Posted 9/2/2008
Thursday September 4/08
Cyn in Nanaimo (big Gabriel fan) sent this in to post on the blog. very cool idea and hope it happens in near future.
Peter Gabriel is considering turning an upcoming recording session at his Real World Studios into an intimate gig after The Incredible String Band did just that to cover the costs of a recent album.
The group charged 120 fans $100 for the privilege of recording tracks at Real World in Box, England, and studio boss Gabriel was more than impressed.
He tells Filter magazine, "The Incredible String Band wrote to their fans on their website and sold admission to their recordings... and that gave them the budget to purchase the studio time. They created a mini-economy based on 120 people."
And now Gabriel is considering hosting a similar studio treat for his fans: "There are space constraints at Real World, but I'm sure ...
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Posted 8/26/2008
Thursday August 28/08
AC/DC's new single, "Rock 'N Roll Train", can be streamed below. The track, from the group's upcoming album "Black Ice", a "15-track extravaganza that frequently echoes the down-and-dirty rock 'n' roll of [AC/DC's] iconic 1980 album 'Back in Black'."
"Black Ice" is due out on October 20 worldwide. The album will be sold exclusively through Wal-Mart and Sam's Club, as well as ACDC.com. (U.S.)
The album was recorded in Vancouver in just eight weeks with producer Brendan O'Brien, who has previously worked with PEARL JAM, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN and VELVET REVOLVER, among others.
"No Bull: The Director's Cut", a newly edited, comprehensive DVD and of the band's famed July 1996 Plaza De Toros De Las Ventas concert in Madrid, Spain, will be released on DVD and Blu-ray September 9, 2008.
"Black Ice" is AC/DC's first new studio effort since 2000's "Stiff Upper Lip".
ACDC is slated to begin ...
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Posted 8/18/2008
Thursday August 21/08
This isn't rock n roll news but has to do with sex and drugs. the drug is testosterone.
the sex involves thousands of olympic athletes in Beijing. Interesting article i found
online. SEX AND THE OLYMPICS -
Mathew Syed
Tomorrow night thousands of young men and women with the most fit, toned bodies in the world will mingle for the last time before they fly home. What might they get up to?
I am often asked if the Olympic village - the vast restaurant and housing conglomeration that hosts the world's top athletes for the duration of the Games - is the sex-fest it is cracked up to be. My answer is always the same: too right it is. I played my first Games in Barcelona in 1992 and got laid more often in those two and a half weeks than in the ...
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