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The Fighter Loved the film, although, like many, I'm not sure why Mickey's trio of fights with Arturo Gotti was not at least covered in the prologue. Still, great film.

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Here are a few examples of what the Time Warp releases look like:

I picked up Legion - S/T last week, and am really enjoying it. Not a lot of fanfare surrounding its release late last year, but it's a damn solid hard rock release IMO. Phil Vincent's vocals are solid as usual, and Vince O'regan does some very "Lynch-ish" guitar playing at times. Check 'em out: http://www.heavyharmonies.com/cgi-bin/glamcd.cgi?BandNum=5766&CDName=Legion http://www.nehrecords.com/shop/LegionLegion.htm

Picked this one up from NEH Records last week, and I must say, this is one excellent re-issue. Digitally remastered, three bonus tracks, lyrics to all songs included in the booklet, and the fact that this was already a great little indie release back in the day make this a must have for melodic hard rock lovers. *I do wonder why the proposed re-issue via AOR-FM never happened? What spurred the band to eventually re-issue through Schmankerl Records I wonder? Mike

Awesome news! http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/03/24/its-official-fringe-renewed/86988 Great news for Fringe fans: Fox has renewed Fringe for a fourth season with a full season order of 22 episodes. You will not have to gut out the white knuckle ride until May!

This toy certainly gives new meaning to <ahem> "giving someone the finger"... I'll bet this one was popular with the young ladies..

RAWWWWWWWK!

Gary Moore - Out in the Fields ~ The Very Best of D.A.D - Riskin' It All

I always wanted a sequel too... I think they should have done "Bang Tango and Cash"! The story of a rock band who are framed for the murder of a drunken groupie and must get Kurt Russell to help them figure out what really happened during that drunken orgy of drugs, sex, and violence!

Whew.... thought I'd be slagged mercilessly for even posting this... lol. I've liked the Darkness since the first time I heard them back in '03 (I thought OWTTHAB was the stronger of their 2 albums), and I also enjoyed the output from the follow-up bands Hot Leg (Red Light Fever sounds like a natural follow-up to Permission To Land) and Stone Gods (Burn the Witch and You Brought a Knife to Gunfight are EXCELLENT). I'm looking forward to hearing what they come up with for a third outing.

The Darkness return to the light http://www.thesun.co...-the-light.html JUSTIN HAWKINS is dusting off his spandex catsuits to reform rockers THE DARKNESS. The falsetto-loving Lord, 35, has patched up his bitter differences with brother DAN in advance of the quartet's return. The surprise reunion was confirmed by the launch of a new website http://www.theactualdarkness.com No official statement has been released, but original group members ED GRAHAM and FRANKIE POULLAIN are also believed to have signed up. A third album is now on the cards as well as a number of festival dates. Justin quit the band in 2006 after catastrophic problems with drugs and alcohol. His departure sparked a rift with lead guitarist and sibling Dan. In an exclusive interview with The Sun at the time he opened up about the extent of his cocaine battle. He said: "I feel bad for the others, but I can't do it any more. "I hit absolute rock bottom. I spent over £150,000 on cocaine in three years - a frightening amount. I was consuming up to five grams a day which cost me £1,000 a week, sometimes more. "I regularly used to stay up for four days at a time on coke and alcohol binges. "I became secretive, volatile and verbally abusive, a really unpleasant person to be around. There were lots of periods I don't even remember, blackouts." Dan, 34, and his remaining Darkness bandmates soon got cracking on new band Stone Gods. Two years later Justin formed Hot Leg. The Darkness are best known for their 2003 hit single I Believe In A Thing Called Love - taken from No1 selling debut album Permission to Land. They scooped Best Rock Act at the 2004 Brit Awards, before releasing follow-up One Way Ticket to Hell ... And Back. The title seems quite apt now. --------------------------------------------- As promised… following a 5 year hiatus, The Darkness will make their return to the world stage on Friday 10th June 2011 at Donington Park where the band will keep the main stage warm for Def Leppard at this year's Download Festival. Prior to this event, The Darkness will be locked in an East Anglian studio working on tracks that will in time become the band's third album. For the avoidance of doubt, The Darkness is : Justin Hawkins, Dan Hawkins, Frankie Poullain, Ed Graham. More news shall no doubt be forthcoming before too long. In the meantime, tickets for Download and further information can be found at : http://www.downloadf...val.co.uk/2011/

Two new songs from Funny Money Live 02-19-11 When Love Plays Dead Die Hard Really digging "Die Hard"

I actually like "Just War Theory"; unfortunately, I can't say the same of the majority of the other samples: http://www.melodicro.../hurtsmile.html "Jesus Would You Meet Me" has that "Hole Hearted" acoustic thang going on, which I dig, but I can't really get excited about any others. I'll be passing on this one.

Well, upon a little more investigation, it appears as if the "Touch" credited for performing "The Sweetest Victory" bears no relation to the Mark Mangold Touch. Evidently, there was no band named Touch, they just used that name on the soundtrack credits. Anyway, it doesn't sound at all like the Marq Torien of the Bulletboys to me. If it's him, he started out with a lot more vocal prowess than he exhibits these days. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here's an interview with song writer Duane Hastings; he's asked about the "Touch" project for the movie, but doesn't really answer crap: http://www.rockunited.com/hitchings.htm You also co-wrote the excellent "The Sweetest Victory" from the Rocky IV soundtrack. What can you tell us about the "Touch" project, there wasn't any real band behind this moniker, right? Were you ever involved in anything more than providing the song for the soundtrack? Duane: NOPE!! I meant Sly – we where in the recording studio together for the movie. Great guy ! Little guy but I would not want to mess with him ! Did you know about the other TOUCH from the states? They had a minor hit in 1980 with "Don't You Know What Love Is" and featured Mark Mangold on keys. Duane: THOSE THIEVES – WHERE IS MY ATTORNEY!! Jake Hooker and I will sue the son of a guns !!! Wait a minute ----- I did not know that -- thanks Wally. LOL ! ---------------------- Seems this question has been kicking around on the 'net for years now.... interesting.

Most definitely NOT Marq Torien of the Bulletboys. The song "The Sweetest Victory" is credited to Touch over on the main site: http://www.heavyharm...CDName=Rocky+IV

LOL... indeed it is! "You know what SOBER stands for? It stands for Son Of a Bitch, Everything's Real!" Gary Busey

I just wanted to send a shout out to the following fine folks for some great trades over the last couple of months! relivinthe80s (Lawrence) hansr (Hans) Jez exact3 (Alex) martinsane (Terry) Thanks guys; you all seriously RAWK! Hope to do some more trading in the not too distant future. Mike

The new cover art: a little more eye catching than...

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