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March 9, 2010
Guitarist Robin Trower is 65.
On this day in 1974, David Essex's "Rock On" peaked at #5 on the pop singles chart.
On this day in 2007, 55-year-old Boston singer Brad Delp took his life in his home.
Sir Elty Ramps It Up
Word is that Sir Elton John has committed 15 new songs — including rockers, ballads, gospel and a Sinatra-like tune — to tape with his longtime collaborator, lyricist Bernie Taupin. Leon Russell is somehow involved, as is veteran producer T-Bone Burnett — who is coming off a Best Song Academy Award for "The Weary Kind" from the Jeff Bridges film "Crazy Heart." They're also saying that the legendary Neil Young will make an appearance on the new project, as will GRAMMY-winning R&B star Booker T. Jones. The upcoming LP, described as "unlike anything you've heard" from Sir Elton before, will be his 30th studio project.
New Foos
Dave Grohl says his Foo Fighters are ready to record their seventh album with famed producer Butch Vig, in part to mark the 20th anniversary of Nirvana's "Nevermind" album which Vig produced in 1991. The former Nirvana drummer/current Foos frontman and Them Crooked Vultures drummer, says he "and [Foos drummer] Taylor [Hawkins] have already started demoing songs" that they'll record entirely in analog in his garage instead of their Studio 606 in Northridge. True or not, that's one hell of a story!
Hints From Keef
Sure Keith Richards says "there are no definite plans" for a new Rolling Stones album, the guitarist also says of his bandmates, "I can't see any of them stopping." As for touring, Keef is "officially" unsure if they'll hit the road later this year, but he says they may try playing places other than stadiums because "You can't go around there in lemon-yellow tights forever." As for those sobriety rumors swirling about him in the Brit press, he calls them "greatly exaggerated."
Lillywhite For Cowell (Maybe)
Here's one you didn't see coming! Occasional U2 producer Steve Lillywhite is making a huge play on YouTube for Simon Cowell's soon-to-be-vacant judge's seat on "American Idol." Lillywhite says he wants the job and is perfect for it. Aside from having a British accent like Cowell, his qualifications include working with groups like The Dave Matthews Band and 30 Seconds to Mars. But can he be a firm jerk like Cowell? Lillywhite says, "I have spent 30 years telling Bono what to do, so I can be firm." Stay tuned!
It was G. K. Chesterton who said: "Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference, which is an elegant name for ignorance."
It was Hal Lee Luyah (was that really his name?) who said: "There's a deception to every rule."
Zippy Language Tips for Doo-Dah People
The word "tip," as in a gratuity, is actually an acronym for "To Insure Promptness."
The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.
The only English word that contains a triple letter is "goddessship."
"The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" is commonly believed to be the only English sentence devised to include all the letters of the alphabet. However, for years typesetters have had another such sentence: "Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs." Once word of this gets out, typing tutorials may never be the same.
