Today’s Stones fix is one of a kind
…
We’ve told you about these Boston
Dynamics robots before … and even featured a couple of music clips showing
these things off. (“Do You Love Me”
immediately comes to mind.)
Well, now The Rolling Stones have teamed
with The Boston Dynamics Robots to create a new recreation of their “Start Me
Up” video … just in time for the rerelease of their “Tattoo You” album, now
available in a deluxe edition.
And it really IS something to see!!!
(kk)
Jon Bon Jovi and Bryan Adams both had to cancel shows this weekend when each tested positive for Covid-19.
Adams was due to participate in this
year’s Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Ceremony as part of the tribute to Tina
Turner, one of this year’s inductees …
But Bon Jovi’s cancellation REALLY
hit home with fans … who were already seated in the venue when the announcement
came over the PA System that the show would NOT go on as scheduled!
It was all part of Bon Jovi’s three-day Halloween Weekend
Getaway in Miami Beach, FL, at the city’s Loews Hotels, with sold-out tickets
having cost up to $2,150 per person. (Planned events included a costume party,
a photo opportunity with the singer, limited-edition souvenirs and access to
his "intimate acoustic storyteller performance and Q&A.")
Both artists tested positive just prior to taking the
stage. Keith Urban filled in for Adams
but Bon Jovi’s show was flat out cancelled.
(Reports that Jon had been mingling fans not two hours prior make one
really wonder about the last minute pre-stage protocol!)
Both are reportedly feeling fine and showing none of the
typical symptoms. Both artists are also
fully vaccinated, which likely helped in this regard.
Meanwhile, after their big reunion announcement last month,
The Fugees have postponed THEIR entire tour into 2022.
In an official statement, the band said “Dates for our
upcoming Fugees 25th Anniversary Tour are moving to early 2022 to
ensure the best chance that all cities on the tour are fully open so we can
perform for as many fans as possible.
With so much excitement around
the reunion tour, we are also happy to announce that we will be adding more
cities and dates. Full details coming
soon, along with some special announcements.”
Might not be time to take the masks off just yet. (kk)
Last
week we told you about Randy Bachman being reunited with his missing guitar
after 45 years …
Randy
Bachman reunited with lost guitar after 45 years - YouTube
And now Doors Guitars Robby Krieger would love to do
the same …
Krieger’s guitar, a red Gibson SG Special, “went missing”
many, many years ago. To say that it has
great sentimental value just may be the understatement of the century.
It was the guitar he used to audition for The Doors, to write
“Light My Fire,” and to record the first two Doors albums.
Krieger asks that if you happen to have a ’63 or
’64 Gibson SG Special, to please check the back of the neck for the serial
number and see if it matches 952727. If
so, you just might have Robby’s guitar!
If you find it, and it can be authenticated, Robby
says that he will buy the guitar from you and will also give you an exclusive personally
hand-signed and hand-painted Gibson SG, along with an autographed copy of his
new book, SET THE NIGHT ON FIRE.
If you think you’ve got the guitar … or happen
to locate it somewhere at a guitar or pawn shop, please email us at: FindRobbysGuitar@gmail.com.
(kk)
Well, The Eagles aren’t quite ready to hang things up yet (despite
rumors to the contrary just a few months ago) …
They have just announced their first concert dates of 2022,
one of which will be staged in a very big way with a show at London’s Hyde
Park, sharing the stage with Robert Plant and Alison Kraus. Other artists are expected to be announced as
taking part in what is being billed as a large, all-day outdoor concert event
in this massive venue. (This show is
scheduled to take place on June 26th, 2022, and tickets will go on
sale this Monday, November 1st.)
Other announced European dates thus far include
Jun 17 – Arnhem, Netherlands –
Gelredome
Jun 20 – Liverpool, UK – Anfield Stadium
Jun 22 – Edinburgh, UK – Murrayfield Stadium
Jun 24 – Dublin, Ireland – Aviva Stadium
Jun 26 – London, UK – Hyde Park
And it’s a pretty sure thing several
more dates will be added.
Will there be another leg that
brings them back thru The States? This
still remains to be seen … but this is a huge bonus for all their European
fans. (Hmm … wonder if they’ll outdraw
the ABBA Avator Tour that should be in full swing by then?!?!
