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San Pedro Sula, Honduras (Sports Network) - The final round of CONCACAF World
Cup qualifying got off to a shaky start for the United States on Wednesday as
the Americans sustained a 2-1 defeat at Honduras after Jerry Bengtson netted
the winning goal in the 79th minute.
Clint Dempsey fired the U.S. in front after 36 minutes, but the home side
leveled the match before halftime with a sensational overhead kick from Juan
Carlos Garcia.
The match was there for the taking as the second half wore on, and it was the
home side that took advantage with some suspect defending leading to the goal.
After failing to collect a point on Wednesday, the Americans need a win at
home against Costa Rica on March 22 to bounce back before a difficult trip to
Mexico four days later.
Both teams started slowly but it was the U.S. that found the net first when a
quality chip from Jermaine Jones was played into the path of Dempsey, who
smacked a volley past goalkeeper Noel Valladares and inside the far post.
It was the best move of the game to that point, but Honduras responded in the
40th minute with Garcia scoring on a fantastic overhead kick from 10 yards
that left U.S. goalkeeper Tim Howard rooted to his spot.
Chances were at a premium after the break and the difference came 11 minutes
from time when defender Geoff Cameron allowed Boniek Garcia to slip in behind
Garcia beat both Cameron and the onrushing Howard to the ball before squaring
it to Bengtson, who rolled it into the empty net.
The Americans had won 12 of the previous 18 meetings between the two sides
prior to Wednesday's result.
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The Xbox Zune marketplace opened here in Finland as well. This means that for the first time we have a VOD service that is 1) As easy to use as The Pirate Bay 2) Offers instant viewing 3) In good quality and 4) Is almost reasonably priced. The price being "almost" since it depends on the film, if you watch HD or SD and where you buy your Microsoft points from. But for example Babylon 5: The Lost Tales would cost you some 2-3e, while a current blockbuster in HD would be 4-5e.
But because the studios are still hell-bent on committing a slow suicide there are two major problems. First is the selection – it's small, ridiculously small. There are fewer films on offer than there are DVDs on my bookshelf. But this should be only temporary. The second problem is that to watch the HD videos you need a HDCP enable tv that is connected to your xbox trough hdmi. This means that if they want me to pay the 1,50e extra for watching fiolms in glorious Full HD I need to buy a new tv AND a new Xbox (I've got one of the older models without hdmi).
This copy protection bullshit is absolutely ridiculous. HD is still in adoption phase, it's not mainstream. And yet the studios are trying to slow down the adoption by building artificial barriers of entry. The second is that the studios need to sell the HD to get the price of films back up. The price of DVDs has dropped like a rock – the old bargain price of 9.99e is the new norm with films coming down to 3-7e in a month. Still every dvd produced costs, the printing fees, copyright fees & rating fees tend to stay the same even when the selling price goes down. And it's the part that goes to the filmmakers that gets cut. And if that's the price of a physical disc, why pay more for a download? Yet the price of online VOD is kept artificially high. HD streaming has the promise to offer the extra value and get some people to pay more. So slowing down the the adoption of HD is just plain stupid.
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From the kindergarten cha-cha through the second grade silly song and on to the fourth grade's rock and roll North Pole, smiles were abundant in the Holyoke Elementary Christmas music program Monday evening, Dec. 8.
Under the direction of music instructor Marcia Dalton, the three grades of students clearly enjoyed entertaining, and the audience delighted in their presentation.
Kindergarten students charmed the viewers as they waved to family and friends as they took their positions on the risers.
The young students sang If You Can't Wait for Christmas, Jolly, Jolly Santa, The New Little Baby Boy, Jingle Bell Variations and Christmas Makes Me Sing. Students were especially animated during the variations of Jingle Bells which included the plain song, march, waltz, cha-cha, cowboy, Indian and boogie woogie.
Second graders were well-rehearsed as soloists moved quickly to the microphones for their special part in the program.
Santa is my Buddy opened the second grade portion of the program. Soloists were Zander Salyers, Jesus Trejo-Arvizo, Brenna Sullivan, Emma Roll, Andrea Becerra, Kelyn Goldenstein, Trent Huffman, Savannah Burris, Kaylee Camblin, Rachel Guernsey, Zach Overton, Erick Garcia Hernandez, Rebekka St. Martin, Jaromi Olivas and Sloane Bishop.
With a green scarf or streamer in their right hands and a red one in their left, second graders had fun waving the colors in Red and Green/The Christmas Wish. Soloists were Keegan Shaw, Kyra Loutensock, Brenna Sullivan, Rachel Guernsey, Emma Roll and Erick Garcia Hernandez.
A Silly Holiday Song featured soloists Gabrielle Gordon, Rafael Morales, Maura Castillo, Cash Adler, Jordaine Lanckriet, Jonathan Sanchez-Hernandez, Genevieve Maldonado, Jaydy Dominguez, Keegan Shaw, Kyra Loutensock, Jakob Knutson, Alex Vieselmeyer, Ashlyn Churchwell, Reghan Archibeque, Corbin McCallum and Dalton McMurrin.
Savannah Burris, Andrea Becerra, Genevieve Maldonado and Ashlyn Churchwell were soloists in A Candle for Peace.
Cancion De La Navidad included soloists Jesus Trejo-Arvizo, Rebekkah St. Maritn, Jakob Knutson, Jaydy Dominguez, Jaromi Olivas, Gabrielle Gordon, Zach Overton, Jonathan Sanchez-Hernandez and Rafael Morales.
The North Pole Goes Rock and Roll by Janet Gardner was the short play performed by Holyoke fourth graders. The setting was the North Pole/Santa's Toyshop.
Characters included Austin Herman as Santa Claus; Logan Osborne, Mrs. Claus; Brendan Mayden, The Claus; Megan Humphreys, Mrs. C.
Traditional elves were Kayla Watkins, Norman Mendoza, Alex Becerra, Mackenzie Thompson, Kaide Bules, Zach Churchwell, Jasmine Cazares, Mark Ramos, Dylon Lousberg, Tyler Camblin, Isidro Orona, Brian Beltran, Bryce Cornett, Erick Zink and Alyssa Dominguez.
'50s elves were Karla Hermosillo, Kacey Jaeger, Emily Krogmeier, Jaxie Gerk, Tristan Sullivan, Tara Krueger, Erin Pettigrew, Brook Prottsman, Monica Dominguez, Rosmery Turcios, Juana Penzing, Gunnar Kroeger, Sydney Goldenstein, Jack Smith, Peyton Flack, Morgan Philips and Hunter Razo.
Kaitlyn Shafer was the guide, and children included Taylar Denbo, Esmeralda Hernandez, Daniela Baeza, Matthew Winterrowd, Shelby Newhart and Emily Ledkins.
Chorus members were Spencer Bohlender, Katelyn Gerk, Oscar Hernandez, Edwin Cruz, José Prieto, Jezial Aguilar-Hernandez, Eddie Marroquin and Gissel Chavez.
Featured songs in the fourth grade play were I'm Just the Same Old Santa; Jingle Bells—'50s Rock Version; Santa's Gone Hip; You've Got the Blahs, Mrs. Claus with soloists Juana Penzing, Brook Prottsman, Tristan Sullivan, Jack Smith, Hunter Razo, Tara Krueger, Emily Krogmeier and Karla Hermosillo; North Pole Rock and Roll with soloists Jaxie Gerk, Sydney Goldenstein and Erin Pettigrew; Who is He? with soloists Kaitlyn Shafer, Taylar Denbo, Wyatt McCallum, Esmeralda Hernandez and Shelby Newhart; and Everybody's Goin' on a Sleigh Ride.
