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Main Discussion Area => Stream of Consciousness => Topic started by: Wayback on September 14, 2008, 12:02:04 PM
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A thread for updates on people from the past.
Article in today's SF Chronicle on Janis Ian (she's at Yoshi's SF 9/16):
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/12/PKB612O94M.DTL (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/12/PKB612O94M.DTL)
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A thread for updates on people from the past.
Article in today's SF Chronicle on Janis Ian (at Yoshi's SF Sept 16):
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/12/PKB612O94M.DTL (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/12/PKB612O94M.DTL)
I was astounded that she's only 57 (even tho' I shoulda known that). Of course she was 16 when "Society's Child" hit...
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Q&A with Roberta Flack, who's finishing a Beatles tribute project
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/14/LVIP12G5NB.DTL (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/14/LVIP12G5NB.DTL)
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Tom Jones to release first album in U.S. in 15 years
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080916/ap_en_ot/music_tom_jones_1 (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080916/ap_en_ot/music_tom_jones_1)
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Al Stewart (http://www.alstewart.com/) released a new record yesterday. Yes, he's been way under chart radar for a long time, now. Most people will recognize a few of his songs (The Year Of The Cat and Time Passages, mainly), but he's been cranking out the well-crafted songs ever since the late 60s. A good number of them deal with historical figures (http://www.alstewart.com/history/00_histmenu.htm) (Warren Harding, Lord Grenville, etc.) so he's educational as well as fun!
I saw him at the Sausalito Arts fest a couple weeks back, and he'll be at the Freight & Salvage in Berkeley on Dec 12. Rock on, softly!
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Al Stewart (http://www.alstewart.com/) released a new record yesterday. Yes, he's been way under chart radar for a long time, now. Most people will recognize a few of his songs (The Year Of The Cat and Time Passages, mainly), but he's been cranking out the well-crafted songs ever since the late 60s. A good number of them deal with historical figures (http://www.alstewart.com/history/00_histmenu.htm) (Warren Harding, Lord Grenville, etc.) so he's educational as well as fun!
I saw him at the Sausalito Arts fest a couple weeks back, and he'll be at the Freight & Salvage in Berkeley on Dec 12. Rock on, softly!
Glad to hear he's still working. His pre-"Cat" stuff ("Roads to Moscow", "Nostradamus") was very big on NYC prog FM and is some of the smartest music of that period. I was happy when he broke thru but unfortunately with commercial success comes a certain backlash, and radio lost interest after "Time Passages".
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Joan Baez back on chart after 29 years
It's been 29 years since Joan Baez last appeared on the U.S. pop album chart, but her long hiatus ended this week when the folk singer's first album in five years debuted at No. 128.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080919/music_nm/baez_dc;_ylt=A0WTUdGYcNRIc24AHQGVEhkF (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080919/music_nm/baez_dc;_ylt=A0WTUdGYcNRIc24AHQGVEhkF)
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Joan Baez back on chart after 29 years
It's been 29 years since Joan Baez last appeared on the U.S. pop album chart, but her long hiatus ended this week when the folk singer's first album in five years debuted at No. 128.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080919/music_nm/baez_dc;_ylt=A0WTUdGYcNRIc24AHQGVEhkF (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080919/music_nm/baez_dc;_ylt=A0WTUdGYcNRIc24AHQGVEhkF)
So her last album, the one KFOG was playing a year or 2 ago, didn't chart? Hrm.
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Joan Baez back on chart after 29 years
It's been 29 years since Joan Baez last appeared on the U.S. pop album chart, but her long hiatus ended this week when the folk singer's first album in five years debuted at No. 128.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080919/music_nm/baez_dc;_ylt=A0WTUdGYcNRIc24AHQGVEhkF (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080919/music_nm/baez_dc;_ylt=A0WTUdGYcNRIc24AHQGVEhkF)
So her last album, the one KFOG was playing a year or 2 ago, didn't chart? Hrm.
There's an older album KPIG plays the title track a lot called "Play Me Backwards" I really like. I don't know if it charted either.
