Alter Bridge 'Ties That Bind' video

What an amazing song from an amazing band.

Understanding the WGA writer's strike........

While it sucks that my favorite shows like The Office, Lost and 24 are off the air because of the writer's strike, it is fair and necessary why it is happening. Many people don 't understand why the writers in Hollywood are on strike. This video explains it all......

Album sales week of 11/6/07

CHART DATE: 11/05/2007 LAST UPDATE: 11/06/2007 13:13:31 NOW IN: FINAL

LW TW artist / album label power index % change -- 1 EAGLES EAGLES RECORDING COMPANY 707,253 -- LONG ROAD OUT OF EDEN -- 2 BRITNEY SPEARS JIVE/ZLG 289,791 -- BLACKOUT 1 3 CARRIE UNDERWOOD ARISTA/RMG 162,976 -70% CARNIVAL RIDE -- 4 AVENGED SEVENFOLD WARNER BROS. 92,006 -- AVENGED SEVENFOLD -- 5 JOSH TURNER MCA NASHVILLE 84,121 -- EVERYTHING IS FINE -- 6 BACKSTREET BOYS JIVE/ZLG 80,338 -- UNBREAKABLE 2 7 ROBERT PLANT & ALISON KRAUSS ROUNDER 76,854 -24% RAISING SAND 4 8 JOSH GROBAN REPRISE 73,352 +8% NOEL -- 9 ANDREA BOCELLI DECCA 67,668 -- BEST OFANDREA BOCELLI - VIVERE 8 10 RASCAL FLATTS LYRIC STREET 52,613 -7% STILL FEELS GOOD 9 11 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 WALT DISNEY RECORDS 49,627 -11% SOUNDTRACK 6 12 KID ROCK ATLANTIC/ATL G 48,941 -22% ROCK N ROLL JESUS 14 13 COLBIE CAILLAT UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 42,394 -3% COCO 10 14 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN COLUMBIA 42,329 -17% MAGIC 13 15 REBA MCENTIRE MCA NASHVILLE 38,670 -11% DUETS 15 16 KANYE WEST ROC-A-FELLA/IDJMG 35,970 -17% GRADUATION 16 17 HANNAH MONTANA 2 - MEET MILEY WALT DISNEY RECORDS 35,892 -2% SOUNDTRACK 18 18 SOULJA BOY TELL'EM INTERSCOPE 35,638 +2% SOULJABOYTELLEM.COM 20 19 KEYSHIA COLE GEFFEN 35,081 +9% JUST LIKE YOU 43 20 JONAS BROTHERS HOLLYWOOD 31,769 +84% JONAS BROTHERS 11 21 SEETHER WIND-UP 30,220 -39% FINDING BEAUTY IN NEGATIVE... 17 22 NEIL YOUNG REPRISE 29,109 -20% CHROME DREAMS II 22 23 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER 28,769 -3% ALL THE RIGHT REASONS 19 24 ACROSS THE UNIVERSE INTERSCOPE 28,725 -17% SOUNDTRACK 3 25 GARY ALLAN MCA NASHVILLE 27,939 -60% LIVING HARD 21 26 MATCHBOX TWENTY ATLANTIC/ATL G 26,634 -13% EXILE ON MAINSTREAM 26 27 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 26,336 +5% TAYLOR SWIFT 30 28 FERGIE A&M/INTERSCOPE 26,103 +8% THE DUTCHESS 27 29 SUGARLAND ISLAND/MERCURY NASHVILLE 25,870 +4% ENJOY THE RIDE 28 30 TIMBALAND INTERSCOPE 25,063 +1% TIMBALAND PRESENTS SHOCK VALUE -- 31 PUSCIFER RED INK 24,925 -- V IS FOR VAGINA 5 32 SERJ TANKIAN SERJICAL STRIKE 24,455 -61% ELECT THE DEAD -- 33 PLAYAZ CIRCLE DEF JAM/IDJMG 24,417 -- SUPPLY AND DEMAND 45 34 MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER AMERICAN GRAMAPHONE 24,170 +44% CHRISTMAS SONG -- 35 BABY BASH ARISTA/RMG 23,144 -- CYCLONE 24 36 SANTANA ARISTA/RMG 22,726 -13% ULTIMATE SANTANA 12 37 JUANES UNIVERSAL MUSIC LATINO 21,969 -55% LA VIDA ES UN RATICO 23 38 JILL SCOTT HIDDEN BEACH 21,967 -24% REAL THING: WORDS & SOUNDS, V3 35 39 J. HOLIDAY CAPITOL 20,850 -1% BACK OF MY LAC 32 40 KENNY CHESNEY BNA/SBMG NASHVILLE 20,562 -10% JUST WHO I AM: POETS & PIRATES 31 41 50 CENT AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE 19,923 -17% CURTIS 39 42 DAUGHTRY RCA/RMG 19,813 +5% DAUGHTRY 33 43 FOO FIGHTERS RCA/RMG 19,570 -10% ECHOES SILENCE PATIENCE & GRACE 7 44 COHEED AND CAMBRIA COLUMBIA 19,235 -68% NO WORLD FOR TOMORROW -- 45 PROJECT PAT KOCH 18,102 -- WALKIN' BANK ROLL 40 46 LINKIN PARK WARNER BROS. 17,323 -7% MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT 46 47 CASTING CROWNS REUNION 16,960 +8% ALTAR & THE DOOR 34 48 ERIC CLAPTON REPRISE 16,407 -24% COMPLETE CLAPTON 44 49 JOHN FOGERTY FANTASY 15,965 -6% REVIVAL 36 50 LEANN RIMES CURB 15,904 -24% FAMILY