The program concluded with the audience joining the fourth graders to sing We Wish You a Merry Christmas.


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"To see the Earth as it truly is, small and blue and beautiful in that eternal silence where it floats, is to see ourselves as riders on the Earth together, brothers on that bright loveliness in the eternal cold–brothers who know now that they are truly brothers." – A. MacLeish
I need to go to space.
The world is such a massive place, full of literally everything there is to do in the world. Everything we know is here on Earth, every existence, every action, every idea we've heard of. Then I'm reading Beetle Bailey today, and old dummy Zero asks the question of what space means. Is it the space between everything, or is it the distant stars?
Now, I have experienced a vast nothingness. I went to school in Illinois and vistas of nothing but cornfields were never far off. I drove from Minnesota to California, and I haven't seen such nothing as is in Nebraska, or Utah. But even in this nothingness, there's stuff. There's dirt, sand, in Utah's case, salt. Obviously corn in the corn fields. But there's never nothing, like there is in space. I want, I need to experience this nothingness, an empty void where all that surrounds is a cold, dark vacuum. Emptiness, the true emptiness that smells strong, metallic, and unique, according to astronauts. And who doesn't believe astronauts?
I've always had a place in my heart for space travel. That sounds a little weird, because who wouldn't like to go into outer space? But even as a kid when Star Wars enraptured me I would look to the heavens and wonder. Not about anything in particular, you understand, just wonder. Let the mind travel to wherever it wanted, even to the stars. Looking at these points of light and realizing they were the same thing as the sun that was so bright during the day, sometimes even bigger and brighter. As a young'un this was incredible. When someone told me that the light we see from stars is thousands of years old, that if you were in that stars' solar system you would see Roman centurions and whatnot, I was floored. That was incredible to me. That meant that even if I had a telescope to look that far, I would be seeing the past! That opened up whole new avenues of thought into time travel, but that's a story for another day.
The picture entitled Earthrise (it's at the top of this post), taken by some astronaut whose name you could find out if you were less lazy than I, is to me one of the most thought provoking pictures ever taken. Maybe not even thought provoking as contemplation provoking. Someone once said that the unexamined life is a life not worth living, and a picture like that, to me, forces a look at oneself. We all have a sense of self worth, whether high or low (personally, I feel like I'm worth my weight in gold, which equals out to $3.6 million, from my last weigh in) but a picture like that just makes you think about existence. If the light from other stars is thousands of years old, that means that all you're looking at is dead light, and if you see another life form, you have no idea if they're still there. It's just a dead image. That means that if they see Earth with a telescope, they'd either see the centurions, or, if they see you they see you dead 1000 years. I don't mean to be morbid, but more just that images of Earth as this little rock, the Blue Marble photo, things like that just make you realize how big it all is, and how small you are. Seriously, the earth is 3.6 billion years old, the sun almost 6 billion or something, and we're around for about 80 years if we're lucky to live in the US or whatever. What does that mean, what do we mean, in the scheme of things?
I'm not going to sit here and say go crazy, life doesn't matter, but I don't think I can agree with taking life as seriously as some do. I mean really, we are only here for a little while when it gets down to it, so doesn't it seem like there's no room for getting all worked up over bullshit. There's things that matter, sure, like nuclear war or global warming, things that impact future life on Earth that could impact eventual growth into space. But the bullshit? Nah, man, that's nothing to get pissed about, that's something to have fun with. Although I wouldn't suggest actually finding bull feces and playing with it, that sounds unsanitary.
Earth is a big small place, just as a peanut M&M Is salty-sweet. Best of both sides I guess. We have room to look around, explore, but it's like a big ol' play pen before we break out into the universe. And we weren't allowed to fight or be mean in kindergarten, it wasn't copacetic. So what's the deal with doing it to other countries? Anti-war, etc. Space is big, and we need to get there. So do I. I'm out of words. Good luck.


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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - The names have changed, but will the
results stay the same for the Tampa Bay Rays?
Always a money-conscious franchise by necessity, the Rays have nonetheless
been a winner in recent years by making sound free-agent signings and striking
it rich with young pitching.
They'll need that formula even more in 2013 after the latest round of changes
to what had been the core of a lineup that had made three playoff appearances
in five years.
Gone to the Kansas City Royals via trade is workhorse starting pitcher James
Shields, a double-digit winner and 200-plus innings pitcher for six straight
seasons; and super-athletic center fielder B.J. Upton, who signed a five-year,
$75.25 million deal with the Atlanta Braves after combining for 51 home runs,
159 runs batted in and 67 stolen bases in the last two years.
Prospect-turned-regular Desmond Jennings will take over Upton's old spot in
the middle of the outfield after playing 111 of his 132 games last season in
left. The 26-year-old Alabama native was seventh in Rookie of the Year voting
in 2011 in just 63 games, then hit .246 with 13 homers, 47 RBIs and 31 steals
in year No. 1 as a legitimate full-time starter.
Jennings, incidentally, will make $486,900 in 2013.
"I feel like center field is my natural position," he said. "It's what I
played throughout the minor leagues. It will be a little bit different from
last year, but that's what I like. I feel like I get better reads out in
center. There's more responsibility. You've got more ground to cover, but it's
a position I love to play."
Making up for Shields' absence, while more glaring, may be easier for a team
whose composite 3.19 earned run average was the best in the majors since 1990.
The Rays enter the schedule with reigning Cy Young Award winner David Price in
the No. 1 starter's slot, followed by hard-throwing 23-year-old lefty Matt
Moore, 2011 Rookie of the Year Jeremy Hellickson, three-time double-digit
winner Jeff Niemann and 25-year-old prospect Alex Cobb.
Niemann was limited to just eight starts last season by a broken leg in 2012,
but he's 40-26 across 97 career big-league appearances, a 60.6 win percentage
that's second on the team to Price's 66.3.
And waiting in the wings at Triple-A, just the No. 36 prospect in the majors
according to Baseball America, 23-year-old Chris Archer (139 strikeouts in 129
minor-league innings in 2012).
"We are a turnover team. We do change things on an annual basis," manager Joe
Maddon said. "Welcome to the Rays."
2012 FINISH (90-72) - Third Place (AL East)
KEY OFFSEASON ADDITIONS: Wil Myers, Yunel Escobar, Jake Odorizzi
KEY OFFSEASON SUBTRACTIONS: James Shields, B.J. Upton, Jeff Keppinger, Wade
PROJECTED LINEUP: C Jose Molina, 1B James Loney, 2B Kelly Johnson, 3B Evan
Longoria, SS Yunel Escobar, LF Matt Joyce, CF Desmond Jennings, RF Ben
Zobrist, DH Luke Scott
PROJECTED ROTATION: LHP David Price, LHP Matt Moore, RHP Jeremy Hellickson,
RHP Jeff Niemann, RHP Alex Cobb
PROJECTED CLOSER: RHP Fernando Rodney
MANAGER: Joe Maddon
Three words. Still. Darn. Good. As one scout put it during spring training
last year, "The starting pitching depth is ridiculous. Their second five
starting pitchers are as good as some of the other starting fives out there."
And the landscape doesn't change all that much without Shields. A former No. 1
overall pick (2007), Price followed a subpar 12-13 record in 2011 with his
first 20-win season (20-5) a league-best earned run average for starters (2.56
in 211 innings) and 205 strikeouts and 173 hits allowed, which translated to a
12th-place finish in MVP voting. Moore was just 11-11 in his first full season
as a starter, but posted a 3.01 ERA in the back half of the year after the
number was 4.42 in the first half. Hellickson slumped from 13-10 to 10-11, but
still allowed just 163 hits in 177 innings and saw his strikeouts rise from
117 to 124 in 12 fewer innings. Niemann was kept in spring training ahead of
Archer, most likely to maintain a year of contract service on the youngster,
and Cobb was 11-9 in 23 starts in 2012.
