Australia is releasing a new $1 coin called the “Donation Dollar“, and is encouraging people to give them away. The words “Donation Dollar: Give to Help Others” are printed on one side. They’re making 25 million of them, one for every Australian. There’s not much to do while the world is shut down. So a couple in the U.K. bought…… read more »
Would you like to see and hear SEBASTIAN BACH singing along with a STEVE PERRY record? Of course you would….. ROB HALFORD from JUDAS PRIEST is working on a solo blues album. And, just in time for Christmas, a 648-page coffee table book, Judas Priest — 50 Heavy Metal Years, will be released some time in early December. EDDIE VEDDER has joined Instagram…… read more »
This isn’t a cure, but there’s a promising new treatment for ALS that slows it down – woohoo!! And some of the money that paid for the study came from the Ice Bucket Challenge. It went viral back in 2014 and raised over $200 million for ALS research. A study in Australia found that the venom from honeybees is really good at killing…… read more »
The EAGLES spent the majority of 2018 on an extensive North American tour and hit the Forum in Los Angeles for three sold-out, critically-acclaimed concerts on September 12, 14, and 15. Highlights from all three shows have now been compiled for a new 26-song live album and concert film. LIVE FROM THE FORUM MMXVIII, a Scheme Engine…… read more »
A company in Chile called Algramo has been working on a fleet of bike-powered delivery trucks that go around and let people refill their cleaning products. Now they’re bringing them to New York City. Employees at a library in Australia have been keeping busy by calling all 8,000 members who are 70 and older, just to check in and see if…… read more »
A Cleveland couple went through with their wedding recently and did a small backyard ceremony, but they had to cancel the reception. So they donated all the food to a women’s shelter, and helped serve it while they were still in their gown and tuxedo. A guy in New Jersey was vice-president at an ad agency before he got…… read more »
A documentary about the dumpster fire that was WOODSTOCK ’99 will be coming to Netflix. Details here. BRET MICHAELS has put his CA home on the market. Located in the Los Angeles area, it’s listed at $4.49 million. Check out the photos here. And there’s a new video of MICHAELS reading from his book, “Bret Michaels: Auto-Scrap-Ography“, which…… read more »
A long-distance swimmer named Marian Cardwell was planning to raise money for charity by swimming across Lake Michigan. But the pandemic forced her to stay closer to home. So she improvised this weekend and swam back and forth along the coast near Chicago for 24 HOURS STRAIGHT. And she raised over $10,000. She’s going to follow through with her original…… read more »
A guy in Utah was getting annoyed that the motion sensor on his garage kept going off at night. It turned out a little kid was riding his bike up into his driveway. But instead of telling him to stop, he drew a mini racetrack in chalk. So now more kids use it. A kid in Brazil…… read more »
JAMES HETFIELD had a species of venomous snake named after him. It’s called Atheris hetfieldi. A 10-year-old drummer challenged DAVE GROHL to a drum-off, and he accepted. Read more here. Check out GUNS N’ ROSES live pro-shot video recorded in 2016 in Mexico City and Houston, TX. It’s an installment in the GNR web series “Not In This Lifetime Selects”, which features shows from the “Not In This Lifetime” tour. BLUE…… read more »