Text JACK @ 65714
- Friday, January 11th, 2008 -
You can now send JACK a text message, anytime, anywhere!
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Posted on Friday, January 11th @ 8:28 am.
Drew v. Bob
- Friday, January 11th, 2008 -
Who’s better?
This is officially JACK fm’s second blog post on Bob Barker and the Price is Right! (See blog post on May 25, 2007 “Farewell to Bob"). Well, it seems like Drew Carey is laying golden gooses these days with nabbing Bob Barker’s place on the Price is Right and now he’s engaged for the first time at 59 years old. This guy really gives nerds hope in life. Well, JACK wants you to weigh in and let us know what you think. So you tell JACK FM . . . How do you feel about Bob Barker and Drew Carey? Call in and let us know. 1-866-929-1031. Or, text JACK at 65714.
Do you feel:
- I’ve been watching Drew Carey since he was in Star Search ‘88—he’s better than Bob!
- Who cares, I watch it for the Price is Right Babes.
- I admit it; i’ve stood in line to be on the Price is Right and I’m only in it for the $$.
-I’d rather watch Bob Barker teethless at 100 still kissing his Price is Right Babes
Posted on Friday, January 11th @ 8:09 am.
Top 10 Quotes of the 2007
- Thursday, December 20th, 2007 -
The AP has released their top ten quotes of 2007. This is JACK’s top 10 quotes of 2007. Do you agree?
1. JACK… More satisfying than Thanksgiving, the Super Bowl, and Christmas dinner combined!
2. “I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because some people out there in our nation don’t have maps and I believe that our education like such as in South Africa and Iraq and everywhere like such as and I believe that they should our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S. or should help South Africa and should help Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future for us.” — Lauren Upton, South Carolina contestant in the Miss Teen USA contest, when asked why one-fifth of Americans cannot find the U.S on a map.
3. “Don’t tase me, bro.” — Andrew Meyer, a senior at the University of Florida, while being hauled away by campus police during a speech by Sen. John Kerry.
4. “That’s some nappy-headed hos there.” — radio personality Don Imus, referring to the Rutgers University women’s basketball team.
5. “(I have) a wide stance when going to the bathroom.” — Sen. Larry Craig, explaining why his foot touched the foot of an undercover police officer in an airport men’s room.
6. “In Iran we don’t have homosexuals like in your country.” — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, speaking at Columbia University in New York.
7. “Information is moving—you know, nightly news is one way, of course, but it’s also moving through the blogosphere and through the Internets.” --President Bush, Washington, D.C., May 2, 2007
8. “I love my daughter.”—Lynne Spears, after Roseanne Barr said Britney Spears needs a mother. Lynne Spears book on parenting is on hold for publication after the announcement that her 16 year old Disney Channel star daughter Jamie Lynn is pregnant.
9. “I want kids next year, so I’ve got to get my body ready.”—Paris Hilton, planning for motherhood.
10. “As Homer would say, Woo-hoo!”—Simpsons creator Matt Groening as animated show makes big-screen debut.
Posted on Thursday, December 20th @ 11:37 am.
Send us your JACK-ism
- Monday, November 19th, 2007 -
Your JACKism could be on the radio!
What’s a JACKism? Well if you have to ask you really don’t deserve an answer! Now’s your chance to send us your JACKism. You might even win cool prizes if we play your JACKism on the radio. Either email your JACKism to rrose@1031jack.com or call in at 1-866-929-1031!
Posted on Monday, November 19th @ 10:32 am.
Deep Thoughts… by JACK
- Tuesday, November 13th, 2007 -
Send us yours!
If a kid asks where rain comes from, a good thing to tell him is that God is crying. And, if he asks why God is crying, tell him, “Probably because of something you did.”
If you have a deep thought for JACK… call 866-929-1031 or email it to us at rrose@1031jack.com.
Posted on Tuesday, November 13th @ 9:27 am.
The Best of the 80’s & 90’s?
- Saturday, September 22nd, 2007 -
We gave you the 70’s, now its time for a look at the 80’s & 90’s!
The Eighties!
1. The Pixies - “Doolittle” The album that kickstarted a revolution and frightened my Seventh Grade ears in the process. I wish more fat, balding men from Massachusetts were this cathartic. I also wish they could all produce albums with such rich diversity - from the bubblegum pop of “Here Comes Your Man” to the spaghetti Western theme of “Silver”...from the environmentalist spoken word anthem of “Monkey Gone To Heaven” to the gorgeous “Wave of Mutilation”, which fantasizes about driving into the ocean. Believe the hype, as this is, indeed, the greatest album of its decade. Fun fact: “Hey” is my favorite vocal performance evah.