The Rays were 11th in runs scored, 13th in hits 12th in batting average and
11th in slugging percentage among American League teams last season, yet still
managed 90 wins. Many think things would have been different had it not been
for continuing injury problems for Evan Longoria, who managed 17 homers and 55
RBIs in just 273 at-bats in 74 games. He went for 33 and 99, respectively,
across 483 at-bats in 133 games a season before. Elsewhere, as much or more
will be needed from the aforementioned Jennings, second baseman-turned-right
fielder Ben Zobrist (.270, 20 HR, 74 RBI) and designated hitter Luke Scott
(.229, 14 HR, 55 RBI). Also in the wings is No. 4-ranked big-league prospect
Wil Myers, who was brought from the Royals in the Shields trade. In 134 games
at Double-A and Triple-A last season, Myers hit 37 homers, drove in 109 runs
and hit .314.
Not many would have expected a 35-year-old journeyman reliever whose earned
run average hadn't dipped below 4.20 since 2006 to have a season like Fernando
Rodney did in 2012. Along the way, he pitched 74 2/3 innings, struck out 76
batters and recorded 48 saves while allowing just nine runs (five earned) and
earning a fifth-place nod in Cy Young voting and a 13th-place nod in MVP
balloting. It'll be interesting to see what level the now 36-year-old is
nearer to as an encore - his career numbers (3.75 ERA) or his remarkable high
watermark - especially after a high workload through a deep run in the
spring's World Baseball Classic.
The exit of Carlos Pena prompted the offseason acquisition of James Loney (one
year, $2 million), who skidded to just six home runs and 41 runs batted in
across 144 games with Toronto and Boston last season. Previously, he'd managed
at least 10 homers per season for five straight years with the Los Angeles
Dodgers, including a sixth-place finish in NL rookie of the year balloting in
2007. Ominously, Loney hit just .235 in his initial 14 spring games, which
could prompt a quick roster move by the Rays to get Myers into the fold.
The changing of the guard in the AL East would presumably mean good things for
the Rays, who'd spent a half-decade wrestling with the Red Sox and Yankees.
However, the offseason moves by the Blue Jays make them an automatic threat,
and the 2012 resurgence by the Orioles provides another obstacle. All that
said, assuming the Tampa Bay pitching is as good or better than last season -
especially in spots 2-5 - and Longoria can be Longoria for a whole season,
they're certainly in the mix and would have to be considered a favorite to win
the division simply because they know the route.
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The Rights of Childbearing Women
Fundamental Problems with Maternity Care in the United StatesThis statement was developed in response to serious and continuing problems with maternity care in the United States, including:
The Rights of Childbearing Women* At this time in the United States, childbearing women are legally entitled to those rights.
** The legal system would probably uphold those rights.
Copyright 2012 Childbirth Connection
Our SourcesThe following sources, in their present or earlier editions, helped guide the development of this statement of rights:
American Hospital Association. The Patient Care Partnership: Understanding Expectations, Rights and Responsibilities, 2003.
Annas, G..J. A national bill of patients' rights. New England Journal of Medicine 1998;338(10):695-699.
Annas, G. J. The Rights of Patients: The Authoritative ACLU Guide to the Rights of Patients, third edition. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 2004.
The Boston Women's Health Book Collective. Sections on "Childbearing" and "Knowledge is Power." In: Our Bodies, Ourselves: A New Edition for a New Era. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005;417-524, 699-758.
Coalition for Improving Maternity Services (CIMS). The Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiative, 1996.
Enkin, M., Keirse, M. J. N. C., Neilson J., Crowther, C., Duley, L., Hodnett, E. and Hofmeyr, J. A Guide to Effective Care in Pregnancy and Childbirth, third edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.
International Childbirth Education Association, Inc. The Pregnant Patient's Bill of Rights. Minneapolis: ICEA, 1975.
President's Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry. Appendix A: Consumer Bill of Rights and Responsibilities. In its Quality First: Better Health Care for All Americans.
United Nations. Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948.
Thank you to George Annas, professor and chair of Health Law at the Boston University School of Public Health, for clarifying the legal status of the individual rights.
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Installed R23 from R7 (installed over, did not uninstall R7) and using zipped games only i can confirm the following:
snes-(was never meant to work with this emu, dont know where you got that idea)
game gear-works
master system-(tested only 1 rom, didnt work for me)(will retry)
genesis-(was never meant to work with this emu, dont know where you got that idea)
pce_tg16-works (tried tg-16 rom only, not a cdrom based game)
also ran these from internal hard drive, not a usb drive.
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A midday fire at the maintenance building for the Carolina Colours Golf Course caused an estimated $15,000 in damage to equipment and minor damage to the building.
The fire at the building, which also is used for golf cart repair, was caused by a motorcycle spark and was quickly extinguished, investigators said.
Golfers enjoying the beautiful fall weather on the course nearby said they were not inconvenienced.
City of New Bern Fire Marshall Danny Hill assessed the damage with fire inspectors Jeremy Blalock and Jeff Conner and said, �A personal motorcycle that an employee was working on during his lunch break threw a spark which caused the fire.
�The fire caused no structure damage to the building, and the power was not shut off,� Hill said. �They will be able to clean up and go right back to work.�
The building, which has multiple bays and a garage, is located just off Old Airport Road near the Evans Mill subdivision.
Firefighters and equipment from three fire departments, including the city of New Bern, West New Bern and Township 7, responded to the 12:30 p.m. blaze.
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Peter Frampton was a leader of English Rock & Roll movement in the 1970s, sparked by the massive popularity of his epic 1976 live album, Frampton Comes Alive. Frampton is celebrating the 35-year anniversary of the album on the road with his "Comes Alive 35 Tour," which comes alive at Riverbend's PNC Pavilion this Sunday and features a performance of the entire milestone album in the first set. Frampton continues to evolve as an artist, as evidenced on his Grammy-winning 2006 album Fingerprints and his newest record, Thank You Mr. Churchill, released last year. CityBeat spoke with Frampton recently about the album's impact and how special music still is to the legend.
Rockers Papa Roach hit the scene in 2000 with their most successful studio album, Infest. Six albums later, they are still headlining tours and festivals across the country including this weekend's Rock on the Range in Columbus.
I was able to catch up with the man behind the music, Jacoby Shaddix, the lead vocalist. The two discussed the hard times and redemption that led to Papa Roach's most recent album, The Connection, released late last year.
Papa Roach plays Rock on the Range's Main Stage Saturday
afternoon, getting the night ready for Three Days Grace, Stone Sour and
The Smashing Pumpkins. Find full Rock on the Range details here.
CityBeat: What is your favorite Rock on the Range memory?
Jacoby Shaddix: Shit man, coming in headlining the second stage and utterly fucking demolishing it and being the only band asked back the next year to play the Main Stage and crushing it again.
CB: If you could trade places with anybody for one month who would it be?
JS: My wife.
CB: Why?
JS: I just want both of us to live our lives in each other's shoes for a month. I think we both would learn a lot. I know that it is not the super mega-kick ass Rock star answer, but that is some real shit.
CB: I know you wrote the last album through some of the toughest times of your life. Are any of the songs hard to play for you personally?
JS: No, they are just really good reminders. It is like I had to re-calibrate my life and re-focus myself on what my priorities were in my life and what was important to me and where I wanted to put myself five years from now and 10 years from now. All the decisions I made in the process of making this record I believe are some of the most important decisions that I'll make in my lifetime. I think the songs are real good reminders of that desperate place that I once was.
