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You Can’t Win.net presents - games!

What a better way to pass the time while listening to the Paul and Young Ron show?

We are pleased to announce that we now offer a series of games on this site to help you pass the time.

The link is to the right under “links” but cal also be accessed at www.youcantwin.net/games/.

YCW Update will be late today…

As long as there are no “technical difficulties” (meaning no podcasts) the YCW update will be late today - I will be out of reach from their show most of the day today (and won’t be able to hear it on web radio).

Today in Rock & forums update

It seems that there was something screwy with the permissions and the forums. I think I’ve fixed it now - feel free to try to post and/or reply. If not, feel free to “comment” on this post to let me know and I’ll see what I can do. Posts may not appear immediately - anti spam measures mean that the first set of posts someone does will need to be approved before they are displayed. This will help me weed out the spammers from the people who want to contribute.

• 1950 - Dennis Elliot (Foreigner) was born.
• 1957 - Ron Strykert (Men At Work) was born.
• 1962 - Ringo Starr makes his first appearance as a Beatle at the Cavern Club. He replaced Pete Best, whom was fired.
• 1977 - The Police perform as a trio fir the first time after Henri Padovani.
• 1977 - Funeral services are held for Elvis Presley at Graceland. There are 150 mourners inside and an estimated 75,000 outside.
• 1979 - The Who and AC/DC perform a “double bill” at Wembley Stadium. That must have been a great show!
• 1986 - Bon Jovi release their “Slippery When Wet” album. It contains the hits “Livin’ on a Prayer“, “Wanted Dead or Alive“, and “You Give Love a Bad Name“. The album ends up going 12 X platinum selling over 12,000,000 copies in the USA alone, over 2,000,000 are sold in the rest of the world.
• 1990 - Aerosmith perform the classic hit “Train Kept A-Rollin” with assistance from Jimmy Page (of Led Zeppelin) at the Monsters of Rock Festival in England.
• 1994 - Doctors order Soundgarden to postpone their tour so Chris Cornell can rest and “heal” his vocal cords.
• 2004 - Linkin Park donates $5 of every ticket sold to the Red Cross’ “Hurricane Charley Relief Find”. It raises over $65,000.
• 2006 - Stone Temple Pilots perform live for VH1’s Classics Decade Rock Live. It is the first time they are together since 2003.
• 2008 - David Byrne (formerly of the Talking Heads) released the “Everything That Happens Will Happen Today” solo album.
• 2009 - A six-CD box set “Woodstock - 40 Years On: Back to Yasgur’s Farm” features 38 previously unreleased performances from Jefferson Airplane, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Who, the Grateful Dead and Mountain. The 77-song package is arranged according to the order acts appeared at the event.
• 2009 - A Queen-themed edition of the SingStar karaoke video game is released in the U.S. Available for PlayStation 2 & 3 consoles, it comes with several classic Queen songs.

Today in Rock (Aug 12) and news about Steve.

Paul posted though his Facebook account that Steve Branzig is no longer with the show:

Before it becomes a huge issue and the lead story all over the news. Steve Brancik is no longer with the Paul and Young Ron show. Unfortunately, do to the legal issues surrounding this issue, I cannot comment at this time. And you know me: I comment …about everything. Sorry, but I certainly hope you bear with us and our show during this difficult time. That being said, we have already reached out to Tommy!

Before any rumors start on this site - “due to legal issues” does not indicate that he did anything illegal, it could just be HR (human resources) reasons why he left but this does lead us to believe that he left involuntarily. Steve will be missed.

Also, YCW update will be late tomorrow, the boss is in town and I need to behave while I’m here, that means no streaming audio or non-work related work. I’ll catch the podcast later in the day (evening) and post the update then.

Now, for today in rock!

• 1949 - Mark Knophler (Dire Straights - leader / guitar / songwriter / vocals) was born.
• 1960 - Pete Best begins a (short) career with the Beatles as their drummer. He is later replaced with Ringo Starr.
• 1961 - Roy Hay (Culture Club) was born.
• 1963 - Sir Mix-A-Lot was born.
• 1966 - The Beatles begin their last American tour.
• 1967 - Fleetwood Mac make their stage debut at the UK National Blues and Jazz Festival. Also appearing are Cream, Small Faces, Ten Years After, Donovan, and Pink Floyd.
• 1972 - The first ever rock concert for charity begins. The Festival of Hope in Garden City, NY has Jefferson Airplane and Stephen Hills on their bill but the event loses $100,000.
• 1972 - Derek and the Dominoes enter the UK charts with “Layla”.
• 1993 - Red Hot Chili Peppers hire Jesse Tobias. He only lasts 3 months before they replace him with Dave Navarro. Spinal Tap, anyone? At least he didn’t die.
• 1994 - “Woodstock ‘94″ opens in Saugerties, NY. Green Day, Nine Inch Nails, Aerosmith, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers all perform. Candlebox, Collective Soul, Live, Blind Melon, the Henry Rollins Band, and Melissa Ethridge all perform on the opening day. Tickets are $135 each yet people get in for free and the “event” has an exclusive deal with Pepsi. Yep, exactly like the original Woodstock.

Today in Rock (Aug 11)

The site is receiving a lot of 404 errors (page not found) with people trying to access the old forum, please use the link to the right to access the forums in the new location and update your bookmarks.

