Snake bit by The Showdown

The News Review:

- Snake bit by The Showdown
- Fiddle-dee-dee: Local sisters advance in national television contest.
- The Tribune – Magazine section – Saturday Extra
- Starting over 2 months later

Snake bit by The Showdown
University of Colorado The Campus Press – Feb 24, 2007
Easily a contender for album of the year – and it’s only February. – Greg Schreier Consider it done fellas. The Showdown may be one of the first bands to truly bridge the gap between arena-rock and heavy metal since Metallica’s halcyon days of the “Black Album. The first spin of “Temptation Come My Way” though will knock the wind out of you. And not necessarily in a good way. “Chorus of bliteration” was a headbanger’s dream a shameless homage to thrashers like Metallica – think Iron Maiden on speed. Like more than Anna Nicole Smith ever could have choked down… He wants you to feel the swampy muggy dog-days of summer just like in Tennessee. He wants you to sift through the muck of the bogs and marshes. It’s not just music; it’s an experience like sipping sweet tea on the porch of an old plantation house. Bunton describes the sound best as he snarls on “Breath of the Swamp”: “Straight outta the Southlands–the breath of the swamp! GIT BIT!”"Temptation Come My Way” is the second album from The Showdown and is out now on Mono Vs. To hear “Fanatics and Whores” “Temptation Come My Way” “Breath of the Swamp” and “Death Finds Us Breathing” visit the band’s.

Fiddle-dee-dee: Local sisters advance in national television contest.
Free with registration – Tulsa World – AccessMyLibrary.com – Feb 24, 2007
(24-FEB-07) Tulsa World (Tulsa K). 24–The Pendleton Sisters have become the second Tulsa-area music to win national attension on the CBS "The Early Show" music video segment "Living Room.

The Tribune – Magazine section – Saturday Extra
Chandigarh Tribune – Feb 24, 2007
A preventive measure would be not to fit any fancy after-sales gadgets in your car. This would include accessories like central locking (factory-fitted is the only option) hooters that go keep beep while reversing gods goddesses and gurus that flash and blink while sitting on your dash board. The manufacturer has made provisions for you to fit a music system into your car. Some manufacturers have even supplied speakers all you are required to do is slide the music equipment into the slot provided and plug in the leads. The connections into the wiring harness are already in place. This way there has been no tampering with the wiring harness. While talking to a couple of manufacturers and dealers about the causes of these fire one found them a bit baffled… In the accompanying photograph the front end of the vehicle is completely burnt out and destroyed including the number plate. Thus means the vehicle was not carrying the prescribed plates. Plastic will burn metal will melt but the prescribed plates are fire-resistant and embossed and then painted. Even if the paint burns off the embossing remains. The vehicle can still be identified.

Starting over 2 months later
News & bserver – Feb 24, 2007
“All of our personal stuff is gone. “Toiya a 25-year-old Wake County public school teacher fought tears as her husband slowly went through the sad inventory of loss — the couple’s college diplomas from Pfeiffer University wedding gifts sports jerseys furniture and two pianos. Little was left recognizable other than some oddly unconsumed sheet music. Hardest of all was the death of Starbucks the couple’s chocolate Labrador retriever. Edward had Starbucks for more than two years. His eyes grew glassy when talking about the dog. He still held out hope that somewhere in the ashes the class rings and the two championship baseball rings he won at Winston-Salem’s Parkland High School might have survived.