Bon Jovi: Vampires vs Vampires

Ok, I have never seen Twilight.  Just like I've never seen any of the Harry Potter movies (You can close your mouth, all saga's ended for me with Star Wars) or Lord of The Rings (although I did see the animated version of 'The Hobbit' in high school).  I don't get the whole thing about Vampires being awesomely sexy.  My thoughts on Vampires include holy water and wooden spike to the heart will kill them.  And silver.  And don't forget the garlic.

So for those of you that have seen these series, here a read for you.

How Would John Carpenter's Vampire Hunters Fare vs. 'Twilight' Vampires?

By Ryan McKee

Posted Jul 9th 2011 12:00PM

John Carpenter, whose new movie 'The Ward' opens this weekend, has been terrifying audiences since the 1970s with such classics as 'Halloween,' 'The Thing' and 'Christine.'

His 1998 film 'Vampires,' though, may have arrived around a decade too early. The current 'Twilight'-inspired vampire craze would likely have shot the film well past its $20 million box office take. While it occurs in a much darker world than Stephenie Meyer's depiction of sparkly vampires, it should still interest Twi-hards.

Why? The 'Vampires' series is about various vampire hunters who track and kill evil bloodsuckers. Edward Cullen and his like-minded "vegetarian" family do much the same thing in the first three installments of 'The Twilight Saga.'

Carpenter and Meyer should think about joining the two series a la 'Alien vs. Predator' or 'Freddy vs. Jason.' Were that to happen, these are the hunters from 'Vampires' -- 'Vampires: Los Muertos' and 'Vampires: The Turning' -- that the Cullens should team with to take down the evil Volturi.

Jack Crow

Played by the delightfully disgruntled James Woods, Jack Crow is lead hunter in the first installment and a hard-nosed veteran of taking down the pale-skins. He's knowledgeable, fearless, an expert tracker, his crossbow skills are sick, and he speaks with a great grumble that makes you want to follow him into the dangerous night. Also, he has a lot of experience decapitating vampires, which is the only way to kill them in the 'Twilight' world.

Anthony Montoya

It is unclear how Daniel Baldwin got cast in a role with an obviously Hispanic name, but the character still makes the All-Star team. Montoya is Crow's best friend and fellow hunter. Spoiler alert! Stop reading if you don't want the ending of 'Vampires' revealed. Anyway, Montoya is turning into a vampire and Crow lets him go, promising to hunt him down later. Maybe he doesn't, though, and Montoya turns into a vegetarian vampire with hunting skills.

Derek Bliss

The leader of a rag-tag group of vampire hunters that travel down to Mexico in 'Vampires: Los Muertos,' Bliss is played by none other than Jon Bon Jovi. The obvious first argument to include him is that it's Jon Bon Jovi and he's awesome to have in a film (as long as he doesn't have to carry the lead). Second, the man has skills fighting vampires in the daytime because he meets a powerful day-walker named Una south of the border.

Zoey

Natasha Gregson Wagner plays a vampiress who has found a treatment for her affliction. This allows her to walk among humans during the day, and she joins Derek Bliss's team of hunters. She's already onboard with the vampire-on-vampire violence, and if 'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse' taught us anything, it really helps to have vampires to fight vampires.

Conner

An American tourist on vacation in Thailand, Connor (Colin Egglesfield) becomes the hero of 'Vampires: The Turning' when vampires kidnap his wife, Amanda. It is unclear whether John Carpenter had anything to do with this sequel, especially since it's more of a martial arts / horror film. Despite that, the movie is part of the series and it helps to have an expert in Muay Thai, which Conner is, on the team. After all, he goes from knowing nothing about vampires to beating them within 24 hours. Just think what he could do with some experience under his black belt.

Bon Jovi: Happy Saturday

Here is a treat from me to you.

Back in 1988 when New Jersey came out Jon, Richie & David went on Westwood One Radio and did an hour show with call in and chit chat, it was syndicated all over the country (I remember listening to it on Z-100 in NYC I think it was on at like 11 PM on Sunday nights).

 Remember this is when they were still young and carefree (and drunk or high on "80's drugs"), so lots of laughs and jokes about Sake.

So I have 2 versions of that audio, the Lossless FLAC files and the itunes friendly MP3 versions.

The FLAC files are HERE (they should be all uploaded at 12:30 PM EST)

MP3 is HERE

Part 2 has a great acoustic version of Diamond Ring.  Since it didn't make New Jersey.

Bon Jovi: Bucharest

Bon Jovi Concert in Bucharest

With an impressive production and an army of people doing it every concert to be held in the best conditions, the band Bon Jovi prepares to concerts, Sunday, in Constitution Square in Bucharest.

concert, long awaited by the public in Romania, will take place on a stage 54 feet wide and 25 feet deep. power plant exceeds 15,000 watts of sound, over 500 people working in event production, considered "musical show of the Year" in Romania, writes Mediafax .

Organizers say for the concert on Sunday, before they sold 50,000 tickets. See what bands will perform in the opening Bon Jovi in concert opening band Bon Jovi will play Romanian troops QuantiQ and stillborn. 

Public access is permitted as of 16:00, the concert set to conclude at around 23.00. Romanian Gendarmerie has announced that over 450 policemen will ensure public order in this concert. Thus, the police will ensure public order in the carrying out of the concert, but also tracks the arrival and departure of participants, according to Wednesday. 

Access routes in Constitution Square Public access will be through two access points - Liberty Avenue, side Way September 13th Avenue and Liberty Avenue from the United Nations. Also, the vehicles will access via the access point of Unirii Boulevard - Square Queen Mary, meaning from Union Square, only by security firm with pass issued by the organizer. To avoid any mishaps and situations likely to disturb public peace, Gendarmerie participants recommend this concert to follow the directions in law enforcement, to show patience and avoid involvement in conflict of any kind. 

Also, spectators should respect the measures adopted by the organizer (hours of access to prohibited items, etc.). 

And if they witness committing antisocial acts of nature will request the help of crew gendarmes. 

Furthermore, participants at the event Gendarmerie are advised to pay particular attention to goods and personal items (handbags, purses, luggage) and avoid as much as possible to have sight of valuables that may attract attention. 

concert tickets prices 479.3 lei (VIP ), 372.8 lei (Tribune), 186.4 lei (Normal Circle) and can be purchased from the Event and online www.eventim.ro network. Golden Circle Tickets in the area have been exhausted. 

touring with Bon Jovi "The Circle", launched in February 2010, was declared the most profitable kind of musical project of last year. Bon Jovi will perform for the first time in Romania.

Bon Jovi: Memphis! in London!?

It could happen next year, but those pesky Olympics are getting in the way.

Rock star fears Olympics will hit bid to bring musical to London

Alistair Foster, Showbusiness Correspondent

8 Jul 2011

Memphis, the Broadway smash hit co-written by Bon Jovi keyboard player David Bryan, could be on its way to the West End next year.

The star, 49, is seeking a theatre to house his rock '*' roll show, which last year won four Tony awards, including best musical.

After taking £50million at the box office in Broadway, it is set to begin a tour of the US and Bryan would like the production to move to one of London's larger venues.

But his efforts are being affected by next summer's Olympics, which he fears could overshadow any new production that opens then.

He said: "The next logical step for us is the West End, which would be an honour for us. But the Olympics are making it tricky, as ideally we'd like to open in the summer.

"We're touring the US for most of the next year and then we'd like to come over, but it seems that would be pretty bad timing. We're considering what we can do."

Memphis, set in 1962, tells of a white radio DJ who starts playing black music before falling for a young black

Bon Jovi: Video of the band arriving in Turkey

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