CB: Well my favorite song on the album when it came out was "Where Did the Angels Go"…
JS: We had a No. 1 Rock track with that song, which was fucking awesome.
CB: Can you tell me the story behind the song?
JS: As we were making the record, me and my wife had split up at that time and I was strung out again. It is no secret that I have substance abuse issues and I was caught up again and I finally decided that enough is enough. I had to stop and that just utter desperation of hanging on to life by a thread and just feeling completely alone and so broken and not really knowing if I was going to be OK. I just finally realized how much my demons ate me alive and it was time to get myself back and that is where that song came from, utter desperation.
CB: Is it hard to be on the road and stay sober?
JS: Not this time around. It used to be really hard. I have a network of sober musicians I stay really close with and I have a support group through that.
It is finally clear to me in my life I can't fucking drink, I can't do drugs, because it eats me alive. I am finally on the road enjoying my life. I faced a lot of demons in the process of getting sober again and I finally put a lot of stuff to rest. I am trying to work on being in the moment, like some of that Buddhist-type culture philosophy — if I am not here now then what is the point? If I am not feeling the moment, then what is the point of my life. Just focusing on that, my spirituality makes all this other stuff that goes on out here on the road way more tolerable and way more fun.
CB: Have you ever had an experience that led you to believe in angels?
JS: I don't necessarily have a grasp on the idea of angels. I have an understanding of people that have come like saviors in a sense, people that have been sent to me by my higher power to show me and guide me out of the darkness. I had to be broken down to realize I needed help.
CB: People have shown up at the right time?
JS: Yes.
CB: If you could ask one question to a psychic about your future what would you ask?
JS: I wouldn't ask anything. I wouldn't want to know. What do you want to know? Are you going to live different or some shit? I'd rather let it be. Let the future be what it is going to be.
CB: What does your perfect day look like?
JS: Perfect day — wake up next to my wife, sex right off the bat. Then go downstairs and cook breakfast for my kids, take them to school, go for a run, dance with my wife, go fishing with my brother-in-law in the bayou swamp, stretch out and warm up, play a Rock & Roll show, then fall asleep next to my wife. That sounds pretty fucking kick ass.
CB: I know your songs that you write are very autobiographical. Have you considered writing a book or a memoir in the future?
JS: Oh definitely, that is something I am going to definitely do in my life. 100 percent.
CB: No immediate plans?
JS: No immediate plans, but I have put pen to paper. It is something that I can craft as I go along.
CB: What can the fans expect this weekend at Rock on the Range?
JS: A fan that is on fucking fire. We have been doing these festivals, May is a big festival month, and we have been fucking annihilating audiences. We just devastated Carolina Rebellion, just ripped that shit up, we had a great show. Fort Rock in Florida, Rockville down in Florida. Memphis in May was awesome at the Beale Street Festival. That was rippin'. I just feel like we are tuned up and primed for these big festivals. I have to say, all these other bands, bring your fucking A-game because P Roach is coming to town and we have come to rip it.
CB: Memphis was awesome. I saw most of the set. It was awesome. It was great as always. I look forward to shooting you guys again. Smile for the camera on Saturday.
JS: Fuck yeah. Cool. We will see you Saturday.
Where do you begin with a band like Lynyrd Skynyrd? Everyone has been out at a bar or a concert and heard some crazy and/or drunk lunatic shouting to the band on stage, "FREE BIRD!!!" They are the epitome of and gold standard for Southern Rock music. Even now, through the tragedy of the plane crash in 1977 to the re-formed band, Skynyrd still provides electric performances every night. They still happily rock the hits of the early days. like "Simple Man" and "Sweet Home Alabama," while mixing in the music they are still releasing, most recently Last of a Dying Breed, which came out late last year.
CityBeat had time to catch up with lead vocalist Johnny Van Zant, the younger brother of the band's original front man Ronnie Van Zant. The two discussed how Skynyrd fits into Rock music today, as well as the wonderful feelings the band still gets performing every night on stage.
Skynyrd performs at Riverbend Music Center tonight with Bad Company, providing the same energy as the cast from the '70s and showing audiences what real Southern Rock sounds like.
CityBeat: Do you have any crazy Cincinnati memories from the past?
JVZ: We have had so many good shows there. Years back, when a flood hit, there was water in the first four or five rows. People were kind of standing in the water. I was like, "Wow these are really diehards." I don't even know how many times we have played at that particular amphitheater (Riverbend), but it has always been a good, hot, sweaty, summer Rock & Roll show, which is how it is supposed to be.
CB: The band has had multiple lineup changes over the years since you joined the band. How do you integrate someone new into the band?
JVZ: For us, they have to be a friend, someone we have known, someone we admire as a musician, someone we think would fit into our family. When we are out on the road, running up and down the road playing shows, you have to be not only a member of a band but, especially with Lynyrd Skynyrd, you have to be a part of the Skynyrd nation. You have to be a part of the family. Our newest member is Johnny Colt, who was bass player with The Black Crowes. Colt fits right in with us. He's loony as heck and so are we. We have a great time and love doing what we do. I hope Johnny is with us for a long, long time. He is quite the guy. It has been awesome.
CB: I know you guys have worked many times with one of my favorite guitarists, John 5. What was that experience like for you and have you done any collaborations recently?
JVZ: Well, yeah, he was on our last record, Last of a Dying Breed.
John is a good friend of us. We knew we were going to be good friends
with John because we were in Nashville writing and our manager mentioned
John and said, "You know, he is a little different than you guys." And
we said, " That's OK, that's no problem."
John walked in, he was just coming from a photo shoot. He had on the fingernails with his hair all up. When he walked in and I went, "Damn, you are different. Damn, are you a freak or something?" And he said, "I was thinking the same crap about you guys." We just hit it off. He is a wonderful guitar player. Not only can he play Heavy Metal and Rock & Roll, but he can play the hell out of some Country music, which we love. I just admire his work and he is one of the most phenomenal guitar players I have had the pleasure to work with.
CB: A lot of people are saying Rock is dead and Country music is the new Rock. Do you believe that Rock is dead?
JVZ: No. I think Country music is Lynyrd Skynyrd. I
think a lot of the Country music is what we do, but I don't think Rock &
Roll is dead at all. People have been saying that shit for years and
years and years: "Rock & Roll is dead." Then it comes back. It's like
anything else.
For us we just played Houston, Texas, in front of 10,000
people. We played Bristol, Va., I think there were 14,000 people on
a Sunday night. The night before last we were in Camden, N.J.,
14,000 people on a Wednesday night. I'm sure Cincinnati is doing quite
well. We are in Pittsburgh tonight. It is going to be phenomenal here.
If Rock & Roll is dead and gone, man, I am missing out on it.
CB: Tell me a little bit about Last of a Dying Breed and which songs we are going to hear from that album when you come to Cincinnati?
JVZ: Well, it is debatable. What we do, each night we try to think about what new song we want to put in. Right now we are really concentrating on 40 years. It's been 40 years since (Pronounced 'lĕh-'nérd 'skin-'nérd) came out. It's been our major focus to play as many songs off that record and celebrate that era.
CB: Where do you see yourself in 15 more years?
JVZ: Hopefully alive. Hopefully playing some shows
and still doing this. Doing a lot of fishing and drinking a good
Budweiser and something like that, I don't know. If you want to make God
laugh, tell him your plans. I never really plan too much. I just like to
go along with the flow and the good Lord throws me in the direction he
wants me to go.
CB: Do you ever get tired of playing "Free Bird"?
