WWE Smackdown hits the Gas City Arena Sunday night – Ben the Producer took a phone call from Titus O’ Neil about it this afternoon. Here’s their convo.
The Thoughts of Titus (O’Neil)
New Look at The Wolverine
There are a ton of summer blockbusters I’m looking forward to seeing—including Hugh Jackman’s “The Wolverine”
He seems to be facing a whole new set of problems–including being tormented by the ghost of Jean Grey and being targeted by a new batch of Japanese enemies.
Take a look at the latest trailer. It hits theaters July 26th.
Founding Member of The Doors Passes Away
Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist and founding member of The Doors has died at the age of 74. Manzarek died Monday surrounded by his family in Germany after a battle with cancer. Manzarek founded The Doors after meeting Jim Morrison in California. The band went on to become one of the most successful rock ‘n’ roll acts to emerge from the 1960s. The Doors sold more than 100 million albums worldwide with hits like “Riders on the Storm,” “Light My Fire,” and “Break On Through to the Other Side.”
Manzarek wrote a best selling memoir called Light My Fire: My Life with The Doors in 1998. He’s survived by his wife, Dorothy, his son Pablo, and two brothers, Rick and James.
Chester Bennington New STP Frontman
Stone Temple Pilots have hired Linkin Park’s Chester Bennington as their new vocalist. (STP recently parted ways with singer Scott Weiland) Stone Temple Pilots took the stage with Chester Bennington and peformed an 8 song set in California over the weekend.
Stone Temple Pilots members Dean DeLeo, Robert DeLeo and Eric Kretz revealed the news via their website. “Chester has a one-of-a-kind voice that we’ve admired for a long time,” writes Dean DeLeo. “We know Linkin Park will always be his priority, but we thought it would be cool to try something together. We managed to find the time to record a song and we’re all really happy with the result.”
Here’s their new track “Out of Time”
What do you think of the new STP with Bennington?
Sneak Peek at the Final Season of Dexter
We’ve seen the teaser trailers, but the guys at Showtime have finally released a full trailer for the upcoming 8th and final season of Dexter! It looks like Deb is going to be suffering a major emotional and mental breakdown.
Enjoy the 3 minute promo below
Happy Birthday Homme!
Today is Queens of the Stone Age leader Josh Homme’s 40th birthday. I’ve had 2 run-ins with him over the years. One where he told me to ditch work to come to their show that night in Edmonton. Another where I drank his last Corona backstage before he got there. We’ve been playing their new song a lot on Rock 105.3, here’s the video for “My God is the Sun”.
MHDRA 2013 Season Kicks Off
The Medicine Hat Drag Racing Association kicks off its 2013 season this weekend featuring the jet funny cars. Around 150 drivers will be taking part from Alberta, SK, BC, & the U.S.
On Friday & Saturday check out the Warhawk Jet Car with Driver Derek Snelson and
The Praire Gold Biodiesel Jet Car With Driver Kevin Therres.
We will be giving away MHDRA passes all season long on the drive home show with Trapper John.
Kiss Kultivates the Klassics
Apparently KISS has been pulling one of their lesser hits, “Shandi” out on this tour. I personally like the song, but it’s off the album that started their downfall, 1980′s “Unmasked“. Granted – they’ve been doing the song on their Australian tour (one of the only places in the world where Shandi was a hit) – so who knows if it makes it to the stage in Southern Alberta. Rock 105.3 is proud to present KISS in both Calgary and Lethbridge this July! Click Concerts above to find out how to get your tickets.
Sneak Peak at Whose Line is it Anyway?
I’m pretty stoked that Whose Line is it Anyway is making a return to TV this summer! Who doesn’t love Wayne Brady, Colin Mochrie & Ryan Styles doing classic improv??
Unfortunately, the show will not be hosted by Drew Carey, instead Aisha Tyler will take over the duties. The new series will feature a “special guest” for each episode, and will consist of ten 30-minute shows. A preview of the show aired earlier this week. Check it out:
