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Guitar wizard BUCKETHEAD to headline an evening of fretboard magic at Rocklin’s Quarry Park Amphitheater. June 16.

Buckethead’s upcoming Father’s Day show is sure to bring out countless guitar geeks as well as fans of his previous shock-rock band, Deli Creeps, a band which Mike Patton (Mr. Bungle, Faith No More) claimed “They’re so good they piss me off.” To date, he has also performed with various artists including (but not limited to) Bootsy Collins, Bill Laswell & Praxis, Les Claypool, Bernie Worrell, Iggy…

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Enuff Z'Nuff singer DONNIE VIE to headline four West Coast shows including Richmond’s Baltic Kiss. April 12.

Donnie Vie plays The Baltic Kiss located at 135 Park Place in Richmond on Friday, April 12th. Support acts to be announced.

Blue Island, Illinois’ own Enuff Z’Nuff was originally formed by singer Donnie Vie and bassist Chip Z’Nuff some 42 years ago. And while they enjoyed massive MTV airplay during the first self-titled record’s cycle, it was their two radio hits – “Fly High Michelle” (Billboard #47) and “New Thing” (Billboard #67) – that catapaulted the quartet into veritable headliners across the globe. Sadly, their…

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Wilco Kick Off the Weekend and a Three-Night Run at the Beacon Theatre on Friday

Wilco – Beacon Theatre – June 21, 2024

Like many a Wilco fan, I look back to 2004’s A Ghost Is Born with certain fondness, not least because it was an inflection-point epoch. Before touring the Ghost material — which is to say, before Wilco rounded out the band lineup we would come to know over the two decades since with guitar sorcerer Nels Cline and multi-instrumentalist wonder Pat Sansone — Wilco had only just begun to push at the artier, more experimental edges of their invigorating, countrified indie-rock, hinting at what might come next. 

After that, Jeff Tweedy and Co. were totally indulging those edges: Ghost inaugurated an era of Wilco songs and shows that could be tightly compact or sprawling and annihilating and psychedelic, and today usually are all of those things, where even the quietest and most delicate tunes have simmering noise-rock rage just beneath them and are better for it. Wilco can be so sweetly on. They can go so wildly off. It’s all good. And as the size of their playable oeuvre has doubled since — including a prolific run of new material since the pandemic — they’ve refined what they do even further. They wear their “great modern rock” bona fides well. 

Wilco shows have a way of feeling casually epic. At the Beacon on Friday — the first of three for the band, back in the broiling city — they started out confident and workmanlike and then, gradually, both relaxed the vibe and upped the intensity. Tweedy was his usual affable, lightly sardonic self, steering them through a well-blended run of classics from all eras (“Handshake Drugs,” “Passenger Side,” “I’m the Man Who Loves You”), more recent tunes and obscurities. 

There was some deference to Ghost material — among the standouts, the sensational, Beatles-like “Hummingbird” just never gets old, and the crowd felt it deeply — but there was at least as much from 2022’s Cruel Country and 2023’s Cousin, the pandemic Wilco albums whose songs yield some of their most interesting experiments yet. “Falling Apart (Right Now),” from the former, is an actual, chicken-pickin’ country song, but one that isn’t so much a throwback to Wilco’s early, pre-millennium alt-country days as it is what the band might sound like if they took this version of the band back to that aesthetic. And yet, “Bird Without a Tail/Base of My Skull,” from that same album, has very little country at all: a woozy, jangling build that on record ebbs into rustic psychedelia but here, live, opened up, became a sonic voyage, the band all in protracted instrumental jamming at once.

When they go for it, they��really go for it. Long masters of setlist construction, Wilco built on a strong first hour and then cranked up things, using the last third of the show on a run through some of their richest material: “Heavy Metal Drummer,” “The Late Greats,” the deceptively delicate, right-in-the-feels “Jesus Etc.,” the much-beloved hymn “California Stars,” the shoegaze-hypnotic choogle of “Spiders (Kidsmoke)” at the close of a four-song encore. And every time you think you’ve previously heard the best of Cline laying waste to “Impossible Germany” — a pensive tune that in fact houses a seven-plus-minute, no-holds-barred guitar excursion — it ends up feeling like the first time, with Friday’s showstopper a wiry adventure of maybe-this-feels-like-Eddie Hazel-meets-David-Gilmour-but-no-it’s-actually-just-Nels-doing-Nels-and-holy-shit.

