So, I skipped MC Chris last night, because I was tired and not feeling well. Got the tickets I won, and so the_lucky_nun was able to get in. Asked my brother if he wanted my spare, but he and his wife were in for the night, so some random gentleman asking around got a free ticket. Lucky him ( Read more... )

When I was in preschool, there was a kid at Kindercare in Lansing who would sing "Beat It" pretty much every day. Unfortunately, he wasn't quite sure of the lyrics, and just sang the words the way he heard them. So, "Showin' how funky strong is your fight" became "Showin' how fuckin' strong is your fight."

He got sent to time out every day for a ( Read more... )

Lux Interior died this morning.

It didn't break until this evening.

Ouch.

Sunglasses After Dark will do an all-Cramps show this week in memory.

Bettie Page died.

Seriously, hottest obituary pictures ever.

In honor of her passing, here's a song by the kind folks in BR5-49:

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< ahref="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/features/people/e3i2998df2f8111f6a8072275df15d2dd14?imw=Y">Michael Crichton dead at 66.

He wrote Jurassic Park, so, y'know... anything's possible.

We bought Newman-Os and rented Cool Hand Luke.

We'll poor out a little milk for those that ain't here no mo'.

Respect.

Much love to Love Me Destroyer for their use of Mr. Newman in "Add Vice."

Jerry Reed died.

Crap. Monday, and I'm JUST NOW finding out?

Killer Kowalski dies this weekend, too... people are just fucking dropping. Why can't it be someone who has nothing whatsoever to offer the world?

Like... Heidi Montag or something.

George Carline died last night.

Heart attack. Yeah, he'd been a bit of a lightweight the past few years (see: Jersey Girl, Shining Time Station), but his old shit was classic.

So, since Chuck Heston's kicked, do you think they've pried the gun from his cold, dead, hands?

Just wonderin'...

The full Chris Benoit story.

Man. If you watch Beyond the Mat and read Mick Foley's books, you get a pretty good sense of exactly how demanding a professional wrestler's life is. While saddening, it's really not so surprising that so many wrestlers have been dying lately: Bam Bam Bigelow, Eddie Guerrero, Rocko Rock and Johnny Grunge of Public ( Read more... )