Jumpin’ Jack Flash - The Rolling Stones - Los Angeles, USA, July 13, 2024 - YouTube - Sofi Stadium

Jumpin’ Jack Flash - The Rolling Stones - Los Angeles, USA, July 13, 2024 - YouTube - Sofi Stadium

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New Beatles Project Set For September Release:Film/Record

Grammy Award-winners producer Giles Martin and engineer Sam Okell have teamed up on a new Beatles project,a companion record for noted director Ron Howard's authorised documentary feature film "The Beatles:Eight Days A Week - The Touring Years,"chronicling the Liverpool lads' live performance career.The record focuses on The Beatles' three sold out concerts at the Hollywood Bowl,Los Angeles in 1964-65.
For this recording,Martin and Okell have mastered and remixed the original three-track concert tapes at Abbey Road Studios in London;in addition,they are including four previously unreleased bonus tracks from the Hollywood Bowl performances.The unreleased material includes:
14.You Can't Do That
15.I Want To Hold Your Hand
16.Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby
17.Baby's In Black*
Both the film and record are scheduled for release on 16 September 2016.The record may be pre-ordered now from The Beatles website.It will ship on or around 9 September 2016.The CD version will come with a 24 page booklet with new liner notes by David Fricke.It costs 18.95 US and the LP version is 24.98.*
Academy Award winner Ron Howard has been at work on the film since at least 2014.Giles Martin's father,the late producer George Martin,had also produced a live recording of the Hollywood Bowl concerts,but Giles Martin and Okell have utilised today's more advanced technology and an expanded playlist for their new project.

Movie Noted:Live From Baghdad - HBO Films

Tonight is presented an award-winning 2002 TV movie from HBO Films,"Live From Baghdad,"a true story based on the book by CNN producer Robert Wiener.The film chronicles the buildup to the 1991 Gulf War that drove Saddam Hussein's Iraqi army out of Kuwait,and ends with the start of the air campaign.Shot in Morocco,Los Angeles and the Culver Studios,it explores the dedication and bonds of journalists working at the brink of war.*
Starring Michael Keaton and Helena Bonham Carter,the film was nominated for three Golden Globes and won eight Primetime Emmy Awards,including Outstanding Made for TV Movie and Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or Movie,Helena Bonham Carter.It also garnered the Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for TV award,Mick Jackson and colleagues,from the Directors Guild of America,USA;and the Best Motion Picture Made for TV award from the Online Film & Television Association.*
The IMDb website gave the movie a 7.4/10 rating.Besides Keaton and Carter,other cast members include Lili Taylor,Bruce McGill and David Suchet.It is available on disc from Amazon.

Reconnecting With Toto;Indianapolis 500

Tonight is featured the hit song "Africa" by Toto.The band originated in Van Nuys,California of the Greater Los Angeles area in the 1970s and had several top five hits,including our featured track.They are still touring and recording today,having released "Toto XIV" in March 2015.The new album received 4.5 out of 5 stars from stereoboard.com,the British ticket and music news website.Stereoboard described the LP as being masterful,with lyrics rooted in an angry post-9/11 world,where big issues are challenged and hope craved.
"Africa" reflects the band's interest in world music,as well as several other styles,including folk and jazz:
It's gonna take a lot to take me away from you
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had*
The members of Toto started out as session musicians,backing the likes of Seals and Crofts and Sonny and Cher,among others.One of the original band members,Mike Porcaro,died of ALS on 15 March 2015.
The name "Toto" is derived from the Latin phrase "in toto," meaning "all-encompassing," reflecting the many recordings they worked on and styles they have played.*
Keyboardist Steve Porcaro co-wrote the hit song "Human Nature" with Michael Jackson.It was included on Jackson's "Thriller" LP.*
Toto is currently touring in Europe and will join with English band Yes for a North American tour beginning on 7 August.Upcoming dates for Europe:
25 May-Manchester-02 Apollo
26 May-London-Eventim Apollo
28 May-Paris-Zenith de
30 May-Amsterdam-Ziggo Dome
03 June-Copenhagen-Frederiksberg Falconer Salen
07 June-Oslo-Sentrum Scene
10 June-Bremerhaven Stadthaller
11 June-Berlin-Tempodrom*
On Sunday 24 May,the 99th annual Indianapolis 500 will be held.Starting in the first row will be 1.Scott Dixon (NZ) 2.Will Power (AUS) 3.Simon Pagenaud (FRA).Will Power is the reigning Verizon IndyCar Series champion.Two women are participating this year,Simona de Silvestro (SWI) and Pippa Mann (UK).The race is expected to be highly competitive,with several previous Indy 500 winners being on the grid,including American Ryan Hunter-Reay,who won last year's race.

