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The Big Four: Only U.S. Show Metallica, Slayer, Mega, Anthrax

January 25th, 2011 | No Comments

CLASSIC THRASH LINEUP FINALLY PLAYS STATES

On Saturday, April 23, The Big Four – Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth & Anthrax – will take over the Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA (home of the annual Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival) for a one-day only U.S. appearance. The Big Four day-long event will feature full performances from these four acts, who first banded together last year for seven acclaimed shows across Europe.

Tickets for The Big Four go on sale Friday, January 28 at 10:00 AM (PT) through Ticketmaster.com and by phone at 1-800-745-3000. Ticket prices are $99.00, general admission and $199.00 for VIP. The event will feature same day shuttle service from various Southern California locations. Two shuttles will depart from Carson, Downtown Los Angeles, Pasadena, Ontario, Riverside, Anaheim, Irvine and San Diego (exact locations TBA in the coming weeks) in the early and mid-afternoon. Shuttle prices range from $40.00-$65.00 round-trip (depending on distance to the Empire Polo Club) and each shuttle location and the Empire Polo Club will feature on-site staff to assist with travel to and from the show.

Willie NelsonÂ’s Country Throwdown Jamey Johnson, Lukas Nelson

January 24th, 2011 | No Comments

TODAY’S COUNTRY OUTLAWS GATHER

Willie Nelson has announced the lineup for the 2011 Country Throwdown road show. Joining the Red Headed Stranger this year are Jamey Johnson, Randy Houser, Lee Brice, Brantley Gilbert, Craig Campbell and Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real. Side stage acts will be announced later. A portion of the ticket price will benefit Unite the United. Ticket pre-sale begins Thursday, February 11 and sale to general public begins February 18 at 10 a.m.

Willie Nelson by L. Paul Mann

2011 Country Throwdown Dates

5/27 – Philadelphia, PA @ The MANN
5/28 – Gilford, NH @ Meadowbrook US Cellular Pavilion
5/29 – Essex Junction, VT @ Champlain Valley Expo
6/3 – Nashville, TN @ The Woods of Fontanel
6/4 – Little Rock, AR @ North Shore Park at the Arkansas River in North Little Rock
6/11 – Sparta, IL @ World Shooting & Recreation Complex
6/16 – Roanoke Rapids, NC The Rapids Jam / (Part of the RAPIDS JAM three day festival)*
6/17 – Simpsonville, SC @ Charter Ampitheater at Heritage Park
6/18 – Waldorf, MD @ Regency Stadium
6/19 – Knoxville, TN @ World’s Fair Park
6/23 – Del Mar, CA @ Grandstand
6/24 – Ontario, CA @ Citizens Business Bank Arena
6/25 – Pozo, CA @ Pozo Saloon
6/30 – Mission, TX @ Las Palmas Race Park
7/1 – Corpus Christi, TX @ Concrete Street Amphitheater
7/2 – Eufala, OK @ Eufala Cove Amphitheater

Are We Accidentally Medicating Ourselves Into a Mind-Numbing, Body-Weakening Stupor?

January 22nd, 2011 | No Comments

The Chairman of the Department of Medicine at Cedars-Sinai, Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D., noted Wednesday:In a … study by the United States Geological Survey that tested for 95 contaminants in water supplies nationwide, 80 percent of the samples fr…

Justin Bieber Sparks Another Near-Riot At Canadian Mall

December 28th, 2010 | No Comments

The Mounties got a crash course in Bieber Fever 101 over the holiday weekend. First lesson: Justin Bieber, shopping centers, and giggling teenage girls are a dangerous combination. Pepper spray and riot gear is strongly-suggested. On Sunday, holiday shoppers in Canada got the fright of their lives after Bieber dropped by a mall near his [...]

Scientists Confirm that Dispersants Are Increasing Contamination in the Gulf

November 30th, 2010 | No Comments

I have repeatedly documented the detrimental impacts of dispersants on humans, wildlife and seafood safety. See this, this, this, this, this, this and this.As I noted in September, scientists from Oregon State University found elevated levels of poly…

AMA Winners: 2010 American Music Awards Complete List Of Winners

November 22nd, 2010 | No Comments

Call It The Canadian Invasion. Ontario-born teen idol Justin Bieber swept the American Music Awards, which brought out the year’s best in music when it aired live from the Nokia Theatre in Hollywood on Sunday night. Thanks to the power of online voting, the fresh-faced pop singer won statuettes for Favorite Pop Album, Breakthrough Artist, [...]

