"OK, fellas! Smile for the album cover photo shoot! Your fans love you! Give 'em a smile!" "Well, OK. Just look up. We'll make it work." Our favorite singers and musicians sneered or looked bothered to appear on their own album covers. A look of complete detachment validated their street cred. We idiot kids shelled out our grass cutting money to buy their albums, dreaming of being half as cool as these hedonists we idolized. A funny thing happened on the way to the old folks home (or cemetery). Twitter & Instagram put us in instant contact with people who suddenly became quite human. More of today's artists walk the walk and participate in societal change. Some
Month: May 2016
Hey honey bunch, why Bern the name Rodham?
We all know that Donald Trump is rude, brazen, and sexist. The New York Times is still trying to sell it as news. OH, my! Trump once called a woman Honey Bunch and asked another to try on a bikini. @mikiebarb Incredible investigative journalism! Honey Bunch! Wow! I'll contact the Pulitzer people right now while you try on this Speedo!— Terry Meiners (@terrymeiners) May 16, 2016 My tweet about vapid journalism notwithstanding, Trumpsters aren't shy about pouring condescension back on their detractors. A formidable number of voters love Trump in spite of his rude behavior. The problem is that Trumpsters don't understand arithmetic. Most polls say the Trumpsters can't beat either Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders
two-fer Thursday: Dire Straits
Goodness me, could this be Industrial Disease? I go down to Speaker's Corner I'm thunderstruck they got free speech, tourists, police in trucks two men say they're Jesus one of them must be wrong there's a protest singer singing a protest song - he says 'they wanna have a war to keep us on our knees they wanna have a war to keep their factories they wanna have a war to stop us buying Japanese they wanna have a war to stop Industrial Disease
The sad parade of has been stars leaving Derby City
radio sketch for Tuesday, May 10, 2016 RONNIE O’BRYAN b level derby celebrity departure (sing) "WE CAN’T GO ON TOGETHER…WITH SUSPICIOUS MINDS!" >>>>>>>>> HEY MAN, IT’S AMERICA’S #1 ELVIS IMPERSONATOR, COMIN OFF A DERBY HIGH OF BEING TREATED LIKE A BIGTIME CELEBRITY! YOU KNOW WE ATTRACT ALL THE FADED STARS LIKE THE DUDE FROM THAT SHOW AND THE LADY WHO WAS IN THAT VIDEO AND THE KID WHO SAYS THE FUNNY THING IN THAT COMMERCIAL. AIN’T NOBODY WHO KNOWS THEIR NAMES BUT WHEN THEY SEE ‘EM THEY SAY, “AIN’T YOU THAT GUY WHO WAS ON THAT SHOW?” AND THE B-TEAM CELEBRITY SAYS “NAW, I WAS THE DUDE FROM THAT MOVIE IN 19&78 AND I KEEP MILKING IT
The ups of the Downs: another stunning Kentucky Derby
Nyquist captured the 142nd Kentucky Derby on a splendid day in Louisville. After Nyquist won the Florida Derby, O'Neill opted to send his undefeated horse to Lexington to prep for the Derby instead of flying him back to California. Nyquist had great runs at Keeneland and shipped over to Louisville less than a week before he would capture the roses at the Derby. Now it's on to Baltimore for the Preakness Stakes on May 21st. Beauty overwhelms Churchill Downs throughout Derby week. Actress Mira Sorvino told me that she felt "as though I've stepped into a completely elegant era from long ago." Not everyone behaved at Churchill Downs. Drunk teens in preppy clothes tend to lose their minds in the
Be a hero today – if you see something, say something
Transcript of the Cleveland hero Charles Ramsey's call to 911 via CNN.com Charles Ramsey's demeanor comes across clearly in his 911 call -- in which he began with the fact that he was eating McDonald's. "Hey bro," Ramsey tells the 911 operator. "Check this out. I just came from McDonald's right? So I'm on my porch eating my little food, right? This broad is trying to break out the f-----g house next door to me, so there's a bunch of people on the street right now and s--t. So we're like, 'What's wrong, what's the problem?' She's like, 'This m--------r done kidnapped me and my daughter... She said her name is Linda Berry or some s--t. I don't know who the f--k
This one’s for Ted Throckmorton #WHAScrusadeforchildren
Join us on May 15th at Elk Run for the Ted Throckmorton Crusade for Children golf tournament. Ted was a Crusade volunteer for over 60 years. Now that he has passed, we honor him with his friends to continue the cause of helping special needs children. Don't miss my one and only swing at 1:49 in the above video. I was wearing my business suit pants and shoes and literally got out of the car and walked to the tee box. 105 yards, 52 degree wedge into a headwind, ball stops 6 feet short. Birdie. We've upgraded the Crusade music menu this year. Thanks, Teddy Abrams.