An appearance on a classic quiz show with a comedy element, apparently, helped William Peter Blatty further his writing career. Blatty, who as you probably know by now passed away recently, was a contestant on the game show “You Bet Your Life”, hosted by comedy legend Groucho Marx. Early on, Blatty is introduced as an …
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Make Elton John’s videos, compete for $10,000
Calling all filmmakers. Elton John and longtime songwriting partner Bernie Taupin are holding a contest for videos of John’s hits such as “Rocket Man”, “Tiny Dancer” and “Bennie and the Jets”. John and Taupin request the “Rocket Man” video feature animation, “Tiny Dancer” feature live action and “Bennie and the Jets” feature choreography. You have …
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Another fab item up for bids
Got $26,000 or so to burn? That’s the expected selling price at an upcoming auction for a long-lost demo Paul McCartney recorded for Cilla Black. Black turned the song “It’s For You”, written by McCartney and John Lennon, into a top ten hit in the U.K. in 1964. The demo was lost for more than …
Words of wisdom from a former “Deal or No Deal” model
Okay, let’s get the obvious out of the way. In the following and recent tweet, Bonnie-Jill Laflin is easy on the eyes. But she also provides great advice. https://twitter.com/BJLaflin/status/727237286836899841/photo/1
Road trip to a desert trip?
That Desert Trip concert we told you about Sunday on the broadcast del grande appears to be a twice-in-a-lifetime event. Organizers are adding a second weekend to the event with The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Neil Young, Roger Waters and The Who. Visit http://passes.deserttrip.com for more details and ticket information
May we interest you in a good book?
Queen’s Brian May has released a book on, believe it or not, Victorian underskirts. May teamed up with Denis Pellerin in writing “Crinoline: Fashion’s Most Magnificent Disaster” — and it comes with May’s 3-D viewer. May and Pellerin say crinolines were all the rage back in the mid-19th century when stereoscopic photos were trendy. May …
Whoops!
Okay, for starters, I did not see Sunday night’s live telecast of the Miss Universe pageant. This was due to dinner with relatives, making plans for Christmas and catching up on online work. I only learned of this unusual ending after seeing reactions on social networking. Without pointing fingers, I can’t say I’m surprised. I …
Join in the fight against AIDS, win a chance to meet your fave star
(Cross-posted from DougMorris.net.) Want to go on a bike ride with U2’s Bono? All you have to do is donate ten bucks to his RED organization to fight AIDS — and you’ll get that chance. Bono says he’ll even visit the spot in New York City’s Central Park where he had his devastating accident in …
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Christmas Page: Too soon? Not really.
(The following is cross-posted from DougMorris.net’s internotes.) Yes — I hear you. We just finished Halloween, we’ve eaten all the candy, we’ve had the (expletive deleted) scared out of us visiting various haunted attractions, we’re putting away our costumes and — suddenly thepinebelt.com and DougMorris.net are joining forces to launch a Christmas page? Really? Here’s …
Nineteen years ago today, one chapter closed as another was about to open
On this date 19 years ago, I was, dare I say, on the other side of the tracks. I was finishing up my time at "the old place". The next day, I started work on what would become "Rock 104 RockTrax". The debut show aired days later. Naturally, there were day one jitters. But 19 …
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