This Day in Music…October 30
Thursday, 30. October 2008
1894 – Composer Peter Warlock was born.
1970 – Jim Morrison was sentenced to 6 months in jail and fined $500 for exposing himself in Miami, FL.
1973 – John Lennon released the album “Mind Games.”
1974 – Kathy Silva files for a divorce from Sylvester Stewart and was awarded custody of their 14-month-old son. Stewart disappeared with his son and was believed to be in hiding.
1978 – The movie “KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park” aired on NBC-TV.
1982 – Paul Weller announced the breakup of The Jam.
1984 – Linda Ronstadt made her operatic debut in “La Boheme” in New York City, NY.
1984 – Barry Manilow opened at Radio City Music Hall in New York. The shows sold out for $1.9 million. Manilow beat the previous record by $100,000 that was held by Diana Ross.
1986 – The Beastie Boys released the LP “License To Ill.”
1988 – Kurt Cobain smashed his very first guitar.
1995 – David Bowie, Tom Donahue, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Pete Seeger, Jefferson Airplane, Little Willie John, Pink Floyd, The Shirelles and The Velvet Underground are inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame.
1997 – Sally Nyolo (formerly of Zap Mama) began her first U.S. tour.
1997 – The U.S. Senate passd the “La Cienega” bill. The bill closed a loophole in the 1909 copyright act that put most pre-1978 music copyrights in jeopardy.
2001 – Michael Jackson’s album entitled “Invincible” was released.
2002 – U.S. President George W. Bush signed an act that renamed the Oakwood Postal Station in Los Angeles the Nat King Cole Post Office.
http://www.on-this-day.com/onthisday/thedays/music/oct30.htm
a dead broke jellus h8er Says:
Courtroom shocked at Frost trial
a dead broke jellus h8er Says:
Beastie Boys – Fight For Your Right
Uploaded by kalmar
a dead broke jellus h8er Says:
…from yesterday:
LOL! Well, I was using another computer at work which doesn’t allow me to login, so I stuck to a simple “db.” As you can see, I’m still dead broke.
*sigh*
**tries to refrain from going to Ticketmaster.com**
a dead broke jellus h8er Says:
NO ‘IDOL’ THREAT OVER ALBUM
Nevada Says:
I’d heard rumors about this tour underperforming:
Four years after flashing her breast at the Super Bowl, Janet Jackson dropped a saucy segment from her concert at a largely empty Detroit arena on Tuesday to comply with a Michigan state law that prohibits simulated sex acts in a public performing space.
Reuters
Nevada Says:
Came across this little tidbit:
She made it into the number two spot in the fifth season of “American Idol” and went on to embrace a career in the music industry, thus one would assume Katharine McPhee would be right at home performing on stage. But as it turns out the 24-year-old puts herself through hell before opening her mouth to sing.
And then puts us through hell once she starts…
Fox Masquerades as News
Boulder Soul Says:
Uh huh. Her 15 minutes are so up. Woot!!!!
Nevada Says:
As might be expected, the fangirls are fussing over contract issues at the blob.
In other news, the blind insist on leading the blind…
Boulder Soul Says:
Kevin Smith vows to lose weight after breaking a toilet
Adding insult to injury, Smith’s girth contributed to an embarrassing incident last week. “I broke a toilet. That’s how heavy I am,” said Smith. “I can’t take all the credit — that was an old toilet and a very waterlogged wall — but my size took that toilet down. I cannot cognitively reframe it and be like, ‘It wasn’t me — it was the toilet.’ It was definitely me. And that’s a wake-up call!”
Via the LA Times
Not sure if I should laugh or cry for the guy.
Nevada Says:
The Katharine fangirls are clinging to the hope that (1) David Foster will save her music career; (2) her film career will skyrocket after The Storyteller hits the theaters; or (3) walking red carpets at increasingly obscure charity events will somehow become a career in itself.
Boulder Soul Says:
Examples include, but are not limited to the following exhibits:
Exhibit A:
I am not a fan of AI or 19E but if someone chooses to sign a contract with them that individual should be prepared to follow the terms of that contract. Is 19E being nasty because of the high profile LA Times article in which Lemming trashed AI? Maybe. But remember, the US Constitution was ultimately created so that contracts could be enforced. We are a nation built on laws, and even though some may view AI/19E as heavy handed and greedy, they deserve the right to have their contracts enforced.
Exhibit B:
I remember that. However, I think these are two vastly different situations. I just can’t believe a major label would sign Josiah if they didn’t think he was free of other contractual obligations.
Exhibit C:
Lyric Street is DEFINATELY a major. It’s part of Disney Music Group.
Exhibit D:
Be that as it may, Josiah signed with Warners well before August 21, 2008 and IF the agreement (which none of us have seen) says that 19 has a right of first refusal to sign him until August 21st and he didn’t give them the opportunity to counter offer when Warners offered to sign him, then Josiah breached the contract while it was in force.
Boulder Soul Says:
All 11 of them?
Boulder Soul Says:
Random observation
The French language is truly beautiful. Creme Pieds sounds so much nicer than Foot Cream.
lol
Boulder Soul Says:
Another random observation.
From looking at the day’s news, I realize that my bookcase is filled with authors who are now considered, or would likely be considered, radical terrorists.