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A week ago, complaints were flying about the McCain campaign using the Van Halen song “Right Now” at the rally to introduce Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate (never mind that half the members of Van Halen who recorded that song — Sammy Hagar, who wrote the lyrics, and Michael Anthony – neither of whom are still with the [...]
First Petty Tom scores irony points for getting Dubya to back down from playing “I Won’t Back Down.” Then some washed up has-been from the 1970s connipted over Mike Huckabee and a former bandmate performing one of his songs. Now, two more washed up has-beens from the 1970s are equally pissy about the [...]
On August 31, 2008, Sammy Hagar helped kick off the Republican National Convention by performing his old hit "I Can't Drive 55 ", Imports of crude oil have now doubled to 60% since Sammy's big hit.
With apologies to the Pagans for the above headline, I’m sure we all remember exactly where we were when Sen. John McCain introduced Susan Lucci, sorry, Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate on the GOP ticket. Sammy Hagar certainly does, and in the words of the cannot-be-stopped Maura Johnston, “he may not be able [...]
The crowd is sticky with anticipation, but I'm anxious with nostalgia. It's Sunday night, and I'm standing in the middle of my favorite rock club in America, First Avenue in downtown Minneapolis. This isn't where I learned how to drink, but it's where I
So, by this point you know that FBNY is here in St. Paul-Minneapolis for the RNC along with FishbowlDC , and TVNewser . But that is not the limit of familiar faces! Here's a short round-up of people who we seem to be spending a lot of time with, be it at the buffet, the CNN Grill, Sammy Hagar concerts, or extended walks around the ever-shifting Xcel barricade. Rachel Sklar has been interviewing media...
McCain Lifts Off With Van Halen: John McCain introduced Sarah Palin as his running mate with Van Halen’s song “Right Now“. Sammy Hagar has no objection to the Republican Party using the group’s song and said “When I wrote the lyrics to ‘Right Now’, I intended them to inspire people to not sit around and [...]
Alright, alright, so we know you’re asking yourself, “So how does Sammy Hagar fit into this whole Sarah Palin fiasco .” Well, wonder no longer. The McCain camp used Van Halen’s Hallmark-worthy anthem “Right Now” to cap off Friday’s surprise announcement in Dayton, Ohio, of Palin’s vice-presidential candidacy. Unfortunately, McCain didn’t vet the song any better than Palin herself. Van Halen’s management...
In honour of what promises to be the craziest most memorable American elections in recent history (as compared to the upcoming Canadian snooze-fest), Nunc Scio will be providing daily (give or take) roundups of American election news. So without further adieu… Tuesday morning brings a whole bunch of bad news for John McCain: First, Obama’s acceptance speech [...]
Metallica continue to gear up for next week’s release of Death Magnetic. The band premiered their video for “The Day That Never Comes” (video above), posted audio snippets for every track on the album and streamed the full studio version of “Cyanide.” A biopic detailing John Lennon’s teenage years, titled Nowhere Boy, is currently in the [...]
John McCain's Friday rally announcing that Sarah Palin would be his running mate on the Republican Presidential ticket * was capped by a rousing play of Van Halen's "Right Now," a song selection that put Van Halen's management in a snit. "Permission was not sought or granted nor would it have been given," an unidentified person in the Van Halen camp told TMZ. But tequila maven and longtime GOP supporter...
Brody Mullins reports from St. Paul, Minn., on the Republican convention. John McCain is turning the corporate-sponsored party scene here into a massive fund-raiser for hurricane relief efforts on the Gulf Coast. Campaign aides have been reaching out to corporate party planners today and asking them to turn the dozens of nightly cocktail hours, concerts and boozy bashes into fund-raising events. The...
ST. PAUL -- The first day of this 2008 Republican National Convention will likely be remembered for what didn't happen. With a whole day of whooping and hollering and celebrating all planned and ready to go, convention organizers have pulled the plug on all but the most formal items after the serious news from Hurricane Gustav [...]
