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If you’re fascinated by hoarders . . . which I’m guessing you are, since everyone’s fascinated by hoarders . . . you’re going to want to check this out.

In East San Jose, California, a local ABC station is on a mission to help one extreme hoarder.  How extreme?  He’s hoarded so much stuff that it completely fills his yard, and you can actually see the mess on a Google Maps satellite photo.

The guy’s name is Richard Baker.  He’s 58, and apparently he’s been collecting stuff at his house for 40 YEARS.  His neighbors describe him as eccentric and volatile.

Finally the ABC affiliate stepped in and started making calls, and the city is working to get him some help.  The fire marshal declared the scene unsafe, so cleanup is starting and will supposedly take two months.

And Richard is getting treatment for his mental health issues.

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There are happy days ahead for Joe Nichols. Well, happy and sleepy days ahead for both the singer and his wife. Rascal Flatts also made a big announcement on Monday, and Miranda Lambert was the recipient of more venom from Chris Brown. Sugarland, Taylor Swift and Kix Brooks also make the Taste of Country Daily Roundup today.

Scroll through to read all of the top country music news headlines and a few others from around the web, like why Conan O’Brien appeared on ‘How I Met Your Mother’ in a blink-and-you-miss-it scene last night.

Today on Taste of Country:

Joe Nichols and Wife Expecting First Child
Miranda Lambert Takes a Hit From Chris Brown Via Twitter
Rascal Flatts One Night Only ‘Changed’ Theater Event Planned for April
Keith Urban Says He Won’t Be Harsh on ‘The Voice’
Kix Brooks, ‘New to This Town’ – Song Review
Taylor Swift Squashes Zac Efron Dating Rumors, Shares Top 5 Moments of Her Life on ‘Ellen’
Ronnie Dunn vs. Thompson Square – The Showdown
Sugarland Deny Being at Fault for Indiana State Fair Stage Collapse
Can You Guess the Artist in This Yearbook Photo?
Taylor Swift Gets Cozy With ‘The Lorax’ Co-Stars at Hollywood Premiere
Nicolle Galyon Impresses ‘The Voice’ Coach Adam Levine With Kenny Chesney’s ‘You Save Me’
Bucky Covington Donates Funds for Injured Fire Fighters and Police Officers

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Was Conan O’Brien on ‘How I Met Your Mother’?

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Keith Urban is eagerly gearing up for his appearance as a celebrity coach on Australia’s version of the hit show ‘The Voice.’ And while he admits he’s looking for someone to really capture his attention, the ‘You’ll Think of Me’ singer says he’s not about putting people down when they don’t make the cut.

“I did a few of these things when I was younger, and I know what it’s like to just be crucified,” he told the Tennessean. Urban says what he truly loves about ‘The Voice’ is the fact that the show is all about looking for the good in people and not just shooting them down for their inabilities. Appearing as a mentor on the show alongside Seal, Joel Madden of Good Charlotte and Australian artist Delta Goodrem, Urban says he understands that criticism has a place but that it’s all about the delivery.

“My want is to help someone realize that, ‘You nailed these things, and any artist has areas they need help with, and I may have these faults myself and that’s why, maybe I’m pointing them out in you,’” he explains. “I look at this as an opportunity to give back and help somebody.” As he gets ready for the show, which will air later in 2012, Urban says he’s listening for authenticity and he’s going to be genuinely working to help those on his team become as good as they possibly can be.

“It’s working with players and trying to have a vision,” he says. “It’s like, ‘If we tweak this and focus this and maybe sing this down here,’ and really play to their strengths.” In a promotional video for the upcoming show, the artist pointed out that he loves the idea of the blind audition since it’s just the same as when he hears a new artist on the radio and can’t see what they look like, adding, “It’s that pure believability that I feel like this person is speaking to me.”

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Classically trained pianist turned singer-songwriter Nicolle Galyon stood apart from the other country contestants on ‘The Voice‘ Monday night. Actually, she sat… while delivering a tender, piano driven version of Kenny Chesney‘s ‘You Save Me.’

Only Adam Levine spun around to watch the performance, meaning the Sterling, Kan. native will join his team when the show moves into the battle rounds. “I feel like I’m living a dream, I don’t know, my head’s in the clouds right now,” Galyon said after her audition, admitting that she would have chosen the Maroon 5 rocker had all four mentors fought for her.

“When you weren’t nervous you were so special,” Levine said. Blake Shelton added that the blonde singer didn’t get nervous until Levine spun around. Gaylon said at that point she felt like she had gotten what she came for so she lost focus.