Best track: “Hey”
2. Talking Heads - “Remain in Light”
This isn’t Brian Eno’s first appearance on this (group of) list(s) and it won’t be his last. The man is a world class superhuman, this time lending his magic touch to David Byrne’s psychotic tendencies with mindblowing result. There’s an old cliche about this type of album; namely, that the observant listener will notice something new each time. It may very well be true. Not quite “same as it ever was”! The very definition of a headphone album, do ya hear those bongos in “The Great Curve”? Or the Pacman solo in “Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)”? This music comes from up there. *points*
Best track: “Once in a Lifetime”
3. Sonic Youth - “Daydream Nation”
A dissonant whir of sprawling guitar textures and awkward vocal spasms. It may very well be closer to noise soundscapes than “alternative rock”, whatever the fuck that may be. It’s an exhausting and rewarding listen, and a pity I didn’t realize it right away.
Best track: “Cross the Breeze”
4. Tom Waits - “Rain Dogs"/"Franks Wild Years” (it’s a tie)
“A few reasons why both of these records deserve a position on this list:
All the doughnuts have names that sound like prostitutes
And the moon’s teeth marks are on the sky
Like a tarp thrown all over this
And the broken umbrellas like dead birds
And the steam comes out of the grill
Like the whole goddamn town’s ready to blow...”
“They take apart their nightmares and they leave them by the door
Let me fall out of the window with confetti in my hair
Deal out jacks or better on a blanket by the stairs
I’ll tell you all my secrets, but I lie about my past”
“...in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.”
“Time is made from honey slow and sweet
Only the fools know what it means...”
“Never trust a man in a blue trench coat
Never drive a car when you’re dead”
Best track: “Clap Hands” and “Temptation”, respectively.
5. U2 - “The Joshua Tree”
Say what you want about Bono now; before he tried to save the world, he sounded like he really could. The ringing guitars, the anthemic choruses, the restless lyrics...everything seems to be in place. “The Joshua Tree” is the type of album where everything just fits, especially if you find it at the right time. It won’t go anywhere.
Best track: “Bullet the Blue Sky”
6. R.E.M. - “Document\"/"Murmur"
(tie again) It’s true that “Document\” rocks harder. It’s true that “Murmur” embodies that Southern, folky college rock vibe like no other. You decide.
Best track: “The One I Love” and “Pilgrimage” respectively.
7. Leonard Cohen - “I’m Your Man”
Adding drum machines, synthesizers and an increasingly hoarse ("golden"?) voice to his sonic palette could have been awkward and plodding for Mr. Cohen. Instead, it turned out to be a creative rebirth of sorts, and a damn wonderful album to boot. Cohen desperately offers his services over a vaguely Eastern keyboard riff in the popular title track, freaks out about “Jazz Police talking to my niece” in one furious song, converses with Hank Williams in another and exposes some social injustices that “Everbody Knows” in the track of the same name. Or, let’s examine this couplet from “Tower of Song”:
“Now you can say that I’ve grown bitter but of this you may be sure:
The rich have got their channels in the bedrooms of the poor
And there’s a mighty judgement coming, but I may be wrong”
Bitter? Certainly. Old? Cranky? That’s my Lenny, but he hasn’t produced in album this rewarding in years.
Best track: “Everybody Knows” or “Jazz Police” or “Tower of Song” or “I’m Your Man”...Jesus, they’re all brilliant.
8. Minutemen - “Double Nickels on the Dime”
Forty-three tracks in all.
Me:Describe them?
Myself: Short. Funky as sin. Mostly political.
Me: In fact, they do all sound the same, don’t they?
Myself: Yes.
Me: Doesn’t matter. So short, well-written, well-performed and goddamn entertaining all around.
Myself: Too bad that guy died. What’s his name?
Me: Brad Delp?
Myself: Sure.
Best track: Maybe it’s “Corona”. Yay, Jackass!
9. The Clash - “Combat Rock”
The Clash recover surprisingly well from the train wreck of “Sandinista!” and record the Talking Heads tribute that it sounds like they always wanted to. Well, that’s just the first half (err, two-thirds), featuring the classic “Should I Stay or Should I Go?”, disco meltdown “Rock the Casbah” and accurately-titled “Overpowered by Funk”. The end of the record takes some sharp left turns, from ambient instrumentals to awkward spoken word experiments. It’s very surprising how well the whole thing holds up.
