Starship Guitarist Passed Away

Mark Abrahamian guitarist for the band Starship died following a concert in Nebraska.  

The tweet form the band read - "We are shocked and saddened at the sudden loss of our guitar player Mark Abrahamian. We will miss you, brother. Rest in peace, Mark." 

On facebook they said - "Mark was a kind, thoughtful and innovative soul. He was also a friend and family member. Mark also happened to be one hell of a guitar player. We are devastated by the loss of our brother and just dealing with it the best we can."

Mark had toured with the band since the year 2000.  He has also played with other bands such as - Survivor, Toto, Loverboy and ACDC.


King's X to Tour

King's X have announced their tour dates for their upcoming American tour.  
The dates will be the band's first tour since drummer, Jerry Gaskill's heart attack earlier this year.  

King's X tour dates with supporting group Kansas: 

9/13/2012--New York, NY--Best Buy Theater
9/14/2012--Bethlehem, PA--Sands Casino
9/15/2012--Atlantic City, NJ--Music Box
9/20/2012--Springfield, IL--Prairie Capitol Conv. Ctr
9/21/2012--St. Charles, IL--The Arcada Theatre
9/22/2012--Minneapolis, MN--The Myth
10/4/2012--Des Moines, IA--Val Air Blrm
10/5/2012--Salina, KS--Stiefel Theater
10/6/2012--Kansas City, MO--The Uptown Theater 


 

Hypochondriac



Thanks for the guest post by Donn Schroeder


My sister is one of the biggest hypochondriacs that ever lived. And, she has my mother convinced that she has every illness known to man. It has been that way our whole lives. She is the baby of the family and has always been treated like she is some kind of princess. It used to bother me, but now that I am grown and don’t see my sister that often I rarely think about it. Of course, when I am talking to my mom, she always steers the conversation towards something about my sister. For instance she wants me to email her and ask her how she is feeling. I mean seriously do I really want to know how she is feeling? Now don’t get me wrong, if she really had something seriously wrong with her I would be there to support her. But, I just can’t get on the bandwagon when I know that she is really playing everyone for everything she can get out of them. She is always looking up diseases on WebMD on her internet service she has through SatelliteStarInternet.com. Then she finds one that suits some kind of symptom she says she is having and is convinced that she has some strange illness. Of course, it never pans out. But she has my mom suckered in to believe all these different things are wrong with her. Even when she had her kids, she had my mom convinced that it was the worst labor and delivery that anyone ever had. I think that if it had been the worst, then she would no longer be with us. Give me a break!

Lollapalooza 2012 Line Up

Friday, Aug 03

  • The Black Keys
  • Black Sabbath
  • Bassnectar
  • The Shins
  • Passion Pit
  • The Afghan Whigs
  • M83
  • NERO
  • Metric
  • Wale
  • Die Antwoord
  • Dawes
  • The Head & The Heart
  • Dr. Dog
  • SBTRKT
  • Porter Robinson
  • Tame Impala
  • Band of Skulls
  • Madeon
  • Zedd
  • Blind Pilot
  • The Black Angels
  • Yellow Ostrich
  • Sharon Van Etten
  • Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
  • The War on Drugs
  • Michael Kiwanuka
  • O Rappa
  • The Growlers
  • Anamanaguchi
  • First Aid Kit
  • Wax
  • The White Panda
  • Animal Kingdom
  • Dev
  • Kevin Devine
  • Dry the River
  • Helena
  • Haley Reinhart
  • Ambassadors
  • DJ Zebo
  • thenewno2

Saturday, Aug 04

  • Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • Avicii
  • The Weeknd
  • Bloc Party
  • Calvin Harris
  • Franz Ferdinand
  • Frank Ocean
  • Delta Spirit
  • Santigold
  • The Temper Trap
  • tUnE-yArDs
  • Skream & Benga
  • Twin Shadow
  • The Tallest Man on Earth
  • FUN.
  • Alabama Shakes
  • JJ Grey & Mofro
  • Neon Indian
  • Paper Diamond
  • Washed Out
  • Aloe Blacc
  • Bear in Heaven
  • Chairlift
  • GIVERS
  • Doomtree
  • Star Slinger
  • JEFF the Brotherhood
  • FIDLAR
  • JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound
  • Milo Greene
  • Los Jaivas
  • Kopecky Family Band
  • LP
  • Walk Off The Earth
  • SALVA
  • The Dunwells
  • Empires
  • Moon Taxi
  • Chancellor Warhol
  • Laura Warshauer

Sunday, Aug 05

  • Jack White
  • Florence + The Machine
  • At The Drive-In
  • Justice
  • Kaskade
  • Sigur Ros
  • Miike Snow
  • J. Cole
  • Childish Gambino
  • Zeds Dead
  • Big Gigantic
  • The Big Pink
  • Toro Y Moi
  • Little Dragon
  • Of Monsters And Men
  • Gary Clark Jr.
  • The Gaslight Anthem
  • Amadou & Mariam
  • The Walkmen
  • Dum Dum Girls
  • Trampled By Turtles
  • Polica
  • Bombay Bicycle Club
  • White Rabbits
  • Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
  • The Devil Makes Three
  • Oberhofer
  • Bowerbirds
  • Mona
  • Hey Rosetta!
  • The Jezabels
  • Nadastrom
  • DJ Nihal
  • Yuna
  • The Sheepdogs
  • DJ Mel
  • Imaginary Cities
  • Overdoz
  • Red Oblivion
  • Kid Color

