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Today in Rock (May 27)

• 1948 - Pete Sears (Jefferson Starship) was born.
• 1957 - Siouxsie (Siouxsie and the Banshees) was born.
• 1957 - Eddie Harsch (The Black Crowes) was born.
• 1966 - Sean Kinney (Alice in Chains) was born.
• 1977 - British radio stations ban the Sex Pistol’s “God Save the Queen” - it still becomes #1 on the UK charts anyway. (This just proves bad press is the best press for any artist?).
• 1994 - The Eagles embark on their Hell Freezes Over Tour. The title is a reference to a prior Don Henley quote regarding the prospects of an Eagles reunion. Apparently, Henley misspoke.
• 2005 - Def Leppard with Bryan Adams perform live on NBC’s Today Show.
• 2005 - New York jurors award Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor $2.9 million and full control of all the band’s trademarks in a lawsuit he filed in 2004 against his former manager John Malm. Reznor accused Malm of fraud and breach of fiduciary duties.

HarryOki

This week’s “season finale” of HarryOki was Dave Lamont vs. (Young) Ron Brewer.

OK, does Ron really know Faith No More? (I’m calling a set up)

OK - I missed a lot of the real version but Dave Lamont did win (I guess he whipped Ron’s ass).

Today in Rock (May 26)

• 1945 - Garry Peterson (Guess Who) was born.
• 1948 - Stevie Nicks (Fleetwood Mac) was born.
• 1963 - Beatles play Liverpool Empire on first tour.
• 1964 - Lenny Kravitz was born.
• 1970 - “Smoke On The Water” (Deep Purple) was released.
• 1973 - “Frankenstein” by the Edgar Winters Group hit #1 on the US chart.
• 1994 - Michael Jackson marries Lisa-Marie Presley. (It only lasted two years)
• 2004 - Blink-182 (Tom DeLonge, Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker) spend 40 minutes helping paint a home in Harrisburg, PA, as part of Raise The Roof, a partnership between Clear Channel Entertainment and Habitat for Humanity, which provides homes for people in need. The band plays a show that evening at the Star Pavilion in nearby Hershey.

A tribute to Elton John

I don’t care if he’s a complete asshole to the paparazzi and they jump on it every chance they get - Elton is still one hell of a performer and songwriter.

I think we don’t have any performers today to play with the energy and passion that Elton has throughout the years (who knows if it was fueled by drugs or not..). I think there are also some iconic faces in this live performance.

Elton’s career has also lasted though the decades and he never seemed to slow down at any time.

And lastly, when Elton did a tribute to the late Freddie Mercury during Queen’s “Concert for Life”. It was great to see him front up the surviving members of queen (Brian May on guitar, John Deacon on bass, Roger Taylor on drums). It also seems that Elton was always ready to help out with charities.

The update is done.

The update is completed (as of noon on Saturday).  Most people won’t notice a difference but the site may run a little faster now with a newer version of the back end software and a more optimized database.

You may notice more ads (not placements, just a variety of ads - to help pay for the domain registration and hosting) on the site. I’ve decided to sign up with a new ad service (a step up from AdSense) which will allow me to pick and choose the ads that appear on the site. I will try to make sure that the ads are ethical, rated PG at worst, and either related to the music industry or south Florida businesses. None should have any kind of spyware or malware nor should any have any links to porn ect. If you see any ads that should not be here, please take a screenshot of the ad and attach it as a jpeg and email it to admin (at) youcantwin (dot) net.

Today in Rock (May 22)

• 1954 - Bob Dylan’s bar-mitzvah takes place.
• 1962 - Jesse Valenzuela (Gin Blossoms) was born.
• 1966 - 16 year old Bruce Springsteen records for the first time as a member of the Castilles. The song “That’s What You Get” is never released
• 1967 - Dan Roberts (Crash Test Dummies) was born.
• 1974 - A performance in Cambridge, Massachusetts, inspires music journalist Jon Landau to write, “I saw rock and roll’s future—and its name is Bruce Springsteen.”
• 1975 - First-ever army Rock Festival is held at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, when 40,000 GIs rock to Joe Cocker and Pure Prairie League.
• 1981 - Bob Marley’s funeral takes place in Jamaica.
• 1997 - Fleetwood Mac reunite to perform the first of two MTV Unplugged specials which will be shown later in the summer.
• 1999 - Ticket demand turns a five show gig in July at New Jersey’s Continental Airlines Arena into a fifteen show stand for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. The reunion shows set the record for one stay at a single arena. (I guess this is a good day of the year for Bruce?).
• 2004 - Dozens of people are sent to the hospital and more than 200 are treated for heat exhaustion (temperatures near 90 degrees) at a music festival in Washington, D.C. An estimated crowd of 60,000 attend the show, which includes performances by the Offspring, Lostprophets, P.O.D. and Papa Roach.
• 2008 - Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour and Radiohead are recognized for their songwriting accomplishments at Britain’s prestigious Ivor Novello Awards in London. Gilmour takes a Lifetime Achievement trophy. “It’s been a long, bumpy and exhilarating road,” says Gilmour. Radiohead receives the Album Award for “In Rainbows.”
• 2009 - ABC’s Good Morning America kicks-off their summer concert series with a live performance by Green Day in New York’s Central Park.

YouCan’tWin.net scheduled downtime this weekend

Saturday I intend to take YouCantWin.net down for a few hours while I conduct some maintenance on the site (mostly back end). I don’t know what time it will be (that will depend on what time I get up) nor do I know how long it will be down for but rest assured, it will be back up hopefully within a few hours.

Today in Rock (May 21)

• 1947 - Bill Champlin (Chicago) was born.
• 1955 - Stan Lynch (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers) was born.
• 1963 - Tim Lever (Dead or Alive) was born.
• 1975 - Elton John performs the first of eight concerts in the USSR, the first western rock star to play there. 4,000 people see the show
• 1977 - British Punks referred to the Rolling Stones as “dinosaurs”. (I wonder what they would call them today?)
• 1980 - Members of Clash are involved in fight with audience in Hamburg. (Well, I guess they should go?)
• 1992 - MTV premieres “The Real World,” a reality based soap opera. The 13-part series follows three months in the lives of seven young adults who meet for the first time and live in a New York City loft together.
• 2006 - A businessman shells out $117,000 at a charity auction in Hertfordshire, England, to eat a meal prepared by Ozzy Osbourne. “I hope that guy knows all I can f**kin’ cook is beans on toast,” says Ozzy.
• 2008 - Pink Floyd wins the 2008 Polar Music Prize, the Swedish music award. The honor recognizes Floyd’s “monumental contribution over decades to the fusion of art and music in the development of popular culture.” Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf officially presents the award three months later in Stockholm. Past award winners include Led Zeppelin, Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen.
• 2008 -
  David Cook becomes the first “Rocker” to win American Idol. He beats out teen-heartthrob David Archuletta. On the season finale, ZZ Top performs “Sharp Dressed Man” with Cook. Graham Nash and Bryan Adams also appear.

Tomorow’s YCW update will be late..

I won’t be near a radio (or in the car) at 8:00am (pesky server repair) so I’ll post it when I can or when the podcasts are up.

This week’s Harryoki

This week featured the reigning champion Dave Lamont going against Pete Coreale. After a tough game, Dave came out in the end beating Pete 3 to 2. David will be back next week to defend his title!