The guy on the receiving end of Amy Winehouse’s fury this past weekend at England’s Glastonbury Festival tells a different story than the account posted at RollingStone.com, saying the singer may have been angry about being groped. The fan says it was a case of mistaken identity brought on by someone else throwing a hat, NME reports. But he ain’t bitter about it.
Amy Winehouse did something crazy in public? No way! Well, in her defense it may have actually been an appropriate reaction to the circumstances this time, based on the official story about what led to the reaction below. Click the video, or try looking around here if that footage has been yanked already (like the first clip I posted this morning.)
“Are you here because you’re a fan of the music or because you’re doing a story,” a graying hipster asked, a hint of accusation in his voice, moments after I stepped into Hell’s Kitchen last night. So I admit it. I am something of a newbie when it comes to Flipper. And just to annoy the hipsterati even more — yes, it wasn’t until Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic joined the influential Bay Area punk band that I was encouraged to dig a little deeper and get
…Many forces conspired against finishing my Flipper podcast: Two days of fallout from that crazy “Tim McBrawl” incident; the dying battery in my laptop; the need to sleep at some point last night. But here it is, y’all – just in time to pump you up even more for the resurgent Bay Area punk band’s shows at the Funhouse in Seattle tonight and Tacoma’s Hell’s Kitchen Saturday.
Kenny Wayne Shepherd is one of the main attractions Sunday at the Rock n’ Ride benefit concert for Children’s Hospital. And I recently caught up with the popular blues rocker to talk about the evolution of his sound and some of his latest projects. Click the links below to listen. Or click here to learn more about the cause.
Clip 1: Early days, expanding his sound and stepping up to the mike
Clip 2: Working with blues legends for his "10 Days Out" project
Didn’t get as far in my audio editing as I wanted, largely because I wound up spending more time on the Tim McBrawl incident than expected. But I’ll have something from Rock N’ Ride performer Kenny Wayne Shepherd this morning and clips from my interviews with Steve DePace and Krist Novoselic from Flipper up later this afternoon. Flipper is Saturday’s main attraction at Hell’s Kitchen, in case ya didn’t know. Cheers!
As I was working on my own story about the Tim McBrawl incident, I missed an interview with a guy named Marcus who called the Fitz in the Morning show on KKWF- FM (The Wolf, 100.7) claiming to be that drunk dude that Tim McGraw nearly punched in the melon. Contrary to a statement that McGraw’s publicist issued, saying the singer spotted a man attacking a female fan up front, Marcus claimed he was the one getting roughed up.
"I was just walkin’ forward,” he said. “Next thing you know, people were shovin’ me around. If
…Big Brother is here, and he lives in fancy video phones. So of course there’s You Tube footage of last night’s near fight at White River Amphitheatre. The incident is making national news, and I’m working on a follow up story. So if you were up close and saw what happened, drop me a line at 253-274-7389 or e-mail ernest.jasmin@thenewstribune.com.
Tim McGraw returned to Puget Sound for his third show in less than two years Tuesday night at Auburn’s White River Amphitheatre. But this time he left wife Faith Hill at home (or at least she didn’t show up on stage, and reportedly wasn’t seen backstage either.) And McGraw’s set was enhanced by comparatively modest special effects, sans the Soul II Soul tour’s brilliant, LED-enhanced stage. A series of video screens provided more conventional visuals, including shots of McGraw hilariously superimposed into iconic photos of "Sanford & Son," John Wayne, the Village People
…Here’s your answers to yesterday’s ’80s quiz. Avoid spoilers here.
…1. Sure, you know George Michael. But what’s the other guy’s name in Wham?
A. Donnie Wahlberg
B. Ralph Tresvant
C. Rick Astley
D. Andrew Ridgely
2. What’s Boy George’s surname?
A. Palacios
B. O’Dowd
C. Masters
D. Prentice
3. Which future pop star made a cameo in the video for B-52′s "Love Shack" before becoming famous in his or her own rite?
A. Michael Stipe
B. Gerardo
C. RuPaul
D. Martika