• 1943 - Michael Kale (Guess Who) was born.
• 1950 - Erik Brann (Iron Butterfly) was born.
• 1956 - Elvis’ biggest hit, “Don’t Be Cruel” is released.
• 1966 - John Lennon apologizes for his “We are bigger than Jesus” comment.
• 1972 - Elvis and Priscilla Presley file for divorce.
• 1973 - “Free Ride” (Edgar Winters Group) is released.
• 1982 - The Pretenders self titled album, containing the hit “Brass In Pocket” finally goes platinum 3 years after it was released.
• 1985 - Simon LeBon’s (Duran Duran) boat capsizes during a race. The 24 man crew were rescued by the Royal Navy.

The forums are back up with a new address

The forums are back up but due to the damage to the database after a massive spam attack they were damaged beyond repair so I had to start from scratch. Everyone will have to re-register for the forums. I do apologize for this but it was either that or leave them working half-assed (at best). I opted to have them working again.

You also may notice that there are new security measures in place - visual confirmation for your first few posts to help battle spam, it is not permanent but it will go away when you reach a certain post count. There is also advanced visual confirmation to register as well as email confirmation before accounts are active.

There is also a new address for the forums so the old addresses will NOT work. The new address is: http://www.youcantwin.net/comm. Please update your bookmarks. The same rules apply as the old forum but it may take me a day or two to get those out of the old forums. For now, enjoy the new forums, they are faster than the previous version when it was working.

Today in Rock (Aug 6)

The forums may be down part of this weekend due to some issues with the database.

• 1952 - Pat McDonald (Timbuk 3) was born.
• 1970 - The Concert for Peace in NY opens with Janice Joplin, Johnny Winter, and Steppenwolf performing. (25 years, to the day, of the first war-use of a nuclear weapon - the bomb that was dropped over Hirshima).
• 1979 - The Cars second album, “Candy-O” went platinum.
• 1982 - Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” debuts in New York with no dialogue, just music and psychedelic images.
• 1988 - Guns ‘n Roses debut album, “Appetite for Destruction” finally hits #1.
• 1996 - One of the Ramone’s many “farewell” shows opens in Hollywood Palace (in LA). The acts include Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder and Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell.
• 2004 - Bob Dylan starts a tour of US minor league baseball parks. He starts his tour in Cooperstown, NY (home of Baseball’s Hall of Fame).
• 2006 - Rock n Rallyopens in Sturgis, SD. Aerosmith, Sammy Hagar, and Cheap Trick headline the five day event. The event coincides with the city’s annual motorcycle rally.
• 2007 - Velvet Revolver and Alice in Chains launch a joint North American tour in Camden, NJ.

Database errors with the forums

I’m aware that sometimes when people try to post on the forums they receive a database error - I will see if I can get this fixed in the next day or so.

Today in Rock (June 30)

YCW tomorrow will be late - I will not be able to update that page while the show is on.

• 1949 - Andrew Scott (Sweet) was born.
• 1953 - Hal Lindes (Dire Straights - lead guitar) was born.
• 1953 - Don Dokken (Dokken - vocals) was born.
• 1969 - Tom Drummond (Better than Ezra - bass) was born. He was the first person to respond to their “bassist wanted” ad at the age of 17. (They were around in 1986?)
• 1975 - The Eagles album, “One of These Nights” goes gold.
• 1977 - The KISS comic book is released. Legend has it that the red ink was mixed with some blood from each member.
• 1994 - Pearl Jamss Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament testify at a congressional hearing regarding escalating concert ticket prices
• 1999 - Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst is appointed senior VP of Interscope Records.
• 2000 - Nine people are crushed to death at a Copenhagen Pearl Jam concert. People push forward because they can’t hear due to broken speakers. Eddie Vedder tells the audience to move back but to no avail.
• 2005 - The record industry says Led Zeppelin has sold 107.5 million albums in the U.S. That secures the #3 spot on the all-time list. Only The Beatles (168.5 million) and Elvis Presley (116.5 million) have done better.
• 2006 - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are honored in an exhibit at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland. “Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Thirty Years of Rock and Roll,” displays the flowered shirt Petty wore for the “Free Fallin’” video and a gray jacket from his time in the Traveling Wilburys.
• 2007 - The Classic Rock Cares charity tour kicks off in Fort Myers, FL. The jaunt features AC/DC members Brian Johnson and Cliff Williams, Joe Lynn Turner (Rainbow, Deep Purple) and Grand Funk Railroad singer-guitarist Mark Farner.
• 2008 - A long lost 1964 interview with John Lennon and Paul McCartney is broadcast on the BBC. In the interview McCartney expounds on their songwriting technique. “Normally, we sit down and try and bash one out,” says The Beatles’ bassist. He adds that sometimes each writes a complete song on his own though they both take credit for it

The forums are back up.

Yes, the forums are back up. I’ve also enabled a PM spam notification so if someone is sending spam though private messages, you can report them.

If you see any spammers, please use the report button - every link to their sites helps them and each site had malicious code in them (malware, spyware, viruses) and I’d hate to see any members here fall victim to those.

I am still looking for better security so we can try to prevent this from happening again.

I do apologize for anyone who might have been offended by the spam - anything like that is NOT approved by this site’s management and does not reflect the views or opinions of this site (and of course, the P&YR show, the radio stations that play them, and Clear Chanel).