Are the Who Done? What About Neil?
Damn, two of my favorites.
Was the Who’s 12-minute performance during the Super Bowl halftime show in Miami its last?
If the ringing in Pete Townshend’s ears gets any worse, it just might have been.
Townshend told Rolling Stone that he suffers from tinnitus – a painful ringing of the ears – [...]
I just have to ask why “The Who” and not some hip hop rap crap band.
Australian officials in charge of handing out cash as part of an economic stimulus plan accidentally credited the accounts of 16,000 people who were no long living. Local media dubbed the beneficiaries “the grateful dead.”
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall — think of it, ALWAYS.” – Mohandas K. Gandhi
Many nations hold the Yuletide as sacred. What event is celebrated in China on December 25th? What event in Egypt, Greece, India, Mexico, Persia, Scandinavia. A correct answer gets a pass on naughtiness for the year. Any cheating invalidates this offer.
In the beginning was The Plan.
And then came the assumptions.
And the assumptions were without form and void.
And The Plan was completely without substance.
And darkness was upon the face of the workers.
And they spoke amongst themselves, saying.
“Hark, it is a crock of shit, and it stinks.”
And the workers went unto their supervisors and said.
“Hark, it is [...]
A lifelong Okie, It’s a little late to relocate. I can’t believe the political ineptness of this state & its’ rabid moral majority
Coburn named as senator holding up vets bill
Thirteen major military and veterans groups have joined forces to try to force one senator — Republican Tom Coburn of Oklahoma — to release a hold [...]
Any one seen or heard from our esteemed fearless leader lately? Last words from him were on 10/09. Come to think of it we also havn’t heard from our furry operative since being diverted from SEATAC. You don’t think?…….Nah…..Hmmmm.
The avatar for Kurt Cobain may be making Guitar Hero headlines right now, but one year ago a far more corrosive controversy was connected to the product. Rage Wireless Guitars, a series of controllers sold for use with the game, were found to have circuit-board defects that could cause battery acid to leak outside the [...]
Soupy Sales passed on. Black Fang, White Tooth, Pooky, and Soupy are together again.
Okie from Muskogee, er, Yukon/Stillwater
Garth Brooks has great news for all his friends in low places: Thursday Garth announced he’s coming out of retirement once again!
The Country music superstar has been retired since 2000, popping up only on rare occasions for small music events. but in a press conference in Nashville Brooks said he was [...]
Lucy Vodden (née O’Donnell), who was the inspiration for the Beatles’ song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,” has died, following a long battle with the autoimmune disease lupus. The British housewife — whose passing was announced by the St Thomas’ Lupus Trust charity — was 46.
Vodden first achieved pop culture fame as a tot, [...]
One of my earliest musical influences. Another page turns in Rock history.
Mary Travers, whose ringing, earnest vocals with the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary made songs like “Blowin’ in the Wind,” “If I Had a Hammer” and “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” enduring anthems of the 1960s protest movement, died Wednesday night in [...]
These tune sure bring back some memories.
Ellie Greenwich, one of the most prolific song writers of the 60’s & 70’s, died Aug. 26
of a heart attack & pneumonia. She was 68. Here’s a list of only some of the songs she wrote:
“Leader of the Pack”
“Why Do Lovers Break Each Others Hearts?”
“Hanky Panky”
“Da Doo Ron Ron”
“Today [...]