Voodoo Experience Lineup!

Rollingstone.com is proud to announce Eminem’s only scheduled concert performance in 2009 will take place at the Voodoo Experience, Halloween weekend (October 30, 31 & November 1, 2009) in New Orleans, LA. Eminem will be joined by a line-up of over 100 artists including KISS, one of the most influential and successful rock and roll bands of all-time, and the recently reunited original members of Jane’s Addiction. New Orleans’ signature fall music event will offer three days of music including Widespread Panic, The Flaming Lips, Justice, Gogol Bordello, Wolfmother, Eagles of Death Metal, The Black Keys, The Pogues, Ween, Silversun Pickups, Janelle Monae, The Cool Kids, Meat Puppets, Mutemath, Q-Tip, Fischerspooner, Brand New, D12, Black Lips, All Time Low, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, The Knux, George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, JJ Grey & Mofro, Alejandro Escovedo, Shooter Jennings, Down, Drive-By Truckers, and Eric Church plus New Orleans icons like the Rebirth Brass Band, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Ave All Stars, Big Sam’s Funky Nation, Preservation Hall-Stars with Special Guests and many more.

Three-day weekend tickets are on sale now for $169 and Loa Lounge VIP pass are $475. Both are ALL IN prices with no additional fees. Go to www.ticketmaster.com and the www.thevoodooexperience.com.

More information about this year’s VOODOO EXPERIENCE can also be found at
www.thevoodooexperience.com.

Ted Danson Reads from the Book of Creeps

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Pred Steve Sullivan Wins NHL's Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy

Steve Sullivan became the franchise's first NHL award winner last night at the Palms Hotel in Las Vegas, receiving the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy given "to the player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey.

CONGRATS STEVE!
I hope that the Preds organization and Sully are able to negotiate to have him stay in Nashville! He is an awesome player and look forward to a great season this year!

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Who Sampled site - amazing!

Do you ever get the feeling like you've heard a sample of an older song in a new song and can't quite nail what that sample is? Well this site has you covered. Check it out to see who sampled who and how many times.

WHO SAMPLED LINK

Here's some quick numbers:

Metallica
Sampled on 5 tracks
Tracks Sampled

For Whom the Bell Tolls (1984) sampled by Bloodhound Gang on Mope (1999)
Orion (1986) sampled by DJ Shadow on The Number Song (1996)
One (1988) sampled by Eminem on Same Song & Dance (2009)
Sad But True (1991) sampled by Kid Rock on American Bad Ass (2000)
The Unforgiven (1991) sampled by Joe Budden on Un4Given (2008)

Van Halen
Sampled on 3 tracks
Tracks Sampled

Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love (1978) sampled by 2 Live Crew on The F*** Shop (1989)
Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love (1978) sampled by Apollo 440 on Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Dub (1997)
Jamie's Cryin' (1978) sampled by Tone Loc on Wild Thing (1988)

AC/DC
Sampled on 1 track
Tracks Sampled

T.N.T. (1975) sampled by Beastie Boys on No Sleep Till Brooklyn (1986)

Led Zeppelin
Sampled on 16 tracks
Tracks Sampled

Whole Lotta Love (1969) sampled by No Remorze on Dark Malice '95 (1995)
Black Dog (1971) sampled by "Weird Al" Yankovic on Trapped in the Drive-Thru (2007)
When the Levee Breaks (1971) sampled by Beastie Boys on Rhymin & Stealin (1986)
When the Levee Breaks (1971) sampled by Chapterhouse on Pearl (1991)
When the Levee Breaks (1971) sampled by Sophie B. Hawkins on Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover (1992)
When the Levee Breaks (1971) sampled by Dr. Dre on Lyrical G***bang (1992)
When the Levee Breaks (1971) sampled by Enigma on Return to Innocence (1994)
When the Levee Breaks (1971) sampled by Eminem on Kim (2000)
When the Levee Breaks (1971) sampled by Jake One on Gangsta Boy (2008)
D'yer Mak'er (1973) sampled by The Backyard Rangers on What's It Gonna Be? (1994)
D'yer Mak'er (1973) sampled by Sean Kingston on Me Love (2007)
The Crunge (1973) sampled by De La Soul on The Magic Number (1989)
The Ocean (1973) sampled by Beastie Boys on She's Crafty (1986)
The Ocean (1973) sampled by Fort Minor on Dolla (2005)
Kashmir (1975) sampled by Schoolly D on Signifying Rapper (1988)
Kashmir (1975) sampled by Puff Daddy on Come With Me (1998)

Han vs Magnum

Amazing.

Attention guitarists! Aljon attempts breaking pedalboard record!

Aljon Go tweaks a pedal while the legendary Seymour Duncan demos the World's Largest Pedalboard. Photo by Gabe Hernandez.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Kristen Hoetzel, Gopher Entertainment Group
Email: gopherentertainment@hotmail.com

NASHVILLE GUITARIST ATTEMPTS BREAKING WORLD’S LARGEST PEDALBOARD AGAIN JULY 16th

Nashville, Tennessee - 6/10/09 Nashville radio personality Aljon Go throws a party to break last year’s record of the world’s largest pedal board and raise money for the National Kidney Foundation of Middle Tennessee.

