Sunday, November 30, 2008

Radio legend BILL DRAKE has died


Radio legend BILL DRAKE has died from lung cancer at age 71 in LOS ANGELES. (HERE) Also see (HERE)

Thursday, November 27, 2008

Axl Rose vs Dr. Pepper


It took Axl Rose 14 years to complete the latest Guns N’ Roses album. But it took his lawyers only two days to take Dr Pepper to task for not making good on a promise of free soda to “everyone in America” in celebration.(MORE)

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

WKRP turkey drop scene Happy Thanksgiving

It's our annual Thanksgiving post.
Happy Thanksgiving to one and all.

A Colbert Christmas: Willie Nelson Sings

Monday, November 24, 2008

50 Things Everyone Should Know How To Do


Self-reliance is a vital key to living a healthy, productive life. To be self-reliant one must master a basic set of skills, more or less making them a jack of all trades. Contrary to what you may have learned in school, a jack of all trades is far more equipped to deal with life than a specialized master of only one.

While not totally comprehensive, here is a list of 50 things everyone should know how to do.(HERE)

Saturday, November 22, 2008

THE ASSASSINATION OF JFK (UNCUT CBS-TV FOOTAGE)(PART 1)

Part 1 of a 9-part CBS YouTube series begins at the exact time when President John F. Kennedy was being shot and killed by rifle bullets in Dallas, Texas (12:30 PM, Dallas time; 1:30 PM on the east coast of the United States).

The daytime soap opera "As The World Turns" was airing on CBS-TV when Walter Cronkite breaks in with the first voice-over bulletin of the shooting that had just taken place 10 minutes earlier in Dallas' Dealey Plaza.

COMPLETE PLAYLIST FOR THIS 9-PART SERIES: HERE

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Fire- Jimi Hendrx-Mitch Mitchell-Noel Redding

MITCH MITCHELL DIES

DAMN...Mitch Mitchell, drummer for the legendary Jimi Hendrix Experience and the group's last surviving member, was found dead in his hotel room early Wednesday. He was 61.

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

TODAY WE HONOR OUR VETERANS

Saturday, November 01, 2008

Sarah Palin Got Punked

MONTREAL — A Quebec comedy duo from CKOI 96.9 FM in Montreal, Quebec,notorious for prank calls to celebrities and heads of state has reached Sarah Palin, convincing the Republican vice-presidential nominee she was speaking with French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

STUDS TERKEL DIES


Author-radio host-actor-activist and Chicago symbol Louis "Studs" Terkel died today at his Chicago home at age 96.

At his bedside was a copy of his latest book, "P.S. Further Thoughts From a Lifetime of Listening," scheduled for a November release.

Beset in recent years by a variety of ailments and the woes of age, which included being virtually deaf, Terkel's health took a turn for the worse when he suffered a fall in his home two weeks ago.

It is hard to imagine a fuller life. (MORE)