Stormy Mondays

Edit Huffington Post 14 Apr 2016
What's your favorite song to belt out in the car or the shower? ... Or whatever comes up on the car audio! ... The jewel of the crown is a Teye "La Perla" ... incredible luthier that makes the most beautiful sounding, and. over-the-top looking guitars ... and all the sounds in between, and the top is finished in real mother of ... What musicians influenced you the most? ... Amitri, The Waterboys to name but a few ... The gig at Woodstock '99 was quite epic ... The....

Album reviews: Frightened Rabbit | Mull Historical Society | Alun Woodward

Edit Scotsman 09 Apr 2016
Plus, the latest pop, classical and jazz releases reviewed ... Album centrepiece The Ballad Of Ivor Punch, inspired by the title character from his debut novel The Letters of Ivor Punch, and the wide-eyed, widescreen closing track Farewell to Finisterre, with its shades of The Waterboys' Whole of the Moon, are easily the most accomplished moments here, both highlighting MacIntyre's yarn-spinning skills....

Van Morrison and Will Young sign up for open-air shows

Edit Scotsman 29 Mar 2016
Steve Earle, The Waterboys, Alison Moyet, Squeeze, King Creosote, Glasvegas and Roddy Frame have performed at the bandstand since its £2 million overhaul ... Tickets for all the Kelvingrove Summer Nights shows go on sale on Friday....

Make mascots great again! Vote now for Cozmo in the final four of the MLS Mascot Mania bracket! (Los Angeles Galaxy)

Edit Public Technologies 28 Mar 2016
Just when fans thought there could be no more madness in March, LA Galaxy Mascot Cozmo completed a comeback for the ages in the MLS Mascot Mania bracket. Pitted against former Colorado Rapids waterboy ... Shocked, Cozmo was left eyes and mouth wide-open at the results....

Lions calmly deal with absence of boss Braley

Edit Canada Dot Com 26 Mar 2016
To their credit, B.C. Lions execs Wally Buono and George Chayka kept their cool through some early-morning drama during Thursday’s Waterboys breakfast that drew a sold-out assembly of corporate supporters at the Vancouver Convention Centre ... ....

Gig review: Ellie Goulding, SSE Hydro, Glasgow

Edit Scotsman 26 Mar 2016
Goulding's breathy, girly voice is strictly featherweight, suited to the coffee house not the arena. She appeared most comfortable behind her guitar performing doe-eyed confessional material such as Devotion or delivering her weedy John Lewis covers of The Waterboys' How Long Will I Love You? and Elton John's Your Song....

Rhiannon Giddens review: Brilliant American music without borders

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 22 Mar 2016
Here are all the things that aren't to be found in a Rhiannon Giddens show ... Or how a version of Hank Cochran's She's Got You, that let Giddens scale soul stairs Patsy Cline never tried, while slide guitar coloured the space around her blue, was cosmically paired with a take on Waterboy that smacked hard on each bar while Giddens channelled Odetta's power and depth....

Iona’s X-factor is a grandma’s boy who learned from spotty past

Edit New York Post 16 Mar 2016
He saw a young kid with the size and athletic gifts that could lead to a future in basketball. But there was a roadblock standing in the way. “I always called him ‘The Waterboy,’” joked Tutt, a family friend and one of Washington’s youth coaches, referring to the Adam Sandler movie ... The South Jamaica, Queens native often toyed with the idea of transferring to a city powerhouse, but never did ... The incident, he thought, was an anomaly....

Henry Winkler, writing partner seek to provide happier days for dyslexic children

Edit The Oklahoman 13 Mar 2016
For those who grew up watching "Happy Days," Henry Winkler's name forever will conjure up Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli, a motorcycle-riding master of cool who went from a bit character to the series' biggest star ... a neurotic nice guy who somehow becomes a pimp in "Night Shift," a gentle and compassionate school principal in "Scream," a hapless football coach in "The Waterboy," etc ... The Movie." ... We make the pilot ... Here's the thing....

High Fives: Cornering the market

Edit Yahoo Daily News 03 Mar 2016
With that in mind, Brandon Funston, Scott Pianowski and Dalton Del Don continue a High Fives diamond tour with a closer look at the corner infield positions ... 2. Chris Davis, Bal - Been a monster in three of four years, and the one off-season came with obvious excuse  ... Will be hitting in the middle of a loaded Nationals lineup ... The Waterboy - Now this is terrible, right?  4....

Pierre Perrone: Writer who was respected by the stars he interviewed and who wrote many ...

Edit The Independent 01 Mar 2016
The journalist Pierre Perrone, who has died of cancer at the age of 58, could turn his hand to a variety of cultural subjects with an engaging and highly readable mixture of flair and erudition. But his overwhelming passion was pop and rock music, subjects about which his knowledge went beyond the encyclopaedic and into the realms of obsession. Reviewing gigs, he would be as immersed in the music as the artists....

Lions’ president, CEO Dennis Skulsky to move to Vice Chairman role (CFL - Canadian Football ...

Edit Public Technologies 29 Feb 2016
VANCOUVER - The BC Lions announced Monday that Dennis Skulsky will be relinquishing his duties as President and CEO of the club effective April 1, 2016 and move into a new role as Vice Chairman ... 'He has led the Lions with incredible enthusiasm and expertise and I am very proud to have had him part of this great franchise since his days as a founding member of the Waterboys in 2003, in addition to his time as president....

Review: Outdoor Tech Safe 5 Waterproof iPhone Case

Edit About.com 21 Feb 2016
Outdoor Tech’s Safe 5 provides IPX7 waterproof capabilities for the iPhone at a low cost.  Image © Outdoor Tech ... I don’t know what it is, by the way, but anytime I complain about this and having to review video games, I get no sympathy whatsoever from the people I talk to ... A closer look, however, reveals that the case is designed to protect your precious phone from that high-quality H2O that the Waterboy loves so much....
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