Lamb Of God (Randy Blythe is bottom left)
You’ve heard about this SOPA/PIPA thing that’s broken Wikipedia, right? Well it’s some pretty Big Brother stuff that basically amounts to government and corporations trying to control the internet.
Lamb Of God singer Randy Blythe likes freedom. Which means he really doesn’t like SOPA and PIPA. He said as much when Aaron interviewed him about it at Spinner.
You can read the article by clicking here.
Filed under Music, Politics, Shameless Promotion
Walk Off The Earth
If you haven’t seen the spectacular video of Burlington band Walk Off The Earth covering Australian band Goyte’s song “Sombebody That I Used To Know” as a five people hammering away at a single guitar simultaneously, well, you probably don’t have any friends on the internet.
Said video’s gone super-viral, like 19 million viewers viral. So Aaron tracked down Sarah Blackwood, one of the singers, and asked her what it was like making this unique video.
You can read the story at Spinner by clicking here.
Walk Off The Earth’s now-famous cover song:
Filed under Films, Music, Shameless Promotion
Roger Weir and his son Rob
There’s a certain gallows humour in adult rec hockey dressing rooms that usually involves some variation of “get the defibrillator out” coupled with a pointed insult directed at whoever the fattest guy in the room is. That’s the funny stuff, but on the serious side, Rob Weir and his tournament series called Hockey For Heart can be counted amongst the folks responsible for getting said defibrillators into arenas.
Aaron wrote about Rob’s journey and the Hockey For Heart tournament for Samaritan Mag. You can read the story by clicking here.
Filed under Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion
Jake Epstein in American Idiot
Team Risky Fuel was so full of existential angst after checking out the Canadian debut of Green Day’s American Idiot musical that we had to dig a little deeper.
So Sarah tracked down Jake Epstein, one of American Idiot’s main performers, to get the lowdown on what it’s like channeling Billie Joe Armstrong every day. Along the way Jake, who played Craig Manning on cult series Degrassi: The Next Generation, also dished on his former castmate Drake, Glee, and subversive musical Spring Awakening.
You can read the story at Spinner by clicking here.
Filed under Dance, Music, Shameless Promotion
Tony Iommi
Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi has been diagnosed lymphoma, a type of cancer involving cells of the immune system.
A statement released by the band this morning said Iommi’s illness was detected in its early stages and asked their fans to send “positive vibes” in the direction of the man behind the riffs for songs like “Iron Man,” “War Pigs” and “Sweat Leaf.”
“With the news that Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi has been diagnosed with the early stages of lymphoma, his bandmates would like everyone to send positive vibes to the guitarist at this time,” said the band. “Iommi is currently working with his doctors to establish the best treatment plan — the ‘IRON MAN’ of Rock & Roll remains upbeat and determined to make a full and successful recovery.”
The news of Iommi’s illness is a blow to the band, as they’re in the midst of recording their first studio album in 33 years with the “classic” Black Sabbath lineup of Ozzy Osbourne (vocals), Tony Iommi (guitar), Geezer Butler (bass) and Bill Ward (drums). Set to be produced by Rick Rubin, recording of the album will now be shifted from Los Angeles to the U.K. to facilitate Iommi’s treatment.
Former Black Sabbath singer Ronnie James Dio died in 2010 due to stomach cancer.
Filed under Music
I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