Rolling Stones Ready for Europe;Champions Tour Golf

The entertainment sack is bulging this weekend,Memorial Day weekend in the United States.We have songs by artists old and new,as well as a new Rolling Stones promo and a film trailer.The film trailer is for "Interstellar," a science fiction adventure starring Oscar winner Matthew McConaughy.The film is scheduled for a November 2014 release.*
The new promo is for the Rolling Stones' 14 On Fire Tour.It is a film clip from the Abu Dhabi show that launched the Asian stage of the tour.There are snippets of the songs "Angie" and "Tumbling Dice."
Catch the studio track of "Angie" in a slide show posted here.The track features a strings arrangement with acoustic guitar.The Stones also have this soft side of their music,let's not forget.It's not all rockers.
Stage 2 of the 14 On Fire Tour starts Monday.
Upcoming tour dates are:
26 May-Telenor Arena,Oslo,Norway
29 May-Rock in Rio Festival,Lisbon,Portugal
1 June-Letzigrund Stadium,Zurich,Switzerland
4 June-Park Hayarkon,Tel Aviv,Israel
As shown in the promo,the Stones are still in the moment and hitting their notes.They wouldn't settle for anything less.*
We also have some more Tom Petty tonight in "Refugee."It's the official,original video with remastered audio bringing it into the 21st century.*
Emerging artist Lauryn Vyce's real name is Lauren Vogel and she hails from St.Louis,Missouri,although she now lives in Los Angeles.A 2011 graduate of Indiana University,her highly melodic "Fallin'" is posted tonight.The track is available on iTunes.Lauryn's EP "Secret's Out" is also out on soundcloud.com.She is a fan of New Zealand singer songwriter Lorde.*
In golf,the PGA Senior Championship presented by KitchenAid is underway at Harbor Shores in Benton Harbor,Michigan.There's a six-way tie for first place at four under par,with German Bernhard Langer,Colin Montgomerie of Scotland and American Tom Watson among those topping the leader board of this major tournament of the Champions Tour.With his two wins so far,Langer leads the standings of the season-long Charles Schwab Cup.*
Happy Memorial Day.Have a safe holiday weekend,the unofficial start of the summer season.

Paramore;Demi Lovato;Billboard 2014 Music Awards

Congratulations to Paramore for cracking the Billboard magazine Top Ten for the first time with "Ain't It Fun," a song with a manic video that was previously posted on this blog.The track reached #10 this week,up from #13 the week before.Paramore has been in the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the past seven years.*
Demi Lovato's "Neon Lights" single just entered the Hot 100 this week,checking in at #86.Her "Neon Lights Tour" has been described as being shimmering.The power of Demi's voice and her charisma are definitely conveyed in tonight's video.*
The Billboard 2014 Music Awards are this Sunday 18 May at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.They will be broadcast live on ABC at 8:00 pm Eastern.Top Artist nominees are Miley Cyrus;Imagine Dragons;Bruno Mars;Katy Perry;and Justin Timberlake.Top 100 Hot Song nominees are:
Miley Cyrus,"Wrecking Ball"
Lorde,"Royals"
Katy Perry,"Roar"
Imagine Dragon,"Radioactive"
Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharell,"Blurred Lines"*
The Rolling Stones are featured tonight in "You Got Me Rocking." The video is from their epic Copacabana Beach concert in Rio de Janeiro,Brazil in 2006,the largest concert in history with 1.5 million fans.Their "2014 On Fire Tour" is set to resume on Monday 26 May at the Telenor Arena in Oslo,Norway.It's the European leg of the tour.The first leg,in Asia,was a great success,having been completely sold out.A total of 204,044 fans attended the Asian shows,which earned revenue of 41,615,401 dollars.The third and final leg,in Australia/New Zealand,will commence in October.
There will be a total of 30 concerts in the tour.In addition to the four Rolling Stones,bass player Darryl Jones,who appears in tonight's video and several other Stones videos,will be on the tour,as will guitarist Mick Taylor,backup singer Lisa Fischer and Bobby Keys,saxophone.*
The 1980s classic "Free Fallin'" by Tom Petty is also on tonight's lineup.It's still getting airplay.The video has some good views of Los Angeles.The track contains several references to places in L.A.,such as Ventura Boulevard.

