Yes, beaten just like a RedHeaded Stepchild...it is I, CLIFF BENNETT. God help you all.
Who? Wha? Where?
I'll be hanging with you every Monday - Friday from 10a to 3p. And I make you the DJ with the Workforce Lunch Request Hour each weekday at noon - you pick 'em, I play 'em! And with "In Other Words", we fill your pockets with some great shtuff, too! Plus more to come to help make this the best damn station on air & the internet!
Need an ear? Got something to say? Email me at Cliff@Eagle1057.com, and I promise to TRY to respond.
And be sure to come out to the Cotton Patch, 816 Cotton Lane at Riverwalk, every Wednesday evening for TRIVIA & TUNES w/ CLIFF BENNETT! Registration starts at 6:30, game's from 7-9p, then it's live music from yours truly! Can't promise the questions are too easy or too hard, but you'll have fun nontheless, and your ears won't bleed from the music...See ya there!
If you are reading this then this warning is for you. Every word you read of this useless fine print is another second off your life. Don't you have other things to do? Is your life so empty that you honestly can't think of a better way to spend these moments? Or are you so impressed with authority that you give respect and credence to all who claim it? Do you read everything you're supposed to read? Do you think everything you're supposed to think? Buy what you're told you should want? Get out of your apartment. Meet a member of the opposite sex. Stop the excessive shopping and masturbation. Quit your job. Start a fight. Prove you're alive. If you don't claim your humanity you will become a statistic. You have been warned.......
No Room in Wilson Sisters' "Heart" for Republicans...
Friday 09-05-2008 9:01am ET
The Wilson sisters are angry with the Republican Party for using Heart's music during their convention, TMZ reports. Ann and Nancy Wilson sent a cease and desist letter to the McCain/Palin campaign after using the Heart classic "Barracuda" when Sarah Palin spoke. "The Republican campaign did not ask for permission to use the song, nor would they have been granted that permission," said a statement obtained by TMZ. "We have asked the Republican campaign publicly not to use our music. We hope our wishes will be honored."
Gene Simmons and two of his business partners are being sued by a man who claims he was cut out of a 2006 marketing deal between Simmons and the Indy Racing League. The Associated Press reported that Allan Brown has filed suit against Simmons and his partners "seeking unspecified damages and is claiming fraud and slander."
Brown claims that he helped broker the deal between Simmons and Indy Racing League, but was cut out of the deal while away on vacation. He states in his suit that Simmons and his partners, "mischaracterized him as 'lazy' and 'rich' to racing league officials.
In 2006 Simmons promoted Indy Car racing and co-wrote the song "I Am Indy."
Billboard reported that on November 19th and 20th Simmons will be the Keynote Q&A speaker for the 5th Annual Billboard Touring Conference at New York City's Roosevelt Hotel in New York. The Q&A will be filmed for an upcoming episode of his A&E reality show Gene Simmons Family Jewels.
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS:
Dweezil Zappa (guitarist; son of Frank Zappa) (39)
Buddy Miles (drummer-singer, Jimi Hendrix's Band Of Gypsies, the California Raisins) (61)
Rose McGowan (actress, Scream, Jawbreaker, Charmed; was once engaged to Marilyn Manson) (35)
Michael Keaton (actor, Night Shift, Beetlejuice, Batman, Batman Returns, The Paper, Jackie Brown) (57)
Raquel Welch (actress, Fantastic Voyage, One Million Years B.C., Mother, Jugs & Speed, American Family) (68)
William Devane (actor, Marathon Man, Knots Landing, Secretary Of Defense Heller on 24) (71)
George Lazenby (actor, played James Bond in only one movie, On Her Majesty's Secret Service) (69)
Classic Quickie - 9/4/08
Thursday 09-04-2008 3:00pm ET
Ringo Starr and Joe Walsh will soon be brothers-in-law. Beatlefan magazine reported that Walsh is marrying Marjorie Bach, the sister of Starr's wife Barbara Bach. No wedding date has been announced.
Starr and Walsh have been close friends for years, with Walsh co-writing and producing Starr's 1982 album Old Wave, performing on his studio albums Time Takes Time and Vertical Man, and touring twice with his All Starr Band.
Out now on DVD is Joe Cocker: Cry Me A River featuring an hour of Cocker's October 31st, 1980 concert at Berlin's Metropol Club.
Among the highlights on the set are "Cry Me A River," "Feelin' Alright," "Delta Lady,' "You Are So Beautiful," "The Letter," "High Time We Went," "With A Little Help From My Friends," as well as Cocker's take on Marvin Gaye's "I Heard It Through The Grapevine," and Procol Harum's "A Whiter Shade Of Pale."
Neil Young is being rumored to make his first appearance Down Under in five years next January, according to The Sydney Morning Herald. Young is reportedly in negotiations to headline the national Big Day Out Festival on January 26th, play the Sidney Myer Music Bowl on January 28th, and perform solo shows in Melbourne
Young will next appear at Farm Aid on September 20th in Mansfield, Massachusetts at the Comcast Center.
