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RIP Davey

So it was once noted by a friend that "Man in Motion" (Theme from St. Elmo's Fire) by John Parr was my theme song, which I gladly accepted. But now . . . looks like John Parr himself has assigned that song to someone else as their theme song:

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Well, we found our number 3 (Celeb deaths happen in 3's, 1st being Andy Rooney, then Joe Frazier.) I was kinda into Rap and Hip Hop back in the 80s (I blame my uncle since he was an amateur DJ) so I have some memories of Heavy D who died yesterday at the age of 44. I remember the first tune I heard from Heavy D:

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--analogue Laserdiscs and Vinyl LPs, but . . . no:

Miss the Hiss? Fanatics Flip for Tunes on Cassette TapesThe cassette tape represents a rejection of the digital age of instant gratification and attention-deficit disorder, he says. "It's sort of like trying to combat ADD where people with a CD can kind of skip all over the place," he says. "But ( Read more... )

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Clarence Clemons Suffered a Stroke in his Florida Home

I love Bruce Springsteen so, of course, I love the Big Man, Clarence Clemons. "Born to Run" and many other Springsteen songs wouldn't have nearly been as good a song without Clemons' amazing sax chops.

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Cheesy video aside, get better Big Man!

Well, I certainly want to check this out . . .

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My friend Mike introduced me to Fishbone back in the early 90s. Their mix of Funk, Soul, Punk and Rock were right up my alley. They were a damn good band, but like most good bands, they were their own worst enemies (as alluded to in that trailer ( Read more... )

Spent most of my weekend staring at the ceiling since I was sick (well, not really--more like examining the insides of my eyelids.) Called out sick from work on Friday, and dragged myself to work today (since I'm still not 100 ( Read more... )

Well, it was hinted at before, but looks like Borat will be playing Farrokh Bulsara . . .

Sascha Baron Cohen to play Freddie Mercury in movie

. . . going to be weird trying to suspend disbelief at a 6'4" Freddie!

In related news, is this the least popular Queen song?

Somebody to Love

I uploaded that two years ago, and it only has 80 views!