The rumours are now doing the round of the net that Velvet Revolver will be the opening act for the rumoured Led Zeppelin tour. Yeah yeah I know what you’re thinking… I’m just adding fuel to the fire by reporting these rumours.
In any regard, Mr Plant seems to be a fan of the band, he was hanging with Velvet Revolver backstage after a gig of theirs in England last night (Sat March 22).
“You ain’t pushing in no line”
I used to have a scam to get around lines in the theme park in Sydney, Australia.
Once we got stuck on the ‘Pirate ship’ which went upside down..and yes you could imagine all the people spewing on it after eating.
Anyway, the time we got stuck they gave us this pissy little photocopy voucher which we could use on any ride. It allowed us to enter the ride via the exit and get straight on.
So me being the conniving 15yo I was……. took the voucher to school, white outed the dates and signature…you know the important stuff. Photocopied it 100 times and needless to say; NEVER WAITED IN LINE AGAIN!!!
The follow up to this story is that 5 years later the park went bankrupt and closed down. HA.
Maybe it was because of me? We shall never know…….
What a great seven days for shows! I was at Taste Of Chaos last night. I missed the opening bands, which was annoying cos I’ve seen Bullet and Atreyu loads in the UK and they’re always awesome. However Avenged were really good. They haven’t done a show that big whenever I saw them back home, and they were telling me afterwards that the venue didn’t actually allow their full pyro display, but what they did have worked really well. It’s so great to see a band who wanted to get big so they could put on a good live show and have as much going on as possible. Be sure to catch them when they come back around.
And last Friday – Maiden at Meadowlands!!!! Their current tour is an 80s Greatest Hits set, more or less. And again although the stage show was really good, it’s not the full thing they’re returning with in June! Keep listening to K-Rock cos we’re going to be doing some exciting things around these shows.
I love the fact there’s so much metal to be had in NY. It makes me feel very at home!
Sigh of relief… If you did not hear, there was a bomb scare right across the street from our building. Everyone was a little nervous and didn’t know where it came from. In the end it was just some random person’s briefcase and not a package left by Hagar fans.
The first round is over and so is the chance to win a huge TV for some of you. I myself am a little worried after some of my sleepers overslept and screwed me, but I’m still optimistic. That’s why they call me Optimist Prime!!! BAM!!!
Below is a ranking of how hard you ROCK.
32 Correct – (Perfect Score) – You have taken courses at the school of Van Hagar and passed with a 4.0. (Some people should take a hint, if you’re gonna cheat don’t get caught)
28-31 Correct – You either failed the final test in the school of Hagar and it bit you in the bum or you do nothing with your life except listen to K-ROCK. Either way the TV is still in your grasp
21-27 Correct – If only you could have taught your grandparents how to text on their cell phone. You went with Alice in Chains over Sublime, Bush over Offspring, Black Sabbath over Aerosmith, Smashing Pumpkins over Rage Against the Machine, Nine Inch Nails over Stone Temple Pilots. It was a coin flip every time and you stuck with tails. If you examined closely you’d see that Hagar struck again, heads was on both sides! UGH!
13-20 Correct – In the back of your head you can picture the huge 73” TV sitting on the bedroom floor. There is no room to move (or for your dresser which is now in your garage). But you are a die hard fan. You’ve loved Nickleback since the day you thought Chad Kroeger was speaking to you when he said “Look at this Photograph”. You felt the need to tear when Live’s front-man spoke about dolphin’s crying. Looking back to your high-school days you remember that Beck’s song “Loser” was your anthem. So even though you know that these bands probably have no chance in winning you choose them anyway. What a good sport. Thanks for playing, have a nice day.
2-12 Correct – I have no idea what you were thinking. Did you cheat off of a Def Leppard? I take it back. There is a chance that you were just over thinking things. Well, you over thought a lot. Next time I suggest picking names from a hat.
1 Correct – Please sign up for the School of Van Hagar. They should be able to teach you a thing or two. I’ve heard that there is a new school that is open for half the price. It’s called “The School of Gary Cherone”. The rates aren’t bad, so it doesn’t hurt to check out.
0 Correct – Here is were you find all of the fans of Beck and Tom Petty. We appreciate you playing the game, thanks for the frustration and thanks for getting blown out!
