Nov 30, 2009 by Nick
It looks like Guns N’ roses will be touring South America in the spring as well as Canada earlier in the year. They are touring in support of their wildly unsuccessful album “Chinese Democracy”
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Nov 24, 2009 by Nick
I have attended two different concerts in two different states to see two completely different artists over the past two Saturdays and my experiences at both could not have been more different. What you are about to read is a true story.
Last Saturday I rolled down to Lexington, Kentucky to see Dierks Bentley with “hot” new band Gloriana opening up for him. The show was at Rupp Arena and I am guessing there were probably around 5,000 to 6,000 people there. I was located in the “pit” where only hardcore Dierks fans (me excluded) could get tickets. Dierks had a big stage with 3 ramps extending off the front of the stage so the fans in the pit could literally touch him at various moments throughout the show. There were big deluxe video screens behind the stage and an arena style light show. It was sure to be a hell of an experience. The night began with a local DJ from 98.1 “The Bull” coming out to get the crowd pumped up. She told us how she was backstage talking to Dierks and he told her to tell us hello and he could not wait to perform for us. I thought at that very moment I doubt he told us hello and I assumed he wanted to perform for us since it was his job. But of course the crowd of Kentucky retards (me excluded) ate it up. The DJ then went on to tell everybody to listen to 98.1 “The Bull” every morning at 7:45 for their chance to win a Ford Mustang. At that moment I thought I was not here to find about a radio promotion from 98.1 “The Bull” I was here to see some live music but again Kentucky’s finest (me excluded) ate it up.
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Nov 24, 2009 by Nick
Springsteen ends 2 year tour with a marathon three and a half hour set in Buffalo.
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Nov 20, 2009 by Dave
This week’s album of the minute comes from Black Sabbath and is their second album, released just 7 months after their first album in September of 1970. This album arguably is Black Sabbath’s best album. With hits like “War Pigs”, “Iron Man” and the album titled song “Paranoid” is a commercial success as well as a ground breaking album as far as the progression of mainstream heavy metal. This album, much like Black Sabbath’s first album, revisits themes of war, mental illness, horror and drug use. Paranoid is ranked #130 in Rolling Stones top 500 albums and is certified quadruple platinum by selling over 4 million copies. Whether you’re a lifelong Sabbath fan or someone looking to check out the roots of heavy metal Paranoid is always a great go to album and my Album of the Minute.
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Nov 19, 2009 by Nick
I like movies and I like music. I think when you combine both of these things great things can happen. I love watching a movie and at just the right time a great song is dropped into a scene to really make you feel a certain emotion. There have been countless great movie soundtracks over the years. When you think of disco you think of the soundtrack from “Saturday Night Fever”. When country/bluegrass made its resurgence a few years back it was credited to the “O’ Brother Where Art Thou” soundtrack. When you think of great Prince albums how many times does “Purple Rain” come up? What about the soundtrack to “A Hard Days Night” by a little band called the Beatles? These are all albums that transcend the movie and become as big as the movie if not bigger. Some directors become masters at integrating movies and music. Martin Scorsese is not afraid to drop a Rolling Stones song on you at the drop of a hat. If you don’t believe me watch Goodfellas, The Departed, or Casino and tell me if you hear any Rolling Stones songs. By the way Scorsese also happen to direct “The Last Waltz” which is the greatest concert film of all time. Cameron Crowe is also a master of incorporating music into his films. The music in his films Say Anything, Almost Famous, Elizabethtown, and Fast Times at Ridgemont High is as good as it gets. I have heard songs in movies and immediately purchased them. It could be songs I have never heard before or songs that all of the sudden seemed better after seeing them in a movie. Music is a very powerful thing and when combined with movies can make you remember them for the rest of your life.
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