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From MailOnline.com: By INDERDEEP BAINS Scrabbling around the car for a new CD to listen to on the road could soon be a thing of the past. Ford hopes to usher in a digital age for in-car entertainment by binning CD players in its new models. The company plans to help drivers to access their libraries of digital music via the internet. Old school: Ford hopes to usher in a digital age for in-car entertainment by binning CD players in its new models It has become the first mainstream manufacturer to scrap the in-car CD multichanger. The car maker’s latest Focus model will instead include a USB socket allowing digital music players to be plugged in. The new cars will have the Sync ‘infotainment hub’ that lets drivers access their music library through the internet by plugging in a device called a dongle, which enables Wi-Fi. This would facilitate using devices such as iPods, iPhones and other digital music players. The in-car computer ‘hub’ can then access digital libraries stored on the internet, be it through Spotifiy or Apple’s iCloud. Ford expects two million Focus cars in Europe to have its Sync system by 2015 Sheryl Connelly, Global Trends and Futuring manager at Ford, said the move was necessary if the company wanted to keep up with the needs of its customers. 'In-car entertainment technology is moving digital more rapidly than almost any other element of the vehicle experience,' she said. 'The in-car CD player - much like pay telephones - is destined to fade away in the face of exciting new technology.' Ford said sales of in-car CD players were declining rapidly, in line with falling sales of the discs. In 2010, sales of physical music albums fell 12.4 per cent, while those of digital versions rose by 30.6 per cent in the UK. Ford expects two million cars in Europe to have its Sync system by 2015.

I'm thinking it may be the latter myself.

You already started an identical thread for this here.

From Uncut.com: The last five albums from rock giants Queen, will be reissued on September 5, the date that would have been late singer Freddie Mercury's 65th birthday. Island Records will be re-releasing 1984’s 'The Works', 1986's 'A Kind Of Magic', 1989’s 'The Miracle' and 1991's 'Innuendo' as well as the band’s final album, 'Made In Heaven'. The latter album was released in 1995 following Mercury's death in 1991. The releases come as part of the continuing celebrations of Queen's 40th anniversary, and the reissues will be accompanied by the third in the 'Queen: Deep Cuts' compilation series, showcasing the albums' lesser known material. Each of the reissued albums went platinum in the UK and 'A Kind of Magic' and 'Made in Heaven' sold over one million copies. The band’s first ten albums were reissued earlier in the year. Earlier this month, Queen drummer Roger Taylor announced his plans to rerelease his 1994 track, 'Dear Mr Murdoch', as a stand against the media tycoon. The band's guitarist, Brian May also made the headlines recently, after he launched an attack on a golf club when one of its members clubbed a tame fox and left it for dead. Animal rights campaigner May joined the protest against against the Peterculter Golf Club in Aberdeen. He called the actions of member Donald Forbes a "senseless piece of brutality". Forbes, an oil boss, attacked the animal after it stole his Tunnock's caramel wafer biscuit.

From Uncut.com: The full, extras-packed tracklistings for the Deluxe and Super Deluxe reissues of Nirvana's 1991 album 'Nevermind' have been revealed. Both will be released on September 26. The 2CD Deluxe edition will contain a remastered cut of the original album plus B-sides as well as a CD featuring the Smart Studio Sessions, The Boombox Rehearsals and BBC Sessions. The 4CD + DVD Super Deluxe edition will contain these two CDs, plus a CD of the previously unreleased The Devonshire Mixes and the previously unreleased Live At The Paramount Theatre from their 1991 Halloween gig in Seattle, footage of which will also be included on the DVD. The show is the only known Nirvana gig that was shot to film. The Deluxe edition will also be available on vinyl. Only 10,000 copies of the Super Deluxe Version of the album will be released in North America, with another 30,000 for the rest of the world, including the UK. 'Nevermind' has sold over 30 million copies in the two decades since its release. It was the second studio album from Nirvana, the iconic grunge band made up of the late Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic and Foo Fighters mainman Dave Grohl. The 20th anniversary of 'Nevermind' will also be marked by a series of as-yet-unannounced events. The tracklistings are as below: 'Nevermind' – Deluxe Edition CD One Original Album 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' 'In Bloom' 'Come As You Are’ 'Breed' 'Lithium' 'Polly' 'Territorial Pissings' 'Drain You' 'Lounge Act' 'Stay Away' 'On A Plain' 'Something In The Way' The B-Sides 'Even In His Youth' 'Aneurysm' 'Curmudgeon' 'D-7' live At The BBC 'Been A Son' live 'School' live 'Drain You' live 'Sliver' live 'Polly' live CD Two The Smart Studio Sessions 'In Bloom' previously unreleased 'Immodium' (Breed) previously unreleased 'Lithium' previously unreleased 'Polly Previously' unreleased mix 'Pay To Play' 'Here She Comes Now' 'Dive' previously unreleased 'Sappy' previously unreleased The Boombox Rehearsals 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' 'Verse Chorus Verse' previously unreleased 'Territorial Pissings' previously unreleased 'Lounge Act' previously unreleased 'Come As You Are' 'Old Age' previously unreleased 'Something In The Way' previously unreleased 'On A Plain' previously unreleased BBC Sessions 'Drain You' previously unreleased 'Something In The Way' previously unreleased Super Deluxe Edition CDs One And Two as above CD Three The Devonshire Mixes 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' 'In Bloom' 'Come As You Are' 'Breed' 'Lithium' 'Territorial Pissings' 'Drain You' 'Lounge Act' 'Stay Away' 'On A Plain' 'Something In The Way' CD Four Live At The Paramount Theatre 'Jesus Doesn’t Want Me For A Sunbeam' 'Aneurysm' 'Drain You' 'School' 'Floyd The Barber' 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' 'About A Girl' 'Polly' 'Breed' 'Sliver' 'Love Buzz' 'Lithium' 'Been A Son' 'Negative Creep' 'On A Plain' 'Blew' 'Rape Me' 'Territorial Pissings' 'Endless, Nameless' DVD Live At The Paramount Theatre 'Jesus Doesn’t Want Me For A Sunbeam' 'Aneurysm' 'Drain You' 'School' 'Floyd The Barber' 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' 'About A Girl' 'Polly' 'Breed' 'Sliver' 'Love Buzz' 'Lithium' 'Been A Son' 'Negative Creep' 'On A Plain' 'Blew' 'Rape Me' 'Territorial Pissings' 'Endless, Nameless' Music Videos 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' 'Come As You Are Music' 'Lithium' 'In Bloom'