Album sales week of 10/30/07

CHART DATE: 10/29/2007 LAST UPDATE: 10/30/2007 11:20:48 NOW IN: FINAL

LW TW artist / album label power index % change -- 1 CARRIE UNDERWOOD ARISTA/RMG 537,246 -- CARNIVAL RIDE -- 2 ROBERT PLANT & ALISON KRAUSS ROUNDER 101,126 -- RAISING SAND -- 3 GARY ALLAN MCA NASHVILLE 70,332 -- LIVING HARD 5 4 JOSH GROBAN REPRISE 67,861 +8% NOEL -- 5 SERJ TANKIAN SERJICAL STRIKE 63,480 -- ELECT THE DEAD 1 6 KID ROCK ATLANTIC/ATL G 62,382 -16% ROCK N ROLL JESUS -- 7 COHEED AND CAMBRIA COLUMBIA 60,171 -- NO WORLD FOR TOMORROW 3 8 RASCAL FLATTS LYRIC STREET 56,575 -19% STILL FEELS GOOD 7 9 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 WALT DISNEY RECORDS 55,622 -2% SOUNDTRACK 2 10 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN COLUMBIA 51,168 -30% MAGIC -- 11 SEETHER WIND-UP 49,273 -- FINDING BEAUTY IN NEGATIVE... -- 12 JUANES UNIVERSAL MUSIC LATINO 49,108 -- LA VIDA ES UN RATICO 6 13 REBA MCENTIRE MCA NASHVILLE 43,598 -26% DUETS 10 14 COLBIE CAILLAT UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 43,542 -12% COCO 9 15 KANYE WEST ROC-A-FELLA/IDJMG 43,481 -18% GRADUATION 19 16 HANNAH MONTANA 2 - MEET MILEY WALT DISNEY RECORDS 36,758 +15% SOUNDTRACK -- 17 NEIL YOUNG REPRISE 36,279 -- CHROME DREAMS II 15 18 SOULJA BOY TELL'EM INTERSCOPE 34,838 -16% SOULJABOYTELLEM.COM 14 19 ACROSS THE UNIVERSE INTERSCOPE 34,738 -17% SOUNDTRACK 12 20 KEYSHIA COLE GEFFEN 32,276 -29% JUST LIKE YOU 13 21 MATCHBOX TWENTY ATLANTIC/ATL G 30,503 -32% EXILE ON MAINSTREAM 18 22 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER 29,745 -10% ALL THE RIGHT REASONS 16 23 JILL SCOTT HIDDEN BEACH 28,965 -24% REAL THING: WORDS & SOUNDS, V3 8 24 SANTANA ARISTA/RMG 26,164 -53% ULTIMATE SANTANA -- 25 SAY ANYTHING J RECORDS/RMG 25,228 -- IN DEFENSE OF THE GENRE 30 26 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 25,140 +12% TAYLOR SWIFT 33 27 SUGARLAND ISLAND/MERCURY NASHVILLE 24,910 +19% ENJOY THE RIDE 28 28 TIMBALAND INTERSCOPE 24,899 -3% TIMBALAND PRESENTS SHOCK VALUE -- 29 HURRICANE CHRIS J RECORDS/RMG 24,119 -- 5150 RATCHET 26 30 FERGIE A&M/INTERSCOPE 24,068 -9% THE DUTCHESS 23 31 50 CENT AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE 23,914 -18% CURTIS 25 32 KENNY CHESNEY BNA/SBMG NASHVILLE 22,836 -15% JUST WHO I AM: POETS & PIRATES 22 33 FOO FIGHTERS RCA/RMG 21,746 -26% ECHOES SILENCE PATIENCE & GRACE 27 34 ERIC CLAPTON REPRISE 21,666 -16% COMPLETE CLAPTON 17 35 J. HOLIDAY CAPITOL 21,078 -43% BACK OF MY LAC 21 36 LEANN RIMES CURB 20,973 -30% FAMILY 20 37 SARA EVANS RCA NASHVILLE 20,123 -34% GREATEST HITS -- 38 RYAN ADAMS & THE CARDINALS LOST HIGHWAY/IDJ 19,123 -- FOLLOW THE LIGHTS 34 39 DAUGHTRY RCA/RMG 18,799 -8% DAUGHTRY 35 40 LINKIN PARK WARNER BROS. 18,638 -8% MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT 4 41 JIMMY EAT WORLD INTERSCOPE 17,835 -73% CHASE THIS LIGHT 29 42 ANNIE LENNOX RCA/RMG 17,516 -32% SONGS OF MASS DESTRUCTION 45 43 JONAS BROTHERS HOLLYWOOD 17,311 +5% JONAS BROTHERS 31 44 JOHN FOGERTY FANTASY 16,918 -24% REVIVAL -- 45 MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER AMERICAN GRAMAPHONE 16,811 -- CHRISTMAS SONG 36 46 CASTING CROWNS REUNION 15,762 -21% ALTAR & THE DOOR -- 47 DWIGHT YOAKAM NEW WEST RECORDS 15,620 -- DWIGHT SINGS BUCK -- 48 PARAMORE FUELED BY RAMEN 15,577 -- RIOT! 39 49 MAROON 5 A&M/OCTONE 15,354 -14% IT WON'T BE SOON BEFORE LONG 37 50 RIHANNA DEF JAM/IDJMG 14,970 -18% GOOD GIRL GONE BAD

Alter Bridge's Blackbird

Alter Bridge has a new cd out called Blackbird and for me, it is the best rock cd out there right now. I have been a fan of the guys since they were Creed and now with Myles Kennedy as their singer they are much more dynamic band. This is their second cd and I highly recommend it to anyone who likes rock.

The future of the Yankees......

Well, Joe Torre is now the Dodgers manager and Mattingly, my favorite athlete, is likely to follow him there. A-Rod could most likely be gone even though there is still a chance he will come back. Posada and Rivera it looks like are staying and Pettite as well. The team could be different next year, and I think that may be good. The team needs to be younger and rebuild itself from within. Cashman says he want to shrink the payroll and not go out and buy more players. I agree with that. Time will tell.......