Gopher Entertainment Group presents The Second Annual World’s Largest Pedalboard Party. The event will be held Thursday July 16, 2009 at The Rutledge. Party will feature performances from: Flight Case For Sushi, Philos and more to be announced as well as guitar clinics from: Bart Walsh, Tony Pasko, Aljon Go and more. Attendees will have a chance to meet the manufactures and partners. There will also be a silent auction of various guitar accessories donated by event partners benefiting the National Kidney Foundation of Middle Tennessee.

Nashville guitarist/blogger Aljon Go recently made plans to build, operate and claim the record for the world’s largest pedalboard. On June 18, 2008 he and fellow guitarist Jaux King, set the world’s record at 12th and Porter. Guitarists from novice to professional generally use several guitar pedals (electronic devices giving them different sounds like Hendrix’s fuzz or U2’s Edge echo) to craft their own signature tones. Having generated a buzz through viral marketing, comments are flooding in from guitarists all over the world. Event organizer, Aljon Go mentions, “It started out as a laugh. Now it’s become a reality. I just wanted to push the technology as far as it could go and see how insane it can get. This extraordinary pedalboard is far from practical, but every pedal is operational. This has become a celebration of the advancements in guitar technology and innovation. It will be a great party. What a great time to be a guitarist!” .

The World’s Largest Pedalboard Party will be held at The Rutledge, 410 4th Ave. South., Nashville Thursday July 16th. Doors will open at 6 p.m., is “smoke-free” and an 18 and up event . The silent auction and music starts at 7 p.m. Admission is $7/ $5 with NAMM badge. The event is presented by Gopher Entertainment Group. For more information on this event please contact Kristen Hoetzel, Gopher Entertainment Group - gopherentertainment@hotmail.com.

Aljon Go is host of the “Local Buzz” weekly radio show (www.102thebuzz.com) and is a writer for several guitar-based websites: www.tonefreq.blogspot.com, www.gibson.com, www.geartrap.com and www.tonedonkeys.com. He also performs regularly with funk/rock band Jones World (www.myspace.com/jonesworld) and other area artists.

The National Kidney Foundation of Middle Tennessee is a voluntary health organization. It seeks to prevent kidney and urinary tract diseases, improve the health and well-being of individuals and families affected by these diseases, and increase the availability of all organs for transplantation. Currently there are more than 107,000 people on the waiting list for an organ. Of those 78,000 are waiting for a kidney. To learn more about the National Kidney Foundation of Middle Tennessee and its programs, please visit: www.nkfmdtn.org.

There are several partners that have made this event possible. Partners include Pedaltrain Pedalboards (www.pedaltrain.com), Visual Sound (www.visualsound.net); Creation Audio Labs (www.creationaudiolabs.com), George L’s Cables (www.georgels.com), D’ Addario Strings (www.daddario.com) Mighty Bright Music Lights (www.mightybright.com), Tone Donkeys (www.tone donkeys.com) and ToneFreq blog (www.tonefreq.blogspot.com). For more information on these partners please visit their websites.

Gopher Entertainment Group, a Nashville artist/event consulting agency is run by Kristen Hoetzel. GEG has organized and promoted events such as the Save the Predators concert and benefit, Rock the Vote concerts, My Space Mixers, National Kidney Foundation benefits and the annual Local Buzz Rock Awards. www.myspace.com/gopherentertainment.

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Bret Michaels @ Tonys = Nuthin' But a Bruised Time

The damage report is in on Bret Michaels following his literally headbanging performance at last night's Tony Awards, and it looks like the the Poison singer escaped relatively unscathed. His publicist says X-rays taken after the noggin-knocking incident reveal Michaels suffered a fractured nose to go along with a busted lip that required three stitches. Due to a prior back injury, he will also received a precautionary CAT scan earlier today.

Read more HERE!

Guitar Hero: Van Halen sneak peek video

Here's a fan video of Guitar Hero: Van Halen from this week's E3 trade show. No word on weather or not Sammy or Mad Anthony will appear. There's a good chance Cherone won't be in the game but that's just my hunch.

Is it me or do you find that dressing Wolfgang like Michael Anthony circa 1984 is just plain wrong?

Look for for Guitar Hero: Van Halen to arrive in stores around the holiday season.

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G4's E3 Preview of "Star Wars: The Old Republic"

Star Wars: The Old Republic is an MMO in every sense of the word. There will be guilds, raids, crafting, harvesting, multiple classes, yadda, yadda, yadda. The real question — though it’s not much of one given that the game is being made by BioWare — is how does it play?

Star Wars: The Old Republic Cinematic Trailer from E3 2009

LINK

Video Games - E3 2009 - Video Game Trailers

Gamer's Best Week Ever - News on E3 the videogame tradeshow!

Microsoft packed its E3 kick-off event with many announcements and first looks, including Halo Reach, Left 4 Dead 2, Crackdown 2, Forza 3, Lionhead's new virtual friend, and more. See the full two-hour event video replay here.

http://e3.gamespot.com/

BTW - The Beatles Rockband game trailer is bad ass!

JonesWorld's Funk of July Bash 7/4 at Limelight

I'll be sitting in with JonesWorld for another one of the biggest shows in the world! Ask anyone about JonesWorld and they'll tell you that there is no other concert like it. Fun is guaranteed! Hope to see you there!

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Funkalicious

Gas Powered La Z Boy

I have seen it all.