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On this day in 2008 some ones and zeros were uploaded to a vacant outpost on the world wide web and thus, rather inauspiciously, www.threedonia.com was born! As with most offspring, threedonia has developed quite differently than Floyd, Chuck and I foresaw, gazing through the celebratory cigar smoke on that storied day. We began as [...] Set out to make a case for INXS’ rightful and beyond-deserved place in rock’s history for this week’s TIUT, but between Michael Been’s passing and, much more personally, one of my best friends apparently losing his mind before going MIA towards the end of last week, just hasn’t been a happy time of late. Sure, [...] Coincidental reminder with recent viewings of Drugstore Cowboy and Cliffhanger how I haven’t seen Max Perlich, one of my favorite younger character actors from the late 80s/early 90s (read, my age at the time), too much in recent years, at least since Blow. Always loved his nervous, hyper-kinetic/wired and/or high performances (or all three in [...] Share on Facebook Share on Facebook While Michael Weinreb’s latest book may lean a little too much in the Nittany Lion direction for some folks’ liking, still think nods to Bo Jackson, Brian Bosworth, Jim McMahon and Lenny Bias (RIP) merit a little trumpeting. Whether you came of age watching sports in the 1980s or are simply fascinated by the relationship [...] Penguins, very popular at Chez Porvaznik. Another H/T to Ms. Brooke. Share on Facebook In another word: idiots! Christina Hendricks is putting her amazing Monroe-esque curves to work for London Fog. The titian-tressed “Mad Men” looker appears in a new series of ads for the company’s fall 2010 campaign. But before you decide that your life won’t be complete until you own a leopard-print trench coat like [...] Uncle Teddy sure does. The loony left can say what they want about The Nuge. He doesn’t care and those on our side of the aisle love him all the more for it. Nugent … has “well over a dozen” tracks written and “eight or nine that I have to capture on tape as soon [...] Share on Facebook Then again, not many people can claim to have that kind of unique view of the game. Hmmm, Outlaw, exactly where were you last night? The Rangers said the unidentified jumper was uninjured after he unbuckled himself from the chute and dropped a few feet to a work platform on top of the scoreboard, [...] There are too many tales of musicians taken too soon, from Otis Redding, Randy Rhoads and too damn many members of the original Lynyrd Skynyrd lineup (stupid airplanes) to Frank Zappa, Joey Ramone and John Coltrane (stupid cancer). Don’t even get me started on other greats like Bon Scott, Layne Staley or Michael Hutchence — [...] Me being one of (if not the) staunchest supporters of Joe Paterno’s coaching till he damn well feels like riding into the Happy Valley sunset (and they are beautiful), wondering how my polar opposite Mr. Rufus T (and the rest of Threedonia) feels about the great (and same age as JoePa) Vin Scully’s return to [...] With one more August show to go, an easy way to get caught up on the return of Radio Free Threedonia. Moving backwards … 8/22 — Author Kender MacGowan and a mini-memorial to The Call’s Michael Been, including great stories from Been friend and former collaborator Eli Braden 8/15 — Jeff Radice (No No: A Dockumentary), Christian [...] Share on Facebook That girlish sound you hear emanating from California’s Inland Empire area is that of Mr. Floyd R. Turbo, who figures to be positively giddy U2 has 25-30 new songs ready to be released. We have Songs of Ascent, which is the meditative work that was meant to complement No Line on the Horizon. We’ve got [...] Share on Facebook Drugstore Cowboy (1989) Has [...] Best "Jewfro" ever? You decide.
