sort of a good news/bad news thing:

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers releasing a new album and kicking off a tour this Spring.

The bad news?

Not coming to Denver.

But you can see ‘em Omaha!  Yee-haw!

Newser) – It pays to be a Johnny Cash fan: iTunes got a winner for its 10 billionth download contest when a Georgia man bought Cash’s “Guess Things Happen That Way” track. Louie Sulcer, a 71-year-old retired real estate broker, gets a $10,000 gift certificate to the iTunes store, Mac Observer reports.

Steve Jobs himself phoned with the news last night, and Roseanne Cash followed up with a thank-you call today, notes the New York Times. She even put hubby and fellow musician John Leventhal on the line to play the song. Sulcer says his three kids and nine grandkids will likely be the biggest spenders.

Eagles tickets for the Pepsi Center show on May 20th, will go on sale Monday, March 8th at 10am.

The Eagles have added a Denver concert at Pepsi Center on Thursday, May 20 on their “Long Road Out of Eden” tour. The Eagles – Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Joe Walsh and Timothy B. Schmit – will perform hits from their chart – topping “Long Road Out of Eden” album as well as classic selections from the group’s unparalleled songbook.

Advanced tickets will go on sale to American Express® Cardmembers beginning at 10am on Monday, March 1 through Sunday, March 7 at 10pm. Tickets go on sale to the general public beginning at 10:00 AM on Monday, March 8 at TicketHorse.com, the Pepsi Center box office or order by phone at 1.866.461.6556.

(NEWSER) – PETA’s got a new billboard ready to roll featuring Tiger Woods and the ever-so-subtle slogan, “Too much sex can be a bad thing.” The message is that people should get their dogs and cats neutered, and the animal rights group is looking for a sponsor to put it up in Tiger’s home of Windermere, Florida.

“It’s a fun, tongue-in-cheek approach,” a PETA campaigner tells the Orlando Sentinel. “We hope these billboard companies will understand.” Woods’ attorney had no comment, but PETA is certain the golfer himself would approve. “We’re sure Tiger will appreciate our attempt—from a story that’s distracted the world and followed Tiger—to turn it into something positive for little tigers.”

Believe it or not, one of the most accurate indicators of the overall health of the US Economy has to do with…….waiiiiiit for it……men’s underwear sales.

Click here to check out the article.

Alan Greenspan..he’s a dirty dirty man.

Puppet cleavage is a blight on our culture! What is this world coming to!

Story (from the Denver Post)

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—Puppet cleavage has been ruled out for advertising posters in Colorado Springs bus shelters. Lamar Advertising rejected posters for a touring production of the Broadway show “Avenue Q” because they show the cleavage of a fuzzy pink puppet.

Lamar account executive Jeff Moore says the company takes a conservative approach in Colorado Springs. The city is known for its political conservatism, and some conservative Christian groups have headquarters in the city.

The poster has been replaced by one showing the face of another puppet.

Hard as it might be to believe looking at Tony Kornheiser’s “his Mama fed him with a sling shot” mug, this guy actually took time out of his show to make fun of fellow ESPN analyst Hannah Storm’s choice of clothing.

Wow.

This is like Bill Clinton lecturing Tiger Woods on sexual indiscretion.

Here’s the audio of Kornheiser taking aim at  Hannah Storm.

Quick thoughts on last nights’ Elton/Billy show at the Pepsi Center:

1. Nothing against Elton John but Billy Joel totally blew him off the stage last night.  Elton’s voice has a strange Ethel Merman type quality to it these days which is somewhat troubling to say the least.  Near as I can tell, Billy Joel was still singing his songs in the same key he wrote ‘em in 35 years ago.  NO ONE does that!
2. Rather than calling it the “Face to Face” tour, they could’ve gone with the “Short Pudgy Guys” World Tour…though I understand why they didn’t.
3. Believe it or not, I saw cops breaking up not one but TWO fights at last night’s Elton John Billy Joel show!  What do you fight about at that concert?  “Duuuude….Rocket Man is the GREATEST song ever!”  “No way, man…..Just The Way you Are totally KICKS that songs ass!”  Next thing you know, fists are flying!
4. Speaking of Rocket Man…you know what pisses me off? When I see a middle aged couple slow dancing to that song like they’re back at Senior Prom!  It’s a song about an astronaut who gets LOST IN SPACE!  It’s not a love song and it definitely ain’t a dance song!

5.  Now, I understand that none of us are as young as we used to be…but at 175 FREAKING dollars a ticket, I’m expecting some pretty serious entertainment value. I mean, c’mon…WOW ME!  Elton John really seemed like he was going through the motions to me.  Billy Joel KILLED!  He hammed it up, he had some funny lines and in between song banter, he mixed up the ballads and the rockers and over all made me wish that it’d just been a Billy Joel show.  (Though Elton would’ve been handy to have around to fetch drinks.)

Finally an Iphone App for Wine Lovers…

A wine traveler’s ultimate guide to winery tasting rooms around the country. This iPhone app allows wine lovers to find the nearest winery tasting rooms, save the tasting rooms to visit, get full step-by-step directions to each tasting room, including direct dial phone numbers and much more…

At the touch of your iPhone, get the most indispensable guide to winery tasting rooms in the USA.

• Find the location of 3,180 wine tasting rooms throughout the United States on a map

• Shows the user’s map position in relation to the tasting room

• A pop-up menu of Name, address and clickable phone number for each tasting room shown on the map

• Search tasting rooms by state, by nearest, and alphabetically

• Save tasting rooms in a favorites list and get driving directions to each tasting room for your visit

• Rate individual Tasting Rooms in your favorite list

ADDITIONAL FEATURES:

• Collect favorite wines in a list with Name, Winery, Year, Varietal, Price, Rating, and Notes for each

• Take a picture of your wine label to complete recognition in your favorite wines

• Browse your favorite list by rating or most recent

• A quick reference guide to 96 white and 83 red grape varieties with a description of each, including Classic Varieties, Major Varieties, and Significant Regional Varieties

• A reference guide to the American Viticulture Areas sorted by state, by AVA region, or alphabetically

• A separate bookmark function to tasting rooms, or favorite wines

• A Most Recent function to find the most recent tasting rooms

• A Top Rated function to show the user’s top rated tasting rooms in order of highest to lowest rating