SERIES Premiere of "V" tonight 8:00 to 9:00 P.M. on ABC. (--A remake of the '80s miniseries about reptilian aliens pretending to be human. Watch the first nine minutes of the show here: http://abc.go.com/watch/clip/v/FK_VVV/2228990/239133.)

U2 is working with YouTube to broadcast a live stream of their concert this Sunday in Los Angeles. Fans will be able to access the stream . . . for free, of course, from U2's YouTube page. Here's the link . . .

http://www.youtube.com/user/U2official

--The stream will be available throughout the entire country. It begins at 8:30 P.M. Pacific time . . . or 11:30 P.M. Eastern time.

Flying Squirrels. Really? What do you think, Richmond?

Here's the link... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypdNg1Yh890

Kiss’ new album, Sonic Boom, comes out today and some of the band members are talking about the songs on the effort. Check out the track-by-track guide to the record. RoadrunnerRecords.co.uk

--Ladies, "Marie Claire" has put together a list of things you should know before football season starts . . .

#1.) SCORING. A touchdown is worth SIX points, not seven. But after a team scores a touchdown, they can kick for one extra point. They COULD also run a play to get two more points, it's called a two-point-conversion. But they usually always kick.

--A field goal is when they kick it through the uprights. It's worth three points. A safety is worth two points. That's when a player with the ball gets tackled in his own end zone. Easy, right?

#2.) THE THIN YELLOW LINE. It represents the position for the next first down. And it only works through the magic of television . . . the players can't see it.

#3.) WHAT "FIRST AND TEN" MEANS. It means it's "first down," and the team with the ball has to go ten yards to get another first down. So, if it's "second and six," that means it's second down and the team has six yards to go for a first down.

--"Fourth and inches" means they literally only have to move the ball a few inches to get a first down. But sometimes the team with the ball will punt on the fourth down because if they DON'T get a first down, the other team gets the ball right then and there.

#4.) PENALTIES. When a referee throws a yellow flag, it means one of the players committed a penalty. There are a bunch of different penalties in football, but here are the four most common:

--Offsides. It means one of the players on defense was on the wrong side of the ball when the play started. It's usually happens when a player is trying to get a good "jump" . . . just like in track when a sprinter starts running before the gun goes off.

--False Start. It means one of the players on OFFENSE moved too soon. The big offensive linemen aren't allowed to move once they lean down and get into position, because it can trick a defensive player into jumping offsides.

--Holding. Players are allowed to block each other, but if a player gets past a blocker, and that blocker hangs onto him, it's holding.

--Pass Interference. If the quarterback throws a pass, the defense is allowed to knock the BALL down, but they can't knock the RECEIVER down. SOME physical contact is tolerated, but for the most part, it's not.

--In the NFL, the ball is placed where the pass interference penalty happened, which can be 30 or 40 yards up the field. And it's an automatic first down.

--In COLLEGE football, it's pretty much the same thing, but there's a 15-yard limit. So, even if it was a 30-yard pass, the offense gets the ball 15 yards up the field.

Marie Claire

The Doors‘ final four concerts with Jim Morrison in New York will be released in their entirety November 10th in a six-disc collection called "Live in New York." Nearly 30 of the set’s 90 tracks were previously unreleased. Here's the whole set list:
Live in New York
Disc 1
January 17, 1970 (First Show)
1. Start Of Show
2. “Roadhouse Blues”
3. “Ship Of Fools”
4. “Break On Through (To The Other Side)”
5. Tuning
6. “Peace Frog”
7. “Blue Sunday”
8. “Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)”
9. “Back Door Man”
10. “Love Hides”
11. “Five To One”
12. Tuning/Breather
13. “Who Do You Love”
14. “Little Red Rooster”
15. “Money”
16. Tuning
17. “Light My Fire”
18. More, More, More
19. “Soul Kitchen”
20. End Of Show

Disc 2
January 17, 1970 (Second Show)
1. Start Show 2
2. Jim “How Ya Doing?”
3. “Roadhouse Blues”
4. “Break On Through (To The Other Side)”
5. “Ship Of Fools”
6. “Crawling King Snake”
7. “Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)”
8. “Back Door Man”
9. “Five To One”
10. Pretty Neat, Pretty Good
11. “Build Me A Woman”
12. Tuning/Breather
13. “Who Do You Love”
14. Tuning/Breather
15. “Wild Child”
16. Cheering/Tuning
17. “When The Music’s Over”

