By now, everyone has heard about the single vehicle car accident that Tiger Woods was involved in earlier this week. I’m not going to speculate on exactly what happened that night or on the events that may have led up to this incident.
This is part of the statement that Tiger Woods wrote today on his website:
“This situation is my fault, and it’s obviously embarrassing to my family and me. I’m human and I’m not perfect. I will certainly make sure this doesn’t happen again.
This is a private matter and I want to keep it that way. Although I understand there is curiosity, the many false, unfounded and malicious rumors that are currently circulating about my family and me are irresponsible.
The only person responsible for the accident is me. My wife, Elin, acted courageously when she saw I was hurt and in trouble. She was the first person to help me. Any other assertion is absolutely false.”
Here’s where I have a problem:
Woods claims this is a private matter. Well it became a public matter the moment got behind the wheel of his Escalade at 2:30 in the morning to go for a little scenic cruise on public roadways.
For the 3rd straight day, Woods cancelled a meeting with Florida state troopers to discuss the accident. If he really wants to take responsibility for his actions that night, then Woods should not be brushing off the police like he deserves preferential treatment. If this was an average Joe (ex. Me!), the cops would be demanding answers. And if I didn’t cooperate, I would fully expect to be hauled down to the station.
Yes, we are human and we all make mistakes. But Tiger Woods – like everyone else – still needs to be accountable. Instead, he is classless, arrogant and believes he is above the law.
Alice In Chains Unplugged from 1996 is likely my favourite from the MTV Unplugged series. Their music is perfect for this setting. Alice In Chains is back with a new vocalist in William DuVall, a new album titled Black Gives Way To Blue and another outstanding acoustic performance. AIC recently dropped by Yahoo! studio. Here are 3 tunes and an interview from that session.
Check My Brain:
Black Gives Way To Blue:
Your Decision:
Interview:
(Unfortunately the source embed code will not allow for these videos to be viewed outside of the United States – bastards! – thus I had to use Vodpod. This results in videos that autostart. Sorry! The clips may also be watched at Yahoo!)
Time-lapse video of Pearl Jam created by Jonathan H. Jackson from photographs he took every 6 seconds from 9:09AM – 11:29PM. Apparently over 10,000 images were taken of this Austin City Limits performance which was taped on October 3rd, 2009!
Watch the full performance at the Austin City Limits website. Or click here for more info, photos and video about this episode.
Dave Schultz won 2 Stanley Cups with the Flyers (1974 & 1975) and still holds the NHL record for most penalty minutes in a single season at 472 (1974-1975).
Schultz was in Vancouver on November 21, 2008 to honour the Vancouver Millionaires, who brought the Stanley Cup to the west coast in 1915.
This Rockpalast performance from 1980 is now available on DVD courtesy of Eagle Rock Entertainment.
“For years, this performance has been one of the only professionally shot ZZ Top performances available in trading circles. Captured on the Deguello tour in Germany, the mighty Top kicks out a set featuring all of the tracks from that album minus one, layered with all of the choice cuts from the six albums that came prior to Deguello.”
“On the soundtrack to the new Flip Skateboards film, Extremely Sorry, created by the producer, Baron, and released digitally this past Tuesday.
The collaboration came as a result of the film’s director and star, Geoff Rowley, who is massive fan of Motörhead (Rowley is in the forthcoming Lemmy movie) and who is also especially fond of Lemmy’s work in THE HEAD CAT and their 2006 release, Fool’s Paradise (an album comprised entirely of covers), asked Lemmy if he would lend his vocals to Baron’s instrumental re-imagining of ‘Stand By Me’. Lemmy graciously accepted.”
Rowley later interviewed Lemmy at the Rainbow Room in Hollywood for a feature in the November 2009 issue of the monthly skateboarding Bible, Thrasher Magazine.
Playing With Dolls is a 12-part nightmare that “breathes corrupt life into Slayer’s latest syllabus of stalkers, psychopaths and serial killers, following the gruesome outbursts of a nameless protagonist.” The video will be The band says that after this weekend, it will be removed and only available in the Limited Edition CD+DVD “World Painted Blood” package, which hits stores this Tuesday, November 3rd. Read more about the video at Blurt Magazine.
