If you’ve had to cancel your Thanksgiving plans, Zoom is here to help. They’re dropping their 40-minute limit on their free plan all day long on Thanksgiving, so you can host an awkward family video chat that lasts as long as you can take it.……Using a face mask won’t interfere with your breathing when you’re working out. Scientists at the…… read more »
On December 1, Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture will honor ALICE IN CHAINS with its Founders Award. The event will be streamed live, and will feature performances from ANN and NANCY WILSON, METALLICA, SAMMY HAGAR, TOM MORELLO, EDDIE VEDDER and more. Click here for more info. ANGUS YOUNG got emotional talking about his brother MALCOLM‘s battle with dementia during an interview. …… read more »
There’s more huge news on the vaccine front. Moderna announced its vaccine was almost 95% effective in clinical trials. So between their work and Pfizer’s, we now have what looks like two effective vaccines coming ASAP. Oh, and the one and only DOLLY PARTON donated $1 million to Moderna to help develop the vaccine. It’s incredible what doctors can do to…… read more »
COVID has made JIMMY PAGE really want to be back onstage. WOLFGANG VAN HALEN released his debut single, “Distance” as MAMMOTH WVH, the name of his band. It’s a tribute to his dad, and the video consists of old home movies. Also, Wolfgang says they were considering a VAN HALEN reunion tour with all the past members . . . even GARY CHERONE.…… read more »
A breakthrough new study seems to have found the reason why coronavirus affects some people so much worse than others. It turns out people with serious cases don’t have certain antibodies, which affects their body’s defense. The researchers say this new discovery can help develop special treatments to, hopefully, curb the effects of the virus in the…… read more »
A retirement home for veterans in Binghamton, New York couldn’t do their normal Veterans Day party this year. So they posted photos online asking people to send cards and letters . . . and received over 3,000 of them this week. An 81-year-old guy in Italy couldn’t visit his wife in the hospital while she was having cancer treatments. So he grabbed his…… read more »
JOE WALSH is hosting his fourth annual VetsAid charity concert, taking place virtually this year, on December 12. Guests include JAMES HETFIELD, EDDIE VEDDER, ALICE COOPER, JON BON JOVI, WILLIE NELSON and more. Get the details and ticket info here. LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM is doing a virtual show on December 5, 8:30pm. You can watch “At Home With Lindsey Buckingham,” for 15. SAMMY HAGAR…… read more »
Four hospital workers in Canada just hit a lottery jackpot worth around $4.6 million. So just over a million bucks each. They’re planning to donate some of it to their local hospital system. A guy from Hawaii named Elton Goo was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in 2016. And he’s been spending the last four years traveling the…… read more »
Happy Veterans Day! In ENC, a local group is hosting the “March for the 22” today – marching 22 kilometers, with a 22 pound ruck on their backs, to bring awareness to the 22 Veterans that are committing suicide DAILY. The march will finish with an event at Union Point Park in downtown New Bern from 4pm-6pm. National…… read more »
A bar in New Jersey had to close down the other day after someone who worked there tested positive, and ALL the employees had been exposed. But then the owner of a barber shop down the street heard about it . . . and sent HIS employees over to work the bar, just so they could stay…… read more »