Gotye tour dates

April 18, 2012 -  Bill Graham Civic Auditorium  - San Francisco, CA



April 19, 2012 - Nokia Theatre - LA Live - Los Angeles, CA



April 22, 2012 - Coachella Music & Arts Festival -  Indio, CA


Gotye ~ State of The Art

Bringing on the glam for prom

Guest post written by Karen Pillman

Every girl can have her red carpet moment and most of the time that's when her prom happens and then her wedding. So it's understandable why teenage girls make such a huge deal out of prom. Although in my experience, I decided that getting dressed and dolled up for the big night was way more fun than actually the time that you spent at the prom. But I won't tell my daughter that because she's even more excited about the prom itself and I'm helping her get ready for hers in April.
I've been looking up the costs that I can expect to pay for my daughter for the prom and trying to fit them all into our budget. When I was doing some research on how much I can expect to pay for a prom hairstyle, I saw information on Debt Counseling and decided that my husband and I could really use it. We’ve been having some trouble with managing our credit cards, and this seems like it could help
I've figured out that we can buy some great nail polish instead of paying for a manicure and pedicure. A few other short cuts and we're going to make her prom dream work!

Arctic Monkeys - U R Mine?

Happy St. Patrick's Day


Foster the People with The Beach Boys

Foster the People will be joining The Beach Boys for concerts this summer. 

25 May 2012 -  Chula Vista, CA 
13 June 2012 -  Cuyahoga Falls, OH

Flogging Molly ~ Drunken Lullabies

Dance the Night Away

I love going out to dance the night away but sometimes I just don't have the energy. 

Music is what I love.  Music is what I need.  Music is what motivates me.  

When my friends call wanting to go out dancing for the night, the last thing I want is to be feeling exhausted and not wanting to go.  Sometimes a life of family, friends, work, and just normal stress is enough to get me down.  I know that going out dancing always rejuvenates me.  I just don't feel like I have the energy sometimes. 

I just stumbled upon something that may help me in the future with this problem so I do not miss any more fun nights out with my friends. The offer the following:  
Party enhancers
K6 herbal incense
Spiritual powders


All of this is offered from Herbal City LLC.  They say that their products are all legal herbal mood enhancers.  They say that their products help people feel good, help with stress, depression, and anxiety.


So, are these products for you.  I do not know.  You make the choice.  If you love the night life, want to feel good, need help with stress, anxiety or depression this may be for you.  

I do not know if this is the answer to my need to dance.  Is this slight problem worth giving these herbal products a try?  Or is my body just telling me to stay home and veg out or get some sleep.  Maybe this would help when I have already made a commitment and then get home from a long day at work and do not feel like leaving the house again.  I will have to give this product some serious thought and research before I have my own answer to these questions.

 As for you, you will have to do the same.







Bowling For Soup - 1985

Bowling for Soup Tour 2012

Bowling for soup will be touring the US in 2012. 

Here is a list of announced US tour to date:


April 18 – Lawrence, KS – Granada Theatre
April 19 – Omaha, NE – Sokol Underground
April 20 – South Bend, IN – Notre Dame
April 21 – Owing Mills, MD – Stevenson University
April 22 – Lancaster, PA – Chameleon Club
April 23 – Vienna, VA – Jammin’ Java
April 24 – Allentown, PA – Crocodile Rock
April 25 РPhiladelphia, PA РWorld Caf̩ Live
April 26 – New York, NY – Gramercy Theatre
April 27 – Doylestown, PA – Delaware Valley College
April 28 – Cleveland, OH – Peabody’s
April 29 – Columbus, OH – A&R Music Bar
April 30 – Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge
May 1 – St. Louis, MO – Old Rock House
May 3 – Austin, TX – The Parish
May 4 – Houston, TX – Fitzgerald’s
May 5 – Dallas, TX – Trees 



 

Fun ~ We are Young

Fun ~ We are Young featuring Janelle Monae

AWOLNATION Release Free Game for iPod and iPad

AWOLNATION has released a game app.  It's a comic, action video game called Megalithic Mayhem for both the ipod and ipad.  

It is now available for download at the iTunes app store http://bit.ly/y5cEpw

Also available on the internet at www.MegalithicMayhem.com  or as a Facebook app at http://apps.facebook.com/megalithicmayhem. 

Bond Girl

Have you ever wanted to be (or secretly) wanted to be a Bond Girl?

