Music History

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It's time now for music history. What happened this week in music?

1791, Mozart's The Magic Flute premieres in Vienna... Pure Genius.

1880, John Philip Sousa - composer of "Semper Fidelis" and dozens of other frozen-weekday-mornings-on-the-high-school-football-field hits - is promoted to director of the United States Marine Corps Band...

1935, Porgy and Bess is performed in public for the first time in Boston...

1943, Louis Jordan and His Tympani Five release "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?"... Do you remember on Tom & Jerry.... Tom playing an upright bass with his tail while singing this to a female cat?

1945, Señor Pelvis logs his first paying gig when he brings down five bucks cold cash for second place at the Mississippi-Alabama Dairy Show talent contest ... the future King is 10 years old when he wins by singing "Old Shep"...

1956, Elvis is so huge that his "Love Me Tender" has sold 856,327 copies before it's even released...

1961, folkie Caroline Hester's first album on Columbia features young Bob Dylan on harmonica ... the producer, John Hammond, likes Dylan's style and promptly signs him to a solo record deal ... Dylan will start recording within a few weeks...

1962, the Beatles release their first single, "Love Me Do" ... the whole world responds to their command... If you don't like the Beatles, get off of my site and don't come back.

1963, Eric Clapton is asked to replace "Top" Topham in the Yardbirds ... Topham is only 16 years old and his parents have pressured him out of the band after a very brief tenure ... Clapton is a classmate of vocalist Keith Relf in art college ... already known as "Slowhand," Clapton will develop the distinguished Yardbirds guitar chair that will later be inhabited by Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page...

1967, though she doesn't actually lose her mind, this is the week that Gladys Knight releases "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" ... written by Motown writers Barret Strong and Norman Whitfield, the tune reaches #2 on the pop charts and #1 on the R&B charts ... it will be covered by literally hundreds of artists over the years, most notably Marvin Gaye, who will take it to #1 on the pop charts in 1968 ... also this week in 1967 out on the psychedelic West Coast Mickey Hart takes up stick duties with the Grateful Dead ... it proves to be a bad week to join, as the entire band is busted for pot at their house in the Haight ... it's also the week that "Brown Eyed Girl" tops out at #10 for Van Morrison...

1969, tragedy strikes David Crosby on the day Crosby, Stills & Nash goes gold ... Crosby's honey, Christine Gail Hinton, is killed in a head-on auto crash north of San Francisco...

1970, Jack Bruce joins Tony Williams and fellow Miles Davis veterans John McLaughlin and Larry Young to form the monster fusion group, Lifetime ... also this week in 1970, Janis Joplin, who has just finished recording the album Pearl is found dead of an apparent heroin overdose in a Hollywood hotel room ... this is also the week in which Led Zeppelin III is released ... the album features "Since I Been Loving You," perhaps the spine-tinglingest rock blues tune ever recorded...

1975 drummer Al Jackson Jr. is shot to death in his Memphis home ... the pulse of Booker T. & The MGs--the Stax Records house band--Jackson played on dozens of soul hits ... police initially suspect Jackson's wife who had shot him the previous July ... the case remains unsolved and Memphis police refuse to discuss it...

1976, Jerry Lee Lewis proves that coolness and common sense are not necessarily positively correlated when he supposedly opens fire on a soda bottle with a .357 magnum and hits his bass player, Norman Owens, twice - seriously wounding him in the chest ... Lewis is later charged with discharging a firearm within city limits... You know, he was known as "The Killer".

1977, the hardest working man in show business is apparently also the hardest slave driver in the business, inspiring his entire band to walk out on him just before a scheduled concert in Hallandale, Florida ... their beefs are the usual - too much work and too little money from boss James Brown...

1980, One Trick Pony, Paul Simon's film about a world-weary touring club musician, premieres in New York ... like Capeman - his later attempt at a Broadway show - the film itself bombs but the soundtrack kills ... this despite celluloid appearances by Lou Reed, Sam & Dave, and the Lovin' Spoonful...

1982, the first CD players hit the market in Japan...

