Bill is currently in the Balkans checking up on Yebiga production and promoting Talking Book's latest recording, which is the accompanying soundtrack to the film The Eclipse by Serbian director Nataša Urban. Not only has Bill treaded the red carpet at the Sarajevo Film Festival, but he has now been given the keys to city of Zaječar. At the opening of the 55th Gitarijada Festival, on Wednesday August 24th, the mayor of Zaječar, Boško Ničić, handed Bill the keys to the city. Th

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Mike Bordin played with Black Sabbath cover band Back Stabbath on Sunday July 31st at Cornerstone in Berkeley CA. The event was a screening of Murder In The Front Row, a documentary film about the history of the San Francisco Bay Area Thrash scene. Photos by Raymond Ahner