Did Tim Tebow Frame Aaron Hernandez? Just Kidding, But Will He Be The Next Patriots Tight End? “The Unhappy Hour” Host Brian Engelman Discuses The Latest On The Murder Investigation.

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“The Unhappy Hour” host Brian Engelman discusses the Aaron Hernandez murder investigation

– Did Tim Tebow frame Aaron Hernandez to get his tight end position on the New England Patriots? (Just a joke)
– Could Tim Tebow become the Patriots starting tight end with the Hernandez debacle continuing & Rob Gronkowski still ailing from several injuries?

– Plus, Joe Torre’s daughter catches an infant falling from a second floor fire escape while waling along the sidewalk. (Dad must’ve played catch with her!)

& much, much more.

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Was Journalist Michael Hastings Assassinated? John B. Wells Of Coast To Coast AM Joins “Agree To Disagree” Host Brian Engelman On The New American Media

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Notice how many times the phone connection “glitches” during the chat,…HELLO NSA!!! 🙂

“Agree To Disagree” host Brian Engelman once again welcomes radio host John B. Wells of Coast To Coast AM to discuss:

– Was journalist Michael Hastings assassinated?
– Was journalist Andrew Breitbart assassinated?
– Was United pilot Phillip Marshall murdered?
– The battle between darkness & light,
– The quickening,
– V For Vendetta,
– Civil unrest,
– Presidential kill lists,
– Domestic drone use,
– The scandals involving general Stanley A. McChrystal & General David Petraeus,
– How do the CIA, FBI, & NSA work inside of America,
– Could elected officials & Supreme Court Justices be blackmailed & controlled after spying & collecting sensitive personal information by the NSA?
– George Orwell’s “1984” sales skyrocket following the NSA leak
– Is Edward Snowden a hero?

& much more

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Young Cleveland Cavs Battle Injuries & Show Promise. “The Unhappy Hour” Welcomes NBA Scout Zak Baris

“The Unhappy Hour” host Brian Engelman once again welcomes regular NBA season co-host Zak Baris to the program to discuss the Cavs & the NBA.

Zak, like Brian is a lifelong Cleveland sports fan & unlike Brian, Zak is an NBA scout.

The young 2012-2013 Cleveland Cavaliers team has showed promise with Kyrie Irving continuing his high level of play, Center Anderson Varejao has been a beast on the boards, & rookie Dion Waiters played cold-blooded superstar level basketball against the Los Angeles Clippers on the road. Brian & Zak discuss.

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2-7 Cleveland Browns Prepare For Cowboys & Is Vick Karma Helping Falcons & Hurting Eagles?

Host Brian Engelman once again welcomes special guest co-host Brandon O’Dell for the “Strictly Browns” & “Overtime” segments.

The Cleveland Browns had a chance against the Baltimore Ravens, but couldn’t quite climb out of the 14 point first quarter lead that the Ravens built.

At 2-7, this young Cleveland team uses the bye-week to make adjustments for the 2nd half of the season & prepare to battle the Dallas Cowboys.

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Gary Johnson, 2012 Libertarian Presidential Candidate Interviewed By Brian Engelman Of TNAM Radio

2012 Libertarian Presidential Candidate Gov. Gary Johnson drops by The New American Media to talk with Brian Engelman about his candidacy for President of the United States.

Gary Johnson served as Governor of New Mexico, and is now running for President.

Gary addresses many Ron Paul supporters who are now disgusted with the GOP following the Republican convention & either don’t intend to vote for anyone, will now vote for Mr. Obama to “spite” the GOP cheaters, or consider voting Mr. Romney.

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Red Hot Chili Peppers among the class of 2012 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees

ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTIONS 2012
CLEVELAND, OHIO PUBLIC HALL April 14, 2012
By R.M. Engelman

Once again it was Cleveland’s time to host the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s annual induction ceremony, it’s 27th. The performing inductees were The Beastie Boys, Donovan, Guns N’ Roses, Laura Nyro, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Freddie King, and The Small Faces/The Faces (Rod Stewart previously inducted). Also in a new move, the Rock Hall now recognizes the backing groups of other frontmen previously inducted, The Blue Caps (Gene Vincent), The Comets (Bill Haley), The Crickets (Buddy Holly), The Famous Flames (James Brown), The Midnighters (Hank Ballard), and The Miracles (Smokey Robinson). These legends were graciously accredited and enshrined by Smokey. The non-performing inductee group included the legends behind the scenes, producer/songwriter Don Kirshner, engineer Cosimo Matassa, and producer/engineer’s Tom Dowd and Glyn Johns, all inducted by The Band’s Robbie Robertson.

