Thursday Thirteen 66: TV Guide Covers Feat. Recording Artists

After some time away from Thursday Thirteen, I'm rejoining the fold. For my return, I thought I would do a sequel to the one on TV Guide Covers that I did last year. Below in chronological order are 13 TV Guide covers featuring popular recording artists throughout the years.1. Elvis Presley- Sept 8, 19562. Ricky Nelson- Dec 28, 19573. The Monkees- Jan 28, 19674. Johnny Cash- Aug 30, 19695. David

Jesus and Playboy

If you have a content filter running, this post just may the worst thing it's ever encountered.While doing research for my last post, I quickly stumbled across some... "interesting" [read: incriminating] information. Not only was Kyla a Hooters waitress* at the time--perhaps she still is--but shortly after the incident with Southwest, she was approached by Playboy.Playboy?Yep. You know, the

Academy Awards Highlights

The 2009 Academy Awards telecast was one of the best in years. After last year's show (the lowest rated ever), the Academy announced that they would keep the names of the presenters secret in order to boost interest. I was skeptical about this change, but it worked surprisingly well. I especially liked how they had 5 previous winners each in the 4 acting categories serve as presenters for the

Final Results of the Recent Oscar Poll

Coming as no surprise, Slumdog Millionaire easily received the most votes in the recent poll asking you which Best Picture Academy Award nominee you thought would win. The poll results reflected the actual awards as Slumdog walked away with the top prize (not to mention several others).Here are the final results:Slumdog Millionaire- 67%The Curious Case of Benjamin Button- 16%Frost/Nixon- 7%Milk-

The Retro Mix Playlist For 2/20/09

7 pm hourHey Nineteen- Steely DanTramp- Salt & PepaHip Hop Hooray- Naughy By NatureI Don't Love You Anymore- Teddy PendergrassAmerican Girl- Tom Petty & the HeartbreakersHold It Now, Hit It- The Beastie BoysKiss the Rain- Billie MyersNow & Then segment's feat. artist: Tom JonesI'm Alive (from his 2008 CD 24 Hours)She's A Lady (1971)Golden Years- David BowieHeartache All Over the World- Elton

Mount Rushmore: Stand Up Comics

ESPN is currently running a feature that allows fans to pick the Mount Rushmore of sports figures for their respective states. Knowing a good idea when I see it, I figured I'd steal adapt this and put a pop culture spin on it for a series of posts.For the kick-off post of this series, I'm selecting the Mount Rushmore of stand-up comedy. IMO, this funny foursome was/is the best at taking the

Old School Friday: The Jackson Family

Just like the New Edition one from the OSF two weeks ago, this week's Jackson family theme has a bunch of possibilities.For clip #1, I selected a "should have been a bigger hit" by The Jacksons, 1981's Can You Feel It. If you want to skip past the conceptual B.S. of the video and get to the song, start the clip at the 50 second mark. The 2nd performance is by brother Jermaine, getting some help

Tuesday Tunes: Week 69

Tuesday Tunes: Week 69 One question this week:Tell us your biggest musical regret.I regret that I didn't take the opportunity to meet Motown star Martha Reeves a few years ago. She came to do an on-air interview at the AM station where I worked. I knew about the Sunday afternoon interview a day in advance and considered going. However, once Sunday came around, the 40 minute drive to the

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The Retro Mix Playlist For 2/13/09

7 pm hourPeace of Mind- BostonThe Gigolo- O'BryanSituation- YazTwisted- Keith SweatNight Fever- The Bee GeesAnd Love Goes On- Earth, Wind and FireThe Happiest Days of Our Lives/Another Brick In the Wall, Part II- Pink FloydThe Guilty Pleasure of the Week:Mandy- Barry ManilowTake It On the Run- REO SpeedwagonStranded- HeartRegulate- Warren G & Nate DoggGangsters of the Groove- HeatwaveEuropa and

Top 5 On Friday: Week 210

Top 5 songs that horrify you! (And tell us why)Interpret as you see fit1. They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haa! by Napoleon XIV- I still get freaked out by the sparse instrumentation and increasingly manic vocals on this 1966 hit (yes, it peaked at # 3 nationally). Thankfully, someone posted this song on You Tube so that those unfamiliar can listen below.2. Revolution No. 9 by The Beatles- In

South by Southwest

What do these two women have in common?Kyla and BarThey have both been on a Southwest plane.But Kyla, well, she was deemed to be dressed a little too skimpily to be allowed on Southwest's family friendly airplanes back in 2007.Jump forward in time with me...Now it's 2009, and, well, something has changed.Because Southwest recently had an unveiling for their latest plane: The SI One.Yes, that