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Elvin Bishop jams - and makes jam
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/19/PK8D12S056.DTL (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/19/PK8D12S056.DTL)
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Phoebe Snow:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/23/DD8313LCQJ.DTL
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In case you were wondering whatever became of Robbie Nevil, he's one of the songwriters for High School Musical 3 !! From the NYTimes review:
The best of the score’s several songwriters are the team of Matthew Gerrard and Robbie Nevil, whose auto junkyard anthem, “The Boys Are Back,” echoes Thin Lizzy’s 1976 hit “The Boys Are Back in Town” filtered through Michael Jackson’s “Beat It,” and is frenziedly performed by a male chorus executing post-break-dance acrobatics on the hoods of rusted cars. The genre, which might be described as sugarcoated bubblegum hip-hop, may be disposable, but it is extremely catchy and rhythmically elastic.
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LaBelle (Patti LaBelle, Nona Hendryx & Sarah Dash) to tour behind first new disc in 32 years:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/29/DD0C13PIT0.DTL (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/29/DD0C13PIT0.DTL)
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Where are they now? Stars of Elections Past: updates on Ross Perot, Dan Quayle, Geraldine Ferraro, Bob Dole, Katherine Harris:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_pl115 (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_pl115)
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LaBelle (Patti LaBelle, Nona Hendryx & Sarah Dash) to tour behind first new disc in 32 years:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/29/DD0C13PIT0.DTL (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/29/DD0C13PIT0.DTL)
Patti TORE IT UP on the National Anthem at Game 5 (Part 1) of the WS in Philly.
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LaBelle (Patti LaBelle, Nona Hendryx & Sarah Dash) to tour behind first new disc in 32 years:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/29/DD0C13PIT0.DTL (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/29/DD0C13PIT0.DTL)
Patti TORE IT UP on the National Anthem at Game 5 (Part 1) of the WS in Philly.
Here's LaBelle's big hit (#1 March '75):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZejEpoNiy0w&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZejEpoNiy0w&feature=related)
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LaBelle (Patti LaBelle, Nona Hendryx & Sarah Dash) to tour behind first new disc in 32 years:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/29/DD0C13PIT0.DTL (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/29/DD0C13PIT0.DTL)
Patti TORE IT UP on the National Anthem at Game 5 (Part 1) of the WS in Philly.
Here's LaBelle's big hit (#1 March '75):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZejEpoNiy0w&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZejEpoNiy0w&feature=related)
Lawd! great costumes!
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LaBelle (Patti LaBelle, Nona Hendryx & Sarah Dash) to tour behind first new disc in 32 years:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/29/DD0C13PIT0.DTL (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/29/DD0C13PIT0.DTL)
Patti TORE IT UP on the National Anthem at Game 5 (Part 1) of the WS in Philly.
Here's LaBelle's big hit (#1 March '75):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZejEpoNiy0w&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZejEpoNiy0w&feature=related)
Lawd! great costumes!
More great clips and great costumes in the related links, including this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6pB5MGe2xw
Anyone know where I can find those giant red Midnight Special letters as an installable font?
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Article: George Hamilton's a survivor with savoir faire
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/06/DD3G13TTBC.DTL (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/06/DD3G13TTBC.DTL)
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Article: George Hamilton's a survivor with savoir faire
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/06/DD3G13TTBC.DTL (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/06/DD3G13TTBC.DTL)
If that Italian Prime Minister thinks Obama is "tan"... what would he make of George H?
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'Leave It To Beaver' actor Tony Dow's art at the Louvre:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081111/ap_en_tv/people_tony_dow_7 (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081111/ap_en_tv/people_tony_dow_7)
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'Leave It To Beaver' actor Tony Dow's art at the Louvre:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081111/ap_en_tv/people_tony_dow_7 (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081111/ap_en_tv/people_tony_dow_7)
also posted in the "Cool stuff on the web" thread. There are all these rather odd shirtless pictues of Tony Dow --taken when he was, like, 15 -- floating around.
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d169/mel1128/26911Tony_Dow.jpg)
http://www.sitcomsonline.com/photopost/showphoto.php/photo/33024/cat/903
You gotta wonder who took all those shots and why...
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'Leave It To Beaver' actor Tony Dow's art at the Louvre:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081111/ap_en_tv/people_tony_dow_7 (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081111/ap_en_tv/people_tony_dow_7)
also posted in the "Cool stuff on the web" thread. There are all these rather odd shirtless pictues of Tony Dow --taken when he was, like, 15 -- floating around.