According to her page on Facebook, Gaylon is a staff songwriter for Warner-Chappell Publishing. “I play piano. I write songs on the piano. I sing the songs i write on the piano,” she writes in her biography. The other coaches appreciated her desire to make the piano as important an instrument as the fiddle in Nashville, but also suggested she learn guitar.

The audience went wild when Levine spun around, and a big smile broke out across Gaylon’s face. Clearly excited, she said,”I don’t even remember the audience, I just felt like I was singing to these four chairs.”

Watch Nicolle Galyon Sing Kenny Chesney’s ‘You Save Me’ on ‘The Voice‘

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The new edition is set for release on March 22 and will join the original version, Angry Birds Seasons, Angry Birds Rio and Angry Birds Facebook in Rovio’s Angry Birds’ franchise. If all games and platforms are included, Angry Birds has been downloaded over 700 million times since first launching in 2009.

While the trailer doesn’t give anything away about the game play, it is reported that Angry Birds Space will feature zero gravity levels, slow motion puzzles and some completly new birds. Rovio will also be partnering with two familiar names on the project.

“Science and education are very important to us, and we’re very excited to have NASA and National Geographic as launch partners on Angry Birds Space,” Andrew Stalbow, GM of Rovio North America, told Yahoo Games.

According to Stalbow, more details about the latest of their highly addictive bird-flinging game will be released in early March.

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The Denzel Washington/Ryan Reynolds thriller ‘Safe House’ kept movie-goers on the edge of their seats this holiday weekend, earning $28.4 million to land at the top of the charts in its second week of release.

‘The Vow’ took in $26.6 million for the runner-up spot, barely squeaking past ‘Journey 2: The Mysterious Island,’ which sold $26.4 million in tickets for third.

Rounding out the top five? Nicolas Cage’s ‘Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance’ and the Reese Witherspoon rom-com ‘This Means War,’ which netted $25.7 million and $20.4 million, respectively.

Here’s a list of the top 10 movies at the box office Friday through Monday with estimated grosses, along with how much each movie has made since its release:

1. ‘Safe House’ – $28.4 million, $82.6 million total
2. ‘The Vow’ – $26.6 million, $88.5 million total
3. ‘Journey 2: The Mysterious Island’ – $26.4 million, $59.5 million total
4. ‘Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance’ – $25.7 million, new release
5. ‘This Means War’ – $20.4 million, $22 million total
6. ‘Star Wars: Episode I – Phantom Menace’ – $10.1 million, $36 million total
7. ‘Chronicle’ – $9.2 million, $52.6 million total
8. ‘The Secret World Of Arrietty’ – $8.1 million, new release
9. ‘The Woman in Black’ – $7.9 million, $46.5 million total
10. ‘The Grey’ – $3.7 million, $48.6 million total

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Mickelson hit his tee shot on the 15th hole wide and to the left when the ball careened into the gallery and bounced up the shorts of the onlooker.

The victim of this amazing accident didn’t get hurt. In fact, he got some free stuff out of it. He received a signed golf glove from Mickelson, a story to tell for the rest of his life, and now he’s a YouTube star among the ranks of Rebecca Black. Who could ask for anything more?

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Love and Theft‘s new single, ‘Angel Eyes,’ is giving the band a handful of firsts, including the fact that it’s a their first release as a duo. The video for the tune was just released, showing a more mature side of Eric Gunderson and Stephen Barker Liles as they flirt with temptation of dating the preacher’s daughters.

The video was shot on Liles’ farm outside of Nashville, and features their friends and family as the extras who come out for the big bonfire barn party, following Gunderson’s afternoon Harley ride and Liles’ cruise around town in his Mustang with their girls in tow. As a preacher’s kid himself, Liles knows all too well the mischief that is to be had growing up with that particular title.

But like good boys, Gunderson and Liles return their sweethearts to the front steps of the church at the end of the video, as their preacher father (played by Liles’ real-life preacher father) gives the the boys the look of questioning their involvement with his girls.

For Gunderson, the song is an extra special single, as he co-wrote the tune with newcomer Eric Paslay. Click here to read our interview with Paslay about how the song came about.

Watch the Love and Theft ‘Angel Eyes’ Video

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Blake Shelton became a country star on his music alone, but since he first appeared on NBC’s ‘The Voice‘ last season, the 6-foot-5 man’s man with a soft side has truly become a favored celebrity. In a recent interview, Shelton talked about his role on the hit show, his marriage to no-nonsense country artist Miranda Lambert and why he didn’t know how to get to his own home when he was living in L.A.