Wilco’s individual players get plenty of love: Tweedy, Cline, Sansone, the might-be-MVP Glenn Kotche on drums, the stalwart John Stirratt on bass, the never-not-on-point Mikael Jorgensen on keys. Less talked about, and ever more apparent as they age, is how well over 20 years they’ve jelled as an ensemble and move as one organism over songs for whom this many players and this much musicality might be too much in an arena, let alone a theater. That they’ve also kept all this from becoming mechanical — that every Wilco show still feels fresh and unforced — suggests there are many more Wilco epochs yet to come. —Chad Berndtson | @Cberndtson

(Wilco play the Beacon Theatre again tonight.)

Photos courtesy of Savannah Lauren | @savannahlaurenphoto

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April 15, 1947, was an opening day like no other at Ebbets Field. Jackie Robinson made his historic Major League debut—the first African-American player in modern baseball history. With him in the Dodgers’ dugout are Spider Jorgensen, Pee Wee Reese, and Eddie Stanky.

Photo: National Baseball Hall of Fame Library/MLB via Getty Images

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EL DEBUT DE JACKIE ROBINSON....EL DÍA QUE CAMBIÓ LA HISTORIA

Antes del 15 de abril de 1947, los peloteros afroamericanos fueron estrellas en las Ligas Negras e incluso también en la Liga Mexicana de Beisbol, pero en las Grandes Ligas tenían la puerta cerrada... aunque después de ese día, la historia cambió

Los peloteros de color no eran aceptados en MLB y eso los llevo a tener su propia liga y emigrar a otros países, donde en lugares como en México se les abrieron las puertas, se les trató como ídolos, como estrellas y como personas (algo que no sucedía en EU). Pero el día en que el nombre de Jackie Robinson apareció en el line up de los Brooklyn Dodgers, ya nada fue igual.

El 15 de abril de 1947, Jackie Robinson saltó al terreno y trotó para cubrir la primera base de los Dodgers, y ahí se dio el primer paso en el viaje de mil millas que hoy tiene su número retirado en todos los equipos.

En ese momento y lugar, el movimiento moderno de los derechos humanos nació en los Estados Unidos, y cada año se celebra el aniversario de uno de los momentos más emblemáticos del béisbol. También es la razón del porqué el número 42 de Robinson fue retirado para siempre en 1997 y del porqué su historia de valentía y sacrificio es contada.

El 15 de abril los Dodgers abrieron la temporada frente a los Boston Braves. La novena venía de una campaña en la que tuvo marca de 96-60 y uno de los hombres que reforzó al equipo era el jugador de 28 años de edad nacido en Cairo, Georgia, llamado Jackie Robinson.

El manager del equipo, Clyde Sukeforth, decidió que el nuevo pelotero fuera el primera base para ese juego y estaría como segundo en el orden al bat.

El debut de Jackie Robinson... el día que cambió la historia© Proporcionado por Séptima Entrada

Y el momento histórico se dio en el primer turno del juego. Dick Culler (Boston) sacó una rola a tercera base que tomó Spider Jorgensen y tiró a la inicial donde Robinson la tomó para completar el out. Ahí inició el legado de Jackie.

Después de eso, vino la primera aparición al bat. Johnny Sain era el pitcher abridor rival (un derecho que venía de una temporada en la que compiló marca de 20-14 con un 2.21 de PCL). Los Dodgers pasaron a batear y empezó Eddie Stanky, quien sacó una rola a segunda base.

Entonces llegó el turno: Robinson sacó una rola a la antesala que se convirtió en el segundo out del duelo.

LOS TURNOS DE JACKIE

Primera entrada: rola a primera

Tercera entrada: fly al jardín izquierdo

Quinta entrada: rola para doble play (short-segunda-primera)

Séptima entrada: tocó la bola y hubo error del tercera base en el tiro, llegando hasta segunda. Anotó con doblete de Pete Reiser.

Jackie Robinson changed baseball forever.

Jackie was a Hall of Fame player, person and pioneer to usher in a new era of baseball; one that promoted inclusion.

We're physically apart today, but we stand together for Jackie Robinson.