1989, while on a motorcycle trip from LA to the Grand Canyon, Bruce Springsteen stops in a honky tonk in Prescott, Arizona, and plays a full set with the house band ... while the Boss is slumming with the real people, he overhears barmaid Brenda Techanec bemoaning her difficulty meeting hospital expenses ... a week later he sends her a check for $100,000...

1991, following the theft of Michael Jackson's crystal-beaded glove, rapper M.C. Hammer offers a $50,000 reward for the relic's return... M.C. who?

1996, Van Halen can't seem to get along with his lead vocalists ... this week he finds David Lee Roth intolerable again, having brought the dynamic singer back to record some greatest hits 11 years after he was originally kicked out of the band ... Sammy Hagar has already been booted earlier in '96 ... in retaliation Roth tells the press that the band only asked him back as a publicity stunt and never planned to actually let him back in... One Rocks and one sucks. Which one is it? Please leave a comment for everyone to read.

1997, a Wu-Tang fan files suit after Method Man leaps off the stage and lands on her, knocking her unconscious ... the suit blames band members Method Man, RZA, and Redman, as well as the student government that sponsored the show, saying the fan, Juanita L. Evans, was distracted by rapper Redman and didn't see the flying Method Man...

BIRTHDAYS:
Buddy Rich (1917)
Cissy Houston (1933)
Johnny Mathis (1935)
Frankie Lymon (1942)
Dewey Martin of Buffalo Springfield (1942)
producer Gus Dudgeon (1942)
Marilyn McCoo of The 5th Dimension (1943)
Sylvia Peterson of The Chiffons (1946)
Mark Bolan of T. Rex (1947)
Patrice Rushen (1954)
Basia (1956)
Trey Anastasio of Phish (1964)
Robby Takac of The Goo Goo Dolls (1964)

It's A Miracle

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'Miraculous' Christ Washes Up in Texas Rio Grande. A fiberglass statue of Christ that washed up on a sandbar in the Rio Grande three weeks ago is attracting scores of devout pilgrims to a police department lost-and-found and being hailed as a miracle. This is viewed as a miracle? I don't understand that. Now when he parted the waters for Moses to pass, that was a miracle. Miracle is defined as an event that appears inexplicable by the laws of nature and so is held to be supernatural in origin or an act of God.



Al Gore gives the opponent of George Bush advice on how to beat him. I don't have enough respect for him to put his name on my site. How the hell would Al Gore know how to beat George Bush. Idiots!!!! They're all idiots. George's opponent is even making cracks about George being shorter than he is. Loser.



Pro-hunt demonstrators dumped animal carcasses and women went topless amid noisy protests on Tuesday outside Prime Minister Tony Blair's Labor Party conference. I am all for hunting but dumping animal carcasses is in bad taste. Now the topless women??? I think when you turn 21 you should be required to go topless for atleast one year. Jane, you know who you are, how old are you by the way? Hmmm. (man am I gonna get it from that statement.)

What do you get for that special someone who has just about everything? How about a personal zeppelin? The 12-seater could be yours for a mere $10 million from the 2004 Neiman Marcus Christmas Book. Give me one second to write this letter. Dear Santa,...... That's right. I still believe in Santa Clause.



Teacher Investigated for Phony Test. Officials say a tenth-grade geometry teacher at Oxon Hill High School administered what is being called a "fake math proficiency test." It contained math word problems beginning with phrases like "Jose has two ounces of cocaine," "Willie gets $200 for a stolen BMW," and "Raul gets six years for murder." He was obviously putting the test in terms the class could relate to. You can bet this wasn't at Beverly Hills High.



I can't believe this. There is an online poll on whether or not Dan Rather should be fired or should resign. The guy made a mistake. He admitted to the mistake and apologized for it. He didn't lie about it, he didn't try to put it off onto other people, he took responsibility for it. Here are the question on the poll. Notice the last question. I don't think this was all about Dan Rather. Do you? SAVE DAN!!!!

1) Do you believe Dan Rather should resign?

Yes

No

2) If Dan Rather refuses to resign, should he be fired?

Yes, fired.

No, not fired.