OK, not all of them, but one. And I’m not sure which one. I was looking at the various blogs posted and came across a Lost spoiler. You can’t post that without a warning!!! What sort of mean awful idiot are you? Half the people out there don’t watch TV shows on time and now you’ve gone and told us who died in a recent episode. I am in denial, pretending that I DIDN’T see it. To the extent that I won’t look at the blogs again to see who posted it so I can trip them in the hall. WARNING…if YOU don’t want to know who was killed off…Don’t go looking through the blogs!
Hey you know that “reality” show that is not really a reality show because, well, there’s a SCRIPT, making it just a show, show?……Yeah they call it “the Hills” where one spoiled, and nowhere near interesting rich girl lives out her dreams of living in the big city?. Well her hot but painfully dumb friend Audrina on the show was so desperate for fame BEFORE the show she thought she was going to be in Playboy and took a bunch of pix. Playboy passed but that doesn’t mean the pix went away!. Check em out here: www.wwtdd.com
This girl is hot, if you’ve ever suffered through even a moment of the sow you also know that she’s dumb as a box of hammers but……. That is all, END TRANSMISSION!
I’ve heard it before, that the Irish eat a lot of potatoes, and that is no joke. I’ve never seen so many potatoes in all my life. Every meal; breakfast, lunch and dinner. Oh, and not to mention all the potato snacks that are available. I went to a ‘food court’ type area for lunch in Dublin. I ordered Udon Noodles. These are typically Japanese noodles, in a broth with some vegetables. This version had potatoes. Noodles and potatoes? HOLY STARCH. My producer ordered a sandwich, and I kid you not, inside was…potatoes. Dinner at any given restaurant had potatoes in the main course as well as on the side. The tipping point? “I’ll have a Jameson and gingerale please”. The waiter brings the cocktail to the table. The garnish? A wedge of lime? No. A wedge of potato. Jameson and ginger with a squeeze of potato. MMMMMMmmmmm
I walked in the office today sporting my green jersey and hat in celebration of St. Patty’s day. I forgot about last week and how I missed a few big games (Aersomith over Black Sabbath, Rage over Smashing Pumpkins and Def Leppard over Billy Idol). The matches that I lost were extremely close (excluding Billy Idol) so I’m not so furious, not to mention none of those bands were going too far in my bracket. Back to today. AC/DC and U2 huge winners. Nice way to start things off. Now I have a 3 hour break before the match of the day “Pink Floyd” vs. “Tom Petty”.
Don’t get me wrong. I knew (thanks Joe) that walking in to today Floyd has an advantage, but let’s go through some recent stats on these two bands.
Tom Petty –
• Born 1950 in Gainesville, Florida. – (-1)
• He sings, plays guitar, bass, drums, piano and the HARMONICA. – (+ 3)
• Has a Hollywood walk of Fame Star – (+7)
• Has had Kim Basinger star in a video – (+5)
• Worked with Rick Rubin (all rock fans know he is the man) – (+5)
• He looks like one of the Muppets – (-10)
• He ROCKED OUT at the Super Bowl – (+20)
as
Pink Floyd
• Started in 1964 – (+2)
• They come from England – (-5) (No offense Ian)
• Their music makes Librarians seem edgy and cool – (-15)
• They did a lot of drugs – (+40)
So going into this epic battle the numbers seemed to be close on paper.
From the get go it looks like SOMEBODY forgot to show up. His name… Tom Petty. WHERE THE HELL WERE YOU DUDE. Did you forget what time tip-off was today? DUDE!!! You’ve had over a week to prepare for this!!! COME ON!!! You were my sleeper, and by sleeper I didn’t mean one who sleeps. GOSH DARNIT!!! You were supposed to take down Led Zeppelin. You didn’t even bother showing up for Floyd. I guess you had a rough day yesterday. You knew you couldn’t party for St. Patty’s day so you got drunk and did some research on your opponent. I’m assuming halfway through researching the song “Money” you started snoozing and never recovered. How sad. I guess Floyd knows what they are doing. Take an opponent out before the game even begins.
-Pete in Promotions
Man I sure hope this guy wins the TV otherwise he might feel like a dope!. Sort of like I do betting Sabbath would take me to the final four. Happy ST. Patrick’s day ya humps! THAT IS ALL, END TRANSMISSION!
