Good Monday people! Although I am so over TWC! For the second time in so many weeks, no service! No internet. Nothing! Email’s been off for weeks. I am soooooooo FREAKIN’ over TIME WARNER CABLE! And now with the news of them merging with another company that has bad service and no FIOS availability in my hood, I am so F*@%ed! ARGH! …….Well, the Nashville stop of the hardDrive Live Tour was extra fun! Not only did all the bands (Black Stone Cherry, Kyng and Fifth Freedom. We As Human were not at that show and are on the next show!) have great sets, but special guest Shaun Morgan of Seether decided to drop by for the evening. He even join Pepe Clarke to assist him on the drums. I think Paulie is gonna post the shot here for ya. I also posted it on the hardDriveRadio Facebook page. Anyhow, our contest winner, Heather and her friend Jolynn, what a pleasure and a RIOT to hang with! They really made the night complete with their joking and just being themselves (two mom’s who needed a weekend escape!) Good times! Please check out the tour when it comes to your town!….The fine folks at Pulse of Radio are reporting on the interview I did with Sully Erna of Godsmack! Check it out here and here……This is HILARIOUS! Blabbermouth reports Metallica is featured in the latest in ESPN‘s long-running line of “This Is SportsCenter” ads, which take a whimsical and bizarre angle on the legendary show’s behind-the-scenes productions. According to RollingStone.com, the new commercial, which will air during tonight’s Home Run Derby, clip plays off the idea that since Yankees relief pitcher Mariano Rivera retired at the end of last season (taking his “Enter Sandman” entrance music with him) they don’t know what to do with themselves, so they have started coming up with their own ideas. “Sometimes it can be quite freeing to put yourself at the mercy of others,” drummer Lars Ulrich told RollingStone.com about making the ad. “ESPN‘s commercials have a tendency to be hilarious. We were like, ‘That sounds like a good time.’ The whole thing had an overriding impulsivity to it.” And Pulse of Radio reports Metallica‘s Kirk Hammett will promote a ghoulish new collectible figure of himself, looking a little green, at this year’s Comic-Con International, which will take place later this month in San Diego. According to Loudwire, the limited edition figure is part of Hammett’s Famous Zombies Jr. line of his Kirk Von Hammett Toys. 300 copies of the figure will be available exclusively at Comic Con, with Kirk on hand to sign them at booth #503 on the convention floor on Friday (July 25th) from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. PT and Saturday (July 26th) from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. PT. Hammett said in a statement, “I’m stoked to be bringing more exclusive wares to the San Diego Comic Con . . . Being a fan of comics and movies since I was a kid, it’s just a huge honor to be a Comic Con on both sides, selling and buying!” ….Oh forgot to mention, had lunch with Lzzy Hale and Joe Hottinger from Halestorm. Great hanging with them. They are getting ready to get into the studio with a new producer who converted an old church into a recording studio. Looking for to that later this year. And look for own “Ask Lzzy” Lzzy tomorrow on Good Morning America on ABC-TV in the 8:30 AM hour, as she performs with Lindsey Stirling(that cool violin player) on the song “Shatter Me.” …Pulse of Radio also says Foo Fighters main man Dave Grohl appeared on Thursday (July 10th) at an HBO press event held for TV critics to discuss his new documentary series, Sonic Highways, which will premiere this fall. According to the Associated Press, Grohl was not exactly polished as he appeared before the press, with his cell phone ringing in the middle of the presentation, his clip-on mic falling off his jacket and the singer salting his answers with his usual colorful array of F-bombs. Grohl even admitted to going to a dive bar near his house the night before and sitting in with Foos drummer Taylor Hawkins‘ cover band, The Birds Of Satan, “just because I didn’t want to go to bed at 10 o’clock.” He did get around to discussing the series, which follows the Foos as they travel across the country to record songs for their new album at different iconic studios. Grohl explained, “These recording studios are hallowed ground; they’re churches and monuments to me. History has been made in s***holes all over the country.” Asked why the band went to the trouble of recording their eighth studio album in such a fashion, Grohl said, “We could just go make another record in the studio, hit the road and sell a bunch of T-shirts. It’s all about reinventing the process.” The show takes the band to studios in eight cities — Austin, Texas, Chicago, Los Angeles, Nashville, Tennessee, New Orleans, New York, Seattle and Washington, D.C. — and features local legends sitting in for each session. Grohl also interviews artists like Buddy Guy, Dolly Parton, Chuck D, Gibby Haynes and Allen Toussaint. Sonic Highways will premiere in October, with the band’s as-yet-untitled album due out in November…..Black Veil Brides have revealed the name of the band’s fourth studio album will be, shockingly, IV and that disc will arrive on Oct 28th. It’s currently available for pre-order through a PledgeMusic campaign launched by the group. The site will offer bonus content such as behind-the-scenes photos and videos, plus incentives depending on what you are willing to pay for the album. The offerings range from a digital download for $10 to tickets for any headlining Black Veil Brides show and access to the VIP meet-and-greet for the rest of your life for $500….And finally today: Linkin Park‘s Mike Shinoda and Slash are two of the musicians who appear in a new documentary short film called The Distortion Of Sound. According to Loudwire, the film explores how changes in music delivery systems have led to a transformation of the audio experience itself, with digital services like YouTube, iTunes, Spotify and others compressing the sounds so much that it affects one’s enjoyment of the music. Slash says in the film, “(When) you’re in the studio and you have all the tracks and everything is right there in front of you and you can hear your every instrument and you know exactly what it’s supposed to sound like and then for it to come out compressed, it’s like why did you put all the work into it in the first place? Because you don’t hear it that way.” Shinoda said, “There is a great irony that as technology advances and music becomes even more accessible, those songs aren’t being played back in their full richness and color. We now have access to all the music we could ever want, but this access has come at the expense of quality.” Director Jacob Rosenberg said that his intent with the film was “exploring the chasm between artist intent and the audience consumption.” Other artists appearing in the documentary include Quincy Jones, Snoop Dogg, Kate Nash, Steve Aoki and film composers Hans Zimmer and A.R. Rahman. A screening of the film was held at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles last Thursday night (July 10th), with Shinoda and Rosenberg participating in a post-screening Q&A. Attendees included Tom Morello, Courtney Love, Juliette Lewis, Adrian Grenier, Michelle Trachtenberg and more.