3) Do you believe Dan Rather was sincere in his apology?

Yes

No

4) Do you believe CBS and Dan Rather made an honest mistake in their report using forged documents against President Bush?

Yes, honest mistake.

No, it was intentional

5) Who will you vote for in the presidential election this November?

George Bush

John Kerry

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who set up a tent outside his smoke-free state office to accommodate his taste for a good cigar, signed a bill barring tobacco from state prisons. Now how is that fair? How can he have a tent set up just so he can smoke and he's saying the prisonors can't? Well, I'll tell you. These people had to be jailed because they couldn't live peacefully, honestly, and respectfully in the outside world. I think Louisiana prisons have the right idea. Make the inmates work for their keep instead of letting them sit in air conditioned rooms, working on a free college degree, while watching tv. I could go on for days about this one.



A man attacked two pilots and a passenger with an axe on a domestic Norwegian flight on Wednesday. With an axe? Work with me here. You're in line at the airport going through metal detectors and you hear. "Next. BEEEEEEEEP! Empty your pockets sir. Hmm. Razor blades. Go on through. Next. BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP! Empty your pockets sir. Hmm. An axe. go on through. Next."

A single mother in Toronto who danced the night away while her two-year-old daughter was dying of dehydration in a sweltering apartment has pleaded guilty to manslaughter. She should be drug out into the street and shot.

Eight months later, Janet Jackson's infamous performance during the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show remains the most replayed moment in TiVo history. No I like breasts just as much as the next guy. Thank you Janet Jackson for ruining radio and television.



Videotaping movies may become a federal offence. Oh crap. What will I do then?



The first private manned rocket to reach space soared toward the edge of the atmosphere on Wednesday in a bid to earn the $10 million Ansari X Prize.

I just had to add some comics to my page. For more daily comics click here.

TODAY IN HISTORY


1930 Dracula filming begins

1932 Katherine Hepburn's film debut

1988 Stacy Allison of Portland, Oregon, becomes the first American woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest, which at 29,035 feet above sea level is the highest point on earth.

1994 A Texas college student kills his ex-girlfriend.

BIRTHDAYS

Gene Autry ( 1907-1998)

Jerry Lee Lewis aka "The Killer" (1935- )

IT'S A GOOD DAY, REGARDLESS

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Famous guitarists such as Ron Wood of the Rolling Stones, Brian May of Queen and the Eagles' Joe Walsh played at Wembley Arena in a concert celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Fender Stratocaster. When he took the stage at the outdoor concert Friday night, David Gilmour of Pink Floyd brought some of the packed crowd to its feet by playing the first-ever Fender-made 001 model of the guitar.

Imagine picking up your town newspaper and reading this front page headline: "5 dead kids: organs missing". What would your reaction be? Grisly newspaper reports about children being killed for their vital organs shot fear through several towns in the northern Philippines but police said it was all a hoax.

Poland's state railway PKP is claiming compensation from a man who caused delays to its services by being run over by a train -- but said it may forgive the debt after learning the man's house had burned down.



This is the moment when a woman was captured on CCTV lying unconscious in the gutter of a busy road, suffering from a serious head wound.

Four Cows Escape From Truck in Arkansas. This made national news???? Maybe they were experimental cows from the government. See, the government uses the cows "New" milk as a tracking device in humans. How do I come up with this crap?

Paternity tests are becoming increasingly common in China along with casual sex as suspicious husbands check on their wives' fidelity. Wow.



How would you like to help charity and have dinner with a famous movie star? Just click here and have your credit card handy. Prices so far: Sarah Jessica Parker $28,1oo, Ricky Martine $13,000, Leonardo DiCaprio $8,000, Benjamin Bratt $3,150, Ben Affleck $16,000. Looks like these bidders have more dollars than cents. I mean sense. I mean, oh screw it.

Bruce Springsteen thinks...... Who cares what he thinks.

The scientists who cloned Dolly the sheep have formally applied for a licence to clone human embryos to find a cure for motor neurone disease.