Thank you, Jackie.#Jackie42 pic.twitter.com/BMz1mQzrwC

Aunque Jackie se fue de 3-0, anotó la cuarta carrera del juego para los Dodgers. A la defensiva, tuvo 11 participaciones al completar el out en la inicial. Lo tocó atrapar tres elevados, uno de ellos fue para lograr el out 26. 

(Por Miguel Boada Nájera-Séptima Entrada)

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Famous August 16, 2022 birthdays:

Ann Blyth (American actress & singer), 94

Julie Newmar (American actress & dancer), 89

Cardinal Seán Brady (Irish Catholic cardinal), 83

Bob Balaban (American actor & director), 77

Lesley Warren (American actress & singer), 76

Mike Jorgensen (American baseball player & manager), 74

Paul Pasqualoni (American football coach), 73

James Cameron (Canadian movie director)(pictured), 68

Angela Bassett (American actress), 64

Christian Okoye (Nigerian-American football player), 61

Steve Carrell (American actor & comedian)(pictured), 60

Eddie Olczyk; Jr. (American hockey player & commentator), 56

Bonnie Bernstein (American sports journalist), 52

Bob Hardy (British guitarist), 41

Niko Zisis (Greek basketball player), 39

Cristin Milioti (American actress), 37

Darubisshu Yū (Japanese baseball player), 36

Carey Price (Canadian hockey player), 35

Evanna Lynch (Irish actress), 31

Young Thug (American rapper), 31

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If Kate Bush’s original is Eddie throwing the fence post, Jorgensen’s cover (posted before) is Richie crying in the quarry, this version is Eddie digging his way out of the cavern after coming back from the dead.

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The Moment Paris-Nice Was Won

In 1972 Eddy Merckx was so confident of winning Paris-Nice that before the start of the final stage he posed for photos with a speedboat, a prize that year. Only Raymond Poulidor rocketed up the Col d’Eze to win the stage, take the race overall and collect the prize. Primož Roglič can show a cannibal-like trait at times but must also know a thing or two about not counting chickens until they hatch, or as they say in Slovenian, “not praising the day until the evening”. But on the morning of the final stage it did look like Roglič had Paris-Nice sewn up and he even had a good chance of winning the final stage too…

Many star riders had opted for Tirreno-Adriatico, but if two simultaneous World Tour races might sound incongruous to outsiders or management consultants, the format works well with a large share of the peloton able to bank a week-long stage race in mid-March and views able getting double the action. Perhaps more than Wout van Aert or Julian Alaphilippe, the one thing Paris-Nice really missed this year was the wind. Ride from Paris to Nice and long days across the plains are inevitable, and if the weather is benign, so is the racing.

We got some fine bunch sprints, but this is the sporting version of nouvelle cuisine when we’d hoped for a feast, a daily dish to be consumed in seconds rather than hours. Sam Bennett won the opening stage in Saint Cyr and would take second while Cees Bol seized the moment to take a chaotic finish, too.

Without echelons on the first two days, the time trial in Gien was the first obvious rendez-vous for the GC contenders and Roglič was the best, just behind Stefan Bissegger and Rémi Cavagna, with Brandon McNulty close, then Max Schachmann and Sacha Vlasov close by. The likes of Tao Geoghegan Hart, Jai Hindley, David Gaudu and Guillaume Martin were among those on the receiving end in a 14km time trial and they’ll face four times this distance if they ride the Tour de France.

The wine stage past Macon and into the Beaujolais was a lively one with a difficult finishing circuit. These are not legendary roads but they do offer great riding for visitors and make just as good terrain for racing as they do red wine. All talk of wine tasting was spat out with Roglič’s late surge to win solo as he crushed his rivals like they were grapes in a vat. He took 12 seconds by the line and another 13 in time bonuses with Schachmann again close by, and this was the German once again the second best. Schachmann finished 19th on the stage to Biot won by Roglič, but all were on the same time so this momentary gap didn’t cost anything.

Schachmann was back on Roglič’s wheel for the big mountain top finish to La Colmiane. Gino Mäder was the lone breakaway survivor and with a chance of the stage win, but after everyone else was dropped Roglič launched one last time to shake off Schachi and got clear, rounded Mäder and took the stage win, his third so far. Some would have preferred if he could have let Mäder win, but this was no place for gifts with Roglič being hounded by Schachmann, who’d been right on his wheel and still seconds separating the main riders on GC with a tricky stage behind Nice still to come, rather. We don’t need hindsight to see Roglič couldn’t afford to play Santa either. Name a rider who has lost a stage race because they didn’t distance their rivals enough: Roglič. Name a rider who has seen stage races slip from him on the last day: Roglič. He’d be a tragic figure if it wasn’t for all the races he wins.