Best track: “Rock the Casbah”
10. Red Hot Chili Peppers - “Mother’s Milk”
Yeah, yeah, I know. Anthony Kiedis is a goon, Flea smells of mustard, I’ve heard it all before. So flog me.
*bends over*
“Mother’s Milk” was a creative rebirth for some, as Frusciante gracefully took over the late and great Hillel Slovak’s guitar duties. The band covers Hendrix, cheers for Magic Johnson and screams about a “stone cold bush” in under forty-five minutes, with some excellent musicianship to boot. Then there’s the psychedelic mini-masterpiece “Taste the Pain”, the oddly sincere “Knock Me Down” (dealing with Anthony’s experiences with drug addiction) and a pretty damn great closer. Oh, and “Sexy Mexican Maid”! Appreciate this couplet:
“The puts me in a bubble bath
She tickles me and I laugh”
Best track: “Johnny, Kick A Hole in the Sky”
And a look at the Nineties! (Each album described in nine words this time.)
1. The Flaming Lips - “The Soft Bulletin”
Error: Overload. It’s my favorite album of all time.
Best track: “The Gash”
2. Radiohead - “OK Computer”
“Weird creatures who lock up their spirits… just uptight.”
Best track: “Karma Police”
3. The Flaming Lips - “Zaireeka”
Most difficult and rewarding musical experience of the century, perhaps.
Best track: “March of the Rotten Vegetables”
4. U2 - “Achtung, Baby!”
Bono becomes bored with perfection. Futuristic, stunning and elegant!
Best track: “One”
5. The Olivia Tremor Control - “Black Foliage: Animation Music”
Disgustingly complex pop music, reaching directly through your sub-conscious.
Best track: “The Sylvan Screen”
6. Talk Talk - “Laughing Stock”
This album moves me like few others. So primal.
Best track: “After the Flood”
7. Weezer - “Pinkerton”
Depression produces the finest music sometimes. Great drum sound!
Best track: “Across the Sea”
8. Nine Inch Nails - “The Downward Spiral”
Reminds me of eigth grade. Dark and dangerously compelling.
Best track: “Piggy”
9. Red Hot Chili Peppers - “Blood Sugar Sex Magik”
Filthy. Vulgar, too. The way the Peppers should sound.
Best track: “Funky Monks”
10. Spiritualized - “Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space”
Checklist:
-Get heart broken.
-Write masterpiece.
-Acquire 486,952,958 instruments.
Best track: “Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space”
Thanks for reading. Close the door on your way out.
Posted on Saturday, September 22nd @ 11:02 am.
Women have something to hide from men!
- Thursday, September 20th, 2007 -
Read the article Randy was talking about with Naz! Women are hiding shoes from their men!
Most women own 19 pairs of shoes—some secretly
Posted on Thursday, September 20th @ 5:41 pm.
Top Ten Album’s of the 70’s
- Thursday, September 6th, 2007 -
Some one has given their input on the best albums of the Seventies! Check it out!
From an Awsome website called Digg.com:
Rock and Roll’s banner decade has been and remains the sixties; a period of time when so many of its icons issued their first albums. These were artists like Bob Dylan, the Beatles, the Who, the Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, and Led Zeppelin amongst others. However, it was the seventies that benefited the most, for not only did many of these groups hold over into the seventies, but a second wave of artists arrived who were reinterpreting what they heard a decade before. Here, I have compiled what I believe are the best albums of the seventies. Such a list is dangerous, because it implies that these albums were of different importance. Let’s get one thing straight, they are all great albums, and this is just a personal preference for me. With that said, here are the albums.
15. Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones came into their own in 1968 with Beggar’s Banquet, with that albums back alley blues. They refined this on Let It Bleed, while adding gospel to their repertoire. But it wasn’t until Sticky Fingers that they really figured out how to make an album. Sticky Fingers finds the band finally comfortable with their new lead guitarist, Mick Taylor, and with Mick and Keith at their misogynistic best. It only takes a few seconds of “Brown Sugar” to tell you that the Stones were ready for the seventies.
14. Imagine - John Lennon
John Lennon has made better albums as a solo artist, but few songs can match the honest, utopian ideas of the title track. And it only gets better from there, as the album is filled with both popular Lennon songs and underappreciated ones. One can still find all the anger directed at Paul McCartney in “How Do You Sleep?” and to this day, “Jealous Guy” is as heartbreaking as it was back in 1971.