“I felt a little like the black sheep, he tells Redbook about his beginnings on ‘The Voice.’ “It wasn’t until [executive producer] Mark Burnett set up a dinner about three days into production, when it was just the four of us sitting down together, that we clicked … All of a sudden I was having conversations with people I had only read about in tabloids, and they’re just normal people. And they know who I am, and that I [was] getting married to Miranda, and they know who she is. It was surreal.”

When asked if he’s the Paula Abdul of the show, the ever quippy Shelton replied, “You mean because of my alcohol consumption? OK, really, I think that’s because of the relationship I formed last year with [contestants] Dia and Xenia, the two young ladies I mentored for the finals. It was like I was a big brother or a fatherly figure. They were like family to me.” Shelton adds that the softer side he revealed on the show last season was a surprise to Lambert, and to himself as well. While he says that was a welcomed side, Shelton maintains that he didn’t need to be temper or tame his all-man attitude when pursuing his now wife.

“Miranda doesn’t want — and I’m using this for lack of a better word — a wuss. She doesn’t want a whipped guy. That’s not attractive to her, and honestly, I can’t imagine that would be attractive to any girl,” he explains. “I think that’s one of the things that’s kept us interesting to one another. She’s the same way with me. She was my girlfriend and now she’s my wife, but my God, she’s still Miranda Lambert, and nobody can tell her what to do or boss her around!”

Most at home with his wife on a ranch somewhere, the Oklahoma boy readily admits that living in L.A. during the show’s taping put him way out of his element. “There is nothing about L.A. I feel comfortable with yet, except when I’m on this set,” he says. “In fact, I don’t even know how to get around this town. Last year I did ‘The Tonight Show,’ and when Jay Leno asked me where I lived, I swear to God, I had no idea how to get there.”

Catch Shelton on ‘The Voice’ Mondays at 8PM ET on NBC.

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As it begins to heat up outside and the snow and ice turn to green grass and fresh blooms, artists will churn out new country music releases for March 2012 faster than you can say “bring on spring break!”

Old school favorite Neal McCoy will kick things off on March 6 with his latest sure hit collection, ‘XII.’ As of right now, McCoy’s new tunes are the only country music release scheduled for the first Tuesday of the month, so the legend won’t have to share his spotlight with any of those pesky newcomers.

The following week, on March 13, Waylon Jennings’ offspring Shooter Jennings will continue to provide country music fans with soulful tunes when he drops the appropriately titled ‘Family Man’ album. The record is the follow-up to his March 2010 unveiling, ‘Black Ribbons.’

Finally, Lionel Richie will return to his roots with a country music duets release, which will feature many of the genre’s hottest names. Named for his hometown, ‘Tuskegee’ will feature the musical stylings of Blake Shelton, Jason Aldean, Darius Rucker, Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts, Jennifer Nettles and Tim McGraw — to name a few. That’s in addition to the already released single ‘Endless Love,’ which brings good vibes courtesy of Shania Twain.

Keep your mouse clicked to Taste of Country, ’cause we’ll be bringing you all of the new country music releases for March 2012 — and beyond — as soon as they’re available.

New Country Music Releases March 2012:

March 6
Neal McCoy, ‘XII’

March 13
Shooter Jennings, ‘Family Man’

March 20
Casey James, ‘Casey James’

March 27
Lionel Richie, ‘Tuskegee’

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When you’re the young daughters of superstar Jason Aldean, whose career is literally smokin’ hot, it’s hard to not fall in love with the same career choice as Dad. Aldean’s two youngsters, Keeley (9) and Kendyl (4), have found that love, but the level of seriousness for their future is still in question.

“They do have a love for music, I do know that,” Aldean reveals to Taste of Country. “It’s funny … we were going out to eat last night, and an Adele song came on the radio. My 4-year-old’s back there singing at the top of her lungs. I kind of looked at my wife and I said, ‘Well if they want to be a singer and pattern themselves after somebody, that would be a good one!’ [laughs].”

“They sing everything,” continues Aldean. “They know songs on the radio that I’ve never heard of, and they’re back there singing them. They definitely have a love for it. Whether or not it’s going to consume them like it did Dad, I don’t know. If it does, it does. It would be something that I would definitely encourage them to do and kind of give them my two cents worth. But I’d encourage them if they came to me and wanted to be an architect, you know what I’m saying?”

There is only one thing that would hold him back from giving his daughters the green light to pursue music. “If they’re terrible, that’s where it’s going to get a little sketchy,” he says with a grin. “If they’re awful and they think they can sing good, then you’ve got to be a parent and be encouraging, but at the same time, you don’t want them going out and embarrassing themselves either [laughs]! So we’ll see. They do have a love for it, but I don’t know to what extent yet.”

