Check out the new Flyleaf video for their song 'Again'. It's the first single from their new album Memento Mori that will be in stores on November 10. 

 

 

And if you want to see Flyleaf perform acoustic next week...

Click here!

I'm gonna be out and about in the next week, wanna hang out?

Saturday, October 3

7p-9p

Canobie Lake Park

Salem, NH

SCREEEMFEST

 

Friday, October 9

9p-11p

Mac's Two

Billerica, Ma

Strip Twister

The nominees for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2010 have been announced.

It's a pretty broad list of artists...

"To be eligible for nomination into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, an act must have released its first single or album at least 25 years prior to the year of nomination. This year’s nominees had to release their first single no later than 1984"

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the 25th Annual Induction Ceremony on March 15, 2010 at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City.

Here's the list of nominees

ABBA The Chantels Jimmy Cliff Genesis The Hollies KISS LL Cool J Darlene Love Laura Nyro Red Hot Chili Peppers The Stooges Donna Summer

Who do you think deserves to be in?

Click here to stream the new album

Black Gives Way to Blue, is being streamed online before its official release on September 29. The record is the first for the band in nearly 14 years and features Elton John playing a piano part for the title track, a tribute to the band's late lead singer, Layne Staley, who died in 2002. Alice in Chains will wrap up a tour in the U.S. at the end of September, before moving on to the U.K. for three shows in November.

UPDATE

Just in case you missed the presentation, here is the video.

 

The Medal of Honor has been awarded 3445 times in the history of the United States.

The Medal of Honor has only been awarded five times since 9/11.

No one from Massachusetts has been awarded the Medal of Honor since Vietnam

... that is, until tomorrow.

Tomorrow, September 17, 2009 a local Massachusetts soldier is being welcomed into a sacred group... Medal of Honor recipients.

Sargeant First Class Jared Monti who was born in Abington,  raised in Raynham, and is buried at Massachusetts National Cemetery in Bourne will be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor by President Barack Obama in the East Room of the White House at 1:45 EDT.

SFC Monti, who would have turned 34 on Sunday,  died on a remote ridge in Afghanistan trying to save his men on June 21, 2006.

Click here to read more about SFC Monti and the battle.

SFC Monti's parents, Paul and Janet Monti, his sister Niccole, brother Timothy and neice Carys Monti are all scheduled to attend the ceremony

"The Medal of Honor is awarded to a member of the Armed Forces who distinguishes themselves conspicuously by gallantry above and beyond the call of duty while:

• engaged in an action against an enemy of the United States;

WHITE HOUSE RELEASE

President Obama to Award Medal of Honor to Sergeant First Class Jared C. Monti

If you are ever fortunate enough to meet a M.O.H. recipient, you are in the presence of a true American HERO!

Saturday September 12

Join me from Noon-2pm

Shaw’s Center* (adjacent to Campanelli Stadium, home of the Brockton Rox; NOT to be confused with a Shaw's supermarket)    1 Lexington Avenue,  Brockton, MA

Click here for all of the information

September 11, 2001

If you were old enough to be watching TV, you remember 9/11/01.

You remember where you were when you heard, what you were doing, who you were with, and how you felt.

Other generations had Pearl Harbor, JFK, The Space Shuttle Challenger, this was a new generations moment...

The moment that they would remember forever.

A moment that changed all of our lives forever.

It changed the way we look at each other, it changed how 'safe' we feel at home, it changed the way we fly, it disrupted our economy, and it changed the lives of every man and woman who wears the uniform in support of this great nation, both home and abroad.

I remember being in the studio with Hill-Man, Hsu, Kevin and LB... Trying to get the updated news out as quickly as possibly. I remember the voices of the callers who were crying. I remember the roar of the fighter jets flying low, along the Pike headed for Logan,  I remember the circle of planes flying over Logan Airport waiting for their orders to land and I remember the towers... I watched them fall, and I was frozen.

My generation had heard about war from our parents, but we never really understood what it was like... Until that day.

Now, we know war all too well!

September 11, 2006

Five years after the terrorist attacks on 9/11/01, I went to Iraq. I wanted to see what life was like for our brave men & women who were fighting 'the war on terror'. I was embedded as a reporter with several units from the Mass. Army National Guard. On 9/11/06 I was at Camp Cropper with the 181 Engineers. Camp Cropper was the new prison in Iraq where all of the high level insurgants were kept, including Saddam Hussein. I will never forget that day either.

That was the day that I learned what toll the terrorist attacks had taken on our troops. 12 hour days, 7 days a week, 140* heat. They are away from their families for long deployments, and never come back the same. Some of these guys had never seen their newborn babies... Can you imagine that?

