So last night on the winter X games they had this cool new event with snowmobiles where they had a speed course and then a style course. They do 3 tricks off a ramp and then they get a score and then they get a speed score based on how fast they do it. Both scores get added and who ever has the most points advances. That was so fun to watch. Then they also had the finals of the men skiing the superpipe that was really fun to watch also, some amazing action. It will be on all weekend. Now for you hockey fans I'm sure you all know that Saturday and Sunday is All Star Weekend. Some of those skills contests are kinda cool, but often I mis them. I'm not sure if I will be able to watch all of this or if there will be conflict. I all ready Have a little bit of a conflict with the Royal Rumble and the X games maybe I'll get the Rumble and tape the sports, I can't remember what I did last year. There are also two movies I would like to see but we shall see I can all ways wait till next week for "Rambo" (not sure if it is a remake or story continues I'm guessing remake) and "Meet the Spartans" (looks funny). The bandits play in Philly on Saturday night, not that I would travel there but it could be fun. I just wanted to ad that there are ways to also watch all allot of those sports online and in some cases it is extra tuna for those really into there sports.

I first heard about this on The Edge and they had different reports from different places like Wikipedia and TMZ and now the below report is from yahoo's page. I'm sure this may change and more info will come to light. I have seen him in a couple movies I forget what it was called but he was in that movie with Julia Stiles and I think he sings to her on the bleachers that was pretty good. Then of course they make a mockery of that is "not another teen movie". In any event it is very young to die. To bad the people taking care of him didn't pay more attention to him and watch out for him more.

NEW YORK - Heath Ledger was found dead Tuesday at a downtown Manhattan apartment, and police said drugs may have been a factor. The Australian-born actor was 28. Ledger had an appointment for a massage at the residence in the tony SoHo neighborhood, NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said. A housekeeper who went to let him know the massage therapist had arrived found him dead at 3:26 p.m.

A large crowd of paparazzi and gawkers began gathering Tuesday evening outside the building on an upscale block, where several police officers guarded the door.

Ledger was nominated for an Oscar for "Brokeback Mountain," where he met Michelle Williams in 2005. The two lived together in Brooklyn and had a daughter, Matilda, until they split up last year.

Ledger most recently appeared in "I'm Not There," in which he played one of the many incarnations of Bob Dylan ƒƒ‚‚ as did Cate Blanchett, whose performance in that film earned an Oscar nomination Tuesday for best supporting actress.

Ledger was to appear as the Joker this year in "The Dark Night," a sequel to 2005's "Batman Begins." He's had starring roles in "A Knight's Tale" and "The Patriot," and played the suicidal son of Billy Bob Thornton in "Monster's Ball."

Ledger grew up in Perth, and began doing amateur theater at age 10. At 16, he moved to Sydney to pursue an acting career, quickly landing TV movie roles and guest spots on Australian television.

After several independent films and a starring role in the short-lived Fox TV series "Roar," Ledger moved to Los Angeles and costarred in "10 Things I Hate About You," a teen comedy reworking of "The Taming of the Shrew."

Offers for other teen flicks came his way, but Ledger turned them down, preferring to remain idle than sign on for projects he didn't like.

"It wasn't a hard decision for me," Ledger told the Associated Press in 2001. "It was hard for everyone else around me to understand. Agents were like, 'You're crazy,' my parents were like, 'Come on, you have to eat.'"

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Associated Press Sara Kugler contributed to this report.

I can't believe I forgot to post about this yesterday. On Saturday I went to the Bandits game Vs. New York Titans . I had a good time and thought it was a great game and in the end the Bandits won an exciting game. John Tavares (not sure if that is correct) tied and then broke the all time goal record and has 597 goals. I put up some random pictures at random. If you want to see all the them they should be on my webshots page by some time on Tuesday and hopefully tonight. Afterwards I did go to the Boom Bash at the tralf and had a great time that was fun to. In terms of those of you sports fans who say what is there to watch this weekend, there are allways sports on and starting Thursday the winter X games start or at least on TV sometimes at expn.com you can watch stuff on line.











































Oh yeah I forgot to mention that I have to admit I like the Titan's jerseys with the out line of NYC and then they still have the titan mask on them, I think Last years was just the mask and I liked them last years also. Indoor lacrosse is so fun to watch it really is. Plus you have the Bandettes and the fun intro at the beginning of the game.

I admit that I liked Cloverfield a lot. It was what I expected mostly. The best way to sum it up with out giving away anything is to picture Godzilla or Some Alien Invasion movie. But the entire movie is filmed from some one with a camcorder (yes there is a foot shot). To call it Blair Witch like is also a good way to say it, but it isn't as grainy and there is action and it is full color. I also liked the music on the end credits. Before the movie I saw a few previews for a few movies that look really good "Iron Man" and "Hell boy 2" look really good. The one I need to look into is there is a new Star trek movie in the works. The intrigue is that Nimoy is the one that is doing the talking. I don't know if he is just doing that to get the Buzz going, if he will guest star as spock, or if they are going back to the original crew or what is going to happen, that I'll have to look up.

For the last couple of days I was going to talk a little bit about how different people live there lives differently and why but I didn't have enough really to get into it. But then today I saw in the Buffalo news that New World Record is going to close. I think a good part of the article and the part that I find interesting is how the rent on Elmwood was so high and how tough it is for indie record stores what is below I didn't write it is a blog from there myspace page, I take no credit for it and admit I'm borrowing it. I hope the elmwood area learns something from this and gets better and doesn't drive out buisness anymore

Friday, January 18, 2008
    

Going Out In Style

Hello Friends -

You may already have heard, but just in case you haven't, it is with sadness that we tell you that we have decided to close New World Record. We've started a store closing sale, and we'll be wrapping things up over the next 2-3 months. We expect to really and truly close some time in March or April. In case you haven't seen the article in today's Buffalo News, it's here (http://www.buffalonews.com/cityregion/story/254603.html).

We plan to make the next couple months a celebration of what has been a great experience for us. In that spirit, we are encouraging all the bands that are currently booked for the Thursday Local Showcase to go right ahead and play them, and we're getting some other stuff lined up as well. Some old friends have reached out to us about doing "thank you" instores, and we'll be keeping you posted about that.


Some more stuff you'll want to know:

• The Store Closing Sale has begun - everything in the store is 10% off, except for tickets and consigned goods.

• Cobra Starship will be playing live (and free) in the store next Thursday, January 24. You won't want to miss it. (And stick around afterwards for local lovelies A Hotel Nourishing.)

• Special Orders - there's stuff you're looking for, and sometimes you have a hard time finding it. You know we're not going to leave you high and dry - please let us know about the hard-to-find treasures you seek. If we can help you, we will.

• Club Cards - we will continue to honor club cards through February 18. (We won't be giving out any new ones, of course.)

We want to give our sincere thanks to those of you who have patronized New World over the years and who have wished us well. We love the many friends that the store made over the last 23 1/2 years, and will continue to cherish the memories of all the midnight sales, in-stores, debates, top ten lists, and surreal music conversations we have had. Also we thank the many, many staffers that have made NWR what it was, especially our current crew (Eric, Paul, Laura, Mike, Andrea, and Josh), which has seen us through more than any industry should have to go through.


We look forward to seeing you in the coming weeks.

A note to Bands & Artists:

If you have anything on consignment with us, please send an email with the name of your band, your mailing address, and all contact info (including who the payee is) to email@newworldrecord.com. That will let us know that it hasn't been abandoned. Please understand that we have literally thousands of consigned titles in the store right now, and hundreds of them are for defunct bands, or people who have left the area. It will take time to clean it all up.