The marketing forces that control Ken Block’s driving career have taken the legendary Gymkhana video series that he stars in to a whole new level. The problem is, that new level isn’t in the direction we’d hoped.

The genius of the Gymkhana videos is that they marketed Block’s sponsors like DC Shoes and Monster Energy Drink using a clever and entertaining bit of automotive shenanigans that achieved internet fame in a truly viral way. Having left Subaru and moved over to Ford , there’s been quite a buildup to the Gymkhana 3 video. Instead of delivering as promised, the new installment isn’t the paint-splattering, florescent light-busting, tire shredding insanity of the past two. Instead its a music video previewing the actual nonsense (Part 2) that is set to drop in September. Worse yet, its an incongruous mix of urban pop culture with the rather un-urban DC Shoes brand.

Will take on the "Congregation of the Damned Tour" this fall, bringing along a handful of support acts for the Monster Energy Drink-sponsored run.

The quintet, which just completed a run with the Mayhem Festival, will get started with an Oct. 20 performance in Anaheim, CA, followed by another 30 gigs spread across the continent. Six Canadian shows are also on the books, including concerts in Calgary (10/27), Toronto (11/2) and Montreal (11/3). Following the tour's Nov. 27 wrap-up in Los Angeles, the band will head across the pond for five European arena shows. The full schedule is shown at right.

An Australian leg will be added at the band's website in the coming days, according to a press release.

Atreyu unveiled "Congregation of the Damned," the group's fifth studio release, in October and it peaked at No. 18 on The Billboard 200. "Ravenous," one of the album's singles, will be featured in the video game Guitar Hero Warriors of Rock, which will hit retailers Sept. 24.

I baked three vanilla cake box mixes mixed with green food coloring to match the color of the energy drink. After it cooled, then rolled out black fondant. I frosted the whole Monster Energy Drink Birthday Cake lightly, covering whole cake, then I placed the black fondant over the cake.

I made a template of the "M" and rolled out green fondant then traced my "M" template over the green fondant and cut it out, placing that over the cake. Then I used remaining green fondant cutting out the letters "ENERGY" placing them on the cake. I wrote out with tube frosting the word "MONSTER" on the cake.

This cake was made last year for my husbands 45th birthday. Everyone loved it! especially when I cut into it and the cake was the same green color as the original drink.

I was told that while taking lorazapam you shouldn't drink monster energy drinks is this true? what are the dangers of mixing the two?