The final stage of Paris-Nice is never a victory parade. Ever since the Col d’Eze time trial was abolished it’s often the most difficult and spectacular day of the week. Still, the briefing on the Jumbo team bus wouldn’t have lasted long, a stage on the same roads as last summer’s Tour de France and within easy riding of several of the squad’s Monaco apartments presented few surprises and they needed to keep a lid on the race so that Schachmann and Astana didn’t take time; maybe letting a breakaway go to mop up the time bonuses would help. “Just keeping Primož safe to bring it home“.

Which brings us to the moment the race was lost. Or rather the moments, because like many disasters, it’s not one mishap but a chain of events. The first crash on the descent from Levens to Roquette – the same used in the Tour de France’s opening stage last year, the ice-rink stage – where he dislocated his shoulder and had his shorts shredded. Many would demand days off work following an accident like this, yet Roglič was back on the bike but, however quickly we see a rider remount, these incidents are never cost-free. Muscles ache, skin burns, adrenalin has burned up energy reserves, swelling starts and more. Then Roglič crashed again on the same descent the next time and jammed his chain. He got a replacement bike but had to chase and there was a barrage, where the convoy was being held back, leaving Roglič and his Jumbo-Visma teammates to close the gap. They’re strong, but lacked a big rouleur and the likes of Oomen, Kruijswijk and Bennett were spent quickly in the chase up the Vésubie valley, leaving Roglič alone to close the final gap of less than ten seconds. This was the point of maximum danger, where the final metres are often the hardest part of the gap to close, and meanwhile, Astana and Bora-Hansgrohe had riders on the front, so it was a lone rider in yellow versus a team trial.

Roglič never gave up though, climbing as fast as he could and prompting many double takes from dropped riders coasting up the last climb and upon reaching the finish, congratulated Schachmann on his win with a fist-bump when by all accounts he might have felt like something less gracious and would be entitled to vanish inside the team bus right away (he didn’t show up for the podium ceremony to collect the points jersey). Schachmann himself said he didn’t want to win this way but he did, and not just because Roglič crashed, but because someone else had to win and all throughout he was the second best rider. It’s a small consolation for last year’s winner on his way back after that accident in Bergamo that broke his collarbone.

The Verdict Not a vintage edition because the wind didn’t enliven the opening stages and once the race reached hillier terrain, the GC battle wasn’t much of a contest either. But like a restaurant that served up a surprise dessert, the memory might be of the final dish in the hills behind Nice. Primož Roglič looked to have the race sewn up with two stage wins and being the best-placed GC rider from the time trial, but all this just left him seconds ahead of his rivals and one crash was enough to topple him from the podium. He wasn’t alone: Richie Porte, Tao Geoghegan Hart and Brandon McNulty would also crash out of the race, and the absence of Ineos’s leaders allowed Jumbo-Visma to keep a grip on the race all week, but the final stage twist just adds to the lore of Paris-Nice.

Paris-Nice is often a small dress rehearsal for the Tour. Younger riders get a go and the youth competition showed strong rides by Vlasov, Lucas Hamilton, Jorgensen, McNulty and Paret-Peintre. It’s a tune up for next weekend’s Milan-Sanremo, too. But perhaps the long term effect will be on Jumbo-Visma; the team will give leadership to some of their other riders in upcoming stage races but last week’s racing suggests they’ll play it even safer in July.

The Moment Paris-Nice Was Won published first on https://motocrossnationweb.weebly.com/

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FM rock gods BLUE ÖYSTER CULT to play J Resort’s outdoor Glow Plaza. July 5.

It’s hard to believe 57 years have passed since guitarist Buck Dharma – a.k.a. Donald Roeser – first formed the band under the moniker of Soft White Underbelly in Long Island, NY. It would only take a couple years to make a much-needed switch to Blue Öyster Cult and hire Eric Bloom as its charismatic front-man and singer. Continue reading FM rock gods BLUE ÖYSTER CULT to play J Resort’s outdoor…

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Sonoma County's longest-running Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne tribute SWEET LEAF to play On The Y in Sacramento. April 6.