Disc 3
January 17, 1970 (Second Show) continued
1. Tuning/Breather
2. “Light My Fire”
3. Hey, Mr. Light Man!
4. “Soul Kitchen”
5. Jim’s Fish Joke
6. “The End”
7. End Of Show

Disc 4
January 18, 1970 (Third Show)
1. Start Show 3
2. “Roadhouse Blues”
3. “Ship Of Fools”
4. “Break On Through (To The Other Side)”
5. Tuning/Breather
6. “Universal Mind”
7. “Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)” – False Start
8. “Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)”
9. “Back Door Man”
10. “Five To One”
11. Tuning/Breather
12. “Moonlight Drive”
13. “Who Do You Love”
14. Calling Out For Songs
15. “Money”
16. Tuning/Breather
17. “Light My Fire”
18. More, More More
19. “When The Music’s Over”
20. Good Night – End Show

Disc 5
January 18, 1970 (Fourth Show)
1. Start Show 4
2. “Roadhouse Blues”
3. “Peace Frog”
4. “Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)”
5. “Back Door Man”
6. “Five To One”
7. We Have A Special Treat
8. “Celebration Of The Lizard”
9. Alright Let’s Boogie
10. “Build Me A Woman”
11. “When The Music’s Over”
12. More, More, More

Disc 6
January 18, 1970 (Fourth Show) continued
1. “Soul Kitchen”
2. For Fear Of Getting Too Patriotic
3. Petition The Lord With Prayer
4. “Light My Fire”
5. Only When The Moon Comes Out
6. “Close To You”
7. The Encore Begins
8. “Rock Me”
9. What To Do Next?
10. “Going To N.Y. Blues”
11. Tuning/Breather
12. “Maggie M’Gill”
13. Tuning/Breather
14. “Gloria”/End Of Show

The whole story is on RollingStone.com

Who's the best Supergroup ever? Cream, Blind Faith, or one of the newer ones...Chickenfoot, Them Crooked Vultures? What do you think? I'm going with the Traveling Wilburys. You can't match the star power in that one. It would be a no brainer if they could've stayed together longer. George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty and Bob Dylan. Best ever SuperGroup! Leave your thoughts here.

"Them Crooked Vultures" - Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl, Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme and Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones. Here's a brief taste of their sound. Rolling Stone loves them.
http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/08/12/them-crooked-vultures-offer-taste-of-nobody-loves-me-and-neither-do-i/

I hope the SOB falls flat on his face and is laughed out of the NFL. What he did was despicable and he is without a moral compass. I pray to God he never reproduces, his gene pool is taited.

Check out 3 new tunes from George Thorogood's upcoming new album, The Dirty Dozen.
http://georgethorogood.com/

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/07/16/paul-mccartney-stuns-manhattan-with-set-on-lettermans-marquee/

A handwritten copy of a poem that BOB DYLAN wrote back in 1957 is being auctioned off on June 23rd. It's expected to go for $10,000 to $15,000.

--The poem is called "Little Buddy"
Check it out here.
http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?from=searchresults&intObjectID=5215427&sid=3afa2dd2-524c-4e43-a3f5-aea05a8c85b6

With swine flu kind of in the news . . . Fox News has put together a list of the Top 10 Pandemic Films.

--It's not clear if they're actually ranked from 1 to 10, but here they are, in the order that they're presented on the Fox News website . . .

--"Outbreak", 1995

--"Invasion of the Body Snatchers", 1956

--"28 Days Later", 2002

--"I Am Legend", 2007

--"Stephen King's The Stand", 1994

--"The Andromeda Strain", 1971 . . .

--"12 Monkeys", 1995

--"The Happening", 2008

--"Cabin Fever", 2002

--"Quarantine", 2008

When Rush was out on their 2007 Snakes & Arrows tour, some members of their crew decided to film aspects of the trek. That footage has since been edited together into a documentary called Backstage Secrets. Singer Geddy Lee told us once the band approved the film, it was all in the hands of their techs to do as they wanted with the project.
“I left it totally up to the crew. When they approached us about it, I said, ‘It’s not about me, it’s about my guys.’ So I said to the guys, ‘Look, these guys want to do this kind of show, here’s what they’ve done in the past, totally, 100 percent your decision, yes or no.’ And I just left them to it and they decided to go ahead with it. I look at it like their movie, not mine, it had nothing to do with me.”