Brian Wilson: Canadian Tour

November 19th, 2010 | No Comments

TOUR STARTS JUNE 15 IN KITCHENER, ONTARIO

Brian Wilson

Brian Wilson will embark
on his first-ever cross-Canada tour in
June of 2011. For many Canadians, the tour represents their first opportunity to directly experience
and pay homage to this unrivaled mainstay of the cultural soundtrack. Audiences can look forward
to a musical tour de force as Wilson performs his latest critically acclaimed album Brian Wilson Reimagines
Gershwin in its entirety, along with a selection of classics from both the Brian Wilson and
Beach Boys back-catalogues.

Â“I’ve always tried to make music that entertained people,Â” Wilson said. Â“I also wanted my music to
last, to be able to speak to any generation. Thankfully, nearly 50 years since the Beach Boys were
born, that seems to have come true. Now, with this album a new musical chapter begins for me,
and it’s going to be a chapter to remember. I promise.Â”

2011 CANADIAN DATES

June 15, 2011: Kitchener, ON: The Centre in the Square

June 17, 2011: Montreal, QC: Place des Arts

June 18, 2011: Toronto, ON: Massey Hall
June 20, 2011: Ottawa, ON: National Arts Centre

June 22, 2011: Winnipeg, MB:Pantages Playhouse Theatre
June 23, 2011: Regina, SK: Conexus Arts Centre

June 25, 2011: Calgary, AB: Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium

June 26, 2011: Edmonton, AB: Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
June 28, 2011: Vancouver, BC: Queen Elizabeth Theatre

2011 UK DATES

September 11, 2011: Glasgow, Scotland: Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
September 13, 2011: Manchester, England: Manchester Bridgewater Hall
September 14, 2011: Birmingham, England: Birmingham Symphony Hall
September 16, 2011: London, England: Royal Festival Hall
September 17, 2011: London, England: Royal Festival Hall
September 18, 2011: London, England: Royal Festival Hall

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Nov. 5, 1992: Oldest Beer Ever

November 5th, 2010 | No Comments

1992: Scientists report evidence in the journal Nature of ancient beer in a 5,000-year-old jug at Godin Tepe in the central Zagros Mountains of Iran. It’s the earliest trace of beer ever discovered.
Researchers just the previous year had confirmed evidence of wine from around the same time at the same site, which became a fortress [...]

Two teams try lining up Potash Corp bids

October 11th, 2010 | No Comments

Rival bidders may be looking to derail BHP Billiton’s (BHP.AX) US$39 billion ($50.9 billion) bid for Canada’s Potash Corp (POT.TO), with China’s Sinochem and a Canadian pension fund working on plans, according to newspaper reports.

Canada’s Ontario Teachers Pension Plan is talking to Singapore investment fund Temasek (TEM.UL) about launching an offer for Potash Corp, possibly with Canadian miner Teck Resources (TCKb.TO), British newspaper The Sunday Times said.

Marco Benevento: North American Tour Dates

October 1st, 2010 | No Comments

NYE WITH SURPRISE ME MR. DAVIS AT CAFE DU NORD

Marco Benevento

Marco Benevento is getting
ready to load the old 1927 upright into Panthro (the van) to play dates all over the States and Canada in the coming
months. For these upcoming shows, Marco returns to Canada after appearing at a number of festivals up across the
border this summer, he hits New England at the peak of Fall foliage, performs in Asheville and Charlotte, NC for the
first time ever with his own band.

He also plays two rare solo piano shows in Asbury Park and Brooklyn, brings
the post
rock for the post Phish phreaks in Atlantic City with friends Billy Martin and Marc Friedman and finishes out the year
on the West Coast, including two of his favorite rooms, The Independent in SF and Doug Fir in Portland. Last but not
least, he’ll be with Surprise Me Mr.
Davis on New Year’s Eve to ring in 2011 at Cafe Du Nord.

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Shania Twain Tell-All Book

September 22nd, 2010 | No Comments

Shania Twain — in cooperation with Atria Books, an imprint of Simon and Schuster — has inked a deal to bring her “against all odds” rise to fame to the pages of a tell-all autobiography.The Grammy winner — who shot to fame in the 1990s with hits like Man! I Feel Like a Woman! — [...]