The city’s gala at historic Public Hall unveiled the new walk of fame bronze stars commemorating this years inductees. Inductee Alice Cooper arrived to cheer on the newcomers (acknowledging Laura Nyro as one of his favorite songwriters), as did alumni George Clinton (noting that the Chili Peppers were family) arriving in his own “Mothership”, a big silver Zeppelin car/bus, with another Hall alumni “Kidd Funkadelic” guitarist Clevelander Michael Hampton, and the ominous “Minister of Funk” in black judge’s garb. George also performed with Cleveland born rapper Kid Cudi earlier in the week at a free concert put on by the Rock Hall. Actor David Arquette was here to do his best Don Kirschner impression during Carole King’s induction of her former boss, which also featured prior inductee Darlene Love performing Carole’s classic “Will You Love Me Tomorrow”. Cleveland biggies, Mayor Frank Jackson, Indian Chief Mark Shapiro, Brown’s head coach Pat Shurmur, and musician Jim Brickman were among the attendees.

The ceremonies went on with no Axl Rose (defiance), no John Frusciante (declined for reasons only he knows), no Adam Yauch (cancer), and no Rod Stewart (strep throat). Some behind the scenes scrambling had Simply Red’s Mick Hucknall taking the vocals with the Small Faces/Faces, Alter Bridge and Slash’s solo frontman Myles Kennedy leading the Guns N’ Roses configuration (including drummers Matt Sorum and Steven Adler), and the Beastie Boy tribute had Kid Rock, Gym Class Heroes’ Travie McCoy and the Roots’ Black Thought outfitted in matching old-school green jogging suits. The Beastie’s were inducted by rapper/actor LL Cool J, (who got his break when the BB’s gave his tape to producer Rick Rubin), and Public Enemy rapper Chuck D. The Chili Peppers brought out George Clinton, Billy Joe Armstrong, Ron Wood, and Slash for a finale of the some 5.5-hour gala, on Stevie Wonder’s “Higher Ground”. The Freddie King tribute including “Going Down” had Joe Bonamassa, Derek Trucks, and his inductors ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill performing.

Chris Rock’s R-Rated induction of the Chili Peppers included how he first saw them by accident when he went to the wrong club expecting to see Grandmaster Flash. He described how he couldn’t understand a single word they were singing, their tube sock fashion statement, and extreme energy. Cigarette wielding John Mellencamp inducted Donovan Leitch with the strangest rambling speech, while offering up the first Donovan record he ever bought and admitting he stole his complete act from The Don. Don on the other hand, gave an eloquent poetic acceptance address, fitting of a true musical scholar. John joined Don onstage for “Season of the Witch”.

After Bette Midler’s teary induction of singer/songwriter Laura Nyro, singer Sara Bareilles did a fantastic version of Laura’s “Stoney End”. The Chili’s Flea was also choked up during accepting while acknowledging his mother who was present. Green Day’s Billy Joe Armstrong gave a longwinded dissertation of whatever, while presenting GNR. BJA revealed that after first observing the antics of the multi-talented GNR that they were on course to end up either being dead or in jail. E Street’s Miami Steve Van Zandt inducted the surviving Small Faces/Faces members Ron Wood (Rolling Stones), Ian McLagan, and Kenney Jones by saying that they were fortunate enough to have the two best white soul singers ever in Steve (Stephen Peter) Marriot and Rod (Roderick David) Stewart.

The event and entire week of activities was extremely well executed, and came off making the city a winner. At least a zillion things needed to be done efficiently from the planning phase to the finish line in order to hit it out of the park. Everything from the accommodations to the security was well thought out and executed. Backing bandleader, Letterman’s own Paul Shaffer did a great job of both arranging and playing. I personally thought the performance highlight was GNR, as Myles and Slash really nailed everything down with a vengeance. Myles calmly hit the notes from high to low, being in great form from recently touring with Slash.

The event was simulcast at the Rock Hall. To get the full feel and vibe and all of the nuances and madness, catch the ceremony, which will be shown on HBO on May 5th.

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Recommended Materials, Part 1

– This list will contain various interesting, thrilling, entertaining, funny, creepy, or thought provoking content to consider:

“1984” & “Animal Farm” by George Orwell” (book & movie)
(1984 explains; “War is peace, freedom is slavery, & ignorance is strength” 1984 is a cautionary tale of technology humans need to avoid, and how personal privacy and freedom can erode or be stolen. When politics corrupts, who can you believe?)
(Animal Farm explains “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” You will learn about communism and totalitarianism, and why they are NEVER good ideas.)

