Asshole of the Year 2008
Did you hear about this one? While waiting to perform on the Today Show back in November, this rock star was in the "Green Room" when some kids with cancer from St. Jude's Hospital, who were also appearing on the show, came into the room. The rock star threw a hissy fit and told the Today Show people to get "THOSE kids OUT"! The Today Show people then escorted the kids to a closed food court with dirty bathrooms and no food to nosh on where they waited for an extended period of time until they went on. Who was this "rock star"? Marilyn Manson, right? Nope - it would be funny if he performed on the Today Show, though. Ozzy Osbourne? Nope. Alice Cooper? Emminem? Mick Jagger? Simon Cowell? Nope, nope, nope, and nope/not a rock star. The "rock star" was Barry Manilow! Jerkwad!
Tracks of the Week
As one of the world's foremost IanHunterologists and MottheHooplologists*, I have for you Big Time from Hunter/Ronson's YUI Orta which I picked up the other day with an Amazon.com gift certificate**. Sure, Big Time is Once Bitten, Twice Shy tinkered with and sped up to be a rockability song, but it's still awesome.
I've long maintained that the Hunter/Ronson callaboration is rock's greatest. Sure Jaggar/Richards and McCartney/Lennon may have sold more and/or written better songs, but each of those members would have done just fine on their own. While Ian Hunter is clearly a rock innovator, and Mick Ronson a hall of fame guitarist, their collaboration efforts far exceed what they did/could do individually.
From the get-go, Tracks of the Week have been about making available those songs that you may have missed. YUI Orta is one of my favorite Hunter/Ronson albums, even if it is overlooked for being released so much after their heyday (mid-70s to early 80s).
My other Tracks of the Week offerings are 2 lesser-known Mott the Hoople tracks: Violence and Henry & the H-Bomb. Enjoy!
*In no particular order, I believe the world's leading authorities besides myself are Jackson, his 2 brothers, and Beth.
**along with a Hives album I didn't have and Loverboy's Get Lucky - classic!
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
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What kind of statuette do you think Barry deserves? And wherever will he put it?
Ya know, I'd love to see Ozzy on The Today Show...better yet, maybe get him on there with Sharon, and maybe she'd dump her drink on one of the insipid people they call hosts...
Nancy2-how about the 1st Annual Fudge Bunny award? I was so disgusted...this happened to a child whose Caring Bridge blog I follow. As the mother of a now deceased child who had brain cancer, I KNOW how much they had to go through just to appear on the show, and the treatment they got was not just deplorable, it was DANGEROUS to them. God bless them for going on anyway, because they wanted to get the word out about childhood brain cancers, which unfortunately flies under the radar, and is woefully underfunded for research.
Get Lucky is a good record, just remember that when the pennies start flying in your direction.
Speaking of music, it's almost worth renting the odd flick, Ghost World, just to view the Indian music video in the special features. You can see some of it at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRRgt_2Nfmc
I think you'll be impressed.
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