Hagar with Page would be laughable at best. Much like Hagar's current outfit, Chickenshit, quite possibly the worst "rock" band ever.

Press Release Dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymns, the new album from acclaimed songwriter John Hiatt, will be released August 8th on New West Records. This is Hiatt’s 20th solo album and follows his acclaimed 2010 release, The Open Road, which the Los Angeles Times heralded as a “bluesy, heartland-soaked musical excursion,” while the Buffalo News declared it “a classic for the future”. Dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymns was recorded at Ben’s Studio in Nashville and was produced by Kevin Shirley (Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, The Black Crowes). In addition to Hiatt, the album features Kenneth Blevins on drums and percussion, Doug Lancio on electric guitars, mandolin and Hammertone and Patrick O’Hearn on bass guitar.

The ledzeppelin.com version of Beavis and Butthead if ever there was one.

This was the first Zep boot I ever remember hearing. The same friend that had this one also had Live Over Europe (or something to that effect). To the best of my recollection, the Blueberry Hill boot sounded like absolute shit. Probably a huge reason why I never actively sought out bootleg recordings, no matter how much I may have liked the band (Zep included).

The Gourds covering Grin's "Everybody's Missing the Sun". For those familiar with Nils Lofgren (Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen), he was in the group Grin from 1971-74.

This is comedy gold. It's a young girl who decided back in 2009 to start listening to every album listed in the book 1001 Albums You Should Listen To Before You Die. For instance, her take on Led Zeppelin IV: ...and Dark Side of the Moon:

This venue, The Brewery, featured prominently on the cover of the Backsliders' From Raleigh, NC EP (depicted below), where it was recorded, bites the dust on August 1st. It changed hands in 2004 and has since catered to the death metal/thrash crowd so I haven't set foot in there since but it's still a great loss to the Raleigh music scene.

From RollingStone.com: Pete Townshend: The Who Will Perform 'Quadrophenia' On Tour He also disputes Roger Daltrey's assertion that he's not touring this year due to hearing problems By ANDY GREENE The Who Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images According to a post on Pete Townshend's blog, The Who are going to stage another Quadrophenia tour next year. "The reason I am not on the road with Roger is that this is entirely Roger's adventure, one that is bringing him great joy," Townshend wrote. "I don't belong on this Tommy tour. I wish him well, sincerely, and I look forward to playing with Roger again doing Quadrophenia next year." In an interview with Rolling Stone just last month, Daltrey said that Townshend isn't touring with him this year because of his hearing problems. "Pete is having terrible hearing problems at the moment," he said. "I don't want to be on stage with him destroying the last bit of his hearing. That would be completely foolish. He's a composer." Townshend completes disputes Daltrey's take on the matter. "My hearing is actually better than ever," he wrote on his blog. "Because after a feedback scare at the O2 Indigo in December 2008 I am taking good care of it. I'm 66, I don't have perfect hearing, and if I listen to loud music or go to gigs I do tend to get tinnitus. DON'T WE ALL????" He also confirmed reports that he's prepping a remastered edition of Quadrophenia for release sometime in the near future. "I have computer systems in my studio that have helped me do my engineering work on the forthcoming Quadrophenia release," Townshend wrote. "I have had assistance from younger forensic engineers and mastering engineers to help me clean up the high frequencies that are out of my range. The same computer systems work wonderfully well on stage, proving to be perfect for me when The Who performed at the Super Bowl and doing Quadrophenia for TCT at the Royal Albert Hall in 2010." The Who originally toured behind Quadrophenia shortly after its release in 1973, but they quickly stopped playing many of the songs from the rock opera when the backing tapes required to perform the complex tracks repeatedly jammed up. In 1996 they launched a reunion tour where they performed the album in its entirety for the first time, and just last year they played the album for charity at the Royal Albert Hall. It's their only major album to not get re-released as a deluxe edition over the past decade.

I know of lots of friends that are fans and her version of "Fairytale of New York" with the Pogues often comes up on everyone's lists of favorite Christmastime songs.

One of my older brothers saw them at Maggie Valley in NC way back when. By the time I saw them for the first time in '75 in Savannah, GA Duane was obviously long gone. Even these days with Derek, they're still a force to be reckoned with. That's next to impossible to say about most any other band that's been around as long as they have.

Gordon & Smith Fibreflex skateboard decks, developed in the early 70s in California.