MMM MMM Good!

Ventured out away from the office today for lunch. Went to "New Amber Indian Restaurant" in Moosic. I HIGHLY recommend it. Their buffet was awesome. Sure, it was a little pricey, but worth it. Fresh Naan bread, different curries. MMM! If you're ever in Moosic, it's on Route 11 in a big green building.

Kenny

The "Wimpification" of Ozzy

What in the world has happened to Ozzy? Back when I was in high school, heck, way BEFORE I was in high school, Ozzy was feared by parents. He was evil. He bit the head off of a live bat. He got arrested for peeing on the Alamo. He was THE PRINCE OF FREAKIN' DARKNESS!

Now, he's doing ads for CBS promoting getting a colonoscopy. His song "Crazy Train", once a rebel anthem, is now being used in a MINI-VAN COMMERCIAL. How can you be cool if you're doing van commercials?

You just wait. Next they'll get Marilyn Manson to do feminine napkin ads. "Be one of 'The Beautiful People'. Use Acme tampons. You'll have 'Sweet Dreams' when you use them."

It will happen.

Food Places I Need To Try

Today, my boss turned me on to Antonio's Pizza. I was really good. However, what is your favorite pizza?

I'm on a journey to find my new favorite food places in Wilkes Barre/Scranton. Some of the categories include best Thai, best Bar B Que, best Mexican, best Wings, and best chinese. Please email your suggestions to kenny@979x.com.

Cellphones and Car Windows

You know what really grinds my gears? People who talk on their cellphone with the window open. You wonder what you have trouble hearing me? ROLL UP THE DANG WINDOW until our conversation is over. Me having to scream my lungs out while talking to you does not work for me. I realize that it may be a nice day outside and you want to drive with the windows down. Just do me a favor and roll 'em up until we're done.

That's what really grinds my gears.

The New DL

After 4 trips, 2 weeks, and a lot of frustration, I now have my PA driver's license. I am truly amazed at how many hoops I had to jump through to get it. Last I checked, I'm not Al Quieda.

The one shining thing about my newly acquired license is I look like a criminal! Great pic! Mission accomplished.

I have started the task of getting my PA car tag now. Once again, hoops to jump through. We'll see if I can do this in less than 4 trips to Leonard's Car Tag Service.

Salsa Wrestling. Really.

I gotta tell ya, Saturday night was off the hook at the Hardware Bar in Wilkes Barre! The club was so packed you couldn't hardly move and everybody seemed to be in a party mood.

The reason I was there was to host the "Salsa Wrestling" contest. Girls would jump into an inflatable swimming pool with salsa in it and wrestle. The winner got 500 bucks. Those girls were kicking each other's ass! You would have thought Chris Brown was wrestling Rihanna the way they were going at it. The other cool thing about it is the girls were really attractive. That never hurts.

Anyway, I say "Well Done, Wilkes Barre." I'll be back to the Hardware Bar.

RIP MCA

From Billboard Magazine:

Adam Yauch, one-third of the pioneering hip-hop group the Beastie Boys, has died at the age of 47, Rolling Stone has learned. Yauch, also known as MCA, had been in treatment for cancer since 2009. The rapper was diagnosed in 2009 after discovering a tumor in his salivary gland.

Yauch sat out the Beastie Boys' induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April, and his treatments delayed the release of the group's most recent album, Hot Sauce Committee, Pt. 2. The Beastie Boys had not performed live since the summer of 2009, and Yauch's illness prevented the group from appearing in music videos for Hot Sauce Committee, Pt. 2.

Yauch co-founded the Beastie Boys with Mike "Mike D" Diamond and Adam "Ad-Rock" Horowitz in 1979. The band started off as a hardcore punk group, but soon began experimenting with hip-hop. The band broke big with their first proper album, Licensed to Ill, in 1986, and further albums Paul's Boutique, Check Your Head and Ill Communication cemented the band as a true superstar act.

