announcement that he was leaving didn’t really hit me until the next day, at least not the part
where I should give Billy a call and see who they have lined up. I wasn’t looking for another full-time gig, nor to be
in another rock band per se, so after speaking with Billy and Drew it seemed like the parameters were pretty well
lined up for everybody and here I am!
Just to put a bow on top of everything, I met Andy years ago when he was with Larry Keel and didn’t find out until
the last few weeks that he was a member of the Broke Mountain Bluegrass band with Travis from the Infamous
Stringdusters and my good friend Anders from Greensky Bluegrass. It’s nice to be a part of this small world and I
want to thank my new bandmates for having me aboard. I will see you all soon.”
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The Serbian Railways company has become a full-fledged member of the RailNetEurope (RNE) association. It has been working on enhancing the international cooperation between European railway operators since 2004.
A young stray dog found mutilated last spring, whose ordeal caused outrage in Serbia and abroad, found a new home on Christmas Eve. Mila, a one-year-old mixed breed found in a state of shock hiding under a car in Belgrade in April with all four of her paws cut off, has been adopted by the Čarnić family.
FBI selects the IT giant as one of its prime contractors to provide new IT hardware, software and services from 2011 through 2019. – The FBI apparently trusts Hewlett-Packard and a few other IT companies to keep its secrets.
HP’s Enterprise Services division on Jan. 6 announced that the Federal Bureau of Investigation has selected the Palo Alto, Calif.-based IT giant as one of its prime contractors to provide new IT hardware, …
NEW ALBUM SCHEDULED FOR SUMMER 2011
 Dave Sitek |
Jane’s Addiction have
announced that Dave Sitek of TV
On The Radio will fill the revolving-door bass slot for the band’s upcoming album. He replaces Duff
McKagan (Guns N’ Roses, Velvet Revolver), who left in September, and original bassist Eric Avery. A
album of
new material is tentatively scheduled for a Summer 2011 release on Capitol Records.
“Dave, Steve and I are fully immersed in the process of making modern music,” said singer Perry Farrell in
a statement. “It has been a
great experience thus far, and the results have so much potential.”
“This process has been both inspiring and incredibly freeing,” added Dave Navarro. “The events over the
last year
have proven themselves to be a necessary part of the journey as they have led us to our current creative team and
direction.”
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Wilmar International (WLIL.SI), the world’s largest listed palm oil firm, said today it will submit a joint bid to buy the land use rights for six sites in China’s northern province of Liaoning.
Wilmar will partner Kerry Properties (0683.HK) and Shangri-la Asia (0069.HK), two firms linked to Malaysian billionaire Robert Kuok, in the bid.
Wilmar, controlled by a Kuok’s nephew, earlier this month bought land in Liaoning in partnership with Kerry and Shangri-la, sparking a sell-off in its shares as investors questioned why an agricultural firm was diversifying into property.
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Actor Aftab Shivdasani is the latest to join microblogging site Twitter and he received a warm welcome from Abhishek Bachchan and Bipasha Basu. “Guys show the love to a dear friend and all round good guy to Aftab Shivdasani @faffmeister welcome to the chaos faffy!” wrote Abhishek. Bipasha welcomed him saying: “Hey guys give a [...]
TOUR STARTS JANUARY 14 IN ST. LOUIS
 Slash |
Slash will join Ozzy Osbourne for a five-week U.S.
arena tour beginning January 16 in Omaha, NE and wrapping February 22 in Jacksonville, Fl.
For the trek with
his
bandmates Myles Kennedy (lead vocals), Bobby Schneck (rhythm guitar), Todd Kerns
(bass) and Brent Fitz (drums), Slash will pull songs from his first-ever true solo album, a selection of Guns N’ Roses tunes, a little Velvet Revolver and even some Snakepit
gems.