Jericho” (tv series)
The television show “Jericho” is the story of a massive disaster that radically alters the lives of the residents of “Jericho”. EMP cuts off all power, struggle to survive begins, neighboring towns go to war, the United States devolves into chaos, a battle for a “new” government” begins, and the season abruptly ends. This show needs to be brought back to television.

One Second After by William Forstchen” (tv series)
When an EMP (electromagnetic pulse) shuts down all of the power grid in the United States, a small town reacts to the new problems facing their new world. Similar to both “The Stand” & “Jericho”. We are reminded of the Boy Scout motto: “Be Prepared”.
Are you & your family, friends, & neighbors prepared to weather a storm?

“The Stand” by: Stephen King” (book & tv miniseries)
(If the $#!^ hits the fan, how many of us know how to take care of ourselves? Plus, what does good vs. evil really mean?)

Coast to Coast AM” (radio show & website) hosted by George Noory
A college professor at Bowling Green State University told an entire 300 person lecture hall to do ourselves a favor and start listening to Coast to Coast AM, (when Art Bell was the full-time host). In the past 15 years, this radio show has motivated millions of daily listeners to think outside of the box & ponder some new ideas. If you are interested in some of the same materials that we are here at The New American Media, please check out C2C.
In our search for the truth, C2C can challenge your beliefs, motivate & stimulate your creativity, and start you on a path of learning, and strange considerations that will expand your knowledge and always get you thinking, (whether you agree with the guests or not). Check them out at http://www.CoastToCoastAM.com

“The Green Mile” & “The Shawshank Redemption”” (Film) These Stephen King movies are fantastic, inspiring, thought provoking, and are great stories.

“Atlas Shrugged” by: Ayn Rand” (Book & Film) If you read this book written in 1957, you may be astonished. If you simply change the names of the people in this book to current politicians of today,…you’ll find that the more things change, the more they stay the same. Punish the successful, & blame the risk takers. People start to ask, “Who is John Galt” in response to the entitlement mentality that was then, & has continued to be a destructive & pervasive way of American life. Personal charity is a far cry from a governmental mandate to redistribute wealth. As our current economic and political system is collapsing in the United States, we need to look toward the past to see that people have been trying to illuminate the general public to the morality of capitalism, and the liberty of self governance. “Who is John Galt?”

“Common Sense” by: Thomas Paine & Glenn Beck” (Book) Thomas Paine’s original writings from the Revolutionary times of the British colonies, clarified why a free “United States” was a necessity. This helped create the U.S.A. Glenn Beck brought this sentiment to a contemporary understanding by showing the problems our country faces today, and how we can unite again. It’s an easy read, & it’s a good read. Whether you are a Glenn Beck fan or not,…give this book a chance. We face great problems in the United States today, and “Common Sense” provides some,…well,… “Common Sense”.

“The Bretheren” by: John Grisham” (Book) From Amazon.com:
(The novel grows from two separate subplots. In the first, three imprisoned ex-judges (the “brethren” in the title), frustrated by their loss of power and influence, concoct an elaborate blackmail scheme that preys on wealthy, closeted gay men. The second story traces the rise of presidential candidate Aaron Lake, a puppet essentially created by CIA director Teddy Maynard to fulfill Maynard’s plans for restoring the power of his beleaguered agency.)
John Grisham is one of our favorite writers. We read this book around the time of the September 11th attacks in New York. This book will make you consider the ties that politicians have both intentionally, or accidentally. Please read this book and then spend a little time with your thoughts,…We know that we did.

www.whowhatwhy.com” (Website) We’ve heard Russ Baker a few times on Coast to Coast AM, and made a note to recommend him to people. Russ Baker has recently reminded us that he’s worth listening to and reading about. Whether you agree with Russ or not, he’ll make you think. More than almost any other reason, we value the ability to get people thinking, questioning, researching & re-examining all aspects of life.

“On Atlantis” by: Edgar Cayce” (Book) We know you’ve heard about Atlantis, but have you considered that this might have been a real place? The great philosopher Plato wrote about Atlantis. Edgar Cayce was a very interesting person who also talked about Atlantis. He’d put himself into meditative trances where he could diagnose disease, and discuss past-life regressions. Thinking about Atlantis helps put things into perspective. This planet could have had intelligent humans for a very long time, and the history we are taught, might be missing a few important pieces. We recommend that you read about this and consider for yourself.