In addition to his career with the Beastie Boys, Yauch was heavily involved in the movement to free Tibet and co-organized the Tibetan Freedom Concerts of the late Nineties. Yauch was also directed many of the Beastie Boys' music videos under the pseudonym Nathaniel Horblower. In 2002, he launched the film production company Oscilloscope Laboratories.

Holy crap! What a pain in the ass to get your driver's license here in PA. They need a social security card, passport or birth certificate, apartment lease agreement, and two pieces of mail to prove my residency. What will they want next? A blood sample? Swab my mouth for DNA? I've made 3 trips to this place. The information about all this on the internet is not clear.

In every other state I've lived in, all you had to do was bring your license to the driver's license place and basically exchange them.

The only good thing about this experience is the lines are shorter and move faster here.

I hope getting a car tag is easier than this.

New Soundgarden! (Sort of)

While the reunited Soundgarden continue to work on their first new album in more than 15 years, the band is offering up a new box set next month.

 

Due May 21, "The Classic Album Selection" will contain the original A&M recordings of Soundgarden's seminal albums, "Louder Than Love" (1989), "Badmotorfinger" (1991), "Superunknown" (1994) and "Down On The Upside" (1996) plus last year's live record of the band's 1996 West Coast tour, "Live On I-5" (2011).

The albums will be presented as a set of mini-LPs in gatefold wallets with booklets and exclusive new artwork designed by widely acclaimed designer and long-term Soundgarden collaborator Josh Graham.

Slash is on TV

HDNet will deliver the US broadcast premiere of Slash's 2011 concert DVD, "Slash featuring Myles Kennedy Live: Made In Stoke" on Sunday, May 13 at 8:00 PM EDT.

Slash and his band tear through cuts spanning his 20-year career with Guns N' Roses (nine GNR songs will be featured) as well as songs from Velvet Revolver, Slash's Snakepit and Slash's first solo album.

 

Songs performed include "By The Sword," "Back From Cali," "Slither," "Sweet Child 'O Mine," "Paradise City," and more that rock through the rafters of the sold-out Victoria Hall in Stoke-on-Trent, England, Slash's birthplace.

Chili Peppers Get Busy

Red Hot Chili Peppers are celebrating their Rock Hall induction with the release of a very special digital-only EP, entitled We Salute You, on May 1st.

It features six songs from previous Hall of Fame inductees, all of whom have influenced the band musically: The Ramones, Iggy & The Stooges, Neil Young, David Bowie, The Beach Boys, and Dion and the Belmonts.

Five of the six tracks have never been available digitally. "A Teenager In Love" was released as an international maxi-single; "Havana Affair" was released as a 7"-single and featured on the compilation We're A Happy Family: A Tribute To The Ramones; "Search & Destroy" has only appeared on a now out-of-print maxi-CD, "I Get Around" was first played during Brian Wilson's 2005 MusiCares induction speech; and "Suffragette City" was previously only available as a B-side to the band's single "Aeroplane." "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere" was recorded live during Red Hot Chili Peppers' current tour supporting their album I'm With You. It will also be available via their website www.redhotchilipeppers.com.

Red Hot Chili Peppers were inducted by Chris Rock at the 27th annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, which took place on Saturday, April 14th, 2012, in Cleveland and premiere on HBO in early May.

The track-listing for We Salute You is as follows:

"A Teenager in Love" (Dion and the Belmonts)
"Havana Affair" (Ramones)
"Search & Destroy" (Iggy and the Stooges)
"Everybody Knows This is Nowhere" (Neil Young) [live]
"I Get Around" (The Beach Boys) [live]
"Suffragette City" (David Bowie) [live]

Hi! My name is Kenny. I just started here on 97.9X. So far, it's been awesome! Everyone has been real sweet to me.

I'm getting to know Wilkes Barre. I'm starting to be able to drive around without the use of my GPS.

Wegman's rocks! As does Sheetz. Still trying sushi restaurants, so I don't have a fave yet.

Anywho, thanks for listening and be patient with me as I learn the area.

By the way, get in touch with me at kenny@979x.com! I would love to hear from you.

Take it easy!

Kenny