| High On Fire: "high on bloody everything"
The band signed with Relapse and their third album, Blessed Black Wings (reviewed here), was released in 2005. Produced by the legendary Steve Albini, it opened further doors for the trio – at this point Thrones' Joe Preston (ex-Melvins, also) was on bass duties – and they headlined the Supersonic Festival, above Isis, in the summer of 2006. Live shows became must-see events for any self-respecting metal-head, and even those not enthralled by super-amplified thrash stylings on a regular basis found aspects of the band's full-on assault devilishly appealing. Death Is This Communion looks certain to attract the band – now with Jeff Matz, formerly of Zeke, on bass – further followers, especially given the widespread acceptance of similarly challenging and boisterously brutal acts such as Mastodon and the reinvigorated Machine Head.
Farecast Launches Free International Airfare Predictions
SEATTLE, Feb. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Farecast.com, the smart travel search site, today launched free international predictions for more than 200 markets from U.S. cities to the most popular destinations in Europe, Mexico, the Caribbean and Canada. Consumers concerned with the wavering economy can expect higher airfares this summer to popular international destinations. Fares to Europe during the peak summer months are on average 11 percent higher this year over 2007. Consumers will be relieved to save over $150 on average for two tickets, using Farecast.com international predictions when shopping for airfare. "With economic uncertainty and fares to Europe tracking 11 percent higher this year, the stakes of knowing when to buy are considerably higher for international flights," said Hugh Crean, president and CEO, Farecast.com.
If They Build It ...
Angelos said that the current stadium's location, 15 miles away from Florida Atlantic's campus in Fort Lauderdale, deters students from attending games. Angelos added that while the university met the National Collegiate Athletic Association's requirement last year that Division I-A teams sell at least 15,000 tickets per game, that task will be much easier with a bigger, better stadium because it can sell corporate and bulk tickets to drive sales even further. “You have to have a first rate stadium," he said. More broadly, experts on college sports finances question the university's underlying premise that spending on big-time programs will drive either profits or more or better students in Florida Atlantic's direction. Building expensive stadiums – especially at institutions that are new to the big time and still unproven – is “loony from top to bottom," said Andrew Zimbalist, a professor of economics at Smith College and author of Unpaid Professionals: Commercialism and Conflict in Big-time College Sports.
|