“Sum, 40 Tales From the Afterlives” by: David Eagleman” (Book) This neuroscientist writes about 40 potential experiences in the afterlife. This one of the most thought provoking, conversation starting & funny books we’ve ever seen.

By: Brian Engelman

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“Make it Count” 2012 NAMM convention overview by David Sampen

NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) Convention overview by David Sampen

“Make it Count,” was definitely the theme of the 2012 NAMM show held at the Anaheim Convention center. Walking among the near 100,000 in attendance this year were several industry greats like Alice Cooper, Lee Sklar, Jackson Browne, Lee Ritenour, Rob Weir, Mikkey Dee, Nikko McBrian, Stevie Wonder, Steve Vai, Earl Slick, Neal Schon, Albert Lee and countless others music greats. A true highlighted moment was in meeting for the first time award winning drummer and producer, Johnny Rabb. Mr Rabb had been so kind earlier in the year to offer his own interpretation of a dear friend’s musical vision entitled “Metro” which will soon be released to the general public. Everywhere you gravitate towards in this building it is electrifying and eye opening to what the future holds for music and technology.

Digitech is “making it count”, by offering a nice solution to excess chords, power adaptors, and even the occasional beer spilled onto your expensive pedal board. The DigiTech iPB-10 is now on the market and basically takes all of your old pedals and puts them in one place on your i-pad. Simply lift the protective hatch, place your i-pad in the designated area, close the hatch door and you are ready to create as many pedal board combinations as your mind will allow. I believe you can only run up to 8 effects simultaneously but this is more than most will ever need at once and the combinations and tones are endless. I really appreciated the idea of sitting in the comfort of home and creating my sound effects on my i-pad and then having the versatility and durability to use the same piece of equipment on stage during a rock show. At first I thought to myself that this might be too complex for the average player, however, we do live in a very advanced day in age and seeing as how some 5 year olds are now capable of operating computers to an extent, I am sure the learning curve will not be a difficult one to overcome. After five minutes of use I was ready to go off on my own and explore a whole new world of effects combinations and possibilities.

It can be difficult to make every moment count when you are so overwhelmed by the sights and sounds echoing throughout 1.6 million square feet of space at the convention center. One minute you are enticed with a potential autograph from Steve Vai and the next moment you are drawn into a conversation with Eddie Van Halen’s main guitar builder. To not have a plan of attack was my plan of attack at this years event, an itinerary at this point would have only ended up in sheer disappointment as it is nearly impossible to see everything there is to see in just four days. After waltzing through Fender, Peavy, Charvel, Gibson, Taylor, Martin, Kramer and several other of my absolute all time favorite guitar makers, I found myself at Eddie Van Halen’s booth playing his new line of 2012 EVH Wolfgang guitars. Somewhere between my version of “Eruption” or “I’m The One”, I was very pleased to sit and talk with product manager Chris Cannella as he offered me some amazing stories about Eddie and some insight to why the new EVH line is better than ever.

As a long time follower of Eddie’s I have played most every model he has come out with as well as building versions of the Frankenstrat and early model Van Halen replica guitars. Understanding what he was trying to achieve 30 years ago on some of his creations and seeing where the line of guitars is now has been an amazing experience. Some of the new configurations this year are a matte black finish, as well as a flamed maple finish. As well, some models will come with a fixed bridge with fine tuners. EVH’s new line of Wolfgang specials and Wolfgang Custom’s feature a new Ebony neck which has never been done before on any of his guitars. In my opinion the neck was very fast and extremely responsive. Ebony tends to rank very well on the wood spectrum when it comes to hardness, weight, and stability thus offering a great contrast to prior EVH models and the maple fretboards. Other noticeable differences were in the tone quality of the set neck guitars versus the bolt on. A set neck will create better vibrations and more sustain throughout the guitar because the energy is transferred more efficiently across the different wood surfaces.

Eddie has also released a new line of amplifiers including the 5150 III 50 watt head. This amp has a 30-watt, 1 x 12 Celestion Heritage speaker and is rated at 16 ohms. At 25 percent of the cubic size of the original 4 x 12 this model comes in either ivory or black and rocks about as hard as any amp I have every played “Hot For Teacher” on. This amp has all of the power required for any sized performance and will stand firm against the competition.

It was a privilege to attend this years 2012 NAMM Convention and overall it was a very memorable experience. It will be interesting to see how these new products are accepted and used by the general public. With so many different options to choose from the world of music continues to open up with no boundaries or limitations in sight. Thank you to those individuals who made it possible for me to be a part of this years NAMM experience and I eagerly look forward to seeing everyone next year.

David Sampen

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