So let's try something different. ... Each thursday of every week. A forum user get's to choose an album of choice, (preferably new or more than likely unheard of) and the rest of the forum user's will write their own mini-review of what they thought of the album. We will rate in on a 1-10 scale ... I guess I will start this week's artist and album. Keep in mind this will be easiest to do if everyone is familiar with Torrents ... This Week's Artist/Album ... Artist: Little Joy ... Album:
Apparently his album with Timbaland convinced Chris Cornell to reunite with his Seattle supergroup Soundgarden. The band -which rose to prominence in the 90's along with other grunge pioneers as Nirvana, Alice In Chains, and Pearl Jam - will reunite for a summer tour ... Will one of their stops be Summerfest? I am assuming that will be the case, and it will probably be the Big Gig's only signing of an "alternative" band this summer ... I am also guessing that they will headline one of the
What are three acts you would like to see live in 2010? ... Mine are: ... Cold Cave (they are playing in Madison next month. Yea!!!) Lollapalooza Lilith Fair ... Your's? ...
The U.S. Census Bureau’s Chicago Regional Center is still recruiting 48,000 temporary employees in Wisconsin to work as census takers for the 2010 Census ...
Donan Engineering Co. Inc., a Louisville, Ky.-based forensic engineering and fire investigation service with a Menomonee Falls office, said Wednesday that it will open an office in Chicago Jan. 1, 2010 ...
Multimedia from NYTimes.com: ... The Music They Made ... http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/12/23/magazine/music-they-made-audioss/index.html ... A sound collage featuring a sampling of musicians who died in 2009 ... The biggest shock of these to me was Willy DeVille – I liked his music, saw him at Summerfest about 25 years ago. Who could forget Michael Jackson passing on the opening day of Summerfest this year – the word traveled like wildfire around the grounds that afternoon. And
The Milwaukee Wave kicks in the new year with a matinee game against the Baltimore Blast at the U.S. Cellular Arena.Watching The Wave on New Year's Eve is one of the most popular family holiday events - The Wave typically chalks up some of its biggest attendance numbers of the season on New Year's Eve.The team has a couple of close losses in previous New Year's Eve matches. It lost 13-12 in a heartbreaker against the Philadelphia Kixx in 2006 and 10-4 against the Detroit Ignition in a game that
Blonde babe/Kanye punching bag Taylor Swift has the Number One album of the year, according to music industry bible Billboard ... Although I salivate like a freakin' German Shepard when I see Swift on TV or in zines, I don't give a donkey's balls about her music. I also hate her for the clear fact that she is a gazillionaire who happens to be a music prodigy, adored my millions, has won a roomful of awards, and is Maxim magazine material. What is there NOT to hate? ... And now she has given a