13. L.A. Woman - The Doors
The last record the Doors recorded with Jim Morrison, but sadly, not the last record they recorded, L.A. Woman contains the best batch of songs the band wrote since their debut. The record includes classic cuts like “Love Her Madly,” the title track, and probably the best song the band wrote, “Riders On The Storm.” It’s clear from this album that Jim Morrison had more left in the tank before he died, and that realization only gets sadder as the years go on.
12. After The Gold Rush - Neil Young
After recording two of his most famous albums (Everyone Knows This Is Nowhere and Déjà Vu), Neil Young released his definitive album, After The Gold Rush. The amount of music inspired by this recording appear endless, and so many of Young’s classic songs are here. Album highlights include “After The Gold Rush,” “Only Love Can Break You Heart,” “Don’t Let It Bring You Down,” and most famous of them all, “Southern Man.,” which as many of you know was the catalyst for some famous Lynyrd Skynyrd lyrics.
11. The Wall - Pink Floyd
At the end of the seventies, Roger Waters was the dictator of Pink Floyd. How badly David Gilmour, Richard Wright and Nick Mason must have wanted to kick him out is anyone’s guess, but at this point Waters was still writing great music. The Wall was a Waters solo album in all but name, since he wrote just about everything on this album, and many consider this to be a testament to his state of mind at the time. While the album contains a few notable songs, “Another Brick In The Wall (Pt. 2),” “Comfortably Numb,” and “Hey You,” the album is a single linear work that everyone should hear from open to end at least once.
10. Raw Power - The Stooges
Technically an album by Iggy And The Stooges, Raw Power consists of most of the band that made their self titled debut and follow-up Funhouse. Stooges guitarist Ron Ashton is now on bass, with James Williamson bring brought on for the guitarist position. The result was an unbelievably powerful album that when considering its context is even more out of place than at first glance. Led Zeppelin was turning blues into metal, the Who were turning power chords into their most melodic form, yet no one was making rock like this. The production may have been a bit too much, but the album is so sharp, it just doesn’t matter.
9. Hunky Dory - David Bowie
Along with Ziggy Stardust, Hunky Dory is the most famous album David Bowie released. Hunky Dory finds Bowie abandoning the heavy metal leanings of The Man Who Sold The World in favor of the more singer/songwriter, folk style that he would soon, also, leave behind. The album is famous for bringing Bowie farther into the main stream, and giving the public its first big dose of the ‘weird’ Bowie.
8. Hotel California - The Eagles
For Hotel California, the Eagles added guitarist Joe Walsh, a guitarist who had worked with them before, but not the extent he would here. The result was to push more of the groups original country-rock sound farther in the background in favor of a more hard rock sound that was associated with Walsh. Out of this came the groups best album, along with some of their best songs. “Hotel California” remains the most famous, but “The New Kid In Town,” “Life In The Fast Lane,” “Wasted Time,” and “Victim Of Love” are also worth mentioning.
7. Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen
In 1975, Springsteen was at the end of his rope. Perhaps because he was hearing things from executives, or perhaps because he was getting nervous, Springsteen believed that if his third album didn’t sell, he would be out of a job. So Springsteen put all of his energy into making what he believed to be the best album he and the band were capable of. Usually, this is a recipe for disaster as such a process leads to overcooked ideas and less energy in the recording. Yet Springsteen and the E Street Band come up with some emotional performances and some great songs. “Born To Run” is still great no matter how many times you listen to it, but my favorites are “Backstreets,” “Jungleland,” and “Thunder Road.”
6. The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd
There are few ways to explain how massively popular The Dark Side Of The Moon was, but I’ll try anyway. It spent a record 741 weeks on the Billboard 200, 741! The album, like so many of Pink Floyd’s best works, is not as well known for its songs as for itself as a whole. But, unlike most Floyd albums, there are real songs here. “Money” is the song most familiar with casual fans, but there are also songs “Brain Damage” and “Time,” the latter of which might be the band’s best.
5. What’s Going On - Marvin Gaye
Artists signed to Motown were not supposed to have ideas, or any artistic direction whatsoever. However, the label’s most talented singer, Marvin Gaye, had other ideas. In response to the war, which he was not a supporter of, Gaye wrote some of the greatest songs of his career. However, his label was not having it, and fought him for years. Rumor has it that Label CEO Berry Gordy even went as far as to say that the title track was the worst song he’d ever heard. Recently featured prominently on Rolling Stone’s top 500 album list at number 6, clearly, Gaye was right.