Album sales week of 10/23/07

CHART DATE: 10/22/2007 LAST UPDATE: 10/23/2007 12:37:27 NOW IN: FINAL

LW TW artist / album label power index % change 1 1 KID ROCK ATLANTIC/ATL G 73,996 -55% ROCK N ROLL JESUS 2 2 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN COLUMBIA 72,608 -40% MAGIC 3 3 RASCAL FLATTS LYRIC STREET 69,565 -30% STILL FEELS GOOD -- 4 JIMMY EAT WORLD INTERSCOPE 66,105 -- CHASE THIS LIGHT 9 5 JOSH GROBAN REPRISE 62,961 +1% NOEL 6 6 REBA MCENTIRE MCA NASHVILLE 58,763 -16% DUETS 8 7 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 WALT DISNEY RECORDS 57,008 -14% SOUNDTRACK -- 8 SANTANA ARISTA/RMG 55,968 -- ULTIMATE SANTANA 5 9 KANYE WEST ROC-A-FELLA/IDJMG 52,982 -27% GRADUATION 16 10 COLBIE CAILLAT UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 49,477 +18% COCO -- 11 ANGIE STONE STAX 46,105 -- ART OF LOVE & WAR 12 12 KEYSHIA COLE GEFFEN 45,335 -15% JUST LIKE YOU 10 13 MATCHBOX TWENTY ATLANTIC/ATL G 44,638 -27% EXILE ON MAINSTREAM 20 14 ACROSS THE UNIVERSE INTERSCOPE 42,025 +17% SOUNDTRACK 19 15 SOULJA BOY TELL'EM INTERSCOPE 41,610 +14% SOULJABOYTELLEM.COM 17 16 JILL SCOTT HIDDEN BEACH 38,244 -6% REAL THING: WORDS & SOUNDS, V3 26 17 J. HOLIDAY CAPITOL 37,195 +18% BACK OF MY LAC 22 18 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER 32,903 -7% ALL THE RIGHT REASONS 23 19 HANNAH MONTANA 2 - MEET MILEY WALT DISNEY RECORDS 31,857 -8% SOUNDTRACK 7 20 SARA EVANS RCA NASHVILLE 30,399 -54% GREATEST HITS 4 21 LEANN RIMES CURB 29,766 -60% FAMILY 15 22 FOO FIGHTERS RCA/RMG 29,522 -30% ECHOES SILENCE PATIENCE & GRACE 18 23 50 CENT AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE 29,336 -24% CURTIS -- 24 THRICE VAGRANT 28,283 -- ALCHEMY INDEX, VOLS. I & II 25 25 KENNY CHESNEY BNA/SBMG NASHVILLE 26,921 -15% JUST WHO I AM: POETS & PIRATES 28 26 FERGIE A&M/INTERSCOPE 26,403 +2% THE DUTCHESS 14 27 ERIC CLAPTON REPRISE 25,800 -40% COMPLETE CLAPTON 30 28 TIMBALAND INTERSCOPE 25,723 +2% TIMBALAND PRESENTS SHOCK VALUE 24 29 ANNIE LENNOX RCA/RMG 25,653 -23% SONGS OF MASS DESTRUCTION 34 30 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 22,463 +6% TAYLOR SWIFT 29 31 JOHN FOGERTY FANTASY 22,303 -13% REVIVAL 21 32 NAKED BROTHERS BAND NICKELODOEN 21,285 -41% NAKED BROTHERS BAND 42 33 SUGARLAND ISLAND/MERCURY NASHVILLE 20,953 +10% ENJOY THE RIDE 39 34 DAUGHTRY RCA/RMG 20,346 +4% DAUGHTRY 38 35 LINKIN PARK WARNER BROS. 20,250 +2% MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT 40 36 CASTING CROWNS REUNION 20,006 +2% ALTAR & THE DOOR -- 37 RIHANNA DEF JAM/IDJMG 18,152 -- GOOD GIRL GONE BAD 13 38 ALTER BRIDGE UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 17,789 -64% BLACKBIRD 43 39 MAROON 5 A&M/OCTONE 17,780 -6% IT WON'T BE SOON BEFORE LONG 11 40 JENNIFER LOPEZ EPIC 17,619 -68% BRAVE 41 41 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE JIVE/ZLG 17,595 -10% FUTURE SEX/LOVE SOUNDS -- 42 CHRIS BOTTI COLUMBIA 17,426 -- ITALIA 32 43 TREY SONGZ ATLANTIC/ATL G 16,721 -25% TREY DAY 45 44 NOW 25 UTV 16,605 -5% VARIOUS ARTISTS 37 45 JONAS BROTHERS HOLLYWOOD 16,481 -19% JONAS BROTHERS 50 46 JAGGED EDGE ISLAND/IDJMG 16,431 +1% BABY MAKIN' PROJECT 33 47 JAMES BLUNT CUSTARD/ATLANTIC/ATL G 16,178 -24% ALL THE LOST SOULS 31 48 BROOKS & DUNN ARISTA NASHVILLE 15,259 -33% COWBOY TOWN -- 49 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL WALT DISNEY RECORDS 15,247 -- SOUNDTRACK -- 50 HANNAH MONTANA WALT DISNEY RECORDS 14,909 -- SOUNDTRACK

