PopWreckoning (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
Once upon a time, way back in July (well it feels like forever ago, anyway), I caught a rare live show performed by Philadelphia’s The Bye Byes. Since that night, front man Pete Shauger and I have been playing interview tag. Over the course of a three month long conversation, we talked about our respective [...]
More Cowbell (Free subscription) | 09/22/2008
a special note from andrew broder: Tonite! All right! 7 PM at the Bryant Lake Bowl. The 4th installment of GMG… a series of plays by Mark Erickson, starring him, me, Kristen Kvalsten and Jeremy Ylvisaker… with special guests! C’mon down and bring a friend for total entertainment experience. awww yeah…. plays and shit…. Good Morning, Gentlemen is Mark Erickson, [...]
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
CONVICTED tax cheat Glenn Wheatley is managing rock bands from his luxurious Melbourne mansion while on home detention.
The Age (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
Promoter gets wheels in motion for new venture while still under home detention.
JSOnline (Free subscription) | 08/23/2008
As summer enters the final stretch, there's still time for one last hurrah. For a fix of ice-cold lemonade, a corn dog and a ride on the Ferris wheel, the Walworth County Fair is more or less your final opportunity until next June.
Lefsetz Letter (Free subscription) | 08/21/2008
Driving home this eveningCould've sworn we had it all worked outHow does that cut? LIKE A KNIFE!I heard on Highway 16 that Kenny Chesney had his own XM radio station, up on channel 18. I dialed in, and I heard Dave Matthews' "Where Are You Going", Little River Band's "Cool Change" and "Cuts Like A [...]
More Cowbell (Free subscription) | 08/20/2008
Good Morning, Gentlemen is Mark Erickson, Andrew Broder, Kristen Kvalsten and Jeremy Ylvisaker (as DJ Crown Salesman), an actual experimental theater/language/sound club that is glad to meet you. What’s that? We’re fired? Who do you think you are? We do the firing around here. We fire you! You can’t fire us. We’re Good Morning, [...] ShareThis
WFMU's Beware of the Blog (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
In June 1964, the Beatles flew into Australia for a tour that turned the island continent Down Under upside down (which then rendered it right side up, i suppose -- oh, never mind). If in February the Fab Four hit...
Media Hunter (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
Source: Bernard Zuel, Sydney Morning Herald He brought FM to Australia. Now the music industry veteran plans to bombard listeners with radio opportunities. Glenn Wheatley knows we are not exactly short of radio options in Sydney. You can listen to...
Fore Left! (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Good Lord, is that 53 year old Greg Norman leading the British Open after three rounds? Yep. Thank you Tiger for blowing out your knee while nipping 82 year old Rocco Mediate in the US Open so we could get one final Sunday with Greg in contention in a major. I'll stay away from all that stuff about his divorce and remarriage to tennis great Chrissy Evert, I'm just enjoying the 70s flashback.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Chef Jim Barnett, 50, executive chef of the Townsend Hotel in Birmingham, has been named executive chef of the Westin Book Cadillac Detroit.
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
AURORA, ON, July 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Magna Entertainment Corp. ("MEC" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: MECA; TSX: MEC.A) today announced that it has completed the sale of Great Lakes Downs to The Little River Band of Ottawa Indians for $5.0 million cash less customary closing adjustments. Great Lakes Downs, situated on approximately 85 acres in Muskegon, Michigan, was a racetrack which MEC had previously...
Baboon Pirates (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Two More Years Until The Next One... Some random observations from the weekend... First, I completely and unreservedly retract my earlier comment about Oklahoma being a dry dustbowl. Not only was the stretch of I-35 from the border to OKC greener than most of Texas we'd passed through, it really could have used a herd of buffalo in the freeway median to chew on the countless acres of lush
Popdose (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
Hey everybody, as the Little River Band said. Welcome to the twenty-third shin-splinting week of Name That Tune at Popdose. Rules can be your friend, or just a casual acquaintance if you’re not ready for that deep a commitment: The Rules: MAXIMUM THREE GUESSES between updates of the list, to give everyone a chance to play. An [...]
BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
REO Speedwagon and Little River Band will headline a July 16 concert to benefit Iowa flood victims. The concert is set for Prairie Meadows. [...]