4. Exodus - Bob Marley
While casual fans may only own Bob Marley’s Legend, Exodus is widely considered his definitive statement. In fact, Time magazine named Exodus the greatest album of the 20th century. Besides the great title track, Exodus contains Marley’s most memorable songs, like “Jamming,” “Three Little Birds,” and “One Love.”
3. Blood On The Tracks - Bob Dylan
By 1975, Bob Dylan seemed like he was slowing to a halt creatively. This was all before Blood On The Tracks, which is Dylan’s statement to the world about the status of his marriage. Dylan, who had been personal before, had never revealed this much at once. Songs like “Idiot Wind,” “Tangled Up In Blue,” “Simple Twist Of Faith,” and “Shelter From The Storm” rank among the best tracks Dylan has ever released.
2. Who’s Next - The Who
It took Pete Townshend two years and a mental breakdown to figure out how to follow up The Who’s commercial and artistic breakthrough Tommy. After the band gave up on his Lifehouse project, some of the songs were salvaged for what became the Who’s true magnum opus, Who’s Next. Like few other albums, there is not a bad song in the set, and there are breakthroughs all around. Some of rock’s most powerful statements reside here, such as the bad guy’s perspective anthem “Behind Blue Eyes” and the anti-leadership anthem, “Won’t Get Fooled Again,” not to mention the popular “Baba O’Riley.” This album is single handedly responsible for popularizing the synthesizer as a lead instrument in rock music (for better or worse).
1. Led Zeppelin IV (officially untitled) - Led Zeppelin
Some albums become so big that it becomes ‘uncool’ to champion them. Well, for years that was the case with Led Zeppelin’s officially untitled fourth album. The amount of albums that are in the same league musically as IV can be counted on less than one hand; few albums bring as many genres together so successfully and have the songs to match. There are no bad songs on IV, and yet, there are clear highlights; a feat indeed. “Black Dog” kicks off the album with a bang, owing it’s vocal, instrument, vocal structure to Peter Green era Fleetwood Mac’s “Oh Well” and Muddy Water’s influential Electric Mud LP. Following is radio standby “Rock And Roll” which is so natural it seems like it has existed forever. While the most famous track is “Stairway To Heaven,” and it is well deserving of its acclaim, the real success of the album is the seismic rhythms of “When The Levee Breaks,” which has been sampled so much you wonder which track really was getting more airtime. Despite the fact Led Zeppelin IV is arguably the greatest album of all time, it never reached the number one spot in the U.S. charts (although it did in the U.K.).
Contributor: Jason Hirschhorn
Posted on Thursday, September 6th @ 10:41 am.
Music News 7/11
- Wednesday, July 11th, 2007 -
Nope, not quite slurpies, but almost. It’s your music news for the 11th of July! Enjoy
VAN HALEN’S WIFE SPILLS THE BEANS.
Eddie Van Halen’s ex-wife and current Jenny Craig spokesperson, actress Valerie Bertinelli has written a memoir. In the pages of Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound At A Time, Bertinelli tells her story about growing up in front of the camera, her 20-year marriage to Van Halen, her struggles with depression, and her life-long battle with weight and self-esteem issues. She said, “Writing a book is an exciting new adventure for me. I’ve grown up in and out of the public eye, survived some tough times, learned some important lessons, and come out—as has my entire family—in a great place. I think it’s a recipe for a good book. Ironically, as there’s less of me, I have more to say.” Losing It… will be published by Free Press, an imprint of Simon and Schuster, Inc., in April.
INFAMOUS GUITARS COME TO CLAPTON’S GUITAR FESTIVAL
At Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival you will not only be able to check out some great music, you will also be able to see some great guitars. The festival has partnered with Guitar Center to bring three of the most infamous and valuable guitars on site for fans to check out. Clapton’s legendary “Blackie,” his “335,” and Stevie Ray Vaughan’s “Lenny” will be displayed at the show. Net proceeds from the July 28th show in Chicago will benefit The Crossroads Centre in Antigua, a treatment and education facility founded by Clapton for chemically dependent persons.
BLONDIE LENDS SONGS TO SUSAN.
NME reports Blondie has given the okay to have several of their songs used in the musical Desperately Seeking Susan. The show, which is based on the 1985 film starring Madonna, will feature Blondie’s “Heart of Glass,” “Atomic,” “One Way of Another,” “Dreaming,” “The Tide Is High” and a new song by frontwoman Debbie Harry. Harry described the show, saying, “It’s a live show so it is going to be different to the film, probably more lighthearted.” The musical is scheduled to open in London’s West End October 12th.
