http://www.retroblog.net I'm living in the past... Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:03:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last night's Dancing with the Stars results show proved to us all once again their uncanny ability to stretch what could have been done in five minutes, into a full hour. man, that was painful. viewers had to wait what seemed like eternity to simply confirm the obvious ... http://www.retroblog.net/2009/11/18/last-nights-dancing-with-the-stars-snoozefest/ This is a sponsored guest post written by Justin Germino on behalf of Rock Along Productions. Post powered by Sponzai.Want the very best in local and national music news, events and more? Rock Along Productions is the best online source for everything music related. Great articles, relevant discussions, contest, ... http://www.retroblog.net/2009/11/17/rock-along-productions-brings-you-music-news/ Around this time every year, the market is saturated with Christmas albums done by well known recording artists. From rock to country, jazz and R&B, it's highly probably that your very own favorite performer released a "seasonal album" at some point in their career. Hell, even Bob Dylan ... http://www.retroblog.net/2009/11/17/sting-a-winters-night-live-dvd/ Until recently, I was one of the last remaining holdouts from the glorious world of the iPod. I didn't like the fact that Apple forces all iPod owners to use their proprietary software (iTunes). I personally hate being restricted in that sense and have been using alternative mp3 ... http://www.retroblog.net/2009/11/16/new-wireless-ipod-speaker-system/ Here's an interesting rock news item. According to this morning's press release, guitarist extraordinaire Nuno Bettencourt has agreed to be part of Rihanna's live band. Talk about a head scratcher. But I guess in this economy, even a "rock guitar god" has to seek out these types ... http://www.retroblog.net/2009/11/16/nuno-bettencourt-of-extreme-joins-rihanna-for-world-tour/ Speculation is at its peak now that there's less than a week left before the world premiere of Banana Shpeel at the Chicago Theatre. With no sneak peeks or advanced reviews, most of us theater fans are pretty much left in the dark on what to expect from the ... http://www.retroblog.net/2009/11/14/last-minute-changes-to-banana-shpeel-before-chicago-opening/ To celebrate next week's CD/DVD release of Paul McCartney's Good Evening New York City, I thought I'd share some tracks from his 1990 tour. It was his first tour in nearly a decade and he basically traveled the world over to support his superb Flower in the Dirt album. The ... http://www.retroblog.net/2009/11/13/the-friday-free-for-all-macca-in-rio/ It's amazing when you think about how the internet has evolved over the last decade or so. I still remember those static HTML pages that were hosted on geocities way back when. Websites are no longer static and are dynamically rendered using powerful PHP scripts. Not only ... http://www.retroblog.net/2009/11/11/leapfish-the-social-search-engine/ Kudos to the writers of Dancing with the Stars for bringing on the funny in the Dance Center segment on last night's results show. The twisted take on ESPN's SportsCenter featured Kenny Mayne and Jerry Rice, who were both former contestants of the show. Judge Len Goodman was ... http://www.retroblog.net/2009/11/11/kenny-mayne-len-goodman-and-jerry-rice-on-dance-center/ While booking a trip for my parents the other day, I came across a great deal offered by British Airways that I thought I'd share here with my readers. They're currently running a promotion called the "World Sale" to help remind travelers their world-class service is not only for ... http://www.retroblog.net/2009/11/10/the-world-is-on-sale-with-british-airways/