Alter Bridge Updates

The Office Season 3 bloopers

If you're a fan of The Office like I am, you will love these bloopers from Season 3. I will post the other season's bloopers another time. I just happen to be watching these right now :)

Enjoy!

And the wait begins.....

Well, another year, another early exit for the Yankees. So now a lot of questions begin to surface:

• Will Joe Torre return for another season, or has Steinbrenner had enough? I think Joe will be back again, but if not I think Tony LaRussa or Don Mattingly will take the role.

• Will Posada and Rivera be re-signed and stay with the team? I think they both will be.

• Will Damon and Abreau resign? I don't think they both will be back, but I am not sure which will stay or go. Cashman wants to shrink the payroll. I like the team more homegrown anyways. Melky needs to play every day.
  

• Will A-Rod stay? I think he absolutely will, and they need him. The new stadium opens soon and they need him to fill the seats. The team never reached 4 million in attendance before he got there, and they have every year since. Plus, at 32, he is already the best player ever and in 6 years will own the all-time homerun record and likely end up with over 850.

• What will the rotation be like? Andy Pettite has an option that i think he will certainly use to stay with the team. Hughes, Wang, Kennedy and Pettite and depending on what Joba wants to do, he could be there too. Although having him set up Rivera fulltime would make that the dangerous duo since Rivera setup for Wettland.

A lot of changes to this team need to be made to keep it young and fresh and on fire. Don't sign Clemens, trade Giambi, let the kids do their thing. Sure it hurts that they collapsed after how far they came back (last place in the AL in May to 3rd best in the league), but I don't see a season as a failure if they don't get a ring. It's just nice when they do.

