August 10, 2010 Music News from the Rock Station, 92-7 WQLZ by Bishop New vs. unreleased There is new Soundgarden! Stories and blogs online have hinted that there is an unreleased Soundgarden song. Well, the record must be set strait. This is new Soundgarden! You see, the difference between previously unreleased and new is previously unreleased means the song was recorded years ago and kept in a vault. That's not the case with this new song … well kinda. A new Soundgarden song that is going around is being compared to an old screen play that has been on the shelf for sometime, just with some fresh revisions. The new tune's guitars and vocals were just recorded making it indeed a new and fresh song. So, with that out in the open, it is safe to say that there will soon be new Soundgarden before we know it! Don't forget to secure a copy of the penultimate collection of Soundgarden classics, and some previously unreleased … I mean new songs. “Telephantasm” will be out September 28th. Changing the way business is done Rob Zombie gets it. Not many artists do, but Zombie joins the small list of those who do. People just don't want to buy music anymore, Zombie recently said. The horror rocker proclaimed that his last album would be the last CD he would release because the medium is dead. He told AOL's Noisecreep that there is “a different way to do business that's really sort of like the old way of doing things.” Zombie then referred to the 50s and 60s where artists weren't putting out albums, but rather 3 or 4 songs at a time. Something that Zombie proposed is for the band to write and release a handful of songs while out on the road, releasing them online, all to keep fans energized. Meanwhile, Zombie will join Alice Cooper and label mates Murderdolls for a Halloween Hootenanny tour. Basically it is the Gruesome Twosome tour revamped. You can catch the show October 7th down at the Family Arena in St. Charles, MO, or October 8th in Bloomington. On a related note, Murderdolls has new stuff on the way and you can get a bizarre preview of their new song “Summertime Suicide” below. Catch the Music Minute every weekday with the Free Beer and Hot Wings Show on 92-7 WQLZ, the Rock Station. |
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August 9, 2010 Music News from the Rock Station, 92-7 WQLZ by Bishop A little bit of back and forth, that's all They looked like two old hens bitching about the weather, but they were two rock stars making amends on the mainstream media. Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith have been the center of rock and roll attention once again, and for good reason. They appeared together on several news shows, and in particular Fox News where the tough questions were asked. It never fails that there is some conflict between the two. You've got the recent back-and-forth between the lead vocals and the lead guitarist, you know like the whole rehab thing, and the maybe-looking-for-a-new-singer-thing, and how could we forget about the most recent spat about American Idol. Tyler said Perry has this “LSD thing … The Lead, Strum, Disorder … we've just played so long together, it's just fighting and making up. Fighting and making up.” Joking about drugs won't make us forget about your problems, Steven! It's been a long relationship and there are times when the band fades out and then gets back into the spotlight. The band has been together for 40 years, and yes, there is another album in the works. Should have thought ahead Alice Cooper may not have realized the limits of the internet or the height of his fame! AliceCooper.com crashed over the weekend, and throughout all of last week, when an unknown number of submissions flooded the site. The site was accepting submissions of “Sideshows and Freaks.” The servers seemed to be going in and out time and again throughout all of last week surely giving fans who submitted material some frustration. Fans were encouraged to submit their own videos of “sideshows and freaks” in hopes to take part in Cooper's Halloween Night of Fear shows scheduled in London. The IT team for the site has been working nonstop throughout the week and over the weekend, but even if the site was ready to go and accept submissions, the live tryouts are today. Way to plan and execute, Team Alice! Yeah … This may be an epic fail. Sorry for your luck, guys. You really should have allowed for more time … just sayin'. Catch the Music Minute every weekday with the Free Beer and Hot Wings Show on 92-7 WQLZ, the Rock Station. |
