How the internet started – Without Al Gore

 40 years ago today was the genesis to what we know as the internet today. The following is an excerpt from the article HERE. "To tell the story of how it happened, you have to start with the context in which it happened. A communication revolution was taking place — but it was happening over the telephone. Telephones were for communicating, while computers were built to process information — to do things like payroll and number-crunching. The IBM 1401, a computer system about the size of a two-car garage, could process about as much information as your cell phone — your ratty old cell phone from the 1980s, that is."

Tennessee Three – at The Lemon Tree – Aberdeen, UK

The Tennessee Three was the backing band for renowned country music and rockabilly singer Johnny Cash, for over 40 years until Cash’s semi-retirement in 1997. From his early stardom with Sun Records until his last years as a performer, Johnny Cash chose to work with only one band and depended upon it for the unique sound that would come to be recognized by millions of fans Read more

Punk Rock Academy Fight Song – Ghouls Night Out

So it’s the last week of October and it’s been a month since last you heard from me. I’ve had a million different ideas banging around my head but I haven’t had the time or inclination to put them to paper or computer screen. Work and family have taken precedent over music and writing-such is the bitch of turning into a responsible adult. I love my family and I love my job but sometimes I feel like the gap between my rebellious youth and my adulthood just keeps widening. What to do then to narrow that gap? Easy, watch it’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown and reflect in the beauty of one of the greatest Read more

Pearl Jam – Backspacer (Monkeywrench)

Pearl Jam have always been an album band more than anything else. While every record that they have put out has had a few memorable singles, the albums as a whole package are much more memorable. This distinction has also been shared by bands like The Who, the Clash, The Replacements, Black Flag, The Stooges, Read more

Cop pulls a gun on a haunted house character

 A Baltimore city police officer was charged with assault after he pulled a gun on a haunted house character over the weekend. "I was doing my normal scene at the haunted house, and as I was going out the backdoor with the chainsaw, the officer pulled his gun on me. Basically, he put his gun to my chest and as I was going back in, he said he was a cop".

Electric Eel Shock – at The Warehouse – Aberdeen, UK

Electric Eel Shock (EES) are a three-piece garage metal band, formed in Toyko in the late 1990s. They first toured the United States in 1999 and have been touring the world ever since.

Gian took up playing with four drumsticks and also gained a reputation for playing almost naked apart from a sock covering his modesty, Gian has been arrested once, in Hong Kong and fined HK$100, for playing this way. Read more

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