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92.9 The Bull is gearing up for its annual ‘Country Cares For St. Jude Kids’ Radiothon.  This year, the Radiothon will air 6am-6pm on Thursday February 23rd and Friday February 24th.

Since 2002, 92.9 The Bull has raised almost $300,000 for the kids at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.   Which all of the Thanks and Appreciation go out to the wonderful listeners in the Yakima Valley for opening their hearts and their wallets for these wonderful kids.

At St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, no kid is turned away because their family cannot afford it.

Imagine being a parent in 1962 and hearing the words “your child has cancer”.  Hearing those words back then was like hearing “your child will die”.  There has been so much research and breakthroughs at St. Jude that if a child has cancer, there is now hope.

92.9 The Bull will be asking you to open your hearts and wallets again this Thursday and Friday for the great children at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.  Donations will be accepted via the 1-800 phone number and online.

There will be many prizes, incentives and giveaways throughout the the radiothon.

If you would like to volunteer during the radiothon, please email: ericlutz@townsquaremedia.com

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92.9 The Bull welcomes The Harlem Globetrotters to the Yakima Valley Sundome on Sunday February 26th!

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Taylor Swift just came out with a behind-the-scenes video from her music video shoot from ‘Safe & Sound,’ the lead single on the upcoming ‘The Hunger Games’ soundtrack. The haunting mood of the song, which also features The Civil Wars, translates so perfectly to the almost colorless video. In the below clip, Swift catches the vision as soon as she steps out into the cold of the barren winter woods.

“This is like the coolest location for a video I’ve ever been on,” she gushes. It was likely a contender for the coldest, too. As Swift “meanders” through the forest barefoot and in a light, breezy dress, the cameras catch her at different angles, and as soon as they get what they need, Swift dons an oversized knit sweater and boots and warms herself by a heater. Though she admits that walking barefoot in the icy woods is not the most comfortable thing, she can’t say too much since she was the one who thought of it in the first place.

“It was actually my idea to walk around barefoot because I think it’ll look cool, and now I’m kind of kicking myself for suggesting it… ” she tells the camera, adding, “I’m wearing this little vintage, 1920s chiffon silky dress, and the kind of idea of it is sort of ghostlike – it’s supposed to look a little ghostly.”

Another shot in the video shows Swift shivering for warmth atop a grave from the 1850s, and apparently that seemingly open grave wasn’t just a great prop, as Swift seems to be adequately creeped out by it. To add just the right touch to the bleak feel of the video, the weather was appropriately dreary and dark, which Swift says was just right.

“The weather is absolutely perfect for this shoot because we wanted it to be really cloudy and hazy,” she says. “That’s the way that it looks the most emotional when you’re shooting a location for something melancholy and sad. I was just praying that the sun wasn’t going to be shining today because that would be a little harder to portray this emotion.”

Speaking of the two-day shoot, Swift describes all the cool places she’ll be “meandering” to capture the right footage, concluding in the end, “It’s going to be a lot of walking.”

Watch The Making of ‘Safe & Sound’ with Taylor Swift

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Blake Shelton fans will be excited to learn that on Season 3 of NBC’s ‘The Voice,’ when one of those iconic red chairs swivels around, their favorite country papa bear will still be sitting in it. The Wrap is reporting that Shelton has signed on for another season of the show, along with all three of the other celebrity coaches — Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green and Adam Levine.

While the coaches seem to enjoy their time on the show, they’re certainly not lending their musical expertise for free, or anything even remotely close to the vicinity of free. The Wrap reports that Aguilera will receive $10 million for returning, while the other three judges will each see their current pay doubled to $6 million.

The show, which is currently in its second season, is gearing up for a third season in the fall. When asked to confirm that the lineup of celebrity coaches will remain the same, a spokeswoman from NBC contended that no final decisions have been made and that there’s still room to see different judges enter the mix.

On the current season of the show, Shelton and the other coaches are still trying to craft their perfect teams, listening to each performer during the blind auditions and only hitting that giant button to turn around when someone truly wows them. So far, Shelton has six of his 12 slots filled with hopefuls, including Brian Fuente, Erin Willitt, Gwen Sebastian, Jermaine Paul, Jordis Unga and RaeLynn.

Tune in Mondays at 8 PM ET on NBC to see how this season plays out. And rest assured knowing that, regardless of which contestants are voted off and have to leave, the coaches aren’t going anywhere. For those salaries, we don’t blame them!

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After Chris Brown was given the stage for not one but two Grammy performances this year, Miranda Lambert has had no problem stepping up to let her fans know how she feels about the hip-hop artist and his past as an abuser. Not only did she tweet several times with her feelings on the matter, but Lambert finally took her anger to the stage at a show this week, as seen in the below video Taste of Country received from a fan.