Album sales week of 10/9/07

LW	TW	artist / album		label	power index	% change
--	1	BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN		COLUMBIA	327,591	--
		MAGIC
1	2	RASCAL FLATTS		LYRIC STREET	161,957	-71%
		STILL FEELS GOOD
--	3	MATCHBOX TWENTY		ATLANTIC/ATL G	129,245	--
		EXILE ON MAINSTREAM
--	4	SOULJA BOY TELL'EM		INTERSCOPE	118,186	--
		SOULJABOYTELLEM.COM
--	5	J. HOLIDAY		CAPITOL	102,853	--
		BACK OF MY LAC
5	6	KANYE WEST		ROC-A-FELLA/IDJMG	90,942	-31%
		GRADUATION
2	7	KEYSHIA COLE		GEFFEN	84,735	-71%
		JUST LIKE YOU
6	8	REBA MCENTIRE		MCA NASHVILLE	77,203	-37%
		DUETS
--	9	ANNIE LENNOX		ARISTA	76,861	--
		SONGS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
7	10	HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2		WALT DISNEY RECORDS	75,383	-11%
		SOUNDTRACK
--	11	TREY SONGZ		ATLANTIC/ATL G	73,633	--
		TREY DAY
--	12	FAITH HILL		WARNER BROS.	70,568	--
		HITS
--	13	BROOKS & DUNN		ARISTA NASHVILLE	67,952	--
		COWBOY TOWN
--	14	JOHN FOGERTY		FANTASY	62,201	--
		REVIVAL
--	15	DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL		VAGRANT	49,221	--
		SHADE OF POISON TREES
9	16	50 CENT		AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE	49,058	-29%
		CURTIS
3	17	FOO FIGHTERS		RCA/RMG	48,408	-72%
		ECHOES SILENCE PATIENCE & GRACE
4	18	JILL SCOTT		HIDDEN BEACH	45,555	-69%
		REAL THING: WORDS & SOUNDS, V3
10	19	KENNY CHESNEY		BNA/SBMG NASHVILLE	43,438	-36%
		JUST WHO I AM: POETS & PIRATES
8	20	JAGGED EDGE		ISLAND/IDJMG	34,468	-54%
		BABY MAKIN' PROJECT
21	21	HANNAH MONTANA 2 - MEET MILEY		WALT DISNEY RECORDS	33,546	+7%
		SOUNDTRACK
18	22	NICKELBACK		ROADRUNNER	33,275	0%
		ALL THE RIGHT REASONS
20	23	COLBIE CAILLAT		UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC	32,895	+5%
		COCO
13	24	QUEEN LATIFAH		VERVE	29,323	-34%
		TRAV'LIN' LIGHT
22	25	FERGIE		A&M/INTERSCOPE	28,984	-7%
		THE DUTCHESS
14	26	JONI MITCHELL		HEAR MUSIC	27,904	-30%
		SHINE
12	27	JAMES BLUNT		CUSTARD/ATLANTIC/ATL G	27,898	-41%
		ALL THE LOST SOULS
26	28	ACROSS THE UNIVERSE		INTERSCOPE	27,012	+1%
		SOUNDTRACK
25	29	JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE		JIVE/ZLG	22,540	-16%
		FUTURE SEX/LOVE SOUNDS
32	30	TIMBALAND		INTERSCOPE	22,163	-3%
		TIMBALAND PRESENTS SHOCK VALUE
29	31	LINKIN PARK		WARNER BROS.	21,350	-10%
		MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT
39	32	TAYLOR SWIFT		BIG MACHINE	20,799	0%
		TAYLOR SWIFT
--	33	BOB DYLAN		LEGACY	20,037	--
		DYLAN
30	34	CASTING CROWNS		REUNION	19,954	-15%
		ALTAR & THE DOOR
33	35	NOW 25		UTV	19,914	-9%
		VARIOUS ARTISTS
36	36	MAROON 5		A&M/OCTONE	19,829	-6%
		IT WON'T BE SOON BEFORE LONG
40	37	DAUGHTRY		RCA/RMG	19,510	-3%
		DAUGHTRY
15	38	BARRY MANILOW		RCA/RMG	19,016	-45%
		GREATEST SONGS OF THE SEVENTIES
44	39	JONAS BROTHERS		HOLLYWOOD	18,259	-3%
		JONAS BROTHERS
11	40	MELISSA ETHERIDGE		ISLAND/IDJMG	18,165	-62%
		AWAKENING
48	41	HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL		WALT DISNEY RECORDS	17,959	+6%
		SOUNDTRACK
16	42	CHAKA KHAN		BURGUNDY/SONY BMG	17,846	-48%
		FUNK THIS
47	43	SUGARLAND		ISLAND/MERCURY NASHVILLE	17,711	+3%
		ENJOY THE RIDE
23	44	FEIST		INTERSCOPE	17,163	-42%
		THE REMINDER
31	45	DETHKLOK		WILLIAMS STREET RECORDS	17,145	-26%
		DETHALBUM
--	46	IRON & WINE		SUB POP	16,939	--
		SHEPHERD'S DOG
28	47	CHRIS BOTTI		COLUMBIA	16,901	-30%
		ITALIA
27	48	CHAMILLIONAIRE		UNIVERSAL MOTOWN	16,705	-32%
		ULTIMATE VICTORY
37	49	RIHANNA		DEF JAM/IDJMG	16,516	-21%
		GOOD GIRL GONE BAD
17	50	TONY BENNETT		LEGACY	16,444	-52%
		SINGS THE ULTIMATE AMERICAN SONG