I talked to so many soldiers while I was there, and I asked them all the same question... and I got the same answer back every time.

I asked 'What do you want the people back home to know?' and the response was always... 'We want them to know that we are here, working hard, doing a good job, and that we are trained, and ready to do what is asked of us. But most of all, we just want to be noticed and remembered by the people back home. Don't let them forget about us, make sure they know what we are giving up so that we can serve our country, and what our families are sacrificing so that we can be here doing our job.'

Have we been doing what the asked of us?

September 11, 2009

8 years after the attacks of 9/11/01, what has changed?

We are still looking at each other differently, flying has become a challenge... to say the least, our economy is still struggling, Saddam Hussein is dead, but Osama Bin Laden is still on the loose. 8 years later, nothing stands on the Ground Zero and our troops are still away from home.

Today, here in Massachusetts, the family of 22 year old Sgt. Jordon Shay will be at his memorial service in Newburyport. He was killed in action on September 3 in Baqubah, Iraq.

I bet today everyone that knew Sgt. Shay will remember where they were, what they were doing, who they were with, and how they felt.

It's not easy to be a soldier, it's even harder to have one in your family. You never know what can happen, and if they will come home.

In 2001, Sgt. Shay was 14. When he was old enough he joined the military, knowing that we were at war and knowing that he could go there and that he might not come home.  He joined anyway.

On a day like today, everyone mourns differently. Some people need to talk about 9/11, some people don't want to talk about it ever!  But today, even if you don't want to talk about it... Think of Sgt. Shay. Think about all of the brave men & women who are away from their families, far from home. Think about those people who lost a loved one on 9/11 and every day since.

Support all of those who bravely wear a uniform in service to all of us.

www.homesforourtroops.org

www.patriotguard.org

And to all of those soldiers that I met in Iraq, I still remember all of your faces, and I will never forget you!

 

YUP! You heard it right! I made a new friend last night at the Alice In Chains show at the Paradise! I thought he looked familiar... Channel 7's Sports Director... Joe Amorosino! I had no idea that he was an AIC fan! Turns out, he listens every afternoon! And since I watch his sportscasts, we're a new force to be reckoned with! What do you think? Could we switch jobs for a week? He brought it up! Can you imagine ME trying to do a sportscast? Can you imagine HIM hosting the Happy Ending? Either way, Joe called in to talk Alice In Chains, the Grunge era and and the Richard Seymour trade!

Click here to listen to the call!

Joe Amorosino

RICK RULES!

Well, I gotta thank Rick Demrest! He knows how to throw one hell of a party! OK, OK... We threw the party, but RICK was the man of the hour and everybody knew it...

Even Alice In Chains.

If you didn't know Rick, you weren't getting in! After some drinks, and some great food... It was time for some tunes. Just listening to the soundcheck of Alice In Chains, we knew we were in for a great show! Rick sat front and center! The band was great. You can tell that Jerry, Mike and Sean have welcomed new lead singer William Duvall with open arms... and man can this guy sing! It's not even that HE has the best voice, it's that his voice is a perfect match to Jerry Cantrells. Some people question whether or not they should have kept the name after lead singer Layne Stayley died. After yesterday, there can be no suck debate! Jerry was the founding member, co-singer and co-writer over the bands very successful career... A better question could have been, could Layne have carried the band without Jerry? The answer... NO WAY! There four guys were meant to be in a band together... And there is the added bonus of William playing guitar, it adds just a little something extra to the sound. I say this with all of the respect in the world to Layne. I've been a fan for years... AC/DC carried on after Bon Scott died... Van Halen did it... so why not AIC?

The 4 song acoustic set was as close to perfect as you could get, and only Rick and his friends got to see it... (thanks for letting me in Rick!)

Rick and his kids, with Alice In Chains!

I had a chance to sit down and talk with the entire band before they took off to the Paradise Rick Club to blow the roof off,  later on that night! WHAT A SHOW! I go back and forth... better acoustic or plugged in?

It depends on my mood I guess!

Check out my interview with the band!

Click here!

Alice In Chains

 

and if you missed the interview that I did with Jerry Cantrell a few weeks back, talking about the new album etc. Click here!

Judging by the number of requests that I get for 'Ain't No Rest For The Wicked' you guys are fans of Cage The Elephant!

Just in case you're still not convinced...!?!

Check out their second single 'Back Against The Wall'

I thought the video was cool, and I thought I would share it with you!

If you haven't seen their In-Studio Acoustic performace yet...

Click here

and here!

If you're a vampire lover like I am, and you want to meet LaFayette & Tara from True Blood on Saturday...

You've got 2 chances!