- The revolving door turns once more for Canadian
faux-glam rockers The Darkness. Justin Hawkins and Co. have had a hard time
keeping a drummer behind the high hats in recent months after founding member
Ed Graham left at the end of 2014. The band hired Emily Davies a couple months
later, but she exited stage left after less than two months and now, The
Darkness are hoping that the offspring of an iconic glam rock band will be the
answer for their success going forward. The Darkness have hired Rufus Taylor, son
of Queen's Roger Taylor, as their new drummer. Guitarist Dan Hawkins confirmed
that Taylor will join them for upcoming live dates. "We already have
someone, and we actually played our first show with him last night,” Hawkins
said. “The drummist will be known as Rufus Taylor, son of Roger Taylor."
Rufus Taylor previously played with the band at a London release party for
their upcoming album, 'Last Of Our Kind,' which dropped on April 24. To tease
their new drumming hire, frontman Justin Hawkins uploaded a clip of Taylor rehearsing
with the band to Instagram. If he can stick for at least three months, Taylor
will definitely surpass what Davies brought to the table and given the
outlandish glam rock image the band have sought to craft for themselves, all he
needs to do is be willing to show up for work on a daily basis while dressed in
a lot of spandex and with his hair teased as much as humanly possible. They’ll
never be the modern Canadian twist on Queen, but some stability on the cymbals
would be a nice change given the way the past year has gone…….
- Sometimes, heroes are humble men known only by their first
name and with both dirt under their fingernails and few euros in their bank
account – assuming farmers in remote southern regions of Spain even need or
have ban accounts. Meet Manuel, a Seville farmer who has been described as a hero for
his role in the rescue of the two survivors after a military plane crashed, killing four of the six Spanish
crew members. Manuel spoke with Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy in the Andalusian
capital in the aftermath of his heroics, which saw him hurry to the Airbus
A400M military airlift after it plummeted headlong into a field, bursting into flames.
Manuel and two other volunteers spotted two crew members who had suffered
serious injuries and helped the two pilots – one of whom was described as
semi-conscious after the crash – escape from the wreckage through the plane’s
smashed windows. In the process, one of the rescuers reportedly suffered minor
burns and Manuel’s actions prompted the grandstanding politician to post a
Twitter photo of himself with the farmer tagged with the caption: “Talking to
Manuel, the farmer who saved the two wounded from the A400M in Seville. A hero
for us all.” The two men pulled from the wreckage were described by Seville
hospital authorities as being stable but in a serious condition, one with serious
head injuries, burns and multiple fractures; the other with wounds to his upper
body and abdomen. All six crew members were military pilots before they had
started working for Airbus Defense and Space, but Airbus has so far refused to comment
on the cause of the accident. Someone probably should in the demise of the
A400M, a massive cargo plane the company said was “designed to be the most
reliable airlift ever.” Communications between the pilots and the control tower
at San Pablo Airport revealed problems from the early moments of the flight and
three minutes in, the pilot asked for permission to return to the airport and
land. Moments later came the final communication received from the cockpit: “We
aren’t going to make the runway.” Two minutes later, the plane struck the
ground around one mile north of Seville’s airport and at that point, Manuel and
friends sprung into action………
- Add this to the list of reasons to fake-fight in a
baseball game. We all knew that throwing behind the opposition’s best hitter,
throwing a a pitch at someone’s head and taking too long to admire the home run
you just blasted into the second deck in right field were all reasons for the
benches and bullpens to empty and fill the field with fake tough guys looking
to act tough without having to throw any actual punches. What we may not have
known prior to this weekend’s series between the Texas Rangers and Tampa Bay Rays is that we
found out that an infielder apparently blocking a running from sliding back
into a base on a pickoff attempt is also a reason to pretend that you want to
brawl. That’s what happened in the fourth inning when Tampa Bay's Asdrubal
Cabrera made a headfirst dive back to the bag and Texas second baseman Adam
Rosales appeared to block him. It looked like Rosales' elbow might have made
contact with Cabrera and when a rankled Cabrera used his forearm to push away
Rosales, the benches and bullpens emptied. The incident also resulted in a
manager's replay challenge, but the rage cooled as quickly as it heated up and
Cabrera and Rosales were seen chatting amicably before played resumed.
"Obviously I don't want to inflict pain on anybody," Rosales said.
"I let him know it was not my intention to hurt him." Still, Texas
challenged the safe call, which was confirmed after 3½ minutes. "I trust
our video people, and they felt that somewhere in there he was off the bag and
we made the tag," Rangers manager Jeff Banister said. "[Umpire] Dana
[Demuth] explained the tag might have been applied after timeout had been
called." Rays manager Kevin Cash termed it “an awkward play,” but it’s
further proof that the secret code by which baseball players live and operate
on the field has nuances and caveats that literally no one fully understands or
knows by heart. Stay ridiculous, baseball……..
- There are
two rules for a senior prank: 1) Make it epic and 2) Don’t get caught. Four
forward thinkers in Springfield, Ohio got the first of those rules down, but
they didn’t do so well on the second one and as a results, they were arrested
and charged with felonies after damaging 24 school buses as part of
an attempt to make a name for themselves in the Northwestern Local School
District and throughout Clark County. According to Clark County sheriff's
officials, a quartet of seniors removed valve stems from tires on buses used by
the district and as proof that their prank achieved its desired purpose, the
vandalism forced school officials to cancel all classes in the 2,000-student
district. The prime suspects in the crime are Taylor Monroe, Stewart Parrott,
Anthony Esposito and Justin Weekly, all of whom are charged with vandalism and
disrupting public service. According to the sheriff’s office, the students also
left behind a message written in chalk that read: "You have been pranked
by seniors 2015" and "To have school or to not have school?"
Rather than appreciate the fact that these guys had clearly been paying
attention during the Shakespeare curriculum in their senior English class, the
district and the law chose to focus on the fact that repairs to the buses will cost
thousands of dollars. “I’m disappointed in the students,” district
superintendent Tony Orr said. “We expect our students to use better judgment.
But in this case, they did not.” Find, T., but whatever happened to laughing
off young stupidity? "They’re going to have to pay for it,” Orr said,
adding that the students caused "some real damage." He said students
might have to make up the canceled day, but graduation will not be
affected. And yet, such rage against those (allegedly) responsible……..
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