TOUR DATES
01/14/11 Fri The Scottrade Center St. Louis, MO
01/16/11 Sun Qwest Center Omaha, NE
01/18/11 Tue Toyota Center Houston, TX
01/20/11 Thu American Airlines Center Dallas, TX
01/21/11 Fri Cotillion Ballroom Wichita, KS*
01/22/11 Sat Sprint Center Kansas City, MO
01/24/11 Mon AT&T Center San Antonio, TX
01/25/11 Tue Speaking Rock Casino El Paso, TX*
01/26/11 Wed Comerica Theatre (formerly Dodge Theatre) Phoenix, AZ
01/28/11 Fri Mandalay Bay Casino Las Vegas, NV
01/29/11 Sat The Depot Salt Lake City, UT*
01/30/11 Sun Reno Events Center Reno, NV
02/01/11 Tue Gibson Amphitheatre Universal City, CA
02/03/11 Thu HP Pavilion San Jose, CA
02/04/11 Fri Spirit Mountain Casino Grand Ronde, OR*
02/05/11 Sat Tacoma Dome Tacoma, WA
02/08/11 Tue Pepsi Center Denver, CO
02/10/11 Thu BOK Center Tulsa, OK
02/12/11 Sat The Palace of Auburn Hills Auburn Hills, MI
02/13/11 Sun House of Blues Chicago, IL*
02/14/11 Mon I Wireless Center (formerly Mark Of The Quad Cities) Moline, IL
02/16/11 Wed Bridgestone Arena (formerly Sommet Center) Nashville, TN
02/17/11 Thu The Fillmore Charlotte, NC*
02/18/11 Fri St. Pete Times Forum Tampa, FL
02/20/11 Sun BankAtlantic Center Sunrise, FL
02/22/11 Tue Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena Jacksonville, FL
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As Yves Smith notes:As we have written, and as experts and foreclosure defense lawyers have reported in Congressional testimony, and as pending lawsuits by attorneys general in Arizona and Nevada allege, servicer abuses are a significant cause of for…
Microsoft joined the FairSearch.org coalition to protest Google’s $700 million purchase bid for online travel data provider ITA Software. – Microsoft Dec. 13 joined the FairSearch.org coalition, an organization
formed to contest Google’s $700 million purchase bid for online travel data provider ITA Software.
ITA sells flight and airfare data to leading travel companies Hotwire,
TripAdvisor, Kayak and others. These rivals, along with …
A critically-acclaimed series that led HBO’s primetime lineup between 2002 and 2008 is now the subject of a college course at one of the nation’s most prestigious institutions of higher learning — in the city where the drama dwelled. The Wire — which starred screen star Idris Elba as a drug dealer preying on the [...]
Justin Bieber has joined forces with Ellen DeGeneres and other Hollywood big names to take a stand against bullying in response to a wave of gay youth suicides across the United States. The Canadian singer and newly-minted American Music Award winner, 16, appeared clad in black baseball cap, black shirt and several necklaces — including [...]
The biography of a modern-day sex symbol will come to life in technicolor when Angelina Jolie’s life story is reformatted in the form of a comic book. Independent comic company Bluewater Productions has tapped the “movie star, defender of human rights, tireless mother and tabloid fodder” as the latest addition to its animated biography series, [...]
Belgrade – Former Liberal-Democratic Party (LDP) member of the parliament, Slobodan Maraš, said today that he had joined the ruling G17 Plus. Maraš said that the move came because G17 Plus, as a member of the United Regions of Serbia, stands for decentralization and regionalization.
World former No. 1 golfer Tiger Woods launched his first Twitter page yesterday. “What’s up everyone. Finally decided to try out twitter!†the New York Post quoted him as tweeting for the first time. In a second tweet, Woods said, “Yep, it’s me. I think I like this twitter thing. You guys are awesome. Thanks [...]
A man, originally from West Yorkshire, has landed a major role in a new Bollywood movie. Jan Bostock moved to India six years ago and was approached by a Bollywood film director who was looking for English people to be extras in his new movie ‘Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey’, reports the BBC. The film [...]
