The enigmatic Buckethead graced the stage at Fort Collins, CO’s Aggie Theatre last night, for a demonstration of some serious guitar shredding skills. The prolific guitarist, born Brian Patrick Carroll, donned a plain white bucket atop his head for the performance, which stayed more to the metal side of the spectrum for the greater part of the show. With only a few amps and backing tracks joining him on stage, Buckethead displayed the virtuosic skills that have hailed him as one of GuitarOne magazine’s “Top 10 Fastest Guitar Shredders of All Time”, and deservedly so.With some straight-forward metal being displayed for a good portion of the show, Buckethead also let things in the room breathe with some very melodic solos that were about as graceful as a guitar solo can get. Halfway through the performance, he took a break from the guitar to show off his robotic dance moves and some pretty impressive nunchaku skills, before handing out some goodies to fans in the front row. As the show continued, Buckethead played a tease of “Pure Imagination” from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, as well as a “Star Wars Medley” that brought many of us over to the Dark Side. Check out video from the show below. read more

Sign up for our COVID-19 newsletter to stay up-to-date on the latest coronavirus news throughout New York Suffolk County prosecutors say they’ve busted three men who allegedly created fake credit cards to rent cars that they sold for pennies on the dollar.Two men from Brentwood and Bay Shore rented the vehicles from Avis, Hertz and other rental companies using authentic-looking drivers’ licenses and credit cards that a third suspect from Lindenhurst manufactured, authorities said.The suspects rented late-model cars from the companies’ locations at LaGuardia, Kennedy and Newark airports, including a Mercedes and a newly rented 2013 Cadillac that they allegedly sold for $2,100.The Lindenhurst man created the fake cards using equipment he purchased on e-Bay, including thermal printers, a “Tipper machine” used to imprint raised numbers on fake credit cards and “skimmer” devices that copy personal information from the magnetic strip on victims’ credit cards.A fourth suspect, a Holbrook man, was arrested during the investigation for selling marijuana.Authorities plan to discuss the case at a Wednesday morning news conference. read more