Marco Benevento: Fall Tour Dates

September 17th, 2010 | No Comments

SOUNDTRACKS, SOLO SHOWS AND TRIOS
KEYBOARD KID HAS A HAND IN IT ALL

Marco Benevento will tour the U.S. and Canada this Fall in support of his latest release, Between The Needles & Nightfall. The run begins with four nights in Canada and five nights in New England. The stretch includes a stop at the Massachusetts Museum Of Contemporary Art where Benevento will reprise his new score to the ’60s cult film House Of Usher that he debuted in August at Celebrate Brooklyn. He’ll also play two rare solo piano shows in Asbury Park and New York City. Benevento rejoins his band in November, heading to North Carolina and Virginia for three shows, including his first headline appearance in Asheville at The Grey Eagle. The tour wraps with five nights on the West Coast, returning to Doug Fir Lounge in Portland for the second time this year, as well as a Saturday night at The Independent in San Francisco.

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Intel ‘Sandy Bridge’, AMD ‘Zacate’ Chips Offer CPU, Graphics Technologies

September 15th, 2010 | No Comments

Intel and AMD are both preparing for the release of new chips that will combine CPUs and graphics technologies onto the same piece of silicon. At its Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco the week of Sept. 13, Intel executives showed off the 32-nanometer "Sandy Bridge" processor, the next generation of the Core architecture. The product, which will begin showing up in systems in early 2011, not only offers CPU-GPU capabilities on the same die, but also such features as enhanced Turbo Boost and improved security. The chip will contain about 1 billion transistors, and it will have five times the performance of current processors and 25 times faster graphics than Intel offered in 2007, according to Intel executives. In a hotel suite not far from the IDF show, AMD officials were demonstrating their upcoming "Zacate" Fusion APU (Accelerated Processing Unit), an 18-watt chip designed for desktops and notebooks. Like Sandy Bridge, Zacate and "Ontario," another APU that is aimed at netbooks and other small form factors, will start appearing in systems in early 2011. In demos, AMD officials said a system powered by Zacate outperformed one running on an Intel Core i5 chip. A key differentiator, AMD officials said, is that while Intel’s Sandy Bridge will initially be put into high-end systems, then eventually cascade down, AMD is placing its APU processors right into the mainstream market, in systems in the $500 range. – …

Dirty Projectors: Bitte Orca Reissue North American Tour

September 1st, 2010 | No Comments

2 CD & DIGITAL REISSUE OUT SEPTEMBER 28

Dirty Projectors

Bitte Orca, one of the most critically hailed albums of 2009, is set for expanded release on 2xCD
& digital Sept. 28, 2010.

The new limited edition Bitte Orca two-disc set comes with premium
packaging
and a bonus disc with unreleased live material and b-sides. Included on the bonus disc is an EP-length live acoustic
performance recorded at New York’s Other Music in June of 2009. Also included are previously vinyl only b-sides
from the ‘Ascending Melody’ 7″ and ‘Stillness is the Move’ 12″. To top it off, the bonus disc concludes with a brand
new cover of Bob Dylan’s “As I Went Out One Morning”.

Download “Temecula Sunnrise (Live at Other Music)” here.

In support of the expanded Bitte Orca, the band will hit the road for an extensive tour of North America
starting in
Washington, DC on Sept. 7. Full dates are below.

BITTE ORCA (EXPANDED EDITION)

DISC ONE
1. Cannibal Resource

2. Temecula Sunrise
3. The Bride
4. Stillness Is The Move
5. Two Doves
6. Useful Chamber
7. No Intention
8. Remade Horizon
9. Fluorescent Half Dome

DISC TWO
1. Fluorescent Half Dome (Live at Other Music)
2. Temecula Sunrise (Live at Other Music)
3. Two Doves (Live at Other Music)
4. Cannibal Resource (Live at Other Music)
5. No Intention (Live at Other Music)
6. Ascending Melody
7. Emblem of The World
8. Wave The Bloody Shirt
9. Bitte Bitte Orca