ONLY 19-MILLION PEOPLE WATCHED LIVE EARTH CONCERTS ON TV
The Associated Press reports that almost 19-million people watched Live Earth on NBC and its affiliates. It fell short of the two billion event organizers had hoped for. On the other hand, the organizers’ estimate was also supposed to include online viewers, whereas the 19 million figure only includes viewers who watched at least six minutes of the telecasts.
DAVE MATTHEWS’ CLEANS UP THE POO.
Dave Matthews and his wife Ashley just welcomed a new child into the world on June 19th. When the Dave Matthews Band played Live Earth this past weekend, Matthews talked to reporters about how he and his wife are going green, even in terms of caring for their new baby boy August Oliver Matthews. “We use cloth diapers for our new baby, that’s the number three pile of waste.” Disposable diapers might not be the third worst waste problem in landfills, but according to TheNewParentsGuide.com, it does take around 80,000 pounds of plastic and over 200,000 trees a year to manufacture disposable diapers for American babies alone.
COURTNEY LOVE DEBUTS NEW SONGS
Courtney Love debuted some new music off her upcoming album, Nobody’s Daughter, at a gig in London on Monday night. New songs included “Never Go Hungry Again,” “Pacific Coast Highway” and the title track. She also played Hole tracks, “Doll Parts” and “Celebrity Skin.” Love worked with former 4 Non Blondes singer Linda Perry on Nobody’s Daughter. A release date has not yet been set.
BONO TELLS MTV STAFF TO PUT A BULLET IN ITS COLLECTIVE HEAD
Bono was the surprise guest at an all-hands-on-deck meeting for the staff of MTV Networks yesterday, where he told them in order to stay with the times they needed to “put a bullet” in their collective “head.” He was speaking metaphorically, of course. He explained that the only reason U2 has remained successful is because of their willingness to kill off current versions of the band in favor of re-invention. He told the two-thousand person, capacity crowd at New York’s Nokia Theatre, “Imagine if there was no MTV now: What would it be tomorrow?” Highlights of his appearance included spot-on imitations of Bill Clinton’s American accent, referring to his conversation with George Bush as a “row” and responding to the question of one breathy female MTV staffer by saying, “You have an amazing voice.” He ended with the recommendation to MTV exec Van Toffler that staffers be allowed to give performance reviews to their superiors.
FORMER ALICE COOPER BAND GUITARIST HAD HEART ATTACK
According to Blabbermouth.net, Alice Cooper’s former Alice Cooper Band guitarist Dick Wagner recently suffered a very serious heart attack. Dick Wagner’s business partner Suzy Michelson told reporters that, Wagner “has been in ICU all week on life support, but I am very relieved to tell you he is finally coming back to us! As of today, we expect Dick to fully recover. Dick is not only a brilliant songwriter and phenomenal guitar player, but also a very special and beautiful man. If you want to send Dick a message you can do it via his web site or MySpace page and they will be passed on.”
GREAT WHITE GOES ON TOUR
Great White’s new release, Back to Rhythm, is set to hit stores July 17th, 2006. The album will be a mixture of new tunes and classic hits and its release will also mark the band’s 25th anniversary. In honor of the 25 years and the new album, Great White is hitting the road. Fans can next catch the band in Oklahoma City on Friday. Check out Mistabone.com for more details.
Posted on Wednesday, July 11th @ 10:04 am.
JACK Links
- Friday, June 8th, 2007 -
A Few Sites to Occupy Your Spare Time
Check out JACK’s links on the right side of the page after reading JACK’s Blog. We’ve been having a ton of fun searching the internet. You know there is nothing better, other than listening to JACK. We did, however, learn something in Kindergarten… how to share. So for your searching pleasure we’re providing you with links to some of the sites we’ve had fun with.
If you find a website or two like ours that you’ve had fun with and would like to share send it our way and we may even post it.
Posted on Friday, June 8th @ 2:38 pm.
This Week’s Music News
- Monday, May 14th, 2007 -
Celeb Babies and a Simpson tribute… No, not O.J.
SHERYL CROW adopted a baby boy over the weekend
. . . so another celeb baby to add to the list!