More from the wish I coulda been there files: J. Geils Band and Aerosmith playing Fenway Park. While I didn’t think it possible, damned if I don’t like Joe Perry a whole lot more right now, too. Everybody in the house would have bet their sweet sassafrass on an [...] Not bad. It only took John Mellencamp less than two years to shake the Bush Derangement Syndrome out of his system and get back to doing what he did oh-so-well for most of my life: leave the overt (and very clumsily and ignorantly written) politics out of the lyrics, sing and entertain. As with 2008’s Life [...] Bamboozled (2000) It’s Ozz-Fest weekend ’round these parts, so a brief divergence from the Funky Friday Flashback. Solidarnosc, MFers!!! That’s right, Trzupek, you’ll dig the first video the most. Stosh, too. Video below the break because it’s autoplay: Share on Facebook They already had me at AC/DC, INXS and the Mad Max movies, but yet another reason to love our Aussie cousins. The event, dubbed Tour of Duty 2010, aims to ensure September 11 will not fade into the history books and also pay tribute to emergency services workers around the world. The man behind the [...] THE STATION AGENT (2003) H/T man Shane is two for two today — this time featuring the mighty Thaddeus McCotter!!! Share on Facebook Because today’s earlier TIUT entry was more about movies than music (in a week the Ozz-Fest finally arrives to boot, go figure), fancy-fun little tune for y’all … Share on Facebook Oh, hell yes!!! Made all the sweeter in that Trent Reznor probably has no idea a nine inch nails song’s used throughout this trailer … H/T — Shane Covey, one bad-ass guitarist (and cool guy) Share on Facebook It’s The Expendables week at Chez Porvaznik (yes, milady is almost as psyched to see it as I), and to get in the right frame of mind, alternating between Stallone and non-Sly 80s/early 90s action flicks. Fun walk down memory lane, too, often forgetting how cheese-tastically great the no-apologies dialogue was, notably this (edited for [...] Two aging rockers, an asshole, and pre-Jenny Craig Valerine Bertinelli set to manipulate fans into forgetting original bassist Sometime, maybe 25 years ago, I would have gotten excited about Van Halen recording again with David Lee Roth. My rock and roll tastes took a decidedly wicked (and juvenile snickering) turn upon hearing “Everybody [...] If there are any amongst us who doubt there is a God, I ecstatically present case “A” to convince you He most assuredly exists. How many Americans refused to watch Sunday Night Football in recent years as a result of Keith Olbermann’s involvement? With this in mind, a highly respected sports website announced Thursday that [...] Was honestly wanting to post this earlier today, after reading the St. Nicholas story, but even more on the mind thanks to a CA federal — cough, cough — judge. Share on Facebook Between IFC gifting us this summer with re-runs of Freaks and Geeks, and finally getting around to seeing The Runaways (much better than I ever expected … and I hate complimenting Dakota Fanning), simply cannot get enough of Joan Jett lately. Forgot how hard it is to find one favorite song from her working class, [...] 
If only current Hollywood could be this creative. Hey, Floyd, road trip to Las Vegas, NM, for the Convoy and Red Dawn screenings? Avenge me!!!!! Olly Moss was asked to create advertising images for nine of the shows on the upcoming 2010 Alamo Drafthouse / Levi’s Rolling Roadshow tour. This tour is going to be [...] Taking calls at 877 – 942 – 2178 or connect via the younggunconservative Skype hook-up or If you’re out and about, iTunes and Blackberry users can listen by clicking on the iTunes logo at http://righttalkradio.ning.com/. and finally… You can join us in the RightTalkRadio.com chat-room (if you don’t already have an RTR account, don’t forget to [...] Wanks, you couldn’t have picked a better day for your drive-in Top 5 — nice coincidence, too, with Floyd picking the great bad Good Guys Wear Black — as I took in a work buddy’s suggestion with The Car, a not-so-perfect-yet-harmless little product from what narrowly edges out the 80s as my favorite decade. James [...] While Wanks (and I) laments the death of the 45 and 70s TV themes breaking the Top 10, a fun little 1970s football coach pictorial from SportsIllustrated.com, something to wile away the summer minutes. For the ‘bama fans here, I’d like to point out that you know I have the utmost respect for “Bear” when [...] Our very own Eric Porvaznik, along with Yes, But, However’s John Romano & David Stein, will be a guest of the very gracious Jack Marino, 8-9 PM PDT tonight on his Warrior Filmmaker online radio show. He and David will be discussing our experience outside last week’s Rage Against the Machine show benefiting their [...] As it is with so much in life, not many bands make it to the top of the charts. Little luck, decent chops, usually some modicum of vocal talent (though I hate to admit it, even Neil Young), persistence, paying some dues. That’s right, having never gotten sucked into the American Idol, lightning-in-a-bottle phenomenon, I [...] |
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