Ranking the top beer drinking states

From Milwaukee's WISN

This is based on what the average person over the age of 21 consumes in gallons per year of beer.

51) UTAH                                            50) CONNECTICUT
49) NEW JERSEY                               48) NEW YORK
47) MARYLAND                                46) KENTUCKY
45) WASHINGTON                            44) CALIFORNIA
43) GEORGIA                                     42) INDIANA
41) TENNESSEE                                40) MASSACHUSETTS
39) RHODE ISLAND                          38) VIRGINIA
37) ARKANSAS                                  36) MICHIGAN
35) NORTH CAROLINA                     34) FLORIDA
33) IDAHO                                           32) WASHINGTON D.C.
31) KANSAS                                        30) OKLAHOMA
29) MINNESOTA                                28) PENNSYLIVANIA
27) ALASKA                                       26) ILLINOIS
25) ARIZONA                                      24) COLORADO
23) OHIO                                              22) ALABAMA
21) WEST VRGINIA                           20) OREGON
19) HAWAII                                         18) MISSOURI
17) NEW MEXICO                             16) SOUTH CAROLINA
15) WYOMING                                   14) DELAWARE
13) IOWA                                             12) MISSISSIPPI
11) LOUISIANA                                  10) MAINE
9) TEXAS                                              8) NEBRASKA
7) VERMONT                                       6) NEVADA
5) WISCONSIN                                    4) SOUTH DAKOTA
3) MONTANA                                      2) NEW HAMPSHIRE
                          1) NORTH DAKOTA

Naked Subway riders!

Ok they're not naked but they are pantsless. For whatever reason this past Sunday was No Pants Subway day in over 60 cities.

My most anticipated albums of 2014

Originally published via Metal Insider

Andrew “Cutter” Puyleart, WZOR/Appleton WI [commercial rock radio]Host of Hangar 19 (syndicated classic metal show)

Tool: Whether these guys can actually get it all together and record and release a new album or not, it feels like it’s closer to happening this year than in the past. This band, no matter what, always takes us on a journey.  Listening to a Tool album, just like going to a Tool concert, is an experience. It’s not something you can just pop on and listen to a couple of songs, it’s something you have to dedicate yourself to, and very few bands can pull that off the way Tool does. At this point they may be more progressive rock than metal, but I’ve been in love with this band since the Opiate EP and always enjoy pulling out any of their albums.

Slipknot: Only because I’ve been a fan of this band, and everyone I’ve met from Slipknot has been among of the nicest and down to earth people I’ve ever met in the metal world. Not having Joey Jordison is a blow to the gut though, so I’m now a little skeptical.

Anthrax: Worship Music was incredibly underrated, and now that this lineup has been going for a few years and especially with Joey leading the vocal way, I can’t wait to see what that continuity helps this band create.

Some others: Slayer (not having Jeff scares me a bit but it’s Slayer!), Judas Priest and Black Label Society.

How in the hell?

It's the 24 hottest NFL wifes. We know how they got these trophy wifes that includes former Playboy Playmates, women athletes, and even a Hooters Girl. These NFL stars make a lot of money, like millions a year, but wait that's not how? You mean this was really Eli's wife in college before he was a Superbowl winning quarterback? But he's like the ugliest person on the planet. Oh that's right his brother was already an elite quarterback and so was his Father and they were loaded. Ok I get it.

The rest of the 23 can be seen here from The Fumble.

Turning hot water to snow

Is Aaron Rodgers Gay?

First let me say, so what if he is. If this rumor has any truth so what, he's one of the best football players ever and he's green and gold all the way.

Gossip king Perez Hilton came out with an interesting story today saying that Aaron Rodgers, the Superbowl winning and NFL MVP quarterback of our Green Bay Packers is actually Gay. The evidence? It's from this "insider" source who's claiming his now ex-boyfriend and longtime personal assistant Kevin Lanflisi outed him.

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Kevin Lanflisi

Kevin Lanflisi

Kevin Lanflisi

Kevin Lanflisi

"Aaron has attended numerous sports award shows with Kevin, always color coordinated and without any double female dates, including the ESPY’s. Kevin was also the first person Aaron embraced when the Packers won the Super-bowl in 2011. I just find it really strange that as of late there has been many bitter subliminal tweets on Kevin Lanflisi’s twitter alluding to a relationship much deeper than a friendship he had, with who I perceive to be Aaron Rodgers, because Kevin has NEVER once tweeted about having a girlfriend, just mainly about the Green Bay Packers, Aaron Rodgers, and Justin Bieber’s music and sitting front row at Bieber’s concert. There has been speculation for years here in Wisconsin that Aaron is gay."

 According to this story there have also been some tweets by Kevin and some comments from the Quarterback himself regarding Kevin to show more proof. Until he comes out and says "I'm gay" these are just rumors.

On a personal note I very much support the LGBT community and their struggle for equality. If, and it's a big if, this turns out to be true then it would be a huge win for that community, esp here in this part of the country were maybe some are just not very open minded. I'll leave it at that.

Full story from Perez Hilton can be read here.

Interview: Joey Jordison

A couple of months ago I had the chance to have a conversation with one of the best drummers in metal of the last 2 decades Joey Jordison for my syndicated classic metal show Hangar 19. Since the mid 90's he has played with Slipknot. During Slipknot's numerous breaks he has played with other bands like The Murderdolls and his newest project Scar the Martyr. So when news broke this week that Joey was no longer a member of Slipknot, a band that has never replaced members, it took all of us by surprise. Even in this conversation Joey had nothing but good things to say about his now former band mates.

Here's the link to listen to or download my conversation with Joey Jordison.