Walking to the front of the stage, Lambert picked up a giant green poster from an audience member in the front row. Holding the poster up, she asserted into the mic, “Nothing else needs to be said tonight, ladies and gentlemen,” revealing the neon sign that reads: “Take note Chris Brown.” What the country star would like Brown to note are the lyrics to her female-empowered song ‘Gunpowder and Lead,’ which tells the story of a woman getting back at her abusive husband once and for all.

In the clip, Lambert can be seen encouraging her fans to get a good picture of her holding the sign, and she even takes some time to carefully display it as she calls out Brown by name and adds, “Beatin’ up on a woman is never OK, so that’s why my daddy taught me early on in life how to use a shotgun.” From there, she launches into the song about revenge, getting fans excited by its new connotation.

Earlier this week, Lambert tweeted her surprise about Brown’s Grammy appearance, saying, “Not cool that we act like that didn’t happen. He needs to listen to Gunpowder and lead and be put back in his place. Not at the Grammys.” Brown later responded, not directly to Lambert, but to the media in general, saying “DEAR MEDIA.. Ur plan is not working.. I’m not going anywhere so get used to me.” Perhaps the media will have to get used to Brown’s public appearances, but there’s one blond country power princess who’s not letting him off that easily.

Watch Miranda Lambert Speak Against Chris Brown in Concert

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Taylor Swift is perhaps best known for singing about one topic from a variety of angles: love. And while she admits that this is true, the multi-Grammy Award-winning starlet is quick to declare that she’s perfectly content to go stag for a while.

“I’m actually really good at being single,” Swift told Access Hollywood in a recent interview. “As much as I love to complain about it, I’m actually very independent and I’m fine. I’m really good by myself … But I do love to complain about being single, even though I’m really I’m fine with it.” It’s not that Swift hasn’t dated. She has. It’s just that whenever she gets paired with this or that male celeb (John Mayer, Jake Gyllenhaal, Joe Jonas), it’s right in the public eye. Heck, even when she’s not dating someone rumors tend to fly.

Talking to ‘Today’ (see clip below), Swift says the past two years have been incredible for her because of the freedom they have afforded her. “Twenty-one and twenty-two have been great as far as loving to live alone and loving the independence and traveling the world,” she gushes. “I’m kind of in this adventurous phase right now where I’ll just go out by myself and see where the day takes me. I think I’ve realized that, in my life, to be inspired to write music you have to have a life to write about.” But what about when that life means she becomes the topic of headlines about dating guys she’s not?

“I’ve just kind of come to terms with the fact that that comes along with the life that I’ve chosen,” she says casually. “I absolutely love making music and getting to do wonderful things … and there’s a price that comes with everything good in your life.” When asked whether or not she’s actually dating ‘The Lorax’ costar Zac Efron, Swift laughs it off good-naturedly: “I’m not – no – we’re friends.”

Watch Taylor Swift on ‘Today’

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Tim McGraw will perform on Saturday, Sept. 22 at 7:30 p.m. at the Puyallup Fair’s 2012 Concert Series, Presented by Columbia Bank. Tickets go on sale on Saturday, Feb. 25th at 10:00 a.m. on the Fair website, www.thefair.com/concerts or by phone (888) 559-FAIR (3247) daily, 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. Ticket prices are $95 – $50. All seats are reserved and include Fair gate admission.

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An Indiana State Senate Committee is considering adding another $5 million to the compensation given to victims of last August’s stage collapse at the state fair, which occurred just before country duo Sugarland was due to perform. But one local teenager, who was partially paralyzed as a result of the tragedy, appeared in court to talk about how his life has been changed since then — or as he puts it, how the quality will forever be “measured as in before Sugarland and after Sugarland.”

The Republic reports that 18-year-old Brad Humphrey talked about his life and his spot on his high school’s tennis team, a spot he filled the school year prior to the accident. Now, as a result of the stage crash, he will likely be on many medications and need wheelchair assistance for the rest of his life.

In September it was reported that the nearly 50 victims or their families (if deceased) would split a one-time $5 million payout, the most allowed by state law for a single incident. An addition $800,000 had also been raised for victims in the weeks after the tragedy, coming mostly from private donors.

Humphrey says an addition $5 million would still not be enough for those who are suffering the consequences of the Indiana State Fair stage collapse. As of right now, there are a number of private lawsuits open against different entities — including Sugarland. The band is currently taking some time off to reflect on an understandably difficult 2011 and to plan their next move.

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