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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

THE Running Brave Athletic Club, led by a strong female contingent, was able to dominate the first Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) Development Meet, which was held yesterday at the Guyana Defence Force ground on Vlissengen Road.National athlete Princess Brown won the Girls 19 and Under triple jumpRunning Brave athletes won 19 of the 51 events. They dominated the Girls 60M dash with Athaleyha Hinckson (8.46s) winning the 13 and Under; Breyanka Davis (7.97s) winning the 16 and Under; Brianna Charles (7.83s) winning the 16 and Under and Shaquan Daniels (7.89) winning the 20 and Over. Charles also won the 300M dash in 42.65s.Meanwhile, another Running Brave athlete, Princess Bowne, won the triple jump in the Girls 19 and Under division after leaping to a distance of 11.80M, while she finished third in the 60M dash.Another standout was U-16 athlete, Qweiasha Sealey, from DeChallengers. Among her exploits, the youngster won the 300M in 42.73s.MALE DOMINANCEAlso establishing their dominance was the Police Progressive Sports Club, whose male athletes dominated the older age groups, including the Boys 20 and over 2000M race, which saw Anfernee Headecker clocking a winning time of 5:55.53, to get past teammates Cleveland Thomas (6:02.75), Jonathon Faguandes (6:07.86) and Royston Fordyce (6:16.34).Upper Demerara and the home club, the Guyana Defence Force, also registered several wins.One of the GDF’s wins was in the Boys over 20, 150M dash, which saw Akeem Stewart pipping rival Davin Fraser (Police) by the slimmest of margins. Stewart finished in 15.69s, while Fraser was just behind in 15.70s. Stephon Boodie (Police) finished third in 16.60s.Fraser had won in the 60M battle in a time of 6.85s, while Stewart had finished in 6.92 and Brian Romain in 6.94s.In another thriller, Ion Bollers (Titans Athletic) and Nicholas Denheart (New Amsterdam United) settled for a joint first place in the Boys’ 19 and Under 60M dash. Both athletes finished their race in 7.11s.Jonathan Richards had no competition in heat 1, but his 8.16s in the 60M dash in the boys 14 and under division was elapsed by Running Brave teammate, Javon Roberts (8.12s) in heat 2.Dequan Pyle (36.78s) won the Boys 19 and Under 300M dash by a hair against Dquan Williams (36.79s), while Vince Haynes won the Boys 20 plus in the same event. He clocked 36.70s, while Jevon Harris finished second in 37.43s.Meanwhile, Police’s Seon Booker showed his stamina by storming to an over-five second victory in the Boys 16 and Under 600M race. The youngster finished in 1:32.39s, while Jonathan Seedath from DeChallengers finished second in 1:38.14s.Booker then went on to win the 2000M in a time of 6:40.15. His club mate, Devon Giles, finished second in 6:41.73.Wesley Tyndall also registered multiple wins. He won the Boys 16 and Under long jump with a leap of 6.60M, while he clocked 9.85s in the 60M dash.In the Javelin, Joshua Tappin from Upper Demerara emerged victorious with a throw of 54.70M in the Boys 19 and Under division, which was farther than the winning throw of 45.70M by Dillon Hamilton in the Boys 20 and over.Tappin had also won the shot put with a 12.65m throw.D. Roberts won the Boys 20 and over triple jump with a leap of 14.36M, while in the Boy 19 and Under, Clean Wray sailed to victory in 13.62M. read more