A Bronx school employee forced four fourth-grade boys, accused of stealing a teacher's ring, to strip to their underwear and jump up and down, the boys' parents alleged in a federal lawsuit Monday. So they're sueing for money. How does money fix this? I'm not saying it's right but why not sue only to have his teaching license revoked? Oh yeah, cause no one gets paid that way. Idiots.



A teenager today admitted raping and killing his 92-year-old great grandmother. You can tell by the picture that she wasn't happy.

Police say an 88-year-old man killed his 82-year-old roommate Sunday night at the Wilton Meadows nursing home. What's the world coming to?

Don't talk to loudly on your cell phone. Sakinah Aaron was talking on her cell phone in a bus station. A transit police officer told her to lower her voice. She told the officer he had no right to tell her how to speak into her cell phone. He then placed her under arrest. So people use the arguement "This is a free country". Well, this free country has laws put into place to protect my peace. Some crazy woman yelling into a cell phone disturbs this peace. Thank you transit officer. Tell me what you think. That means click on leave comment below.

Lawrence Ward, from New York, disappeared after making threats to President Bush. A photo of Mr. Bush along with the written words "Dead Man" were found in his house.
Mr. Ward has emptied his bank accounts and canceled his credit cards, said national security officials close to the case. Those actions were seen as measures to prevent authorities from tracking or finding Mr. Ward. Mr. Ward, we're coming for you. Watch out!!!!



Tony Blair, British Prime Minister, began his leader's speech to Labour's annual conference amid a barrage of heckles. Mr Blair acknowledged that the intelligence about Saddam Hussein's suspected weapons of mass destruction was wrong. Did Mr. Blair get upset, ignore, or have the man thrown out? He did not. Mr. Blair said "That's fine, sir. You can make your protest. Just thank goodness we live in a democracy and you can." How can you not respect him? I'm with you Mr. Blair.

Mind Journey

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Let me take your mind on a journey. We'll travel into the unknown seeking the most important commodity of all. Information. To take this journey you'll only need free will and imagination. Join me.

Wow!!! That was deep. I should put that into a song.

Guess what. King-sized Mars and Snickers chocolate bars will be cut down to size in Britain next year as a leading food manufacturer responds to growing pressure about portion distortion and rising levels of obesity. My question is will they also cut down the price on the now smaller candy bar? You'll bet they won't. Let's use Coca-Cola as an example. They came out with the 13 oz. coke in the plastic bottle. It's almost half the size of the 20 oz. coke. So you get 35% less product for the same price. Personally, I buy the 13 oz. because it's all the coke I can drink at one time. So I'll just keep taking it up the tail pipe I guess. I'm sure it will be the same with the candy bars. Another question, if you worry about obesity, why buy the king size candy bar. Buy the normal one. Just another rich company trying to take advantage. What do you think? Leave me a comment.

Did you hear that an asteroid will come within 1 million miles of our little blue dot in the galaxy that we refer to as Earth on Wednesday?

Speaking of things in outer space? Get your check books out, sell all of your stock, remortgage the house, because this journey could end up in space. Richard Branson, Britain's best-known entrepreneur and part-time daredevil, plans to launch the world's first passenger service to space in 2007, offering zero-gravity flights for $198,600. Sounds crazy huh? If I could afford it, I'd be on the first flight. This venture sounds like it could turn into a good movie. Hear me out: First space tourist ship enters space, all contact to Earth is lost, when they try to re-enter the atmosphere, a strange air ship escorts them down to a strange looking Earth. It's the year 2435 a.d. What will they do now? Oh I'm gonna write that down. I'll make it into a daily episode. Tell me what you think.


CBS is trying to retire Dan Rather because of a non-credible news event. Dan has been with 60 minutes since 1981. Is this the first mistake he has made? Surely not. Should this cost him his job? Surely not. I hate politics. Let him keep his job and...well, let's move on.

Customers of British cable firm NTL were subjected to a barrage of profanity after a malicious hacker or disgruntled employee changed the company's telephone service message. Blaaahahahahahahahahahaha. The newspaper reported that customers who called to report a fault with their service were told:

"You are through to NTL customer services. We don't give a (expletive) about you. We are never here. We just (expletive) you about, basically, and we are not going to handle any of your complaints. Just (expletive) off and leave us alone."