Sweet Leaf features a veritable who’s who of the local metal scene. Continue reading Sonoma County’s longest-running Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne tribute SWEET LEAF to play On The Y in Sacramento. April 6.

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30 Strong LGBTQ+ Women of now and then and rainbow flags for Harry’s Berlin show

Patriarchy.

It is a word often thrown around in human rights circles, so much so that it has lost a bit of it’s meaning. Patriarchy, when viewed from the other side, is systemic-misogyny: the assumption that it is men who make everything possible. The LGBTQ+ community is not immune to this systemic problem. We are all products of the society in which we live, and for the most part we all continue to live in a male-focused society that celebrates successful men and questions the motives and abilities of successful women.

What follows is a small attempt to set the record straight. Hollywood may enjoy making movies about the men who led the early LGBTQ+ rights movement, we must never forget the strong, defiant, and very LOUD women who often stood by their side, and often, led the charge. If anything, the LGBTQ+ right movement is a Matriarchy - led by amazing female athletes, Queens, Divas, scientists, authors, and grandmothers. When the forces of tradition and orthodoxy took a swing, these women stood strong as leaders worthy of celebration.

But not all history is in the past. Many of the names on this list are still very active in LGBTQ+ activism today. History is being made by women around the world every day.

One of our participants and team members @dieinthewinter decided to shine a light on 30 of them by taping little notes to 538 handheld rainbow flags and give them out to the fans today at Harry’s show at Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany.

This is the story of some very “Strong Women”:

African-American lesbian Ruth Ellis (born 1899) welcomed black LGBTQ+ refugees in her home for several decades.

Edith “Edie” Windsor’s lawsuit against the state due to tax inequalities after her wife died led to one of the most significant marriage equality supreme court cases.

Mirna Haidar is a lebanese refugee and queer-identifying spokesperson for the Muslim Alliance for Sexual and Gender Diversity. She has has survived bombs, surveillance and detainment from her government.

bell hooks wrote several books and articles on feminism, including “Feminism is For Everybody” and “Ain’t I a woman?: Black Women and Feminism.”

Sylvia Rivera, a hispanic transgender activist, was one of the first women to throw a bottle at the Stonewall Inn raid in 1969.

Marsha P. Johnson, a black transgender activist, was one of the first women to throw a bottle at the Stonewall Inn raid in 1969.

Billie Jean King is an American former professional tennis player and was the first ever publicly out athlete.

Christine Jorgensen was the first out, well-known American trans woman to undergo sex reassignment surgery.

Sally Ride was the first woman and lesbian in space. She was also a space shuttle robotic arm operator.

Dusty Springfield was an English pop singer who described her sexuality as “perfectly as capable of being swayed by a girl as by a boy”.

Jenny Bailey was the first trans woman to become a Mayor in the UK. Her transgender partner Jennifer Liddle served as her mayoress.

Nicola Adams is Great Britain’s most decorated female boxer, identifies as bisexual and became the first openly LGBT person to win an Olympic boxing Gold medal.

Beth Ditto is a lesbian who is well known for her outspoken support of both LGBT and feminist causes.

The recent coach for Germany's national women's football team Steffi Jones is the daughter of an afro-american US-army soldier and married to a woman.

Frida Kahlo was an openly bisexual, Mexican painter who was in a somewhat polyamorous marriage with a man.

Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir became Prime Minister of Iceland in 1978 and the world's first openly gay head of government of the modern era.

Alba Reyes lost her son Sergio at the age of 16 to a suicide driven by severe homophobic discrimination. Colombia changed its laws to protect the LGBTQ+ community after this incident and Alba is now one of the country’s biggest advocates in the fight for equality for LGBTQ+ youth.

Sarah Hegazy was one of 57 Egyptians arrested for allegedly waving a rainbow flag at a concert by the Lebanese band Mashrou' Leila - whose lead singer is openly gay in September 2017.

37-year-old and out-spoken LGBTQ+ community member Kimberly Morris was one of the 49 victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando in June 2016.

Happily married Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon met in 1950 and helped founding Daughters of Bilitis, the first national lesbian organization in the US in 1995.

Anna Grodzka was the first openly transgender Member of Parliament in Poland. She was elected to the Sjem in 2011.

Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera is a Ugandan LGBT rights activist and founder of the LGBT rights organization Freedom & Roam Uganda.

Indian human rights activist Anjali Gopalan is the founder and executive director of the Naz Foundation Trust, an NGO dedicated to the fight against the HIV/AIDS epidemic in India mainly focused on women and children.

Romanița Iordache is the vice president of Accept, a non-governmental organization that advocates for the rights of LGBTQ+ people in Romania.

Josephine Chuen-juei Ho is the chair of the English department of National Central University, Taiwan, and coordinator of its Center For the Study of Sexualities. She has withstood lawsuits directed at her outspokenness on gender and rights issues.

Tonette Lopez was the first transgender woman activist in the Philippines and a popular Asian LGBT activist, HIV/AIDS researcher and journalist.

FannyAnn Viola Eddy was an activist for LGBTQ+ rights in her native Sierra Leone and throughout Africa. She was the victim of a brutal, homophobia driven murder on September 29 2004.

Chely Wright is American country music’s first openly lesbian singer. She’s focused on serving as a mentor for children and teens in order to reduce LGBTQ+ related suicides in children.

Lydia Annice Foy in an Irish trans woman notable for leading legal challenges regarding gender recognition in Ireland.

Lena Klimova is the founder of online community Children-404, which publishes letters from Russian LGBT teenagers and provides a space for them to support each other. She has been charged with violating the so called "Propaganda law" several times, the most recent time in the morning of Oct 24th 2017.  

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The Curious Case of Renan Barao

The Curious Case of Renan Barao - http://mmauk.net/2018/10/23/the-curious-case-of-renan-barao/

The Curious Case of Renan Barao

One of the Greats?

Once considered by many to be the number one pound-for-pound Mixed Martial Artist in the world, Renan Barao now looks a forlorn figure in the UFC. At thirty-one years of age, he should still be in his physical prime, so what has happened to the once great Brazilian?

Pre May 2014

Barao had an inauspicious start to his pro MMA career in 2005, losing his first fight, in his native Brazil, by unanimous decision to Joao Pablo Rodriguez on the 14th April. It was not the start that he would have wanted but little did we know the winning streak that would follow that initial set back.

Starting almost exactly one month later, Barao would begin a run that would, eventually, take him to UFC Bantamweight Gold.

He picked up his first victory against Melk Freitas by TKO on 13th May 2005. That year also saw Barao win two more bouts in convincing fashion, one by rear naked choke and the other by a first round knockout.

The wins kept coming in 2006; one by kneebar, one by TKO and a close split decision against Rony Jason. 2007 was heading in a similar direction – 3 submission wins and a decision. In his last fight of that year, however, he took an illegal soccer-kick from Claudemir Souza in the first round at an event in his native Brazil. He was deemed unable to continue and the fight was later ruled a “no contest”.

In 2008 he bounced back from the minor setback of the n/c with his busiest year to date. Incredibly, he fought seven times – including two fights in one night at Watch Out Combat Show 2 in Rio de Janeiro. At the end of all seven fights, Barao had his arm raised in victory – 4 finishes and 3 unanimous decisions.

2009 brought more victories – 5 in total. 2010 another 3 – including an impressive first-round submission of the talented Chris Cariaso.

2011 saw Renan Barao compete for the first time in the UFC. The date was May 28th, the venue was MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, at UFC 130. His opponent was Cole Escovedo. He was the very first fight on the card and prevailed with a unanimous decision victory.

Less than 6 months later, at UFC 138 in Birmingham England, he would face home favourite Brad Pickett – who a year previously had handed Demetrious Johnson his first ever defeat. They came out swinging in the first round, both landing significant strikes but it was a devastating knee to the head that signalled the beginning of the end for Pickett. After knocking Pickett down, Barao was able to take his back and secure a first-round finish by Rear Naked Choke. It was an electric match and Barao had arrived on the big scene. If the MMA world didn’t know who Renan Barao was before this fight, they certainly did now. Commentator Joe Rogan’s first words following the end of the match were “Renan Barao is a monster!”

2012 saw Barao have two more fights. The first was a unanimous decision victory against Scott Jorgensen at UFC 143. On July 21st he would come up against his most difficult test to date. At UFC 149 in Calgary, Alberta Canada, Barao would face fan favourite Urijah Faber for the UFC Interim Bantamweight Championship. This was due to the injury of Dominic Cruz. It was a dominant performance by Barao but it went the distance. The judges scored the bout 49-46, 50-45 and 49,46.