Just think about how cool it would be to be on a secret mission!  You and you James Bond could get all dressed up to go to some kind of political gala.  The scene is set. You have to have all of the tools with you that you would need to spy, get evidence and possibly escape any situation where your cover is blown.  One of the most important items would be something to communicate with your James Bond if and when you get separated and need to notify the other one of a situation.  A Lapel Microphone is a must!  It's discreet but very effective.  While my James Bond sneaks off to try to get evidence, I distract anyone who tries to follow him or goes off wandering around and may find him out.  I am able to warn him of any danger with our communication device.  If my James Bond gets found out, he can use the device to send me a code to come and help him. 
My James Bond finds the room with the evidence, sneaks in and starts to dig around.  I distract a congress man by flirting with him to stop him from going down the corridor.   I take his arm and ask him to introduce me to a Senator that I've really wanted to meet.  We grab another drink on the way, I'm drinking Champagne and he has a Whiskey straight up.  Problem taken care of.
My James Bond is still in the room collecting evidence.  He hears foot steps and voices nearing the door.  He finds a place to be out of sight in case the  come in the room.  One of them has their hand on the handle.  Then knob starts to turn and the door slowly opens.  The men keep in conversation and decide not to enter the room, closing the door.  My James Bond gets back to work.  When he has collected all of the evidence, he leaves the room and joins me back at the gala.  Shortly after, we leave.  Another successful mission!
 

Florence and The Machine - Shake It Out

Florence and the Machine to Release MTV Unplugged Live Album

Florence and the Machine are set to release a new album that was recorded for the band's MTV Unplugged performance on 16 December 2011.


Their set included two cover tunes.  The first cover tune is 'Try a Little Tenderness' and the second is 'Jackson'.


The MTV Unplugged CD is set for release on 9 April 2012.  The track listing is as follows:

Only If For A Night 
Drumming Song 
Cosmic Love 
Breaking Down 
Never Let Me Go 
Try A Little Tenderness 
No Light No Light
Jackson
What The Water Gave Me
Dog Days Are Over 

Shake It Out
 

Lady Gaga Over 20M Twitter Followers

Lady Gaga has become the first person ever with more than 20 million Twitter followers or 'Little Monster' as she likes to call her fans.  
At this time, these are the people with the most followers: Lady Gaga 20.15 million followers,  Justin Bieber with 18.13 million followers, and Katy Perry with 15.77 million followers.
 

lady gaga ~ bad romance

Groupon

Author: Joseph Sandoval

Just recently I started using Groupon.  I had no idea what Groupon was until a friend of mine at work was looking at the website and I happen to see what she was looking at.  I recently got Dexter satellite internet, so I decided to sign up for Groupon.  I like the fact that Groupon sends out amazing deals for restaurants and entertainment in my area.  So far, I have gotten my teeth whitened at 60% off and gotten several restaurant gift certificates for at least 50% off.  A girlfriend of mine got her husband a Groupon for skydiving for his birthday.  I thought that was a great idea for a birthday gift, but my husband is afraid of heights.  I also subscribed to Groupons Getaway, which sends out discounted trips to many cities.  I think I will try to order a Groupon Getaway deal as a gift to my husband for our anniversary next year.  I saw trip to St. Lucia for a great deal, although I will probably not book a trip out of the country until our 10th anniversary. 

Leona Lewis ~ Bleeding Love

leona lewis wants animal testing stopped!

Leona Lewis the 'Bleeding Love' singer, has asked John Dalli, the European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy, to help end the suffering of animals used in cosmetic testing. 

Using animals testing for new eye liner, or lipstick is senseless. There are thousands of existing, safe ingredients already available.  

She has signed the Cruelty Free 2013 online petition.  Others that have signed the petition include Ke$ha, Brigitte Bardot,  Judi Dench, and Ricky Gervais.

jennifer hudson - i will always love you

Betheny Ever After

Posted by Darwin Garza


I just recently moved to a new area of Georgia and got all of my utilities set up including direct tv richmond hill. I am so happy that my television provider is set up so fast because one of my favorite shows is going to be coming on soon. Betheny Ever After is basically a guilty pleasure of mine because I know this show is not actually all that good but at the same time I just can’t stop watching it! I love how neurotic and crazy Betheny is. I love how funny and crazy her relationship is with her husband. I also like how she allows the cameras in to the room with her when she goes to her therapist. It is a bit refreshing that as a celebrity she doesn’t try to hide that side of her life from the public. I think it makes her all that much more watchable and endearing. I especially liked the episodes where she was working on growing the Skinny Girl business and she went in and toured the plant where they bottle and package all of the Skinny Girl margarita products.

the little willies - jolene

LEE ALEXANDER, JIM CAMPILONGO, NORAH JONES, RICHARD JULIAN and DAN RIESER

I Need to Make a Video

So, I've was given the responsibility to make an internet video.  I didn't know where to begin.  I spent many hours sifting through the video clips.  It was overwhelming.  I felt like I had put in a ton of work myself with nothing to show for all the work I had done.   I decided to try to get some help with my internet video production.

I searched for a company that could help with this project and any other project that I made need to use a company to help with my future video needs too. I wanted to find a company that I could start to build a relationship with and not have to find a new company for each video need.  I also wanted to find a company that could fit with my individuals needs, not me having to fit with their needs.  

They have experience with virtual tours, corporate video productions, music videos, training video production, and narrative work including feature film production.  Wow!  That is a lot of areas in which they can help me when I need any kind of business video productionFor me, this means no more stressing out about having the responsibility of video productions.  Help is now at my finger tips.