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September 04, 2010
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September 04, 2010
Bret Michaels, who suffered a brain hemorrhage last week, is still in very serious condition today. A side effect of the hemorrhage is adding complications.
46-year-old Bret Michaels is in critical condition after complaining about excruciating headaches. He was diagnosed at an undisclosed hospital as suffering from bleeding into his brain stem.
I’ve been reluctant to write about the death of Peter Steele, founder of the hugely popular NYC goth band, Type O Negative, primarily because I wanted to make sure it wasn’t another faked death.
The Smashing Pumpkins, at least in their current iteration, have a new EP coming out on May 25th, so they decided to promote like any mega rock band would: by performing at a tiny record store in Los Angeles, for 75 minutes no less!
I remember the day Pink Floyd’s The Wall came out. I was in middle school and it was practically a holiday. By lunchtime "Another Brick in the Wall" was on every rock radio station in town, and by dinner time we all had at least cassette tape copies of what would become one of the biggest selling records of all time.
I remember, for some reason, when the cotton industry came out with their “The Fabric of Our Lives” jingle on television back in 1989. It was a massively successful advertising campaign, and twenty-years later is getting a modern re-write.
Where you gonna be August 6th- 8th? If ya don’t know, then booking those three days in Chicago could have you doing some hard rocking at Lollapalooza festival.
World class marathon runners can complete the 26.2 miles in just a skosh over two hours. So, what does this have to do with music? Just wait till you hear the algebraic world problem, then you’ll see where I’m coming from.
In a bet that no one would lose, pop sensation Ricky Martin came out to the world as a gay man.