2013 saw two convincing defences of his interim title. Firstly against Michael McDonald at UFC on Fuel TV. Barao secured victory in the 4th round via arm triangle choke. At UFC 165, Barao would defend his title for the second time. This time against Eddie Wineland. In the second round, Barao landed a stunning spinning back kick and followed up with some ground strikes before Yves Lavigne stopped the fight.

2014….

At UFC 169 in New Jersey, Dominic Cruz was scheduled to return from injury to face Barao but was struck down yet again – this time by a groin injury. Following this latest setback, Cruz vacated the title and Barao was named Undisputed Bantamweight Champion. As a result of Cruz’s inability to fight, Urijah Faber got the rematch against Barao that he so desperately desired. However, Barao knocked Faber down 3 times in the first round before Herb Dean stopped the fight as Barao rained down hammer fists. Faber could only cover up. Barao now had a 32-1-1 record and was one of, if not the most dominant MMA fighter in the world.

On May 24th at UFC 173 in Las Vegas, Barao faced the young up and coming TJ Dillashaw (10-2) – a prodigy of the twice fallen Urijah Faber. In a huge upset on the night, TJ Dillashaw stopped Barao in the 5th round following a brilliant head kick and follow up strikes. It was, at that point, one of the biggest upsets in UFC history. Barao had seemed unbeatable for so long but now his run was over.

Barao fought again in December of 2014 and seemed back to his usual self, stopping Mitch Gagnon in the third round via arm triangle choke. It was enough to book him a rematch against TJ in 2015.

That fight took place at UFC on Fox on July 25 2015. Barao came into the fight confident that he would avenge his lost a year prior. However, it was not to be. TJ stopped Barao again, in more emphatic fashion – punishing him with punches that Barao had no answer for, in the 4th round.

From then till now…

Since then Barao has remained active, fighting a further 5 times to date. However, he has looked a shadow of his former self. Only picking up a single decision victory in those last 5 fights. He lost via decision to Jeremy Stephens, Aljamain Sterling, Brian Kelleher and, most recently – on September 18 – Andre Ewell.

So what has gone wrong for Barao? There can be no doubt that since his losses to TJ Dillashaw, Renan Barao has not looked anything like the fighter that he did up until those fights. He has looked hesitant and uncomfortable in the Octagon. Where there was once a confident swagger, there is now a look of loneliness and longing to be elsewhere. The once great champion is now not even mentioned when it comes to discussions on who is the greatest the sport has ever seen. But can the dramatic downturn in results all be down to confidence and motivation? Maybe. Or maybe the game just caught up with Renan Barao. There can also be little doubt that the level of performances in MMA, in general, has risen in recent years. Maybe it’s a case that the sport has continued to evolve but Barao’s game has not. Whatever the cause, it saddens me to watch this former champion these days. I prefer to remember the spinning back kick stoppage of Eddie Wineland or the stoppage victory against Faber – a time when Renan Barao was truly great. I retain a little hope that he can climb the ranks once more but I don’t have baited breath…

Prove me wrong Renan. Please

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15 ‘From Under The Cork Tree’ Easter eggs you probably missed

15 ‘From Under The Cork Tree’ Easter eggs you probably missed

Fall Out Boy’s From Under The Cork Tree is the gift that keeps on giving. The pop-punk icons’ unforgettable 2005 output is jam-packed with Easter eggs we either didn’t notice before or completely forgot in the years since. From movie quotes and emo cameos to its unusual artwork, there’s a detail hiding in every corner.

To celebrate their second album’s 15th anniversary this year, we’ve collected…

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The forecast for fight Grigory Popov – Eddie Wineland

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The forecast for fight Grigory Popov – Eddie Wineland

The main meeting preliminary card for UFC fans on top 238th every tournament will be a confrontation with the participation of our newbie promotion. Grigory Popov, a graduate of MFP organization, kicks off in the best MMA organization on the planet with the fight against the experienced Eddie Wineland. The fight will take place in Chicago on 9 June.