Jimi Hendrix died in 1970. People are still fighting over his estate. When Ray Charles died a few months ago, people immediately got lawyers to get as much as they could. I hope they get nothing buy lawyer bills.

A 108-year-old man has taken up smoking again, encouraged by gifts of cigars from as far away as London. That reminds me of grumpy old men. "Dad, do you think you should be smoking? I'm 94. What the hell do I care."

A motorcyclist got a large ticket. 205 MPH. Posted speed limit 65 MPH. Imagine hitting a pebble on a motorcycle going 205 mph. Hitting pavement at 205 miles per hour would not be good. Any body want hamburger for lunch?



Terminator 4 is in the works with a proposed 2005 starting date. Will Arnold Schwarzenegger star in this one? It's not clear at this time. Would you want to see a Terminator movie without him? I think not.

NBC announced today that Conan O'Brien will take over from Jay Leno as host of the "Tonight" show. Finally, there is proof that the end of humanity is at hand.



Has George Lucas gone to the dark side? The next Star Wars installment will likely be rated PG-13, not rated G like the 5 already released. Mr. Lucas, or George as his close friends such as I call him, said that "This is the darkest of them all,". "From the original trilogy, we know that in Episode III, Anakin is horribly burned, Padmé (Amidala, the queen and senator who becomes the mother of Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia) dies, Mace Windu dies, Luke and Leia are separated, and the Jedi are wiped out," he says. "It would be hard to do them justice without the film being PG-13."

Today in History
1864 Unarmed Yankees are massacred in Centralia

1935 13-year-old singer and actress Judy Garland signs her first contract with MGM.

1964 Warren Commission report released

1989 Zsa Zsa Gabor storms out of the courtroom

Birthdays:
Samuel Adams 1722-1803
Meat Loaf (1951 - )
Gwyneth Paltrow (1973 - )

It's Friday!!!

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Do you see the word liar in the picture?

Did everyone see the picture of the tattoo on yesterdays post? Someone wants me to have tattood placed in my pubic region. Here's the deal. I'd have to shave about half of my pubic hair. I'd like to have the lawn mower person to be laughing. Tell me what you think. If I did this, I would obviously have to post the picture on my site. I'll take donations via paypal to help pay for the tattoo. Leave a comment and let me know what you think. Got any cool tattoo pictures? Send 'em to me.

So what's happening in the world? Well, in Mexico, four women were briefly detained for allegedly seizing a man they were trying to force to marry a former girlfriend he impregnated. So what happened next? A man believed to be high on marijuana beheaded two women with an axe Friday. Wow. Speaking of drugs...
Monster Mushroom Sprawls in Switzerland. I'm going to Switzerland. Who's with me? Did you know Three students at Jacksonville University have been punished for installing a stripper pole in an on-campus apartment and taking pictures as fully clothed women performed on it at a party. A female student who won a dance contest also was disciplined. And in Louisiana, best state in the union, seafood merchant Richard Durrett was fishing Tuesday morning on the Red River when his catfish net dredged up something a little larger than the average catfish — a 6-foot, 135-pound bull shark.

Explain this one. In North Louisiana, Burn ban in effect. I'm looking outside and it's pouring rain. Bossier parish is under a flood watch. Check out the weather radar here. What about this one: A Blanchard area firefighter has been acquitted of charges he fled from an officer while responding to a blaze last year.
Dan Cotten Jr. was stopped twice by a Greenwood police officer as Cotten drove to the fire with his lights and siren on. It led to a roadside confrontation with Officer Jeff Dove.

I know everyone watched Survivor last night? Bye Dolly!!! Sing along with me "I said hello Dolly, I mean good bye dolly, It's so nice to have you off of the show. I said...." Well fine, don't sing.