Ozzy Osbourne, Genesis, Heart and ZZ Top were honored Saturday night for their contributions to music. The ceremony, hosted by Bam Margera, was taped at The Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Nickelback performed to pay tribute to ZZ Top. Billy Bob Thornton introduced the band from Texas who performed a few of their own tunes. Cameron Diaz spoke about Heart’s place in her heart and country singer Gretchen Wilson belted out a Heart tune backed by Alice in Chains with Nancy Wilson joining them on guitar. Ann and Nancy Wilson then took the stage together to play a few Heart songs. Robin Williams entertained the crowd and introduced Genesis, who were tributed by another band from England, Keane. Queens of the Stone Age saluted Ozzy Osbourne by playing one of his tunes. Jada Pinkett Smith described Ozzy’s impact on music and illusionist Criss Angel recreated an infamous moment in Ozzy’s career. The duo introduced Ozzy, who performed to wrap up the show.Meanwhile backstage, each of the bands were escorted from the stage after their performance to a press area back stage where they were presented with a Super Bowl sized ring, to commemorate their Rock Honor.
PINK FLOYD MEMBERS APPEAR AT BARRETT TRIBUTE, BUT NOT TOGETHER.
The surviving members of Pink Floyd appeared at a tribute for the late Roger “Syd” Barrett on Thursday. Billboard.com reports that David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Rick Wright performed the group’s first hit, “Arnold Layne;” the song is also one of Barrett’s best-known tunes. Roger Waters, who is apparently still feuding with Gilmour, performed a solo version of his own song, “Flickering Flame.” According to the BBC, Waters and Gilmour were not photographed together, and Waters was not onstage for the finale, which also included Gorillaz man Damon Albarn, Chrissie Hynde and more. The concert was held in honor of Barrett, who died last year from complications related to diabetes.
STING AND TRUDIE WRONGLY FIRED CHEF.
Sting and Trudie Styler owe a chef some cash. According to the Associated Press, an employment tribunal in Southern England ruled that the singer and his wife were in the wrong when they fired Jane Martin. The chef had cooked food for the couple and their guests for eight years, and claimed that Styler made her work long hours and got upset when she took time off for illness after she got pregnant. She left the job in 2006 for disputed reasons. The tribunal determined that Martin was unlawfully dismissed and was a victim of sexual discrimination. The judgment also read that while Styler tried to distance herself from the acts, her involvement was clear. The actress released a statement that said, “I am devastated that the tribunal’s judgment makes this unjust and unfair attack on Sting and me… Jane Martin was always treated well and generously as an employee, and we remain stunned at her actions and at the verdict of the tribunal.” Sting and Styler will appeal the ruling. Martin is to receive compensation, the sum of which will be determined at June 8th hearing.
LAST YEAR OF OZZFEST?
This year’s Ozzfest kicks off on July 12th in Seattle, but will it mark the end of the annual tour? In an interview with Guitar World magazine, Ozzy addressed the festival saying, “At my age, I don’t know how many more of these tours I have left in me. This could be the last one. It’s a hell of a lot of responsibility for me. If I get sick or if my voice gets blown out or whatever the f*** happens, and I can’t make a show, the audience gets pretty f***ing mad.” Regardless of his age, Ozzy is still going on. His new album, Black Rain, comes out on May 22nd.
SIMPSONS DISCUSS GREEN DAY!
We reported a while back that Green Day would appear in the upcoming Simpsons movie, but no one from the actual film or Green Day had commented on the cameo till now. At a party in L-A this week, Simpsons creator Matt Groening told MTV News that yes, the threesome appear in the film, in animated form, of course. He spoke about them saying, “They’re really good sports and I think we both honor them and ‘Simpson’-ize them. You can take that however you want. They’re really nice guys.” What else can we expect? Well, Matt revealed that the whole crowd turns on them in the scene, including everyone’s favorite pub owner “Moe.” You can see it all for yourself when The Simpsons Movie comes out on July 27th.
BANDS ROCK IDOL!
If over 30-million people watch American Idol each week, then there’s gotta be some aspiring bands who are fans of the show, right? Well, the people at Idol have broadened their horizons and are launching a new show tentatively titled The Search for the Next Great American Band. You can submit demo tapes to the people at American Idol right now. Bands of all ages and genres are encouraged.
Posted on Monday, May 14th @ 3:23 pm.
Hand Model
- Thursday, February 15th, 2007 -
Many of you wonder what our fine friend JACK looks like. Well, here’s a little known fact, . . .
