But for Doncaster Rovers’ fans the evening will be remembered as the night their dream of a second Wembley appearance, and the chance of a return to League One, was shattered. Despite manager Grant McCann warning that the job was only half done I’m pretty sure that the vast majority of the Rovers’ fans in the club’s biggest crowd of the season – and how good was it to see the ground packed out – would have felt that the tie had been decided at Gresty Road four days earlier. Without being at...
Frontman for ‘noise rock’ bands Big Black and Shellac acclaimed for his production of albums by Nirvana, Pixies and PJ HarveySteve Albini, the musician and frontman of the alternative rock bands Big Black and Shellac, who has died from a heart attack aged 61, was more widely known for his huge list of credits as a producer, or – as he preferred to be called – recording engineer, of albums by independent artists from the mid-1980s to the present.Notable recordings bearing the Albini imprint...
To a certain kind of listener, it sometimes felt like he was the last
The popular actor Steve Buscemi was punched while walking in New York City, and it's not the only time someone - famous or otherwise - was randomly attacked.
[caption id="attachment_3605388" align="alignnone" width="900"] Steve Buscemi[/caption] A rep for Steve Buscemi confirmed the actor was randomly assaulted while walking through New York City on Wednesday, May 8. The Boardwalk Empire actor, 66, was walking in midtown Manhattan when he “became another victim of a random act of violence in the city,” according to a publicist who spoke to People on Sunday, May 12. The publicist added that Buscemi is now “OK” and “appreciates everyone’s well...
Imagine you are in Cuba. It’s 1985. You just took a shower. Your face looks like a red connect-the-dots game thanks to pieces of toilet paper to stanch bleeding from a rough shave.
Steve Albini taught me to play poker. In the fall of 2007, the magazine I was working for was doing a feature on—if memory serves, as it’s a bit foggy—trying things out for the first time. So one staffer would take on fronting a band at a club, another would give standup comedy a go. That sort of thing. I immediately volunteered to take on playing poker at a casino. The decidedly unglamorous ones of Gary, Indiana, were only a half-hour drive from Chicago, where I was living at the time. And...
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — 28/22 News confirmed a stove started a fire at a Chinese restaurant in Wilkes-Barre. Golden Star on North River Street was damaged by flames Sunday. They say it will take around three months until they are able to reopen. The neighboring business, Northeast Auto Glass says they are working from []
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Crews were on the scene of a restaurant fire Sunday afternoon in Wilkes-Barre. Officials say the Wilkes-Barre City Fire Department was called before 4:00 p.m. to The Golden Star Chinese Food Take Out restaurant on the 300 block of North River Street in Wilkes-Barre for a reported structure fire. Officials []
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The Wilkes-Barre City Police Department says a man wanted in New Jersey was found in Wilkes-Barre. According to police, Friday officers were dispatched to the 30 block of Washington Street for a report of a man sitting inside her vehicle to whom she does not know. Upon arrival, police said []
Conservative media personality Steve Bannon made a promise to protect Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump's former lawyer, on Friday before Giuliani received a summons in the Arizona fake electors case against him.In April, a grand jury indicted 18 people for allegedly conspiring to overturn Joe Biden's 2020 election victory in Arizona in a case brought on by Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes. When the indictment was first released, seven names of Trump allies were redacted—one of which being...
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — It's opening day of a tradition that dates back decades in Downtown Wilkes-Barre. It's the 68th anniversary of the Fine Arts Fiesta on Public Square. Hundreds of people are checking out art pieces from vendors of all ages as well as food trucks and live music. 28/22 News Reporter Amelia []