Birthdays for Friday(sept. 24):
Linda McCartney (1942)
Gerry Marsden of Gerry And The Pacemakers (1942)
Cedric Dent of Take 6 (1962)
Marty Cintron of No Mercy (1971)

Sept. 25
Erik Darling of The Rooftop Singers (1933)
bluesman Roosevelt "Booba" Barnes (1936)
Ian Tyson of Ian and Sylvia (1933)
Zucchero (1955)
Will Smith (1968)
Diana Ortiz of Dream (1985)

Sept. 26
George Gershwin (1898)
Marty Robbins (1925)
Bryan Ferry of Roxy Music (1945)
Olivia Newton-John (1948)
Cesar Rosas of Los Lobos (1954)
Craig Chaquico of Jefferson Starship (1954)
Carlene Carter (1955)
Tracey Thorn of Everything But The Girl (1962)
Cindy Herron of En Vogue (1965)
Shawn Stockman of Boyz II Men (1972), Christina Milian (1981)

Deaths(sept. 24):
singer-songwriter Matthew Jay (2003)
folk rocker Tim Rose (2002)

Sept. 25
John Bonham (1980)

Sept. 26
Robert Palmer (2003)
songwriter Carl Sigman (2000)
Bessie Smith (1937)

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Rock and Roll

How many faces can you find?

SURVIVOR IS ON TONIGHT!!!!! WOO HOO!!!!

A Bit of Useless Information:

A souped up Chevy Camaro owned by David Koresh, the slain leader of the Branch Davidian religious sect, will be sold at a Texas auction this weekend. David Koresh...what an idiot.
The term Cop comes from Constable on Patrol, which is a term used in England.
Papaphobia is the fear of Popes
Relative to size, the strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
The average human will shed 40 pounds of skin in a lifetime.
The human heart creates enough pressure to squirt blood 30 feet (9 m).

Musicians Friend sent me a ton of information. Since I love music more than my own life, well almost, I thought I'd let the world in on it.

This week in history.

1961, Bob Dylan begins a two-week engagement opening for the Greenbriar Boys at Gerde's Folk City in Greenwich Village...

1964, a group of U.S. businessmen offer Beatles manager Brian Epstein £3.5 million to buy out his management contract ... he refuses to sell...

1965, during a Scandinavian tour Who singer Roger Daltrey punches out Keith Moon and very nearly gets booted from the band ...

1966 Officials at England's Royal Albert concert hall temporarily stop a Rolling Stones concert when screaming girls attack Mick Jagger onstage. The riotous enthusiasm of the fans resulted in a ban of pop concerts at the hall.

1968, the No. 1 Billboard song is The Beatles' "Hey Jude" which holds down that spot for nine straight weeks and becomes the Fab Four's all-time biggest seller...

1972, depressed over heart problems and the recent death of his father, British rocker Rory Storm is found dead with his head in a gas oven ... Storm, born Alan Caldwell, fronted the Merseybeat group the Hurricanes who were regulars at Liverpool's Cavern Club and were perhaps most famous for once including a drummer named Richard Starkey...

1973, Robbie McIntosh, the funky drummer for the Scots soul outfit, Average White Band, dies of a heroin overdose at a Hollywood Hills party thrown for Gregg Allman ... McIntosh snorts the smack believing it is cocaine ... his band mate Alan Gorrie is saved from the same fate by Cher who is also in attendance and keeps him awake...

1979, moments after launching into the song "Better Off Dead," Elton John collapses onstage due to exhaustion resulting from a case of flu ... after a 10-minute intermission he returns to the stage to finish the show which goes nearly three hours... Elton is in the news again today. Elton John calls Taiwan media "vile pigs".

1980, after a long night of drinking and drugging at band mate Jimmy Page's home, drummer John "Bonzo" Bonham is found dead in bed ... Led Zeppelin promptly disbands...

1985, the First Farm-Aid concert, organized by Willie Nelson, Neil Young, and John Mellencamp, is mounted in Champaign, Illinois, and raises $10 million to assist beleaguered family farms...

1986, Metallica bassist Cliff Burton is killed when the tour bus he's riding in skids on an icy Swedish road, crashes, and then rolls on top of him...

1988, Bobby McFerrin's upbeat single "Don't Worry, Be Happy" becomes the first a capella song to make No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 ... the tune is later appropriated by George Bush Sr.'s presidential campaign without permission ... the campaign complies after being told to desist ...