You gotta wonder who took all those shots and why...
Well hey, the 'Beav' is shirtless there too. ;) Dow was a teen star in his day!
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Updates on child stars of the 80's/90's (gallery of 8 pics):
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/popup?id=6198455&contentIndex=1&page=1&start=false (http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/popup?id=6198455&contentIndex=1&page=1&start=false)
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Document with clues to 'Eleanor Rigby' up for sale:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081111/music_nm/us_beatles_rigby (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081111/music_nm/us_beatles_rigby)
(http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20021201/world7.jpg)
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Tony Curtis at 83, on love and loss (and appearing in SF tonight):
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/18/DDN41464S1.DTL (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/18/DDN41464S1.DTL)
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Tony Curtis at 83, on love and loss (and appearing in SF tonight):
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/18/DDN41464S1.DTL (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/18/DDN41464S1.DTL)
Given his vaguely homophobic remarks about Brokeback Mountain a few years back (when he and Ernest Borgnine became poster-boys for H'wood's glueless-geezer contingent), I hope there's a question-and-answer session at that event, and I hope someone asks about that.
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H'wood's glueless-geezer contingent
are you saying he came unglued? or never had any glue to begin with?
;) :D ;)
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H'wood's glueless-geezer contingent
are you saying he came unglued? or never had any glue to begin with?
;) :D ;)
well, obviously I meant to type "glueless cleezer"!
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Document with clues to 'Eleanor Rigby' up for sale:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081111/music_nm/us_beatles_rigby (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081111/music_nm/us_beatles_rigby)
(http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20021201/world7.jpg)
Apple scruffs with apple bottoms!
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A nice article on musicians living in Napa/Sonoma: Tommy Tutone, Kirk Hammett, Les Claypool, Nick Gravenites, Ray Manzarek, Norman Greenbaum, Mickey Hart, Robert Hunter, David Grisman, Tom Waits, Charlie Musselwhite, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Jack Blades.
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20090201/ENTERTAINMENT/902010325/1327/ENTERTAINMENT08?Title=Rockers_of_Ages (http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20090201/ENTERTAINMENT/902010325/1327/ENTERTAINMENT08?Title=Rockers_of_Ages)
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Garfunkel joins Simon in NYC concert at Beacon Theatre:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090216/en_nm/us_simon_2 (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090216/en_nm/us_simon_2)
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Garfunkel joins Simon in NYC concert at Beacon Theatre:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090216/en_nm/us_simon_2 (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090216/en_nm/us_simon_2)
The Allman Bros are doing a Beacon gig for their 40th anniversary. It's supposed to be dedicated to Duane Allman, and is supposed to have some special guests. The only confirmation is Dickie Betts won't be there! Boy, he really must have burned some bridges!
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Article: "Lionel Richie still on the 'Go' after 30 years":
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090228/en_nm/us_richie_1 (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090228/en_nm/us_richie_1)
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Article: "Lionel Richie still on the 'Go' after 30 years":
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090228/en_nm/us_richie_1 (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090228/en_nm/us_richie_1)
He had me at "Hello"...
(http://www.macalester.edu/~fines/lionel/media/lionel%20richie%20sculpture.jpg)
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Article: "Lionel Richie still on the 'Go' after 30 years":
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090228/en_nm/us_richie_1 (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090228/en_nm/us_richie_1)
I usually like Chuck Taylor, but holy crow is he blowing a lot of sunshine up Lionel Richie's ass. Geesh. (I haven't heard the record; indeed, I had no idea the album or single existed until reading this. Will report back when I check it out.)
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Monkee Peter Tork has rare cancer of the tongue:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7927685.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7927685.stm)
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Article in the Chron: update on some '90's Bay Area bands:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/09/DDEU167QDE.DTL (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/09/DDEU167QDE.DTL)
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Article in the Chron: update on some '90's Bay Area bands:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/09/DDEU167QDE.DTL (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/09/DDEU167QDE.DTL)
"(4 Non Blondes) Perry is at work on Courtney Love's comeback effort."
