Thursday Tipsheet, #41
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On 'HeadHood Heavy Rotation: Death Cab for Cutie, Plans; Big Country, No Place Like Home/Peace in Our Time; Del Amitri, Hatful of Rain: The Best of Del Amitri.
Celebrating: Fans of the frenzy known as March MadnessTM, the NCAA Tournament where giant and giant-killers collide on the basketball court.
Not Celebrating: Fans and colleges (from Cincinnati to Florida State, Michigan to Maryland) feeling snubbed by the NCAA Tournament selection committee's questionable decisions this year.
Pop Culture Will Eat Itself, Vol. XLI: It seems like the main message from recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction was: Let the bad times roll! Members of Blondie had an open argument, as the Debbie Harry faction that has an injuction against the other members essentially snubbed their longtime bandmates at the award podium and during a performance. (In the world of punk, aren't injuctions supposed to used to keep musicians away from teenage girls and/or livestock instead?) Meanwhile, the leftover posers of the Sex Pistols -- who were, let's face it, an early, edgier version of O-Town in leather pants -- sent a letter saying they weren't coming and comparing the Hall of Fame to urine in wine. How unfortunate that all this juvenalia overshadowed a nice all-star tribute to New Orlenans.
Lost: Former Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic, whose reign saw the dissolution of Yugoslavia and unspeakable acts of genocide. Let's just say he won't be the most widely mourned person on earth.
Found: The excellent automatic complaint-letter generator (courtesy of The_Rinking_Game).
Elevator Up: To Jay Leno (of all people). His humor may be lame, but credit him for personally calling to offer apologies to a viewer offended by a comedy skit.
Elevator Down: A long-time-no-see to Saddam Hussein, who seems to think he's still president of Iraq and urged the Sunnis and Shiites to come together to attack the U.S. This is, of course, the same guy responsible for the execution of countless Shiites when he was in power.
Huh? Headline of the Week: Burned man says he was better off naked.
Strangest Hit: Am I a magnet for musical searches? Last week, people came here via queries for Eddie Cohn, Gemma Hayes and Cherish the Ladies' Joanie Madden (the latter with the word lesbian, not that there's anything wrong with that if she is).
Shoulda-Been-Obvious Lesson: People can identify with clutter.
Franklin Planner™ Quote of the Week: [S]ome people with mediocre talent, but a great inner drive, go much further than people with vastly superior talent. -- Sophia Loren.
Looking forward to…: March MadnessTM, baby!
On 'HeadHood Heavy Rotation: Death Cab for Cutie, Plans; Big Country, No Place Like Home/Peace in Our Time; Del Amitri, Hatful of Rain: The Best of Del Amitri.
Celebrating: Fans of the frenzy known as March MadnessTM, the NCAA Tournament where giant and giant-killers collide on the basketball court.
Not Celebrating: Fans and colleges (from Cincinnati to Florida State, Michigan to Maryland) feeling snubbed by the NCAA Tournament selection committee's questionable decisions this year.
Pop Culture Will Eat Itself, Vol. XLI: It seems like the main message from recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction was: Let the bad times roll! Members of Blondie had an open argument, as the Debbie Harry faction that has an injuction against the other members essentially snubbed their longtime bandmates at the award podium and during a performance. (In the world of punk, aren't injuctions supposed to used to keep musicians away from teenage girls and/or livestock instead?) Meanwhile, the leftover posers of the Sex Pistols -- who were, let's face it, an early, edgier version of O-Town in leather pants -- sent a letter saying they weren't coming and comparing the Hall of Fame to urine in wine. How unfortunate that all this juvenalia overshadowed a nice all-star tribute to New Orlenans.
Lost: Former Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic, whose reign saw the dissolution of Yugoslavia and unspeakable acts of genocide. Let's just say he won't be the most widely mourned person on earth.
Found: The excellent automatic complaint-letter generator (courtesy of The_Rinking_Game).
Elevator Up: To Jay Leno (of all people). His humor may be lame, but credit him for personally calling to offer apologies to a viewer offended by a comedy skit.
Elevator Down: A long-time-no-see to Saddam Hussein, who seems to think he's still president of Iraq and urged the Sunnis and Shiites to come together to attack the U.S. This is, of course, the same guy responsible for the execution of countless Shiites when he was in power.
Huh? Headline of the Week: Burned man says he was better off naked.
Strangest Hit: Am I a magnet for musical searches? Last week, people came here via queries for Eddie Cohn, Gemma Hayes and Cherish the Ladies' Joanie Madden (the latter with the word lesbian, not that there's anything wrong with that if she is).
Shoulda-Been-Obvious Lesson: People can identify with clutter.
Franklin Planner™ Quote of the Week: [S]ome people with mediocre talent, but a great inner drive, go much further than people with vastly superior talent. -- Sophia Loren.
Looking forward to…: March MadnessTM, baby!