The Rolling Stones;Avril Lavigne;Paramore

I was able to present a bonus track again this week.It is Paramore's richly melodic "That's What You Get" from their "Riot" album.Posted in 2010,the video had 50,333,190 views and and 195,780 YouTube likes as of Thursday.*
Avril Lavigne's lullabye "Hush,Hush" is from her latest album "Avril Lavigne"(2013) and the video is new,posted just one month ago.Lavigne lets actors carry the weight in this one,making a few cameo appearances herself.*
The Rolling Stones' "It's Only Rock'n'Roll" is from a gargantuan 2006 concert on Rio's Copacabana Beach.Surely everything came together there,a genuine high point in a legendary career.The video was posted in 2013.
The Stones had to cancel the Australia-New Zealand leg of their 2014 On Fire tour when frontman Mick Jagger's girlfriend,the prominent fashion designer L'Wren Scott,49,committed suicide March 17.Jagger has returned to Los Angeles to be with his son and three daughters.
The seven concerts had instantly sold out.One of the shows,at the Adelaide Oval,was to be particularly notable.The monumental event was to be a curtain-raiser for the revamped Oval,with 60 truckloads of staging and production.
All the concerts will be rescheduled and fans should hold on to those hard to get tickets.The Stones are working with promoters on the new dates,aiming for an October-November time frame,according to Billboard magazine.*
Australian golfer Adam Scott made a splash of his own with his dominant second round 14 under par 68 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando,Florida.The defending Masters champion is seven strokes ahead of two Americans,Chesson Hadley and JB Holmes,and Italian Francesco Molinari.I don't think you can ever have a big enough lead,to be honest,Scott said.

SoCal Wildfire Singes Ventura;NBA Semis Set

More than a thousand firefighters have been battling a Southern California wildfire since Thursday morning.The Springs Fire began near Camarillo in Ventura County and swept down through the Santa Monica Mountains to the Pacific Coast Highway just Northwest of Los Angeles.As of Friday night,the blaze had consumed 28 square miles and was 20% contained.
Fifteen residences and five commercial properties had been damaged by the fire as of Friday morning,but no injuries were reported.Cal State Channel Islands had been evacuated,and the University said it would probably remain closed till Sunday evening.A portion of Point Mugu Naval Base was also evacuated.The Sycamore Canyon area along the PCH was evacuated as well.
The fire was being swept along by the infamous Santa Ana winds through the hot and dry scrubby terrain,difficult of access for firefighters with its scarce roads and lack of water sources.The weather is predicted to improve Saturday,with cooler and more humid conditions making the firefighting easier.
The conference semifinals of the NBA playoffs are now set,with the New York Knicks to take on the Indiana Pacers on Sunday,while the Oklahoma City Thunder play the Memphis Grizzlies;the Chicago Bulls will meet the Miami Heat;and the Golden State Warriors face the San Antonio Spurs.The Knicks managed to survive a late Boston Celtics rally Friday night at Madison Square Garden,bumping the Celtics out of contention by a score of 88-80.
At the Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte,North Carolina,Phil Mickelson's incredible putting sent him to the top of the leader board with his nine under par 67 in second round action Friday.Mickelson sank a 40 foot putt,as well as two 15 footers,and scored back to back birdies.He didn't miss any putts within 10 feet.
Others in contention at the Quail Hollow Golf Club include Australian Scott Gardiner at -7;Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy;and England's Lee Westwood ,both at -6.
Mickelson and Nick Watney finished the third round Saturday tied for first at -8 after play became extremely choppy in abnormally cool weather,with many shots veering into the spectators.

Day Leads at The Masters;Mountain Lion Roams LA Suburb

At The Masters,the first of the four major golf tournaments of the year,Australian Jason Day topped the leader board with his second round six under par 68.Day,25,is twenty first on the PGA money list.He has three top ten finishes so far this year and came in second at the 2011 Masters.
Also of note on the venerable Augusta National course in Georgia,53-year old Fred Couples was tied for second place with another Aussie,Marc Leishman,and German Bernhard Langer,55,was in contention as well,leading the field in driving accuracy at 89.3%.Couples and Langer mostly play on the Champions Tour these days,the PGA's tour for older pros.
The top twelve:
Jason Day AUS -6
Marc Leishman AUS -5
Fred Couples USA -5
Jim Furyk USA -4
Brandt Snedeker USA -4
Angel Cabrera ARG -4
David Lynn ENG -3
Lee Westwood ENG -3
Justin Rose ENG -3
KJ Choi KOR -3
Tiger Woods USA -3
Bernhard Langer GER -2
A mountain lion prowled the Los Angeles suburb of Glendale,California Friday for several hours.The 120 pound big wildcat explored several residences,leaping over fences.No one was injured in the city of 191,719,which lies east of LA,adjacent to the San Gabriel Mountains and Angeles National Forest.
Resident John Yankosky said he observed the mountain lion looking at him and his dog Max through his sliding glass door.
The same neighbourhood was recently visited by a black bear.
The mountain lion was subdued by Fish and Wildlife officers with three tranquilizer darts.It fell asleep on a patio,but they had to remove portions of decking to extract the healthy,tawny male.The neighbours watched as he was taken back to the mountains,where he was released.The lion was uninjured during the incident.
In rare instances,mountain lions have attacked and killed or injured people and pets in California.