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Article in the Chron: update on some '90's Bay Area bands:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/09/DDEU167QDE.DTL (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/09/DDEU167QDE.DTL)
"(4 Non Blondes) Perry is at work on Courtney Love's comeback effort."
methinks a Courtney/Britney duet is just what the doctor ordered...
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Article in the Chron: update on some '90's Bay Area bands:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/09/DDEU167QDE.DTL (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/09/DDEU167QDE.DTL)
"(4 Non Blondes) Perry is at work on Courtney Love's comeback effort."
But Linda Perry is the only one who seems to have any success after her original band. The rest of 'em seem to be milking it, heading for the casino/county fair circuit.
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Ric Ocasek's art on display
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/03/29/entertainment/e085703D43.DTL&tsp=1 (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/03/29/entertainment/e085703D43.DTL&tsp=1)
You can see the pieces here: http://www.mahangallery.com/
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OK, we're all getting old but check out these Billy Ocean then and now pics:
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xwIcREtkw4A/SavKT3bFrLI/AAAAAAAAF8c/ZvPUYRYzOv0/s320/e14672.jpg)(http://www.thisdayinrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/billy-ocean.jpg)
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OK, we're all getting old but check out these Billy Ocean then and now pics:
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xwIcREtkw4A/SavKT3bFrLI/AAAAAAAAF8c/ZvPUYRYzOv0/s320/e14672.jpg)(http://www.thisdayinrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/billy-ocean.jpg)
Oh my.
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OK, we're all getting old but check out these Billy Ocean then and now pics:
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xwIcREtkw4A/SavKT3bFrLI/AAAAAAAAF8c/ZvPUYRYzOv0/s320/e14672.jpg)(http://www.thisdayinrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/billy-ocean.jpg)
Oh my.
OK, he's a couple months past 59, so he's no youngster, but he'd look a helluva lot younger if he lost the white beard, and reined in the dreads a bit.
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OK, we're all getting old but check out these Billy Ocean then and now pics:
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xwIcREtkw4A/SavKT3bFrLI/AAAAAAAAF8c/ZvPUYRYzOv0/s320/e14672.jpg)(http://www.thisdayinrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/billy-ocean.jpg)
Oh my.
OK, he's a couple months past 59, so he's no youngster, but he'd look a helluva lot younger if he lost the white beard, and reined in the dreads a bit.
What's the big deal? He can look as old as he wants, right? What is the hang up in this country with appearing young?
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OK, we're all getting old but check out these Billy Ocean then and now pics:
Oh my.
OK, he's a couple months past 59, so he's no youngster, but he'd look a helluva lot younger if he lost the white beard, and reined in the dreads a bit.
What's the big deal? He can look as old as he wants, right? What is the hang up in this country with appearing young?
Of course. It's his choice, and he's chosen a Rasta-Kenny Rogers motif. I've got plenty of salt in my once-peppery goatee. But the contrast is striking, that was my point.
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OK, we're all getting old but check out these Billy Ocean then and now pics:
Oh my.
OK, he's a couple months past 59, so he's no youngster, but he'd look a helluva lot younger if he lost the white beard, and reined in the dreads a bit.
What's the big deal? He can look as old as he wants, right? What is the hang up in this country with appearing young?
Of course. It's his choice, and he's chosen a Rasta-Kenny Rogers motif. I've got plenty of salt in my once-peppery goatee. But the contrast is striking, that was my point.
All right then... maybe I'm just being too sensitive since I'm all salt these days. Or maybe salt and white pepper. :P
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Ted Nugent reuniting Amboy Dukes for Detroit event
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090411/music_nm/us_nugent;_ylt=AnNEAJ7nd.2kUh_2Vg0_gH.VEhkF
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Tom Rush releases first studio album in 35 years
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090410/ap_en_mu/na_us_music_tom_rush;_ylt=AshThTPBJO29Sbot7s_DBcuVEhkF
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You might find it fun to know that Go-Go's drummer Gina Schock was at my work the other day, the veterinary hospital, an emergency with her dog. The name looked familiar, so I did a quick Google search and confirmed it from her photo and it says she lives in SF. More:
http://www.axispercussion.com/artist_gina.html
http://www.gogos.com/
http://www.gogos.com/bios.php?bios=gina
Go-Go's on TV's "Solid Gold" 1983 (sure looks dated now!):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmMv4LRCczs&feature=related
Jack Black sings "We Got the Beat" with Beck, Matthew Sweet, Go-Go's:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQr6eweWd9Y
Go-Go's discuss sexist male musicians on VH1 "The List"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLXlLsMeBlc&feature=related
A 1982 local-TV profile on Baltimore native Gina:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZEU7ggrLnA
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pretty cool. did you get to interact with her in any way, or just noticed her name?