Sammy Hagar & the Wabos have announced two upcoming shows in St. Louis. Hagar and the band next perform on November 16th at the New Orleans House of Blues and then on November 18th and 19th in St. Louis at The Pagent.
Dave Stewart has announced two concerts in New York City and Los Angeles to promote his new album The Dave Stewart Songbook, Volume One. The dates are the first announced following last month's cancellation of his 17-date North American tour.
Stewart will perform on September 17th at New York City's Highline Ballroom, and on September 24th at L.A. Roxy Theatre.
On The Dave Stewart Songbook, Volume One, Stewart reprises such Eurhythmics classics as "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)," "Here Comes The Rain Again," and "Missionary Man"-- along with other songs he wrote and co-wrote, including "Old Habits Die Hard" with Mick Jagger, and "Don't Come Around Here No More" with Tom Petty, "American Prayer" with Bono, among many others.
Out now is the new Jefferson Starship album, called Jefferson's Tree Of Liberty. The album includes 19 cover songs from Irish, American, and Latin-American traditions. Highlights on the collection include such 1960's protest songs as Phil Ochs's "I Ain't Marching Anymore" and Bob Dylan's "Chimes Of Freedom."
Although the only longtime members still fronting Jefferson Starship are Paul Kantner and David Freiberg, former bandmates Grace Slick, Marty Balin, and Jack Cassidy also make appearances on the set.
Guitar pioneer Les Paul will be honored in Cleveland by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, according to NME.com. Paul, who's now 93, will be saluted during the 13th Annual American Music Masters series this November at the Rock Hall. An event dubbed Rock And Roll Retrospective: The Les Paul Phenomenon will take place at Case Western Reserve University during the week-long salute, with special a tribute concert for Paul taking place on November 15th. No acts have been announced yet.
RIP Jerry "Snowman" Reed...
Wednesday 09-03-2008 9:39am ET
Well, yesterday just sucked.
First, voice legend Don LaFontaine, then poor Jerry Reed. Damn.
Keep on truckin', Jerry...East Bound and down...
"Voice Of God"...is no more...
Tuesday 09-02-2008 11:42am ET
Don LaFontaine, the guy whose voice you can hear in just about every movie trailer ever, died yesterday in L.A.
LaFontaine’s agent, Vanessa Gilbert, tells ET that he passed away following complications from Pneumothorax, the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity, the result of a collapsed lung. The official cause of death has not yet been released.
Over the past 25 years, LaFontaine cemented his position as the “King of Voiceovers.” Aside from being the preeminent voice in the movie trailer industry, Don also worked as the voice of Entertainment Tonight and The Insider, as well as for CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox and UPN, in addition to TNT, TBS and the Cartoon Network. By conservative estimates, he voiced hundreds of thousands of television and radio spots, including commercials for Chevrolet, Pontiac, Ford, Budweiser, McDonalds, Coke, and many other corporate sponsors. [ET]
Well that sucks. Movie previews will never be the same. If I’d been born with a voice like Don LaFontaine, I surely would’ve been corrupted by its power; Don LaFontaine just wanted the plot to sound a little cooler. He will be missed.
Thursday 08-14-2008 10:11am ET
SIGNS OF THE APOCOLYPSE... Ok...they've announced that famed chef Julia Child was actually a SPY...huh? Not exactly the Marta Hari I was thinking of...
And a couple of guys say they've found a DEAD BIGFOOT in northern Georgia. OUR northern Georgia. CLICK HERE to see for yourself!
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BILLY JOEL HELPS ANNOUNCE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME ANNEX IN NEW YORK CITY
Billy Joel joined New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg in Manhattan yesterday (August 13th) to announce the upcoming New York City annex to the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame and Museum, which will open in November and remain in the city for two years.
The Associated Press reported that along with Joel and Mayor Bloomberg, Rolling Stone editor Jann Wenner and music mogul Clive Davis were also on hand for the announcement of the 25,000 square foot annex, to be located at 76 Mercer Street in Manhattan's Soho district.
U2's upcoming album may be titled No Line on the Horizon, according to a report in U.K. newspaper The Sunday Mirror. The paper reported that U2's record company, Universal Music, has registered the web site NoLineontheHorizon.com. The report also indicated that the new record will be released worldwide on Friday, November 14th, while tentative song titles include "Love is All We Have Left," "One Bird," "Moment of Surrender" and "If I Could Live My Life Again," which could possibly be the first single and video.
Not a single bit of this information has been confirmed by the label or U2's management. ...Of course it hasn't...that would make sense, and we can't have that...
The best-known tunes by English reggae-pop band UB40 will be featured on the new Virgin/EMI release UB40: Greatest Hits, due September 30th. The CD features 21 hits from the band's 25-year chart career.
Halle Berry (actress-model, X-Men, Monster's Ball, Gothika, Die Another Day) (42) David Crosby (Singer-songwriter, Crosby, Stills & Nash) (67) MagicJohnson (Former NBA player) (49) SteveMartin (actor-comedian-writer, The Jerk, Three Amigos, Roxanne, Parenthood, Father Of The Bride I and II) (63) Susan Olsen (Actress, The Brady Bunch's Cindy Brady) (47)
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