This morning is Doug & Wendy’s last chance to qualify you for The Drive’s Nickelback and Cheap Trick in Vancouver contest. They’ll also be honouring the Big Smart Head of the morning with a coveted Drive Coffee mug and 10 New York Fries Bucks! Plus they have a 4 pack of Spruce Kings Tickets to giveaway.
Here’s the Big Smart Head question of the morning: “One in six adults world wide cannot do this.” What is it? To find the answer scroll to the bottom of this page. And listen to Red’s guess below.
And hey “Get it right!” This guy’s angry and he’s going to tell you how to pronounce German car names.
We played Zeppelin’s “All of My Love” from “In Through the Out Door” and Dale texted Do you remember you could wet your finger and rub the front cover of In Through The Out Door album and change its colour? So we Googled it.
The PG Firefighters Annual Boot Drive for Muscular Dystrophy will be out looking for donations today 9:30-9 and tomorrow 10-6. They’ll be set up at 7 different locations standing outside with their boots ..raising money and promoting awareness for MD. They’ll be out in the rain at Walmart, Canadian Tire, Pine Center Mall, Tim’s on the Hart and Save on Foods (College Heights, Spruceland, and Parkwood).
Some Music News;
Les Paul, the guy they call ‘The godfather of the electric guitar,” was honoured with a concert in 2006 and it’s finally coming out on DVD today. “A Tribute To Les Paul: Live From Universal Studios Hollywood,” was shot a the Gibson Amphitheatre in LA. Click the pic for more from the site BraveWords.
Hey guess who’s hitting the road? Dead & Company. They hit the highway in November for a short road trip til December 8th. Tickets go on sale September 16th. There’s a Fan Registration program on now and an American Express pre-sale starting September 12th.
Foo Fighters new album “Concrete and Gold” is out next week. They’ve just released the third single from it “The Line.” It’s the song below but it is not the one that Justin Timberlake sings on. The Foo’s will be touring with Weezer but for now it’s just in New Zealand and Australia.
Our Big Smart Head question of the morning was “One in six adults world wide cannot do this.” What is it? Char was the first to get it. The answer is Read. And today is International Literacy Day. For more click HERE.