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pretty cool. did you get to interact with her in any way, or just noticed her name?
I didn't get to talk with her, I had noticed the name on list of day's clients, then looked up her info in our client database, it was her alright.
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Sly Stone sues ex-manager, claims millions in royalties were kept from the singer:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/01/28/entertainment/e145237S38.DTL
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Kip Winger goes symphonic...
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/02/04/DDPC1BQTKM.DTL
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TANC, sorta, since we discussed him here recently. Captain Sensible's in town. And Aidin Vaiziri does a relatively (for him) straightforward interview:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/02/07/PK9K1BKPIA.DTL
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Tommy James' autobiography is out -- and may become a movie directed by Marty Scorsese!
http://www.songfacts.com/blog/interviews/tommy_james/
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A Comcast.net feature on OHWs:
http://www.comcast.net/slideshow/music-whereareonehitwonders/
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A Comcast.net feature on OHWs:
http://www.comcast.net/slideshow/music-whereareonehitwonders/
Here's another "where are they now" feature from Spin. Justine Frischmann (ex-Elastica) is now a painter in San Rafael--who knew?!?
http://www.spin.com/gallery/spins-where-are-they-now?page=1#main
I like this one better than the Comcast one as it actually tells what all of the artists are doing now. The Comcast piece disregards its "where are they now" premise and provides precious little current info, with a few lame album covers as art.
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A Comcast.net feature on OHWs:
http://www.comcast.net/slideshow/music-whereareonehitwonders/
Here's another "where are they now" feature from Spin. Justine Frischmann (ex-Elastica) is now a painter in San Rafael--who knew?!?
http://www.spin.com/gallery/spins-where-are-they-now?page=1#main
I like this one better than the Comcast one as it actually tells what all of the artists are doing now. The Comcast piece disregards its "where are they now" premise and provides precious little current info, with a few lame album covers as art.
Well, that's Comcast for ya -- they come up as my home page since I got their hi-speed 'net, and I clicked the link. But meanwhile 30 Rock wasted no time satirizing them (and their acquisition of NBC) in last week's episode -- they call them "KableTown".
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50 years ago today Chubby Checker's "The Twist" was released (first performed at the Rainbow Club in Wildwood, NJ). It became a worldwide dance craze and the only record to hit #1 in two separate years ('60 and '62). He performed it today at Philadelphia City Hall with 1,000 others:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g9kK9u3RzFKpfoJGMQF5wKWY0KGAD9GRO46G0
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Yesterday, 7/26, for the first time onstage in almost 12 years, prog rockers Emerson, Lake & Palmer -namely vocalist/bassist Greg Lake, keyboardist Keith Emerson and drummer Carl Palmer- reunited for a one-off 40th anniv concert, headlining the High Voltage Festival in Victoria Park, London. Here's video evidence of that reunion, fan-filmed footage of "Karn Evil 9" originally from ELP's 1973 album 'Brain Salad Surgery' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNBbL9gKpsA
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The "Mill Valley" song turns 40:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/08/09/MNOV1EP0CK.DTL
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Always enjoyed their quirky brand of Canadian humor.
The Kids In The Hall reunite for new comedy miniseries:
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=11426905
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one of the members of Sonia Dada (remember them?) -- who happens to be a gazillionaire because his family owns Hyatt Hotels (!) -- is now making movies:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/28/movies/28louis.html?ref=movies
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one of the members of Sonia Dada (remember them?) -- who happens to be a gazillionaire because his family owns Hyatt Hotels (!) -- is now making movies:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/28/movies/28louis.html?ref=movies
Interesting! Sonia Dada also resonates in the current Hot 100: country artist Jarrod Niemann covered one of their songs ("Lover, You Don't Treat Me Good No More"), retitled it "Lover, Lover," and crossed over into the Top 40 with it. It's still on the charts now.