Lol … I’m thinkin’ yeah!) kk
And here’s another pleasing announcement of an upcoming tour …
Artie’s back … and the old guy still sounds pretty good! ;-)
Mike
After being unable to do concerts for over a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Art has staged a planned comeback tour this fall. Tin Mirror Productions has released this promotional video of Artie with pal Tab on Vimeo a week ago, doing a bit of Scarborough Fair and announcing the much awaited news. However, please understand that there is still uncertainty around the corner as coronavirus cases in the US are still rising due to the dreaded Delta variant.
Then again, anyone out there still needing further proof that
Paul McCartney probably needs to stop performing live only needs to listen to
his live performance this past weekend at The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
Induction Ceremony when he performed The Beatles’ classic “Get Back” along with
The Foo Fighters, who he had inducted earlier in the evening. (Is there even so much as a HINT of his
former abilities in this performance?)
Yes, he’s Paul McCartney … and that has always been enough. His achievements are unparalleled in popular
music. But at some point, it’s just
plain embarrassing.
Foo Fighters with
Paul McCartney- Get Back - YouTube
The HBO Television Special commemorating this year’s
class begins airing on Saturday, November 20th. (kk)
Meanwhile, Paul McCartney’s new Lyrics books are out tomorrow.
Here’s another
brief clip of Paul talking about the new books …
On the subject of Herb Alpert and Lani Hall, I'm a bit surprised that they don't come to Chicago as often as one would expect, in light of the fact that Lani grew up on the northwest side, about 1000 feet from where I was living.
I used to walk past her apartment building on the way to school each day (we
were students at the same school, at the same time, but she's four years my
senior, so I never met her).
In her book, based on her growing up where we did, she wrote about some
personal experiences, one of which gave me goosebumps. It involved a
sickly, paralyzed old man who used to stand on the corner near our school with
his daughter, who looked after him. I would love to discuss those
episodes with her. I tried writing to her via one of her Facebook pages,
but never heard back.
A friend of mine, who sells at the record shows at Hillside, was in her
elementary school graduating class.
Geoffrey Baer (WTTW) did an interview with Lani and Herb some years back, and I
think I still have the videotape of the program. She talked about coming back
to our old nabe and about how different it looked - she said she didn't recognize
it.
If there's a way to contact her, I'd love to know about it.
Mike Wolstein
I know that both Herb and Lani have
other interests that they enjoy focusing on these days … and I get it … why
just keep rehashing the same 60+ year old memories … I mean they’ve both led
incredible lives outside the music industry.
But we as fans always want to know more.
Truthfully, good as it was, I wish the Herb Alpert documentary revealed
more, especially since the world premier night Q&A that followed it only
focused on topics already covered in the film.
(Never quite understood the point of that at all!!!)
Will have to look for a copy of
Lani’s book. I know you’ve mentioned it
before, but I’ve never actually sought it out.
(kk)
Speaking of books, I’ve found myself
suddenly inundated with TONS of new reading material. SO many new releases of late (several of
which we’ve committed to doing FH reviews on) … so much so that it’s forcing me
to expand my reading time to outside the bathroom! (lol)
And some of these are MONSTEROUS
volumes, too … VERY large and heavy hard cover editions that are difficult to
carry around. (Stacked up six inches
high already are the new Monkees Day-By-Day book, The Beatles Get Back book and
the new book on The Carpenters, featuring heavy input from Richard Carpenter
himself.) I’m already rereading “Hollywood
Eden” by Joel Selvin (an EXCELLENT book and highly recommended), while copies
of Paul Evan’s autobiography and a new book on Nilsson are due to arrive at my
doorstep next week, along with Harvey and Kenneth Kubernik’s new Jimi Hendrix
book (it looks amazing!) and the new two-volume Paul McCartney’s lyrics books!
My hope is the reviews will trickle
out as I complete each volume and I’ve got to tell you, I’m extremely excited
about reading each and every one of them.