JVZ: Not at all. I am quick to say, "Not at all." How
many bands would love to have songs like that? Most bands say we would
give anything to have one of those. "Free Bird" and ("Sweet Home Alabama"), that's
the cool thing about Skynyrd. We have three generations of fans who love
those songs. It is amazing to me.
We are out with Bad Company right now and we are real big Bad Company fans. We are at the top of the game with these guys. From my era and a lot of other people's era, Bad Company was the rule of the roost when it came to Rock & Roll. Paul Rogers is one of the best singers. Simon Kirke and Mick Ralphs have been around for years. It is just great to be out on the road and playing shows with good friends too. We are having a blast. We hope to do it again sometime after this tour and look forward to coming your way.
CB: Are you flattered when someone like Kid Rock uses "Sweet Home Alabama" in his songs? Excited? Upset? How do you feel when someone integrates that song?
JVZ: We were actually doing a tour with Bobby when
he had "All Summer Long" (the song that incorporates "Sweet Home") out. For us, hell, it keeps us in the spotlight.
He did a good job on it. It was a hit song for him and everybody got
paid. So surely, we are like, "Can someone else use it again and again?"
It is kind of funny when you think of stuff like that. Who would have thought when that song was written a long, long time ago, people would still be loving it and a band from Jacksonville, Fla., and what success my brother and Alan and Gary, my hat is off to them. I love keeping the music alive. It is a great thing. It's a great thing because the song has been used in Forrest Gump and various movies. Any time anything like that pops up as long, as it is not in bad taste, is great. It has been a good ride.
Five Finger Death Punch is one of the most popular Metal bands in the world. The band has a catchy, melodic sound that resonates with its crowds and the band's songs have become arena anthems across the country. Five Finger continues to tour on its third studio album American Capitalist. Currently, the group is out headlining the Trespass America Festival with the bands Trivium, Pop Evil and Killswitch Engage.
CityBeat was able to spend some time with the band's lead guitarist Jason Hook to discuss, among other things, the band's feverish tour schedule and the effect it has on the band members' relationships, as well as what makes the music so addictive. The Trespass America Festival comes to the PNC Pavilion at Riverbend tomorrow (Wednesday) night.
CityBeat: What has been the highlight of Trespass Festival so far?
Jason Hook: Well, the first show was awesome. We opened the show on Friday the 13th just outside of Denver. The place was almost sold out, packed. We had all of our friends, family, record label, managers and agents with us. It was a massive party (and) it was day one. It was awesome, really awesome.
CB: Who leaves the biggest mess backstage at Trespass?
JH: The biggest mess? As far as what, a hot mess or just messy?
CB: It could be either.
JH: I'll give both to Ivan (Moody, Five Finger's frontman).
CB: OK, I wouldn't picture that.
JH: Well you don't know him as well as I do.
CB: Is it true that he still throws up before he performs?
JH: I haven't seen that lately but it might be because I tend to steer clear of him a little bit more than usual because of that. But he does do that. That is not an urban legend.
CB: You consistently are having these hits with huge sports and military following. What is really the formula for creating a modern day Rock anthem?
JH: I think that you have to keep things simple. People like a really consistent beat, something that has a good thump to it. Obviously, an easy to follow storyline or a relatable storyline and as many hooks as you can get into each section of the song for example the intro, the verse, the pre-chorus, the chorus, the bridge, the solo — all those are sections — and if they get too long or drawn out or too complicated or the resolution set too high for the listener, they just miss out and it will go over their head. A big part of having an anthem is having something that is simple enough that many people can grab it easily like "Rock & Roll all night and party every day."
CB: Does the band ever write songs for a specific audience?
JH: Not really. Most of us in the band have a background where we grew up listening to heavy bands but bands that were also on the radio. That reflects in the music we make. None of it is really contrived. We just do what we like. Fortunate for us, it catches with a lot more people. Once you try to do something that is not honest, it is really hard to repeat it. You are always chasing or guessing what to do. It is better to know what you like to do and just do it.
You always have the crazy crowd surfing at the shows, the biggest Rock on the Range crowd surfing in history. Do you ever worry about fan safety?
JH: All the time. All the time. It freaks us out. I see people getting beat up pretty good out there, especially the people in the very front row because people crowd surf up from behind them, they can't see that these 220 pound guys are being launched forward and the people in the front row are the last people that these heavy people land on their heads on the way into the pit. You get a lot of people getting smashed, and they have no idea it is happening until it happens.
I keep saying, "Is there something we should do to discourage this? Should we say that we want people to be careful and keep your eyes open?" I do see a lot of people getting hammered, and it freaks me out. We are always thinking about it.
CB: How do you stay friends living in such close quarters and being on the road almost all year?
JH: How do we stay friends? We stay away from each other. The only way to control how we all get along is to make sure there is a good amount of separation. You need a little bit of on and a little off.
For example, we get hotel rooms. The band gets hotel rooms. We get them every other day. The hotel rooms are essential and it doesn't matter what it costs to have everybody be able go and have their own private space to go make phone calls, answer e-mails, relax, watch the TV program they want to watch, whatever. The off is just as important as the on because if you get too much together time all the time, then you are likely to have the engine run a little hot, you know what I am saying?
CB: Who in the band is more likely to get into a fight backstage and who is more likely to get laid?
JH: I don't really want to focus on the fighting, but as far as the sex part of it, I would say, all the girls like Ivan. The rest of us are just sort of swinging the bat. They all seem to want to get to Ivan. So I would say answer "A"—my final answer — Ivan.
The thing is, to chase girls around, which is also to chase the party or stay up, all these people show up and they want to hang out with the band. This is their big night out. The problem is, if we participated in everybody's big night out, then we end up having 42 or 55 nights in a row, and it is physically too hard. Imagine having 45 New Years Eves in a row. What kind of shape would you be in after that?
CB: Yeah, bands now are a lot more, I don't want to say mellow, but you can't sustain (that type of partying) for long periods of time if this is what you are going to do.
JH: God knows we have tried it. We don't want to hurt the band. We don't want to hurt the tour. We have a responsibility to not only talk to people during the day but to play in front of these large audiences, and I don't want to go up there hung over and feel like crap and be fuzzy and making mistakes. It's very hard. It's OK when you are a club band — nobody cares; "Get me another beer." Everyone is drunk anyway, but now we are talking about playing in front of 15,000 people at 9 o'clock at night and it is a business now. It is for real.
Last night at Riverbend, I finished off some personal business for my 12-year-old self. I finally got to see Lita Ford sing "Kiss Me Deadly" live on stage, hear Poison play "Nothing But a Good Time" and catch Def Leppard perform "Pour Some Sugar on Me," live and in person, all on one hot evening by the river.
My parents believed that I was not old enough back in 1987 to make all of these dreams come true, but now my older self is able to make these types of things happen.
Def Leppard has been entertaining international audiences with their strong British sound for the better part of 30 years. They have provided American audiences with Rock anthems that have fired up arenas, like "Pour Some Sugar on Me" and "Animal." Over the years they have put out 12 albums, including their latest offering from last year Mirrorball: Live and More. The band is among the upper echelon of Rock acts that found success, continuity and growing support through the eras of fans.
CityBeat caught up with guitarist Phil Collen to discuss the band's continued success before the Riverbend show last night. We discussed why the band is still able to keep it up after so long and what inspires him personally in his musical voyage.
CityBeat: What do you think the secret to the band's longevity is? I just read this morning that Van Halen just cancelled the rest of their tour. Why have you guys been able to stay together for so long?
Phil Collen: I think our motivation is very different from Van Halen's. They broke up a while ago. They actually didn't get off. We've actually experienced super-super highs, diamond albums, multi-platinum sell-out tours and all that with really bad lows, like Steve dying and Rick losing his arm.
