Album Review: Bush – The Sea Of Memories It’s hard to believe it’s actually been a full decade since British post-grungers Bush dropped their last album. The band’s string of 1990s singles still get regular radio play, and frontman Gavin Rossdale’s marriage to Gwen Stefani keeps him in the tabloids on a consistent basis. So, [...]

3rd Annual Zaireeka Listening Party Thursday, September 22 It sounds like something you’d shout after a great idea pops into your head from the omni-buffering collective unconscious, “Zaireeka!” It’s really the name of the Flaming Lips eighth studio album, or rather eighth, ninth, tenth, and eleventh studio albums counting all four discs on which the [...]

This morning at 10am the Downtown Central Library hosted a Press Conference to publicly present Give 4 Greatness beneficiaries with funds raised from the Spring 2011 campaign. Give 4 Greatness, which was created to raise money for artistic and cultural institutions around Western New York, was launched this past Spring and raised $90,000 during its [...]

’73 Mustang – Mary Tyler Moore Show Apparently Mary Richards felt secure enough in her job at WJM-TV to trade in her 1970 Mustang hardtop for this 1973 Mustang convertible. A convertible? In Minneapolis? Must have gotten a real deal (especially with the Executive Stroy Consultant’s name emblazened across the driver’s side!). — Jim Corbran, [...]

In the middle of inauguration week for incoming UB president Satish K. Tripathi, SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher has released a memo dated today calling for conflict of  interest guidelines to be followed by SUNY campus-related foundations. Click here to read the three-page memorandum. Guidelines for Conflict of Interest Policies, Campus-related Foundations of State-operated Campuses (September [...]

That’s what I call green! As gas prices go ever higher, RV sales have sagged. To combat the problem, the RV industry has pledged to make their vehicles greener. Here, the YAK spy camera has captured the only known photo of their upcoming new and improved camper. — Jim Corbran, You Auto Know

’59 Chrysler New Yorker, Sanborn, N.Y. I almost missed seeing this 1959 Chrysler New Yorker two-door hardtop, sitting w-a-y back off the road in a Sanborn yard. It’s one of only 2,434 produced that year, with a starting sticker price of $4,476. New Yorker line, from the brochure All New Yorkers were powered by Chrysler’s [...]

Ever wonder what it would be like to drive an iPad? Watch this video of the concept Volvo You, which was unveiled this week at the Frankfurt Auto Show. It’s a beautifully-styled car with a gorgeous interior… and I really love the look of the steering wheel! — Jim Corbran, You Auto Know

Ford Fiesta ST concept Ford has unveiled its Fiesta ST concept at the Frankfurt Auto Show. The ST is Ford’s high-performance model of the popular sub-compact, wrapped in a nifty three-door hatchback body which (as of yet) isn’t available in North America. For some reason we get only the five-door hatch and the weirdly-proportioned four-door [...]

Interested in exercising for a good cause? Well you’re in luck because the third annual Tour De Farm Benefit bicycle ride presented by the Massachusetts Avenue Project and Independent Health will take place this Saturday (September 17) at 9am. The 30-mile ride to benefit local organizations MAP and Green Options Buffalo will begin at Grant [...]

Buffalo alt.country act the Steam Donkeys have announced their September 2011 tour dates: Saturday, 9/17—Music is Art, Kids Village 5pm Saturday, 9/17—Music is Art, Americana stage 6:30pm Saturday, 9/17—Sportsmen’s Tavern, 9:30pm “Rather than piling into a used church van and driving all over the country—burning gas and contributing to global warming—the band has decided to [...]

2013 Mazda CX-5 The new Mazda CX-5 crossover debuted this week at the Frankfurt Auto Show. In the US we currently have the larger (and curiously named) CX-7 (five-passenger) and even larger CX-9 (seven-passenger), and the Mazda5 crossover/multi-activity vehicles. The CX-5, which finally does away with Mazda’s “smiley-face” grille design, is a five-passenger compact crossover [...]

Land Rover DC100 Sport and DC100 concepts Land Rover has unveiled two Defender concept vehicles at the Frankfurt Auto Show: the DC100 Sport, and DC100. Although the rugged Defender hasn’t been available in North America for some years, it’s still very popular around the globe. Read Land Rover’s press release here. — Jim Corbran, You [...]

Living With The Past Saturday, Sept 17 On Saturday, (Sept 17), there will be a special performance by Living with the Past at the Tralf Music Hall, commemorating the 40th Anniversary of Jethro Tull’s Aqualung album.  This tribute show, the only one of its kind in the U.S. this year, will feature the world’s foremost [...]