1992, Bruce Springsteen defies the rules by playing an electric set for MTV's Unplugged program ... the episode is renamed MTV Plugged...

1998, White Zombie gives up the ghost when bassist Sean Yseult announces the hard rock outfit will be buried for once and for all...

1993, September 24 has figured large in the life of former Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler ... on this day in 1993 he settles a lawsuit with GNR for $2.5 million ... he had been kicked out of the band for failing to kick his heroin habit ... five years to the day later, Adler receives a 150-day jail sentence for assaulting two women he dated and violating parole on an earlier domestic violence conviction ...

1995, singer Bobby Brown escapes injury during a gun battle in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood when his car is riddled with bullets ... his sister's fiancé is killed...

1997, the DVD Audio format debuts at the Audio Engineering Society convention in New York...

2001, Peter Gabriel and Celine Dion headline an American Red Cross benefit concert in Montreal ... proceeds go to victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks...

Birthdays:
John Coltrane (1926)
Ray Charles (1930)
Ben E. King (1938)
Steve Boone of the Lovin' Spoonful (1941)
Julio Iglesias (1943)
Ron Bushy of Iron Butterfly (1945)
jazz musician Don Grolnick (1947)
Bruce Springsteen (1949)
Lita Ford (1959)
Ani DeFranco (1970)
Jermaine Dupri (1972)
Erik-Michael Estrada of O-Town (1979)

Deaths:
boogie woogie pianist Lawrence "Booker T." Laury (1995),
Robbie McIntosh (1974)

TODAY'S CROSSWORD PUZZLE
someone please tell me if the crossword puzzle works or not.

This is the best tattoo ever. Don't you thing? Leave me a comment!!!!

I said sit

I'm testing this crazy thing out. Does it work? Well, I'm playing in a band called Extreme Caution and they rock. I love it.

I finally got my site back up. And just in time. The world is falling apart. A German telecommunications company is developing the first mobile phone that will alert users when their breath is bad or if they are giving off offensive smells, A 67-year-old woman was killed when a three-meter tall metal crucifix fell on her head, A Malaysian man shot and killed his wife after he mistook her for a monkey picking fruit in a tree behind their house (I guess she needed a shave), fear of a ghost who knocks on doors and wafts the scent of aftershave lotion along corridors has forced a prestigious college for statisticians in the Indian capital to close, trains on a busy German route were delayed for four hours after a train driver hit the emergency brake fearing a man next to the tracks was trying to kill himself -- but he was only picking blackberries, a group of Serbian actors filming a bank robbery scene played their parts so well that police mistook them for the real thing and hauled them off to a police station, an outraged father of a seventh-grader says an assistant principal duct-taped his son's pants to keep them from sagging then sent him back to class(I have something to say to the father. Take $1 to goodwill and buy the dumbass a belt, dumbass), and a French urban climber who calls himself "Spider-Man" scaled a 59-story Paris office building Wednesday with his bare hands and without using any ropes. Can you believe some of the strange things happening in the world. Crazy stuff.


Cat Then

Cat now

Homeland Security officials said Yusuf Islam — formerly known as singer Cat Stevens — will be deported Wednesday after being denied entry to the U.S. Stevens had recently been placed on a government "no-fly" list after U.S. authorities received information indicating associations with potential terrorists. Can you believe this? Wait a minute. Cat Stevens? Who cares???

Revisiting the child-themed subject matter of 2002's "No!," They Might Be Giants are planning a few new projects aimed at youngsters. These people are nuts.

Today in history:
1554 Coronado dies, without finding the fabled cities of gold.
You remember this from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade? Classic!!!

1776 American Patriot executed for spying

1862 Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation is announced

1828 Shaka Zulu assassinated
Sounds like a cartoon character.

1893 America's First Automobile

1980 The "Midtown Slasher" kills his first victim


Irving Berlin
1989 Irving Berlin dies

Birthdays:

Joan Jett (Joan Marie Larkin) (1960 - )

Scott Baio (1961 - )