I think we have been together more consistently than most families. We leave home for 18 months. I have been in the band for 30 years. It's just that (it) really makes a difference if you can relate to each other on very much a personal level. You have almost a private little clique, an elite club only you can relate to.
I tell you, we have always been good. We have never gone away. We have never split up. We have never done reunions and I think that is the trick. If you have to do a reunion, I always ask "Why did you split up in the first place?" I think we still have got more to prove. We still have songs to write, great albums to make. It's a whole new day, a whole new digital age, everything is changing, whole new sets of fans. It never really stops. There is always ambition there, and there is always plenty of stuff to do. If you really want to share your work, that's one of the first things you do in the first place. You get to express your art, it's an artistic release and the other thing is you actually share it with other people. We are still doing that.
CB: I know you guys have been talking about writing and wanting to release new music. What is the band's writing process?
PC: It is more difficult than it used to be. I think we have gone through every different variation. We have gone through a time when one person writes the song, one person comes up with an idea and someone finishes it off or someone has an idea or we just play on each other's songs. That's what Queen ended up doing.
We have done every different variation of that. The best stuff I think we have done was when Mutt Lange was involved and just the way he approached it. He had a lot more experience than us and just brought a whole bunch of things to the table. Again, it is very different, there are a couple things I am putting together that are almost finished and then I usually play them for someone else in the band and put together an idea for them and we just take it from there. That's really how it works. It's not rocket science and every song starts in a different way.
I think the most inspiring song is when you have a title and that's all you got and the rest kind of writes itself around it. I have another band Man Raze and same deal with that. We actually wrote a couple songs for a movie that was The Showdown, which was about superbikes racing. Once I had the whole story I came up with the idea, "Take on the World" — it was racing and stuff, and the song wrote itself.
So it is very inspiring to start with a title or at least an idea and then you just color in by numbers almost. It can come from a million different places and that is one of the wonderful things about being an artist really.
CB: Do you have any regrets over the years?
PC: There are loads of things that we'd do differently obviously. That is the whole plan. You experience stuff and you don't make the same mistakes again, hopefully, whether it's driving, old relationships or whatever. You are always on this learning curve which is a different level than the past.
Yeah, you know, not really — (I don't have any) regrets, not even slightly. I love where I am right now and that is the happiest person in the world. I am having a great time. It's really cool. None at all really.
CB: What is your craziest fan story over the years?
PC: There have been a bunch of crazy fan stories. I have always found the weirdest ones are when people get my face tattooed on their body. I remember the first time this happened years ago, this Italian girl said, "I'm going to get you tattooed on me." I said, "No, no, no, no, have you told your parents?" And she said, "No, but they'll be OK." She got this tattoo done and over the years we have now seen this millions of times, you know, people show their tattoos of our likeness or face on their arm or back or wherever it is. I always try to discourage it because it is a tattoo. I have one tattoo and it is my wife's name and she has my name tattooed on her and that's it. I was 52 when I got that.
CB: When you've written songs in the past over the years, did you guys know when you had a hit on your hands?
PC: Some of them, but other songs you think you have a hit and they disappear. You can never really tell. It depends on the environment of the moment. Back then it would be radio. Right now, everything is about celebrity and fame and TV. It is a different one to judge. It is about getting out there. If you get something in a movie, it has more of a chance than something played on the radio. It has changed a lot. The more the music business has turned more into an industry than art, it becomes more difficult to predict (which songs will catch on).
CB: What is the best guitar solo of all time?
PC: I couldn't put it down for one. There are a few — and it is obviously my opinion — that (have) really inspired me. A few by David Bowie. There are a few Hendrix ones — "Fire" by Jimi Hendrix. There is a great guitar solo on a song "Midnight at the Oasis" by Maria Muldaur, a song from the '70s (that) took me ages to figure out, then I realized there were more than one guitar doing it. There are millions of them that really inspire. I could go on all day but (there's) not one in any particular — all of those.
CB: Any current music you are listening to that you find inspiring?
PC: Yeah, my favorite artist is Skrillex. I am really into dance and Techno music, love it, Dubstep especially. I just think what Skrillex is doing sounds like Heavy Metal without guitars and Hip Hop without words. That's what I get out of it. It is just very different. It is very pure. I love it.
(I listen to) just different things; I listen to everything. I listen to Jazz or Blues, Hip Hop, Metal, Rock, whatever Pop song, right across the board. It's all amazing and stuff to draw on really.
Tim Wilson is a comedian and singer/songwriter who represents Southern culture and lifestyle with his songs and stand-up. He is often featured on national telecasts of the syndicated radio shows The Bob and Tom Show and the John Boy and Billy Morning Show and Wilson has also been appeared on many of the late-night talk shows. With a dozen comedy albums featuring his original songs, Wilson has found crossover success on both the comedy and Country music charts.
CityBeat caught up with Wilson by phone to preview his appearance in Cincinnati and discuss southern roots in comedy and the assimilation of music into his comedy. Catch him performing live Saturday night at the Taft Theatre with Patti Vasquez (ticket info here).
In the last year, Alice Cooper could be seen everywhere from special guesting on stage with Vince Gill to rocking out with Rob Zombie. This past weekend he even popped up singing Lady Gaga at Bonnaroo.
Cooper can do anything in music, entertain every audience, and still be cutting edge enough to be a premier name in music after almost 50 years in the business, countless awards and nominations and 36 albums. He shows no signs of slowing down and he is set to continue his monumental career as his band goes on the road with Iron Maiden this summer and fall.
CityBeat was privileged to speak with the legend to preview his upcoming show near Dayton before he hits the road with Iron Maiden. He spoke about longevity and told of the more bizarre stories of being a tenant in the Queen City. Alice Cooper performs at the Fraze Pavilion in Kettering this Wednesday.
CityBeat: Your show in Dayton is coming up.
Alice Cooper: Yes, we start this tour in June with Iron Maiden. We will be out there as their guest star on the show, their guests, so that's an hour show. The show we are doing there in Dayton is our regular show which will be a full out Alice Cooper show.
CB: I am actually a photographer and I've photographed you many times. You are one of my favorite artists to shoot.
AC: Well we give photographers a lot to shoot. If you are going to go all that trouble to do all that theatrics and really coordinate the show like that, then I want to see lots of shots. I love seeing different angles, people will hand me an envelope full of pictures and I will go, "That's a great shot. That's a great shot." And it gives me a different perspective of what the show looks like because we only see it from the stage. We never see it from the audience point of view.
CB: I have interviewed many of your past guitarists, Jason Hook and Al Pitrelli and people that have toured with you and everybody always has spectacular things to say about you as a mentor and just to be around. One of my questions is how do you choose band members on your tours now?
AC: Honestly, I am very instinctive about guitar players. Of course the guitar players are the gunslingers. They are the guys that you can sit and listen to and go, "When I quit singing, I want to hear something take over," and it better be a guitar that can take over what I'm doing when I step back, I want that guitar player to step up. So getting a Damon Johnson, when we first got Damon, every guitar player wants to stand back a little bit and I say, "No, no, no, when it is your solo, you take two steps forward into the light and let it go."
A lot of times lead singers don't want their lead guitar player to share the limelight. I want everybody in that band to have their moment on stage where they are the star. So when you get (young Australian guitarist) Orianthi, who is a natural, she is a natural star up there. I mean the girl is such a great player.
CB: Is she going to be with you?