You can see clips from the five-part, five-hour long film on YouTube by searching for “Rush Concert Tech Documentary.”

"THE SIMPSONS" STAMPS HAVE BEEN UNVEILED:

The U.S. Postal Service has unveiled their line of FIVE "Simpsons"-themed stamps, which will be available beginning on May 7th.

--Postage rates are increasing . . . AGAIN . . . May 11th the stamps will run you 44 cents each. Check out the stamps here...

http://www.usps.com/promotions/simpsons.htm

Hey-
Newsweek.com is offering a free Bob Dylan track. The singer’s new tune, “Feel A Change Comin’ On,” is streaming at the site now. It’s off his upcoming album, Together Through Life, which hits shelves on April 28th. Newsweek also boasts an interview with the legendary singer, in which he talks about Barack Obama, the civil war and presidential autobiographies. It’s all at Newsweek.com.

Who do you like tonight and why. I'll take Carolina, which means you should bet MSU.

On Saturday, the Irish airline Aer Lingus held a promotion to advertise a sale . . . which involved more than 1,000 British chicks walking around London in skimpy shamrock bikinis. (Sun)

--Nicely timed for for St. Patrick's Day, don't you think? Not a bad idea for Shamrock the Block, I think. You can link to the slideshow here . . .)

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2320280.ece

Check the links. Just copy and paste. Ben Stiller in character as Joaquin Phoenix from his "Letterman" appearance.

--Take a look here. . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPj74YaqcVg

--This is even better...the original Joaquin Phoenix - Letterman mess. . .

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/11/joaquin-phoenixs-bizarre_n_166229.html

Enjoy.

The minor leagues power people have made it clear that w/o a new stadium there will be no team in Richmond. My question to you is...Actually, I have a couple... Baseball in Richmond yes? no? Downtown stadium or rebuild at the Diamond? How often would you realistically go to games? Let us know.
Thanks, Sam

Hi Sam. Nascar is doing their typical job of implying rules are for some of the drivers and not all. Jr. was mad that he made two pit road mistakes. Jr chose to take it out on Brian Vickers during the race. His comment that Brian saw him coming, implied that Brian should have just moved out of his way. Who does Jr. think he is? It's racing --

Plus the fact that Nascar did nothing when Jr.'s immature move took out possible race winners Kyle Busch and/or Carl Edwards. Like Brian Vickers stated, during the Nationwide race the same move was done and the driver was held for 5 laps -- why did they do nothing during the Sprint Cup race?

This immature move could really have hurt some drivers.. Wake up Nascar -- stick to your rules and regulations during the race --
Thanks

got this from Yahoo.com..
TEN QUESTIONS YOU SHOULD NEVER ASK AT A JOB INTERVIEW

Circuit City held a job fair for its former employees… Here are some tips that might move you to the front of the line…or at least keep you away from the rear.

1.) WHAT DOES YOUR COMPANY DO? You should already know. Do the research before you go in. At the very least, you should know what the company does and who its competitors are.

2.) ARE YOU GOING TO DO A BACKGROUND CHECK? Worried they’ll find something? If you're asking, you probably should be.

3.) WHEN WILL I GET A RAISE? Wait at least until your second interview, and then ask if the company has annual salary reviews.

4.) ARE THERE ANY BETTER JOBS AVAILABLE? Don't take yourself out of the running for the job. You applied for this one. If you’re qualified for a better gig do the research and apply for that one…if it is available.

5.) HOW SOON CAN I TRANSFER TO ANOTHER POSITION? See number 4. Employers generally wait at least a year before approving transfers.

6.) CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE BUS LINES TO YOUR OFFICE? What? That’s a “YPNOTTP-your problem, not their problem.” Not too sharp. Research it for yourself.

7.) DO YOU ALLOW SMOKING BREAKS? Many companies don't allow smoking anywhere on the grounds. Don't go there or they might look at someone else.

8.) IS MY MEDICAL CONDITION COVERED UNDER YOU INSURANCE? Get the job first.

9.) WILL I HAVE TO TAKE A DRUG TEST? See 2 above.

10.) IF YOU HIRE ME, CAN I START IN A MONTH? Most employers will want you in 2 weeks, maybe sooner. Again, wait until you get offered the job.