Hulkamania at Hogan’s Beach

Hulk Hogan (Terry Gene Bollea – 61 now!) the famed wrestler grew up in Tampa, Florida. He still lives in the region and also has a bar and restaurant on Tampa Bay called Hogan’s Beach (check out the commercial on the website). It’s a crazy party place on weekends but a little quieter on a weekday, so I decided to check it…

A Visit to Shatner’s World

A few weeks ago I took an amusing trip in to Shatner’s World. Yes, the Shatner, William Shatner, the entertainment icon and legend was performing his one man show at the Florida Theatre in Jacksonville. Shatner’s World is an hour and a half retelling of his life and career from theatre to TV to movies. It was great…

Adam Ant – Blue Black Hussar Tour 2013

I was sitting there last night wondering where Adam Ant was currently touring in the US (as you do!) and discovered he was playing in 15 minutes just around the corner from me in Boston at the Royale! I quickly raced around there, got a ticket and I was not disappointed. I have only one thing to…

Courtney Love – House of Blues, Houston 2013

Where ever I travel in the USA I am always on the look out for good concerts by artists that I have rarely had the chance to see play live. Whilst in Houston, Texas I noticed one with Courtney Love playing a solo show at the House of Blues. The last time I saw her play live was…

Black Sabbath – North American Tour 2013 (Austin, Texas)

What better place to see the most influential heavy metal band in music history, Black Sabbath play than Austin, Texas aka “Music City“? The current North American tour line up is Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi (guitar legend), Geezer Butler (the bass players bass player!) and Tommy Clufetos (drums – he normally plays in Ozzy’s solo band) – basically the original…

Old Bridge Metal Militia Reunion Concert featuring Twisted Sister and More!

Old Bridge is a town in New Jersey that was the heartland for the metal scene on the east coast of the USA in the 1980s. The Metal Militia helped out up and coming metal bands back in those days. They would give them a place to stay and get them to play gigs in…

Batman and The Joker – 1989 style

The following pictures of Michael Keaton as Batman and Jack Nicholson as The Joker from a publicity photo shoot for the 1989 Tim Burton Batman movie recently surfaced on the internet. This is one of my favourite movies and the photos are a lot of fun!

A first glimpse of Tom Hardy as the new Mad Max

Mad Max: Fury Road the long-awaited fourth movie will star Tom Hardy as Max. Here is the first photo to be seen of him in character. According to the Geeks of Doom website this is a photo signed by Tom for a crew member that has been authenticated by Warner Brothers. The new movie is set…

Shonen Knife – Still the most adorable Punk Pop band in the world! \m/(>.<)\m/

Shonen Knife (Naoko – lead vocals and guitar, Ritsuko – bass & Emi on the drums) hail from Osaka, Japan (Rock City Number One!) and as always are a busy band. Since their last visit to Seattle 9 months ago they have released a Christmas Album plus their latest “Pop Tune” album and are touring again (during their show on August…

Slash & Duff together again….oh so briefly for Apocalyptic Love!

July 13th, 2012 Legendary guitarist Slash rolled into Seattle on Friday the 13th, featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators as part of their Apocalyptic Love Tour. There was no bad luck on this night though as their performance in front of a packed and enthusiastic crowd was brilliant! They played a mix of Slash/Myles Kennedy…

A Day of Grunge, Rock, Sci-Fi and Horror at the EMP!

June 23rd, 2012 The Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum (EMP) in Seattle has some great special exhibitions happening at the moment from tributes to some of the greatest bands in the world to classic Science Fiction and Horror movies. NIRVANA: TAKING PUNK TO THE MASSES A great exhibition with many personal items belonging…

Remember Twiki from Buck Rogers?

Twiki was the little robot character from the excellent Sci Fi TV series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979 – 1981 NBC-TV) and also the 1979 movie with the same title that was a lead in to the TV series. The Twiki suit was worn by Felix Silla who also played Cousin Itt on the Addams Family. The voice…