Farewell To A Couple of One Life To Live Stars

Clint RitchiePhil CareyWhen checking my site stats late last night, I found an abnormal amount of hits were related to OLTL character Asa Buchanan. After doing a Google search, what I was afraid of turned out to be true: Phil Carey (the actor who played Asa from 1979-2007) had died on February 6th at the age of 83 after a bout with lung cancer. Although Carey had a long and successful acting

Music Memoirs: Disney Music

Tuesday Tunes: Week 68What is your favorite song from a Disney Movie?When You Wish Upon A Star from PinocchioDo you like any of the current crop of Disney pop stars?Miley Cyrus and The Jonas Brothers. I also like Alyson Stoner's version of King Harvest's hit Dancing In the Moonlight. Old school Disney music or new and why? New because I've always been a fan of catchy, danceable pop tunes. Here is

January 2009 Blog

Ok - this is a nice long blog about January 2009. I hope you are comfy and have a nice cup of coffee. Or sweet tea. Yesh, my brother in law made some sweet tea today and I've inhaled a nice tall glass of it. This blog has it all: intrigue, sex, music, muse, bacon, chocolate, wickedness, and cream filled danish. LOL

Metallibash 2009

Zowie! I'm not sure it's a bash I had or just a get together among friends. Yeah, i rented out the upstairs of TWINS: $41 open bar and all you can eat. The food was aces as usual. The drinks were supreme. It's just every time we have the bash the attendance gets smaller and smaller. Just not sure I can be bothered to this. It was stressful. By 1600 I was on the train. Actually it was train #2. I

February 1, 2009

January 31, 2009Is this not just the most awesome thing you've ever seen? OMG. Breathtaking. Between headbanging and the whole "I want to go to there." vibe, the night was full of eye candy! February 1, 2009“All Nightmare Long” … I hunt you down with out mercy I hunt you down all nightmare longOMG! James sang this right in front of us! It was wicked. His hair was lit so it looked like

Uniondale January 29th, 2009

The drive to Uniondale Long Island type thingie yo was actually aces. I made it in 2 1/2 hours. That's a record. I only spent half hour in the hell that is Staten Island! LOL I got to the venue early enough that parking was free. I was met by my favourite guys! The weather was nice despite Vinnie being wrapped up in a parka and face mask. I tought it was hi-larious!!! But then I've got five

The Retro Mix Playlist For 2/6/09

7 pm hourSemi-Charmed Life- Third Eye BlindEverybody Dance- ChicRock With You- Michael JacksonDomino Dancing- Pet Shop BoysCome On Eileen- Save FerrisRag Doll- AerosmithFox On the Run- SweetCommon Thread segment: Bob Marley's 64th birthday anniversaryJammingOne Love/People Get ReadyThree Little BirdsCould You Be Loved99 Red Balloons- NenaTwo Princes- Spin DoctorsThey Want Money- Kool Moe Dee8 pm

Multi-Platinum Teen Pop Star Did What?!

The photo above of teen pop sensation Miley Cyrus (3rd from left) recently emerged showing her and some of her pals posing with an Asian friend and pulling their eyes sideways. In response to the photo, the OCA (Organization of Chinese Americans) issued the following statement on February 2nd:The photograph of Miley Cyrus and other individuals slanting their eyes currently circulating the

Old School Fridays: Songs By New Edition or New Edition Members

For this week's selections, I decided to go with two songs that sometimes get forgotten when it comes to tunes by New Edition as a group or as solo acts. The first is 1985's My Secret (Didja Gitit Yet?). I can't remember if I caught this song first from seeing the video on BET or if it was from the local R&B station in Flint. Anyway, it's perhaps my favorite NE tune. Along with Magic Johnson,

The Music Died 50 Years Ago Today

Today marks the 50th anniversary of one of rock and roll's earliest tragedies. On February 3rd 1959, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson (a.k.a. "The Big Bopper") all perished when their chartered plane crashed in a cornfield just outside Clear Lake, IA. It's only natural to ask "what might have been?" had the plane crash never occurred. This is esp. true of Holly, who was on his

Super Sunday Summary

Although it seemed to me that there was less buzz than normal leading up to the big game, Super Bowl XLIII turned out to be one of the best in the championship game's history. The team I was pulling for took home the Lombardi Trophy, so it's all good. Since you don't come here to get in-depth sports analysis, I will leave it to ESPN and their ilk to break the game down.Luckily the game itself

Final Results of the Super Bowl Halftime Show Poll

Chalking up exactly half of the votes, Prince was chosen as the artist who gave the best halftime performance during The Super Bowl. Given that many of our attention spans are getting shorter and shorter, the fact that we still talk about Prince's 2007 halftime performance is saying a lot.On the opposite end, MJ didn't receive a single vote. Maybe because it was awhile ago (1993) people didn't