(Now I’ve just gotta find the time to do so!) kk
Kent,
You stated today about your thoughts of
originally doing an oldies magazine starting out as a quarterly, eventually
becoming a monthly publication. That reminded me of the oldies magazines I used
to get years ago. Don't know if you remember any of them, Kent …publications
like BIM BAM BOOM, THE RECORD EXCHANGER, IN DREAMS (dedicated
to Roy Orbison), etc. I have them all and always thought that the Record
Exchanger was the best. Don't know offhand if today any such magazines
are being published.
Larry
That was kind of the
way it was done back then in the late ‘90’s … and I guess I always just figured
that if I could find the right audience, into the same music I was, it just
might catch on. Who knew the Internet
would explode the way it did! Forgotten
Hits went from being a near-daily emailed newsletter in 1999 to officially
launching a website in 2008 … and we’ve been here (and growing) ever
since. Thanks to so many great Internet
oldies radio stations these days, our dreams of bringing back “forgotten hits
radio” has been realized a thousand times again. (I don’t know much many of remember about
terrestrial radio in the late ‘90’s but they all had essentially the exact same
play list of 200-300 songs that they just played over and over and over again,
day in and day out, to the point of actually making us HATE the music we
loved. Thankfully, there is now enough
variety out there to service even the most discriminating oldies music
fan! (kk)
Frank B tells us about
a new PBS documentary on Elvis …
NEW Elvis And The USS Arizona, a PBS documentary airing on
the PBS network November 11, 2021.
>>>I can’t remember when Chuck did his 100 hours on the air at WLS or whatever amount it was, but I imagine he hated EVERY SONG he played that night!!!!
Clark Besch
Hate? EVERY One? In one Special
Presentation?
No.
CB
We stayed away from the
story while it was breaking each night on our local news, but top-rated
Chicagoland Disc Jockey Eric Ferguson is now OUT as the morning host on The
Mix.
His ratings made him
the top paid jock in Chicago for years … but after a series of women came
forward complaining about his inappropriate conduct toward women, Ferguson took
a break from the airwaves, hoping the media frenzy would slow down. It didn’t.
Former cohost Melissa McGurren went so far as to refer to him as “a
serial abuser of women.” In all, four
former female colleagues came forward with allegations of improper
conduct. Ferguson leaves behind a 25
year career of excellent ratings and a very loyal following.
More from Robert Feder
(who’s been covering on-going this story for month now.)
Over
and out: Eric Ferguson leaves The Mix - Robert Feder
Freda Payne, the subject of Mark Bego’s new celebrity
biography, takes over the reigns of Sirius XM’s ‘70’s on 7 Channel on Tuesday
(that's tomorrow, November 2nd) to spin some of her favorite tunes and talk about her
new book, her life story and her friends.
It all kicks off at Noon Eastern, this Tuesday, and should make for the
perfect tie-in for Bego’s new book.
Some of her favorites that she’ll be playing include
“September” by Earth, Wind and Fire, “Don’t Leave Me This Way” by Thelma
Houston, “Love To Love You Baby” by Donna Summer, Nancy Wilson’s version of
“I’ve Never Been To Me,” the Bill Withers hit “Ain’t No Sunshine,” the Diana
Ross-less Supremes’ hit “Stoned Love,” “Take Me In Your Arms” by The Doobie
Brothers and George Benson’s take on “This Masquerade.”
Hope you can stop by and give it a listen. (Rebroadcasts for this are a shoe-in!) kk
>>>What happens if you get scared half to death twice? (Chuck Buell)
Well, then you’d only be 1/4 dead … and then, if
it happened again, you’d be 1/8 dead … and again, only 1/16 dead … and so on …
but you’d never ever be really dead.
If you got scared half to death, you’d then be
half dead … but if you divide that half by another half, you’re still only a
quarter dead … no matter how many times it happened, you’ll never actually be
100% dead.
Tom
OK … nobody told me
there was going to be math!!! (kk)
[Kinda reminds me of the old grade school joke: “If today’s high is going to be zero … and tomorrow’s going to be twice as cold, what’s the temperature high for tomorrow?”] Really takes all the fun out of an otherwise pretty funny joke, doesn’t it?!?! And besides ... as we ALL know ... five out of three people have problems with math. (kk)