10. Stillness Is The Move (Lucky Dragons Remix)
11. As I Went Out One Morning

TOUR DATES

09-07 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club *

09-08 Philadelphia, PA – Trocadero *
09-11 New York, NY – Terminal 5 *
09-13 Boston, MA – Wilbur *
09-14 Montreal, Quebec – Le National **
09-15 Toronto, Ontario – Opera House **
09-17 Chicago, IL – Metro **
09-18 Milwaukee, WI – Pabst Theatre **
09-19 Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue **
09-23 Pomona, CA – Glass House ^
09-24 Los Angeles, CA – Wiltern ^
09-25 San Francisco, CA – Fillmore ^
09-28 Portland, OR – Aladdin ^
09-29 Portland, OR – Aladdin ^
09-30 Seattle, WA – Showbox ^
10-05 Durham, NC – Page Auditorium
10-20 New York, NY – Madison Square Garden w/ Phoenix, Wavves

* w/ Owen Pallett<br
** w/ Happy Birthday

^ w/ Dominique Young Unique

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July 21, 1911: Media Messenger McLuhan Born

July 21st, 2010 | No Comments

1911: Media theorist Marshall McLuhan escapes the medium of the womb to become a founding messenger of the electronic future. His scholarly analyses like The Mechanical Bride, The Gutenberg Galaxy, Understanding Media, The Medium Is the Massage encode pop culture and postmodernism’s cultural and economic dominance from the 20th century onward.
(Surfing his wave, Wired magazine [...]

Bad Company: North American Tour

July 1st, 2010 | No Comments

FEEL LIKE MAKIN’ LOVE

Bad Company

Legendary rockers Bad
Company are set to hit the road this summer. The upcoming North American tour starts in Indio, Calif.,
at Fantasy Springs Casino July 16. The tour will also hit Boston, Atlanta, Milwaukee and Tulsa, while also hitting
Ontario towns Rama and Port Dover in Canada.

The band, comprised of former Free members Paul Rodgers and drummer Simon Kirke with Mott the Hoople guitarist Mick
Ralphs (bassist Boz Burell, also of King Crimson, passed away in 2006), recently completed a set of U.K. dates which culminated
in a sold
out show at Wembley
Stadium.

Bad Company has partnered with Abbey Road Live to record and sell live concert CDs onsite at each venue
throughout the tour.
Check out a complete list of dates below.

Jul. 16 – Fantasy Springs Casino – Indio, CA
Jul. 17 – Orange County Fair – Costa Mesa, CA
Jul. 22 – The Lakeland Center Jenkins Arena – Lakeland, FL
Jul. 23 – St. Augustine Amphitheatre – St. Augustine, FL

Jul. 25 – Chastain Park Amphitheatre – Atlanta, GA
Jul. 27 – Bank of America Pavilion – Boston, MA
Jul. 30 – Choctaw Resort Casino Event Center – Durant, OK
Aug. 01 – Outlaw Jam/Frederick Co. Fairgrounds – Frederick, MD
Aug. 04 – Casino Rama Entertainment Center – Rama, Ontario
Aug. 14 – Bike Rally – Port Dover, Ontario
Oct. 04 – Potawatomi Casino – Milwaukee, WI
Oct. 05 – Potawatomi Casino – Milwaukee, WI

Oct. 07 – The Joint/Hard Rock Hotel & Casino – Catoosa, OK (Tulsa)

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Scorpions Launch U.S. Tour

June 29th, 2010 | No Comments

‘GET YOUR STING AND BLACKOUT’ TOUR KICKED OFF ON JUNE 18 IN HOLMDEL, NEW
JERSEY

The Scorpions

The
American leg of the Â“Get Your Sting and BlackoutÂ” farewell tour last Friday
Â“Get Your Sting and BlackoutÂ” farewell tour continues onto major cities across the U.S. including Detroit,
Phoenix, Los Angeles, Denver and many more as The Scorpions celebrate their
Special guests on the tour will include Vince Neil, Cinderella, Great White, Dokken, Ratt and Tesla supporting along the way. size="1">
LC Outdoor Amphitheatre
DTE Energy Music Theatre
Summerfest
Amphitheatre at Station Square Time Warner Cable Amphitheatre Sarnia Bayfest Festival Bridgestone Arena
Mud Island
Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Bayfront Park Amphitheatre
Ford Amphitheatre
Mahalia Jackson Theatre
Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie
AT&T Center Oklahoma City Zoo Amphitheatre The Pavilion
Dodge Theater Citizen’s Business Bank Arena
Nokia Theatre
Sleep Train Pavilion at Concord
Thomas & Mack Center Raley Field Douglas County Fairgrounds
Amphitheatre at Clark County Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
Shaw Conference Center Buffalo

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Justin Bieber Has Cool Daddy

June 23rd, 2010 | No Comments

Pattie Mallette, Justin Bieberâ€™s mother, published unknown videos of her son on one of the social networks – on YouTube – and went to Atlanta with him. But this article will be about Justinâ€™s Dad – Jeremy Bieber. The 16-year-old star reveled Seventeen that though he has always been living with his mom in Ontario [...]