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August 07, 2010 Your three hours of influence is on Saturday evenings from 4 to 7p CST. Catch the most controversial local political-theory weekend talk-show only on 970 WMAY, The News and Talk of Springfield. Tonight, Saturday Session will cover News on the March, Gulf redux, Wars and rumors of wars, Wikileaks and so much more. Interview In the 5 o'clock hour, Matt Robbins of American Majority will join the show to discuss Obama-care doing battle in Missouri. What happened that 70 percent of the electorate decided to vote down the requirement for citizens to purchase a good or a service? What does this mean for November? How can this momentum be propelled further to end intrusive surveillance, wars, corruption? Find out tonight with Matt Robbins. News on the March From Prop. 8 being overturned in California to the Mosque and Islamic Center being proposed in Manhantten, there is a lot of hate out there. Should we not treat others as we would like to be treated? Another "sleeper cell" was busted in New York, get the details tonight with Session! There are bunch of proposals out there to keep an eye on you for your own safety, but do they go to far? Also, what are your thoughts about illegal immigrants' children being born in the US? Should they have citizenship status? It's reported Google and Verizon are working to end net neutrality, but the giants deny that. These stories and others with News on the March! Gulf Redux The well is capped! But don't let that fool you. The environmental disaster still looms. Reports say the seafood will be safe, but how do they know the long-term effects? What about the oil dispersant, and the under-the-surface plumes scientists talked about? Has that just fallen of the face of the MSM? Officials with both the government and BP continue to put out conflicting numbers and reports on just how big the spill was. Also the question of whether that site is now closed permanently or if BP will continue drilling is still up in the air. Wars ... ... and rumors of wars! Iraq withdrawal date ... that's a good one! Obama is touting a draw down of US troops as something he campaigned on and implemented, but it was a policy carried over from the Bush administration. Plus, even if all combat forces are out of there, there are still embassies that will have to be protected and guess who will get those contracts? That's right! Privately contracted mercenaries! Also, tensions continue to grow between the West and Iran. Wikileaks The Pentagon has had just about enough of Wikileaks. This week, the intelligence complex barred those employed by the Pentagon to visit the controversial site. The Department of Defense is also ordering Wikileaks to stop releasing documents and to turn over everything they have! Meanwhile the suspected leaker of the infamous "Collateral Murder" video, 22-year-old Bradley Manning, is in solitary confinement and it's revealed a company payed with tax-payer dollars to spy on you helped capture the suspected leaker. The question is still out there as to how Wikileaks will change the face of war and how people perceive the current state of affairs. Get the latest Wikileaks talk only with Saturday Session. Finton Files If you missed last week's exclusive, be sure to get the podcast update from earlier this week. The story, to include Michael Finton's story and info about the Joint Terrorism Task Force's operations, is being optioned out to several national magazines in hopes to get published. Contact Greg Bishop can be contacted many different ways. Check out Bishop's Google Profile (after Session's conversation with Katherine and Google working with the CIA, who knows how much bigger Google will get) to get links and phone numbers. To call Saturday Session on WMAY, dial 217.629.7970 or email bishop@wmay.com |
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Music News from the Rock Station, 92-7 WQLZ by Bishop Rumors abound There's rumor rolling around online that A Perfect Circle may reunite. This is interesting because the original line-up never was a permanent mainstay, but their music is. Surely, A Perfect Circle is the epitome of progressive, new-wave rock, with many different influences, but they've never had a consistent lineup. It has always been the brain child of Tool front man Maynard Keenan and guitar tech Billy Howerdel. Online, the band's recently started Twitter account has been posting messages prompting many to think new material is on its way. Then, guitarist and composer Howerdel tweeted “The APC dust is shaking off! ” Another seemingly permanent member of the band, all-around drummer Josh Freese, posted on his Facebook page “I'm happy to report that A Perfect Circle is waking up from its six-year slumber...and we're going to be 'doing stuff' soon.” Yeah, this pretty much isn't rumor anymore. Expect to see some groundbreaking new stuff from APC in the very near future. Whether Former Marilyn Manson and Nine Inch Nails bassist Jordie White and former Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha will be featured in the band is not know. However on APC's twitter update, James Iha's twitter page is linked. A Perfect Circle debuted the album "Mer de Noms" back in 2000. Their last album was "Emotive" from 2004. Keenan has been pimping his side projects including the documentary “Blood Into Wine,” a film about Maynard's intoxicating concoctions. The art doc is currently making its rounds to the hippest theaters around country and is due out on DVD sometime in September after being delayed from a May release. Meanwhile, it is still speculated that Tool will be working on a new album very soon as well. Catch the Music Minute every weekday with the Free Beer and Hot Wings Show on 92-7 WQLZ, the Rock Station. |
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