OK, I know I'm slow to learn about some stuff, particularly popular media stuff. So I didn't know that Ray Parker, Jr., is suing Huey Lewis over a comment he made about the "Ghostbusters" song. See, back when "I Want a New Drug" was released, and then later that same year "Ghostbusters" was released, Huey Lewis sued Ray Parker, Jr., for allegedly ( Read more... )

First, to all you modemers: what the heck was the name of that Citadel software that Smeagol ran for a while, and everyone freaked out over MCI codes? For that matter, what was the name of that other Cit software that got kind of popular? I think it started with a "G". Goldadel? Gargamel? Grendaldel?

Second, I guess I should stop delaying ( Read more... )

I started watching Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (finally!) but got interrupted by a family phone call. But it was interesting in that I immediately recognized "this has got to be the Boston area. Those look like Boston transit train stations ( Read more... )

Continuing my list of the word "millennium" used as a kind of metaphor or exclamation: just re-watched "Sounds and Silences", a Twilight Zone episode about a blowhard who loves noise (and I don't mean experimental music, although there's probably a couple noise scene people who would love his recordings of naval bombardments ( Read more... )

What's the name for that genre of rock that includes both Bruce Sprinsteen and KISS? I need to know for a report.

Previously, I've noted two instances in The Twilight Zone where they used the word "millennium" in a weird, non-standard way:

• The Chaser: a character says "it's like MILLENNIUM!" (no definite or indefinite article.)
• On Thursday We Leave for Home: Serling in his narration says that the space colonists "went looking for a millennium".

Just spotted a ( Read more... )

Was Phil Spector the first celebrity convicted of murder? Or is the linked article playing tricks with definitions? He's excluding socialites and people who became famous *because* they killed or committed other crimes; that seems reasonable, so let's restrict it to people who became famous for actually doing something creative or, at the very ( Read more... )

I remembered who the other loser was. Leonardo da Vinci ( Read more... )

... is people who became famous after being failures, in one way or another ( Read more... )

I was planning on posting the lyrics to "The Night Chicago Died" on St. Valentine's Day, but I never got around to it. That song cracks me up, especially since it's not really about any real, historical event. I don't think there was ever a day or night in the U.S. when mobsters killed a hundred cops ( Read more... )