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Steve Miller Band Tour

May 24th, 2010 | No Comments

THE GANGSTER OF LOVE HITS THE ROAD AGAIN

Steve Miller

The Steve Miller Band kicked off their North American tour on May 21 in Las Vegas in a new show designed by acclaimed Broadway director Rob Roth. The tour will support Miller’s new album BINGO!, which lands in stores June 15 on Miller’s Space Cowboy Records in partnership with Roadrunner/Loud & Proud Records
While the tour will feature beloved FM radio staples like “Fly Like an Eagle,” “The Joker,” “Take the Money and Run,” and “Abracadabra,” among others, Miller will also perform selected tracks from BINGO!, which echoes his early days on the Chicago scene.
Steve Miller Band Tour Dates

May 28 Grand Casino Tunica Robinsonville, MS
May 29 Harrah’s Louisiana Downs Bossier City, LA
May 30 Riverfest Little Rock, AK

June 2 Cumberland County Civic Portland, ME
June 4 Credit Union Palace Summerside, PE Canada
June 5 Halifax Metro Center Halifax, NS Canada
June 7 Pepsi Center Corner Brook, NL

June 8 Mile One Center St. John’s, NL Canada
June 12 Hilton Hotel Atlantic city, NJ
June 13 MGM Grand Mashantucket, CT
June 30 Molson Amphitheater Toronto, Ontario

July 2 DTE Energy Music Center Clarkston, MI
July 3 Taste of Chicago Chicago, IL
July 5 DE Montreal Jazz Fest Montreal, QC
July 9 Pechanga Resort Temecula, CA
July 10 Santa Barbara Bowl Santa Barbara, CA
July 11 Greek Theater Los Angeles, CA
July 14 Chateau Ste Michelle Amp Woodinville, WA
July 15 Edgefield Amp Troutdale, OR
July 16 Les Schwab Amp Bend, OR
July 17 Raley Field Sacramento, CA
July 24 PNC Park Pittsburgh, PA
July 25 Churchill Downs Fest Louisville, KY
July 27 Wolf Trap Vienna, VA
July 29 Biltmore Estate Ashville, NC
July 30 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Alpharetta, GA
July 31 Amphitheater at the Warf Orange Beach, AL

August 10 Wisconsin State Fair West Allis, WI
August 12 Eagle River Pavilion Boise, ID
August 14 Mile High Music Fest Denver, CO

Sept 17 Fender Center Museum Corona, CA
Sept 18 Verizon Amphitheater Irvine, CA
Sept 22 Oracle Open World Fest San Francisco, CA
Oct 2 Sun Life Stadium Miami, FL

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Tokyo Police Club: Album/Tour

March 29th, 2010 | No Comments

TOKYO POLICE CLUB: CHAMP

New Album Out June 8 / New Song “Breakneck Speed” Streaming Now

Coachella, Bonnaroo, Special Guest Dates with Passion Pit Confirmed

Tokyo Police Club

Newmarket Ontario’s Tokyo Police Club have confirmed the title and release date of the band’s second full length album: Champ will be released June 8 on the band’s new U.S. label home mom+pop. The band has provided a sneak peek at the new record in the form of the track “Breakneck Speed,” currently streaming at tokyopoliceclub.com.

Though coincidental, the title of the new song is more than apt, given the pace with which the months leading up to Champ‘s release are filling up: The band will return to its rigorous touring regimen in early April, with international appearances including April 17 at Coachella, June 11 at Bonnaroo, and a June run supporting Passion Pit concluding with an already sold out June 29 show at Brooklyn’s Prospect Park Bandshell and a June 30 inaugural performance at NYC’s Governor’s Island. In addition, Tokyo Police Club will spend late May and early June in Europe, including a headline appearance at the Immergut Festival in Germany.

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