Grigory Popov

His professional career as an athlete started with a loss Kokofu Alim, whose record at the time of the fight with Gregory was 5-1. Despite the defeat in the first fight, a fighter is not desperate and gave the 4-0 streak. Victories over serious opposition in that streak was, but Gregory has established himself before the Russian promoters. Defeat Alexei Prudnikov in Supercup of Russia Popov knocked a little off track, but Gregory returned to MFP, where he continued to win victories.

In the Russian promotion Gregory has established itself from the best side, but did not want to renew the agreement with the organization even after winning mainevent tournament over the Wando de Almeida. Popov looked a clear favourite in all fights under the banner of MFP, which decided to try their hand in other promotions. Having won two confident victories, Gregory returned to his native organization. Along the way, the priests began a speech in the promotion WLF. At the moment, Winstrol fighter is 10 consecutive victories.

Relative matters is only the opposition fighter. The athlete lost twice in his career. Both times the fighters with large, positive record. The only win over an opponent with a decent difference of victories and defeats achieved in the MFP, when put up against Popov Vando de Almeida.

Eddie Wineland

Wrestling Eddie started in high school. Promising athlete noticed at Duneland Vale Tudo, where Wineland, after two months of training, defeated 37-year-old fighter that became for him a kind of impetus to start a professional career. Every victory Wineland dedicates his younger brother, who at the age of two years was 98% body burns in the accident.

The initial stage of career Wineland can be considered a failure. Eddie began performing mainly in American regional organizations, and his professional record at the start of the career was disgusting – 3-4-1 after eight encounters. After losing Brandon Carlson, Eddie decided to take a break, returning to MMA after a year. Heal major injury and significantly adding in MMA, the fighter gives the longest winstreak in his professional career. Wineland has won nine games in a row. This streak included a victory in the titulnik at WEC. The opposition fighters were not at the highest level, but in the battle for the belt, he met with Antonio Banuelos, whom he defeated by knockout.

But the first defense of the title failed chase Bibi was stronger than the American. Wineland next fight at WEC also ended unsuccessfully for the fighter – Rani Yahya defeated Wineland, and then Eddie gave a 4-0 streak, which allowed him to sign a contract with the UFC.

Despite great prospects, the athlete’s disgusting started in the best MMA organization on the planet with two defeats in a row. Urie losing to Faber and Joseph Benavides solutions, a fighter was close to being knocked out of the promotion, but in time gave two victories in a row. Scott Jorgensen and brad Pickett lost to the American. Out on the battle for the interim title against Renan Sheep, Wineland was considered the underdog confrontation. Your status he justified, devastating losing by TKO. Five extreme fights, the fighter has a disappointing 2-3. Wineland defeated Frankie Cuenca with a bonus performance of the evening and Takeo of Mizukage knockout, but lost to John Dodson, Alejandro Perez and Brian Caraway.

Forecast of the battle of the priests – Wineland

Gregory, with all due respect to his opposition to the UFC, never fought with opponents level Wineland. Eddie hypermotility – a third successive defeat may be the defining American in terms of termination of the agreement with the organization. The last time a fighter lost enough good competitors, which are still a formidable force in the division. Gregory looked at the background of the opposition in Russia, but the UFC is waiting for him, a fundamentally different level. Most likely, Wineland overcome our fighters, spoiling the fact the debut in the promotion.

Forecast: Win Eddie Wineland.

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GIBBY HAYES and THE PAUL GREEN ACADEMY ready themselves to confuse and abuse your eardrums at Mosswood Meltdown.

The annual Mosswood Meltdown outdoor festival is returning July 6th and 7th to the East Bay for two special, fun-filled days. Featured Saturday acts include B-52’s, Redd Kross, Hunx & His Punx, Peaches Christ Drag Show, Pansy Division, Go Sailor, Wifey, Trap Girl, and Hot Laundry while Sunday’s festivities showcase The Mummies, Pure Hell, Big Freedia, Egyptian Lover, Gibby Haynes & the Paul Green…

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Phoenix, Arizona’s doom metal merchants THRA to headline Cafe Colonial during a mid-week metal massacre. March 26.

For those who’ve been paying attention, Translation Loss records have issued a number of memorable metal moments semi-recently including platters from Swampbeast, Witching, Caged, Re-Buried, Come To Grief and, more importantly, Thra’s stunning ‘ Forged In Chaotic Spew.’ Featuring (9) tracks including some killer atmospheric interludes, the album should be taken in as a whole rather than in…