AC: Yes, I mean she is such a great character for a Alice Cooper show. And you get Ryan Roxie on this tour and Ryan is a show unto himself. He has his own production going on over there which I really like because he really brings it every night. And Tommy, who I have in the middle as a rhythm guitar player, has got his own show going on. It's great to get guys to come out of their shells and just when you get on stage be a rock star. I don't want you to be a sideman.
CB: Again, it's always been amazing to talk to all these people who have worked with you over the years and I know they appreciate it as well.
AC: I think it is because I let them play. I want you to play. When it is your turn to play, I want you to be Eric Clapton, I want you to be Jeff Beck, I want you to be the guy and sometimes it takes a little bit of getting used to. These guys are not used to being the center of attention, they are used to being the guys that stand in the background and play.
Sometimes it's hard for Johnny Depp, when Johnny plays with us, I kind of have to push him forward a little bit because he likes to hang back a little bit.
CB: We are in Cincinnati. Can you tell me what your craziest Cincinnati story is from your past?
AC: I have the best Cincinnati story you have ever heard. This is a true story. We finally left L.A. We decided we had to move some place out of L.A., out of New York, some place in the Midwest. So we go to Cincinnati and we play this show there and we get a standing ovation. We decided the first standing ovation we get, that is where we are going to move.
So we played in Cincinnati and got a standing ovation, I think it may have been after the Cincinnati Pop Festival, the one we did with Iggy (Pop and The Stooges), and we found this area down by the college. It was this big, beautiful house for rent. So we came in and rented this house at the beginning of summer, and we went in and painted it and did everything like that.
For three months we lived there until in September, all of a sudden, there was a knock at the door, we walked outside and there were 10 guys that are football players and they are going "What are you doing at our house?" And I said, "What are you talking about? We rented this house indefinitely." And the guy goes, "This is our frat house. I don't know who rented this to you but they didn't own the house. You are paying rent to someone that doesn't even own the house."
Some guy rented us a frat house and he didn't even own it. He just walked in and put up a "For Rent" sign because nobody was there and we just assumed he just owned the house. So for these guys, it was kind of cool to them that Alice Cooper was living in their house, but we had to leave because it was their frat house.
CB: So did you pick another city or did you hang around town?
AC: We moved to Detroit then but it was really funny because we really thought Cincinnati was where we were going to live and then we got ejected by the frat house.
CB: I guess it could have worked out a lot different. You could still be in our hometown. You have spoken openly the last few years that you have become a Christian and about your Christian beliefs. Did that change how you put your show together?
AC: I think what it is, you do a certain amount of your own, not censoring, but you start shaping the show whereas there may be a couple of songs that I used to do that, now when I sing those songs, I don't believe that anymore. So, it is hard for me to sing that.
It hasn't been any big hits, "School's Out", "18", "Billion Dollar Babies", all those songs have nothing to do with Christianity or nothing to do with something that I couldn't sing as a Christian. Most of it is social satire anyway, but there are a few songs that I looked at and I went, "You know what, I don't believe that anymore," so I am going to stay away from that show.
I am just being true to myself to be honest with you. It really hasn't affected how I do my stage show because I don't believe Alice was promoting anything that was anti-Christian. We were like a musical horror movie and I think if people took Alice Copper as entertainment, as pure entertainment, there is certainly a dark side to my sense of humor but I don't think there has ever been anything in there that was, that any Christian couldn't see and have fun with.
CB: It's all in good fun. It's all perspective.
AC: Yeah, and I think if you look at it as a social satire, I am fine with it. I don't really have a problem with that. I am still very involved, I read twice a day, I have two different times of devotional for myself. I hope and I try not to just be a Christian in "Oh, I'm a Christian." I try to live that life. It is a one-on-one relationship with Christ so I really try to keep that as my lifestyle. In other words, you aren't ever going to see me at the strip club after a show.
CB: I know you gave up drugs and alcohol a long time ago for good reasons. Is there still ever a struggle on the road to stay sober?
AC: No, never has been. I was literally healed from that. People say you are cured, I say no, it was much different. I never went to AA. I never had to do any of that. I came out of a hospital and it was gone. It was gone as if I had cancer and cancer was gone the next day. It was totally taken away from me. I never had a struggle with alcohol. When I came out of the hospital, I was absolutely straight as an arrow. I never had a desire or a craving for alcohol which even the doctors say is weird. I know because I have a lot of friends that are in AA and they struggle with it all the time. They say, "How do you do it?" and I say "I am not an alcoholic anymore. I was one but I am not anymore." I wouldn't challenge myself. In other words, I wouldn't sit around and say, "Well I think I will take a drink of beer." Because I know that could be a trigger that takes me back to where I was. So I won't even approach that, but at the same time I don't have any desire to do that.
CB: Well, my Mom saw you in 1974 and she still talks about it today as I go shoot your shows. It was one of her memorable experiences with you and some chickens in Nashville at Memorial Coliseum…
AC: Well the music hasn't changed much since the '70s to now, if you look at the bands that are still out there — Aerosmith, Ozzy, Alice, Thin Lizzy — we are all still playing the same kind of music. I think it is funny that 16, 17, 18 year old kids are more into Classic Rock than they are into modern Rock so I think there is a large audience for us that has never seen us. One of the reasons we are playing the Iron Maiden tour is because I don't think the Iron Maiden audience has ever seen Alice Cooper so I want to expose them to Alice Cooper.
CB: Has touring for you changed from now to then?
AC: It's a lot easier now. When you are physically in better shape and you are mentally and spiritually in better shape, (my wife) Sheryl and I have been together for 36 years, and I never been happier in my life. My kids are great. All my ducks are in a row. Physically, I am healthy. Touring is easy then. Physically, it is a workout and you have to get used to traveling and you have to get used to being away from your family a lot even though now my family can travel with me any time they want to. My wife will go out for three weeks then go home for a week and come back out for two or three weeks. So, touring to me is easy.
CB: You spoke about music now and what people are listening to. Are there any current bands you listen to these days?
AC: I wish there was — my pet peeve right now is that 80-90% of the modern Rock bands are just testosterone-free. I am listening to these bands and going, "Where is the spark? Where is the fire?" These bands are whining like crazy. I hear these bands and go, "What is wrong with these guys?" And then I look at a picture of the band and I could go into a mall and pick any five guys, it's like they are trying not to be rock stars. They just want to be normal guys that play in a band with no image and no fire just we are in a band. "What is wrong with that?" That's crazy. If you are in a Rock band, you get in a Rock band to be something different. I guess modern Rock bands really just want to blend in and I think it is the most boring time in Rock right now that I have ever seen.
CB: Well you have your Lady Gagas…
AC: There are exceptions. Jack White is amazing. The Foo Fighters are amazing. I don't know the Black Veil Brides music very much but I love the image. At least they are going out of their way to be something that when you see them on stage you say, "That's the Black Veil Brides." But when I see 99% of the other bands up there I say those bands can be anybody. I just don't get the fact that everybody is so against having image.
CB: Are you working on any new music, maybe another album?
AC: The Welcome to My Nightmare album has been out for about a year now and that was our highest charting album for quite a long time. So after this tour, we will go back in the studio again, Bob Ezrin and I will, but we were very, very happy with Welcome to my Nightmare.
CB: I briefly spoke to you at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction this year in Cleveland. I know you weren't performing but what your favorite part of the night?
AC: You mean the last one. I thought Guns N Roses were amazing. I thought Slash and the boys were the best band there. They just rocked that place.
CB: We are heading into a critical election year, are you planning on backing any candidates this time?
AC: Boy, I'll tell you at this point right now I almost want to go independent. I am not political in the least bit. I am not in the least bit political. So when somebody says, "Who are you voting for?" I'm going, "Wow!" It's like saying, do you want a poke in the eye or a poke in the ear. Nobody is making me smile now.
