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Top Grossing Musicians of 2011

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Taylor Swift – Top Earner for 2011

This will most likely be the only time you will see a photo of Taylor Swift on this blog, so I thought I would find one that had her in a mature pose.

This list of 2011′s top earners in music is not all that surprising, given the amount of albums sold and concert revenue has been generated.

  1. Taylor Swift – $35,719,902
  2. U2 – $32,116,315
  3. Kenny Chesney – $29,837,103
  4. Lady Gaga – $25,353,039
  5. Lil Wayne – $23,178,722
  6. Sade – $16,382,809
  7. Bon Jovi – $15,835,856
  8. Celine Dion – $14,261,515
  9. Jason Aldean – $13,409,011
  10. Adele – $13,081,909

Celine Dion’s millions is all her shows at Caesar’s in Vegas. Sade hasn’t had an album in years, but went on tour. Adele is all album sales with some live shows. The most surprising on this list is Kenny Chesney. I must be out of the loop on what’s he’s been up to for the last 5 years.

Super Morrissey Bros.

Super Morrissey Bros.
Super Morrissey Bros

Trying to add some musical fun for a Tuesday.

Originally found at RollingStone.com

No Chickenfoot Love For Utah

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Where’ the Utah stop?

I’m a big Sammy Hagar fan. Starting with Montrose, then solo, his many years with Van Halen and now Chickenfoot. Have never seen him live and would love to someday.

There’s a new tour with multiple dates. Two shows in Lake Tahoe, which makes sense since there is a Cabo Wabo Cantina there. Then four days later, there is a show in Denver.

But no show in Salt Lake City. WTF?

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Tahoe to Denver passes through Salt Lake City

As you can see from the map above, the tour buses traveling from the Tahoe show on May 5th go right through Salt Lake City on their way to the Denver show on the 9th.

Now I know the band doesn’t have complete control over where they stop. It’s the venue and concert promoters that run the shows and schedule the dates these days. Maybe smaller bands call the shots [maybe, maybe not], but regardless, there is no Salt Lake tour stop for this bus that just so happens to be traveling through Salt Lake.

Now if for some reason, between now and the end of April, they read this blog post and think to themselves, “Hey, we have fans in Utah” and schedule a date, then I will retract my rant.

Until then, I want to see Sammy, Michael, Joe and Chad Kenny.

My Response About Getting an iPad 3

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And his original response was for a Mom Corp product.

I guess we’ll find out on March 7th.

Lasagne Bolognese

lasagne bolognese
Just looking at this picture makes me hungry

Found this recipe over on chow.com. Click this link to open a new window with the entire recipe. I do plan on making this soon as a fan of decent lasagna.

Vegan Lasagne

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The vegan lasagne

And for those non-meat eaters, here’s a vegan version of the recipe. Click here to see how to make it. I might actually make this one as well to try it and see how it compares to the meat version.

Do You S.I.?

Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue
Yowza!

I like sports, but this is probably the only time of the year when I buy a copy of Sports Illustrated.

I used to buy this every year many years ago. In fact, I probably still have quite a few of these in storage.

And even though it’s been years since I bought one, I’m compelled to see what it’s all about this year, adding one more to my inconsistent collection.

Dave Grohl Speaks The Truth

He’s exactly right. The Foo Fighters won 5 Grammys last night. Adele won 6. Both talented musicians, bands and singers who are highly respected.