Led Zep: We'll rock again in NY ??

LED ZEPPELIN celebrated their triumphant comeback gig by planning world
domination over cups of tea and coffee.
Unlike in their hellraising heyday, singer ROBERT PLANT and guitarist JIMMY
PAGE slapped each other on the back and were handed giant mugs of hot
drinks.
But then the rock fighting talk began and they discussed returning to Madison
Square Garden in New York - where they did three sell-out shows in 1973.
My source backstage at London’s O2 arena said: “Robert had a couple of bottles
of beer before going on stage but afterwards it was just hot mugs of tea and
coffee.
“The band were really fired up and were talking about their late drummer JOHN
BONHAM and what he would have thought about it - it was a time for
reflection.
“Then the talk went to, ‘What next? Was this it or would there be something
else?’ One of the guys started talking about their three concerts at the
Garden.
There was a consensus of, ‘Why not?’ It is one of the best live music venues
in the world. I have no doubt after their reaction backstage that they will
be there next year playing to a sell-out crowd.”

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Led Zeppelin to play three huge New York shows in 2008?

Band have supposedly discussed a three-night residency
Led Zeppelin are rumoured to be set to play three nights at New York’s Madison Square Garden venue in 2008.

According to The Sun, the band were overheard discussing the prospect after their performance at the O2 Arena on Monday
A source quoted in the newspaper explains, “One of the guys [in the band] started talking about their three concerts at the Garden. There was a consensus of, ‘Why not?’.”

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Apple Making Deals for Web Video Rentals

SAN FRANCISCO — Apple’s
sputtering efforts to be a major purveyor of video downloads may get a
boost in 2008 from an agreement with 20th Century Fox for digital movie
rentals.

Apple has been trying to interest a number of
Hollywood studios in an iTunes rental service, and several people
familiar with the negotiations said that more than one studio would
appear onstage at the company’s MacWorld exhibition here
beginning Jan. 14 to endorse a new Apple movie rental service.

These
people, who were not authorized to speak publicly about the
negotiations, confirmed the Apple-Fox relationship. Apple now trails
several companies offering digital movie rental services, including Amazon and Movielink.

The
Financial Times first reported the movie rental agreement on Thursday.
Apple and Fox executives declined to comment. The Fox studio is a unit
of the News Corporation.

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Mets Complete Collapse, Phillies Take NL East

After blowing a big September lead in the NL East, the New York Mets missed the playoffs Sunday when Tom Glavine was tagged for seven runs during the first inning of an 8-1 loss to the Florida Marlins in the regular-season finale.

New York's loss coupled with Philadelphia's 6-1 win over Washington gave the division title to the Phillies and sent the stunned Mets home for the winter wondering how they squandered a seven-game cushion over the final 18 days of an excruciating season.

Now, David Wright, Carlos Beltran, Pedro Martinez and the rest of this talented team will forever be remembered alongside the 1964 Phillies and other famous failures for skidding to one of baseball's most monumental collapses.

No major league team had owned a lead of seven games or more with 17 to play, or been up by at least seven on Sept. 12 or later, and failed to finish in first place


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NYPD Announces Street Closures for U.N. General Assembly

The NYPD has announced street closures,
commuter bus disruptions and anticipated traffic delays relating to the
United Nations General Assembly. The United Nations is located at 1st
Avenue and 42nd Street. The use of public transportation for the
duration of the General Assembly is highly encouraged.



For the first week of the United Nations General Assembly, the
following streets will be completely closed to traffic beginning
Sunday, September 23rd at 9 p.m.:



* 1st Avenue from 42nd Street to 48th Street ... The tunnel underpass
from 41st Street to 48 Street will remain open for passenger cars.
Trucks and other large vehicles will not be able to access.



* 44th Street from 1st Avenue to 2nd Avenue



* 45th Street from 1st Avenue to 2nd Avenue



* 46th Street from 1st Avenue to 2nd Avenue

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New Bike Lane Uses Parked Cars as Barrier

Bicycles and cars are grudging partners on Manhattan's congested streets, dodging and sometimes cursing each other as they share the road. But soon they won't have to, at least for a few blocks.

The city plans to experiment with a heavily buffered bike lane in one part of the Chelsea neighborhood, City Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan said. Bicycles will be separated from auto traffic by both a strip of pavement and a lane of parked cars.

The design, which has been tried in Europe, will be installed within the next month on Ninth Avenue between West 16th and West 23rd streets, Sadik-Khan said.

``It represents the kinds of innovative ideas that we can explore to make the streets more livable,'' she said.

The project will condense cars from four lanes to three, but Sadik-Khan said traffic in the area was light enough that the change wouldn't be a problem.

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