Tuesday, December 28, 2010

December 29

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
PAUL McCARTNEY AND WINGS...Venus And Mars (1975)
CD, Vinyl, Allmusic Review

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR DECEMBER 29
Ray Thomas from the Moody Blues is 69; Dexter Holland from the Offspring is 45; Glen Phillips from Toad The Wet Sprocket is 40;

ON THIS DATE
1942 Rick Danko of the Band is born in Greens Corners, Ontario. Danko died in 1999
1947 Cozy Powell, who drummed for several acts including Rainbow and Whitesnake, was born in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England. Powell died in 1998
2005 Pearl Jam win a legal battle over the rights to the domain name pearljams.com. The band filed a complaint with the National Arbitration Forum saying the site's domain holder, Vertical Axis Inc., was using it to link to commercial sites that were unrelated to Pearl Jam
2009 Composer Gordon Peterson sues Eddie Vedder for copyright infringement for the song 'Hard Sun' claiming that the lyric changes are "eroding the integrity of the composition"


IN THE NEWS
Rev Theory Returns to Roots for 'Justice'
Beatles Musical 'Rain' Turns A Profit On Broadway

ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
Wednesday, December 29 JIMMY PAGE 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Monday, January 3 DISTURBED 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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