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one of the members of Sonia Dada (remember them?) -- who happens to be a gazillionaire because his family owns Hyatt Hotels (!) -- is now making movies:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/28/movies/28louis.html?ref=movies
Interesting! Sonia Dada also resonates in the current Hot 100: country artist Jarrod Niemann covered one of their songs ("Lover, You Don't Treat Me Good No More"), retitled it "Lover, Lover," and crossed over into the Top 40 with it. It's still on the charts now.
I'll have to seek that out -- I've always thought there are lots of songs that could be countrified and become big C&W hits, but the Nashville songwriting community is rather cliquish and they don't cotton to covers of pop tunes, especially as singles. It happens, but not as often as it oughta. That first Sonia Dada album was *huge* on KFOG at the time and a personal fave of mine.
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one of the members of Sonia Dada (remember them?) -- who happens to be a gazillionaire because his family owns Hyatt Hotels (!) -- is now making movies:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/28/movies/28louis.html?ref=movies
Interesting! Sonia Dada also resonates in the current Hot 100: country artist Jarrod Niemann covered one of their songs ("Lover, You Don't Treat Me Good No More"), retitled it "Lover, Lover," and crossed over into the Top 40 with it. It's still on the charts now.
I'll have to seek that out -- I've always thought there are lots of songs that could be countrified and become big C&W hits, but the Nashville songwriting community is rather cliquish and they don't cotton to covers of pop tunes, especially as singles. It happens, but not as often as it oughta. That first Sonia Dada album was *huge* on KFOG at the time and a personal fave of mine.
I can see Niemann making your year-end best-of, if you keep such things. The Nashville insularity is an unfortunate thing, I totally agree.
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Q&A with actress Kim Novak, now 77, in today's Chron:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/08/29/PK2I1EJ34A.DTL
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Peter Hartlaub remembers the Circle Star Theater...
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/parenting/detail?entry_id=71690
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Six things to love about MC Hammer:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/parenting/detail?entry_id=73290
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Six things to love about MC Hammer:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/parenting/detail?entry_id=73290
That was pleasant.
The number 1 thing I love about Hammer is "Hammer pants." But that's just me.
Hammertime!
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Peter Tork being interviewed on 'LNG as we speak -- he's making an appearance at an ice cream shop on Eastern LI (!) on Sunday. He lives in Connecticut.
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Peter Tork being interviewed on 'LNG as we speak -- he's making an appearance at an ice cream shop on Eastern LI (!) on Sunday. He lives in Connecticut.
It's Monkees News Week: Davy's playing the Rrazz Rroom in SF!
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/10/03/PKGJ1FHON2.DTL
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Huey drummer's bad news: Musician left the big time to teach rural kids and save wolf dogs. Now he faces eviction.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/10/18/MNME1FQ0J3.DTL
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Huey drummer's bad news: Musician left the big time to teach rural kids and save wolf dogs. Now he faces eviction.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/10/18/MNME1FQ0J3.DTL
If the Tea Party wields actual influence in America over the next two years, a quarter of the nation will find itself in that situation.
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David Cassidy, 60, faces DUI in Florida. Article includes slideshow of other 'celebrity' mugshots:
http://www.popeater.com/2010/11/04/david-cassidy-dui-arrest-florida/
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Butch Patrick, who played Eddie Munster, in rehab in NJ:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/11/11/entertainment/e074048S20.DTL&tsp=1
You might recall this parody song from '80s, featuring Butch Patrick, called "Whatever Happened to Eddie"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXGMWQPYTJw
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Dee Snider, Broadway star (temporarily):
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/15/nyregion/15about.html?ref=theater
Ditto Donny & Marie!
http://theater.nytimes.com/2010/12/15/theater/reviews/15donny.html?ref=theater
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OMGWTF: I'm watching "Hot in Cleveland" and one of the co-executive producers is Rachel Sweet! And she wrote the episode too!