JACK’s actually a hand model. The benefits of being a hand model are that people notice when you open a door, put on gloves, or scratch an itch. Historically, it is one of the least populated of all modeling vocations, but it’s growing industry as many fugly people explore new career paths. Just so you know, JACK is not one of those fuglies. You can tell by the hands, no? This is JACK’s hand doing what he loves- “Playing What We Want!” It’s all in the hands!
Posted on Thursday, February 15th @ 3:29 pm.
JACK’s Predictions for 2007
- Thursday, February 8th, 2007 -
Gazing Into the Stars -
Ok yeah, first off we are a couple of days late with our predictions for 2007 but since when have you known JACK to be punctual, accurate, or informative? We thought so, but for dung and giggles we thought, what the hey?
1. Britney Spears, in an attempt to return to normalcy, will marry the George Costanza guy from Seinfeld mistaking him for one time hubby, the other Jason Alexander.
2. Barry Bonds left bicep will explode from steroid use thusly ending his chances at starring in Over the Top 2: Electric Bugaloo with Sylvester Stallone.
3. Oprah’s Book Club will stage a hostile takeover of Congress and will decree Running with Scissors mandatory reading for 3rd Graders.
4. USU will win the NCAA football national championship and celebrate by lining up on State Street in Salt Lake while sticking their tongues out screaming, neener neener neener to the both schools down South.
5. Jessica Simpson, Dr. Phil, Rush Limbaugh, and Taylor Hicks will all be abducted by aliens, never to return to Earth. (Oh sorry, that was our Holiday Wish List)
6. Surprisingly enough Gary Coleman will be the one to officially bring sexy back.
7. The REAL Salt Lake deal will rise from the ashes of this past season like a phoenix and will finish next year much improved at 4-12.
8. Celebrity deaths in 2007? We’ll take Harry Potter, Bea Arthur, and Andy Griffith.
9. Rhode Island, the Dakotas, and Mississippi will all be kicked out of the United States of America for not being able to offer anything at all.
And lastly . . . .
10. JACK FM will continue to playing what we want!
Posted on Thursday, February 8th @ 12:00 pm.
JACK’s Horror-scopes
- Thursday, February 1st, 2007 -
What’s your fortune?
What might the future hold?
Here’s a look at this month’s Horror-scopes!
Aquarius:
In case you haven’t noticed, this planet, this country, and especially this area, is a little wacky and might need some straightening out. Lucky for you there are already celebrity Aquarius in place that have set a precedent for you. Oprah, Abraham Lincoln, MacGyver, Thomas Edison and Magnum PI are all Aquarius and are great role models for the rest of you. Pick one and emulate the hell out of them. Be careful if you choose MacGyver because that guy was a trained professional.
Aries:
You remember how cool Garbage Pail Kids were? relive you inner childhood this week. Eat Kix, shun vegetables, play doctor. eat plenty of refined sugar.
Cancer:
Everybody is looking to you to be a leader. That may include leading them to the buffet.
Sagittarius:
Your increase in dancing is directly related to the laughter that gets directed at you. but keep doing it. Zeus is happy. Your power food is Chili Cheese Dogs.
Leo:
King/Queen of the jungle the Leo is. Talking like Yoda the Horrorscope is. Try it yourself you should. Lazy banana’s plantains are your power food.
Scorpio:
You really, really, really shouldn’t be a jerk. One day you will get old and will need somebody to empty that bedpan. Balance your meats, cheeses, cheeses wrapped in meats and meats wrapped in cheeses.
Libra:
Stay with that diet. Soon you’ll be able to prove your gender again. Keep eating celery and food that falls out of your ever shrinking fat folds.
Gemini:
You ain’t got no alibi and we’re not talking about Saturday night. You UGLY!!! It’s ok, this is Utah. Power food? Sparkling Cider.
Capricorn:
Ryan Seacrest is a Capricorn. Now do you still feel special? Didn’t think so. Eat whatever you want, you’re dead to us.
Pisces:
Continue your torture of Scorpio’s. This week try getting to repeat everything they say like you can’t hear them. Repeat this ad nauseum. Eat whatever the special of the day is but ask 11 times.
Virgo:
OK, the chest hair experiment didn’t work, did it? Look into all forms of fungal creams this week. Ladies, beware of men wearing gold chains. Power food this week is chocolate covered insects. Just do it.
Taurus:
When are you going to actually do something? No seriously, off your butt now and get to work on that novel. Drink plenty of Red Bull.
Posted on Thursday, February 1st @ 12:00 pm.