Archive for March, 2008

On This Day In Pop Culture History: RIP Brandon Lee

March 31st, 2008

Brandon Lee in The Crow
March 31, 1993: Brandon Lee, whose father martial arts legend Bruce Lee died at age 32, dies during the filming of what proves to be his final movie, The Crow, after a freak accident in which a prop gun loaded with blanks fires a bullet that had previously been lodged in [...]

Lemmy Lives Forever As New Action Figure!

March 29th, 2008

The Only Card He Needs is the Ace Of Spades
Now, this is exciting news. Locoape (a trademarked brand of Toynk Toys LLC.) have created this very attractive “Icon figure” of Motorhead Bassist/Vocalist Lemmy, which I think you will agree is a “must have” for all fans of Motorhead and heavy metal fans in general, [...]

Gail In Print: Modern Drummer, May issue and Metal Edge, April Issue

March 28th, 2008

Check out the May issue of Modern Drummer, with Mesuggah’s Tomas Haake on the cover, for my Rad updates on Ben Gillies of Silverchair and Sean O’Shea of Orgone.
Also, look for my retro-reviews of classic albums by Warrant and Quiet Riot in the article “25 Essential Hair Metal Albums,” found in April’s edition of Metal [...]

John Humphrey, Drummer, SEETHER

March 26th, 2008

I LOOOOOOOOVE Gail Worley, it’s true! She was a pleasure to work with and very easy to talk to. As a musician and entertainer, doing interviews can be a pain in the ass – bad questions, misquotes, etc., but not with Gail. She was very creative, educated in regards to the subject matter and professional. [...]

Happy Easter!

March 23rd, 2008

Peep Show
Happy Easter to all my Peeps!

Celebrity Sighting: Jack La Lanne!

March 21st, 2008

Celebrity Sighting Of The Day: Jack La Lanne!
At about 1:00 PM this afternoon I spotted Veteran Fitness Guru Jack La Lanne (age 93) standing in the street at the corner of Wall and William Streets. La Lanne was doing that “Muscle Man” pose on top of a raised platform for photographers while gripping [...]

Gail on the Web!

March 21st, 2008

Check out my hardcore interview with Extreme Metal Drummer Gene Hoglan up now at Ink19.com!

Come to a Pillow Fight

March 20th, 2008

Looks like a bit of a “Pillow War” to Me
Is it just me, or does this Saturday’s Pillow Fight NYC to be held in Union Square look like a hundred potential personal injury lawsuits just waiting to happen?

It’s The End of The World As We Know It, And I Own a Really Big TV

March 20th, 2008

Sharp Aquos 32″ 1080P (Sigh)
Honestly, I’ve been so preoccupied this past week with hating on all the conservative political nut jobs who insist on spewing their mindless stupidity in my general direction, mentally preparing for the impending economic depression and anticipating the decimation of my 401K that I completely forgot to tell you about my [...]

Black Halos’ Gear Stolen in Montreal!

March 19th, 2008

The Black Halos are an awesome bunch of guys that are one of my favorite garage/glam rock bands as well as being good friends of mine. A couple of nights ago the band’s van was stolen after they played a gig in Montreal. The van contained all of their equipment and merchandise. Like all working [...]