The Skids

Sky News — An investigation is under way after the landing gear of an Alitalia plane malfunctioned during landing in Rome. more info

Sky News — Thai Airways staff hide the airline's logo on the Airbus A330 involved in the carrier's second accident in a fortnight. more info

Dlisted — Because Chad Kroeger and Carly Rae Jepsen were unavailable, Canada gave the Diamond Jubilee Medal to the last Canadian on this planet who deserves any kind of medal. CTV News says that the Diamond Jubilee Medal is given to Canadians "who have made ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Fred Pessaro // BBG After a round of dates saw them play a three NYC shows (Culo twice and a Power of The Riff after-party) the boys in Lecherous Gaze are now preparing to release their new LP, On The Skids,... more info

Pop Crunch — Is “Kimye” the latest celebrity twosome boarding a train headed for Splitsville? If snoopsters with The New York Post are to be believed, the once red-hot romance between reality superstar [...] more info

The Newsroom — Driver Jeremy Foley skids off the side of a mountain and flips his way down in a terrifying viral video. It was at the 90th Pike's Peak International Hill Climb in Colorado on a turn called the Devil's Playground. The scarier thing is that during las... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound at #HotelVegan (more by Amanda Hatfield) Call Maxwell's the unofficial New Jersey headquarters for the Big Apple BBQ. The Hoboken venue will host three of the six artists scheduled to bless the Manhattan festival... more info

Sky News — Ferrari has sparked outrage in China after a publicity stunt left skid marks all over a 600-year-old historical site. more info

Twangville — Finally, Halloween is getting its musical due.  OK, OK, technically the latest album from Southern Culture On the Skids, Zombified, is a tribute to all the awesome grade B horror movies that used to come to the drive-ins and dollar theaters when I w... more info

The Vinyl Villain — This is an EP by The Skids that I've been looking to post for ages.  I've long had all the songs available digitally, but was determined to wait until I got my hands back on the original vinyl before doing so.  It was only a £1 in a second-hand s... more info