Archive: 2003

No word yet on whether is was an East vs. West matter, but a fight broke out in Times Square between hip hop fans and want to be rappers in town for the MTV sponsored

Robert Trujillo has been named the new bass player of Metallica, replacing Jason Newstead who left the band to pursue other projects. The hazing that Newstead received when he replaced Cliff Burton in 1986 was ongoing and is well documented; one could only hope James, Kirk and Lars take it easy on their new four string monster. Trujillo has played previously with Ozzy Osbourne, Suicidal Tendencies and Jerry Cantrell. Metallica and Trujillo will be hitting the road as headliners of the Summer Sanitarium stadium tour with Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Deftones and Mudvayne. The band’s new album, “St. Anger” is due on June 10.
Source FMQB.com.

With the Grammy

RUSH’s drummer Neil Peart copes with personal loss by hopping on his trusty BMW motorcycle for 15 months, covering ground from Alaska to Belize, in search of the wisdom of the road.

Remember that uncomfortable feeling when you were watching a movie with your parents and a sex scene came on? David Foster Wallace creates a collection of short stories guaranteed to bring that feeling back.

Dan Millman brings you on a semi-autobiographical account of his spiritual realizations at the hands of a guru in Hawaii. Careful- it’s listed under Self-Help/Fiction.

Mystic River, the polluted, industrial river bordering this small Massachusetts community holds more than one secret in it’s oily waters. Mystic River, the book, divulges its secrets through chillingly icy logic and reveals how sudden, life changing events in one community can ring so true as to astound.

People today do not think much about zero, we see it as just another number no different than the rest, but zero hides limitless power behind its innocent appearance.

In a week that already saw tragedy inside a Chicago nightclub, pyrotechnics and fireworks started a deadly fire inside a West Warwick, RI nightclub, called The Station has claimed up to 96 lives and numerous burn victims. 80’s metal band Great White, best known for their hit cover of Ian Hunter’s “Once Bitten Twice Shy” , were playing that evening and used fireworks and other pyrotechnics during the show that are believed to have started the inferno. The fire spread so quickly, people simply didn’t have enough time to exit. Ty Longley, guitarist for Great White is listed among the missing.
Source CNN.com.

Crazier things have happened, like Hanson playing with Ratdog, but there are rumors floating around that Simon & Garfunkel might reconvene with a future concert tour. The two will be honored with a lifetime achievement award at the Grammy Awards which has sparked talk of a possible reunion. London’s Evening Standard reported that negotiations were underway between the duo and its representatives for an extended world trek. The duo split as a performing combo in 1970 and regrouped for their famous Concert at Central Park in 1981. Tour or no tour one thing is certain…. ticket prices will be outrageously expensive.
Source Billboard.com.