CB: And it is very narrow now.
AC: Yeah, as far as I'm concerned, I wish there was somebody out there that had some spark that would make a difference but I don't think either one of these guys are.
CB: Do you have any plans to slow down or stop touring?
AC: No. For me, physically everything is fine right now. Until I physically can't tour, I think I will be touring every year.
The members of Kentucky's Black Stone Cherry take pride in their closeness. They are still just four guys rocking out and living their dream. BSC's just-released third studio album, Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, reached the Top 30 in the Billboard 200 and the group is currently on the Carnival of Madness tour with Alter Bridge, Theory of a Deadman, and Emphatic. The tour hits Dayton's X-Fest, at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds, this Sunday (click here for concert details). CityBeat recently spoke with Black Stone Cherry lead singer Chris Robertson in depth about the band and the personal issues he has dealt with over the past few years.
Rise Against is the epitome of Punk Rock in this era. They are as far from the status quo from society as bands get, yet record for a major label. Part of the group's mission is to promote progressive issues, both socially and politically. Rise Against recently released its sixth album, Endgame, which features the hit single "Make It Stop" (the video for which was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award last year).
CityBeat spoke with bassist and original member Joe Prinicipe in anticipation for their upcoming show in Cincinnati. They discussed the bands writing process and how they incorporated their socially active direction in their music. Rise Against will be opening Riverbend's PNC Pavilion for the summer this Saturday. A Day to Remember and Title Fight also perform.
CityBeat: Thanks for taking the time to talk to us. I know you are one of the original band members. You guys have been out on it for about 13 years from when you started. Where do you see yourself in 13 more years?
Joe Prinicipe: It's hard to say with this business but I would say definitely still involved with writing music and performing. Rise Against has no intentions of breaking up. We would like to follow the same career paths as bands like Bad Religion and Social D that are going on 25 or 30 years and are still making relevant music. I hope that's where I end up.
CB: I saw you last year with the Foo Fighters when you opened up in Columbus. I was wondering if there were any fun and crazy Foo Fighter stories on tour.
JP: It was pretty awesome when there were a group of protesters, I think we were in St. Louis, maybe it was Kansas City, and they were protesting the Foo Fighter show because they did that funny promo video where they were showering together. So this group came out, this very homophobic religious group. They were protesting and the Foo Fighters came out (before the show) dressed provocatively and they were out on a flat bed truck and performed and tried to play as loud as they could to overshadow, overpower the protestors. It totally worked and it was awesome.
CB: They seem fun to be around in general and don't take it too seriously.
JP: Totally and they are all about enjoying what they have because being on the road and being away from your family is hard enough so you might as well make the most of it.
CB: Your music has been called protest music in the past by the Chicago Tribune and I just wanted to ask about your process to write lyrics around a cause. How do you choose a cause to support and then develop a song around it?
JP: (Singer/guitarist) Tim (McIlrath) writes all the lyrics and the process is very simple. He is just writing what he feels for that day. He writes from a personal perspective on life in general. That's why our records are not just political, there are socially aware topics, there are environmental issues, there are songs about relationships and how hard it is to be away from our families when we are traveling. We always write music first and he will hear the tone that the music sets and he has a journal, and he will flip through the journal and see if something fits and if not he will write what he thinks will fit the music and that is how it has always been the last 12 years.
CB: Were you guys influenced at an early age or did something happen to you that kind of made you take your music toward this activism tone or did you have a kind of defining moment?
JP: No, it's just seeing punk rock music. It's just the nature of punk rock that seems formed as a reaction to the glam era of the 70's. It's just a reaction to that so it's always been about that. It's all we know. It was something that we didn't even discuss. It was just kind of a given the direction of Rise Against was going to be that and we are kind of carrying that torch. Bands like Minor Threat and the Bad Brains were definitely singing for change whether it was singing against homophobia or social issues, but that's kind of what the unspoken goal that the band has always had.
CB: What is the biggest way your music has been able to make a difference or make a change?
JP: I would say the effect that "Make it Stop" has had on young kids. Kids in high school trying to get through it all. We have gotten so many e-mails that the song is helping them through the hardest time of their life and that is incredibly rewarding. I would say "Make it Stop" stands out as that.
CB: Your new album came out last year in the spring. Do you have any new music in the works?
JP: No, we still have a whole year of touring on Endgame. I think I always have song ideas in the back of my head and so does Tim. It's kind of an ongoing thing anyway. We won't actually have anything, officially new until the end of 2013.
CB: Do you have any crazy Cincinnati stories from the past or any fond memories?
JP: Not really. Cincinnati is Bogart's, right?
CB: It's Bogart's and this time you are at Riverbend which is outside.
JP: That's right. The only thing I recall is from Zach our guitar player. His old band played Bogart's and someone was shot like 20 feet away from him. That's really it.
CB: I think you are in a little safer place by the river this time. I have this new game and it's a table game with quirky questions and people just give their first thoughts around it, so I have been experimenting with this a little and I have three questions from this game for you. The first question is what skill do you possess that most people don't know about?
JP: Let's see, nothing hidden, although I am a complete coffee snob and I have an espresso machine at my house and I take that very seriously. It has to be perfect. I have to time all my espresso shots as they come out of the machine. So I guess that.
CB: So you make the perfect espresso, that's your hidden talent.
JP: Absolutely.
CB: What is under your bed?
JP: Actually nothing because my wife is a neat freak so nothing can be on the floor.
CB: If you are on the bus it is somebody else sleeping under the bed in the bunk.
JP: As far as the bus goes, our tour manager is usually in the bunk below me so I have him snoring …
CB: What song would you pick to sing karaoke?
JP: I'm really bad at karaoke, oddly enough.
CB: You don't have to be good. I don't think that's the purpose of karaoke.
JP: That's true. I don't know maybe something from '80s Pop like the Go-Gos or Duran Duran.
CB: What can the fans expect from the show in Cincinnati?
JP: Just high energy, just come and sing with us and have a good time. It is all about interacting with our fans and just everyone singing along. We are all there for the same reason. It is a good way to let off some steam from the week prior. Just come out and have a good time.


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Really? I've never seen more fans who think their team is more important than they really are than LA Tech fans.
Really? I've never seen more fans who think their team is more important than they really are than LA Tech fans.
I think he means that some ULM fans on this board take the mentality of "We know our place! Go get 'em Tigers!"
but their AD was quoted in the Picayune yesterday that he'd been working on the move to the Big East..for whatever that mite be worth down the road...for over 2 yrs. THAT is a master plan.
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The Sun Belt is what it is. And ULL is what it is. It's a small school, in a small state, in a small city with a small ath budget. But ULL fans didnt realize one thing...THAT'S OK!!!!!!
They tried to be someone they're not. Instead of maximizing their assets, they tried to minimize their liabilities...that coupled with piss poor school administration.
The school should have NEVER went with the name change shit, stayed in IAA, dominated, competitive in the FCS and be happy. But no...
I know I pick on you guys but I am close friends with two of your biggest boosters, I work with em, play with em and love em to death and have had this conversation with em a million times
But hey, keep banging your head against the wall. Yall hate everyone else in the state so bad it clouds your decision making and portrays where your at today. /rant
I'm starting to wonder if when the Big 4 or 5 major conferences finally settle, we'll start to see a migration back to more regional conferences for the smaller schools. The big spread out conferences may work for the leagues with big money. But I can't see it continuing to work for the smaller leagues.
Jay posts on raginpagin. The only thing he's commented on today has been about the beach boys playing the New Orleans bowl. He posted a retarded arse blog about how the Sun belt needs to worry about the basketball side of things. That
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