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I was gobsmacked to discover today that Tate Donovan, who I remember as a young guy in '80s & '90s films like Memphis Belle and Love Potion #9
(http://i43.tower.com/images/mm113567147/love-potion-9-tate-donovan-dvd-cover-art.jpg)
is now 48 years old and appearing on stage in NY playing Frances McDormand's boyfriend!
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bQ0SqifjNcg/TKQht-w7ptI/AAAAAAAAdtQ/s5P1IPYPxEM/s1600/tate-donovan.jpg)
damn I feel old.
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Hey! I was a young guy in the 80's and 90's and I turn 48 on Sunday!
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Hey! I was a young guy in the 80's and 90's and I turn 48 on Sunday!
well, you were already semi-"old" when I met you. ;)
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Hey! I was a young guy in the 80's and 90's and I turn 48 on Sunday!
well, you were already semi-"old" when I met you. ;)
Unfortunately I'm NOT appearing on Broadway with Frances McDormand. I honestly can't say which would be the bigger attraction, being married to her or having the Coens as my ex-in-laws.
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The Turtles in today's Wall St Journal:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303365804576429922207748078.html
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The Turtles in today's Wall St Journal:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303365804576429922207748078.html
Nice. Thanks!
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Oh, gurrrrrl...
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20516502,00.html
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Oh, gurrrrrl...
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20516502,00.html
nice to see she's not starving...
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Oh, gurrrrrl...
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20516502,00.html
nice to see she's not starving...
nothing compares 2 doughnuts
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Oh, gurrrrrl...
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20516502,00.html
nice to see she's not starving...
nothing compares 2 doughnuts
I Do Not Want What I Cannot Eat.
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SoftCell's Marc Almond, on stage in Edinburgh:
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/11/postcard-from-edinburgh-a-plague-ridden-song-cycle-from-marc-almond/
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More on
the hot mess that is Sinead...
Her recent blog post titled, "Is Sinead About To Hump Her Truck?" and the ones following are interesting, to say the least. Has girlfriend not heard of Craigslist???
http://www.sineadoconnor.com/index.html
Oh, and her blog photo is misleading, to say the least! (See recent pic on a previous post in this thread) ::)
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More on the hot mess that is Sinead...
Her recent blog post titled, "Is Sinead About To Hump Her Truck?" and the ones following are interesting, to say the least. Has girlfriend not heard of Craigslist???
http://www.sineadoconnor.com/index.html
Oh, and her blog photo is misleading, to say the least! (See recent pic on a previous post in this thread) ::)
That's really weird. I wish I hadn't read it! :)
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SoftCell's Marc Almond, on stage in Edinburgh:
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/11/postcard-from-edinburgh-a-plague-ridden-song-cycle-from-marc-almond/
Almond has covered a number of my favorites over the years: "I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten," "Happy Heart," and of course "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart."
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SoftCell's Marc Almond, on stage in Edinburgh:
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/11/postcard-from-edinburgh-a-plague-ridden-song-cycle-from-marc-almond/
Almond has covered a number of my favorites over the years: "I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten," "Happy Heart," and of course "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart."
I always loved his cover of "Like a Prayer", quavering voice and all. :)
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...Taylor Dayne is looking like A-Rod's fantasy girl these days.
http://gofugyourself.com/fugler-dayne-08-2011
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...Taylor Dayne is looking like A-Rod's fantasy girl these days.
http://gofugyourself.com/fugler-dayne-08-2011
Oh. My. Nice abs for 49! Y'now, the rumor was always that she was a lesbian. She "dated" Dee (Twisted Sister) Snider back in the day but supposedly they were old friends from Lawn Guyland and he was doing her a favor.
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The latest sad update on Sly Stone:
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/the_rise_and_fall_of_sly_stone_qijyKoYzmAqer1PA0YogSJ
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The "Nirvana Nevermind baby" is 20...
http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/26/showbiz/nirvana-baby/index.html?hpt=en_c2
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cool piece from SFGate's Mommy blog on things your kids will never see/use/know:
http://blog.sfgate.com/sfmoms/2011/10/17/cassette-tape-kicked-out-of-oxford-english-dictionary/
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Hanson to release a beer called MMMHop
http://blog.sfgate.com/stew/2011/12/02/hanson-to-release-a-beer-called-mmmhop/