Theodore Dalrymple: False Apology Syndrome - I'm sorry for your sins (incharacter.org)
There is a fashion these days for apologies: not apologies for the things that one has actually done oneself (that kind of apology is as difficult to make and as unfashionable as ever), but for public apologies by politicians for the crimes and misdemeanours of their ancestors, or at least of their predecessors. I think it is reasonable to call this pattern of political breast-beating the False Apology Syndrome.
Len Righi: Reprogrammed TV on the Radio still stays left of the dial (The Morning Call)
Jaleel Bunton is feeling grateful and a little anxious. The drummer for TV on the Radio is still processing the overwhelmingly positive reviews that greeted the Sept. 23 release of "Dear Science," the Brooklyn quintet's follow-up to 2006's breakthrough CD, "Return To Cookie Mountain."
Ken Levine: "In Memoriam: Lloyd Thaxton" (huffingtonpost.com)
For every teenager growing up in Los Angeles in the 60s, The Lloyd Thaxton Show was appointment television. Thaxton was a local version of Ernie Kovacs, finding innovative new ways to use the new medium of TV.
Fierce creature (guardian.co.uk)
Roseanne Barr's sitcom made her one of the most powerful people in entertainment - and almost ruined her life. As she brings her stand-up show to the UK, she talks to Chrissy Iley about diets, anti-depressants, divorce and the dark side of fame.
What soul legend has asked Barack Obama to stop using a song he wrote? Name the legend, the song, and which presidential candidate he re-wrote a song for.
The lyric, "Eight years ago we won the prize, but then were robbed by tricks and lies, of freedom's foes in friends' disguise, Democrats, good Democrats!" comes from which presidential campaign?
What campaign song was originally published as "Tip and Ty"?
The campaign song "Harding, You're the man for us" written by whom?
Who wrote the campaign song 'I Like Ike'?
Soul legend Sam Moore demanded Obama's campaign stop playing their "Hold On, I'm Comin' " at rallies this past February.
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In 1996, Sam Moore altered 'Soul Man' (which he didn't write) to 'Dole Man' for Bob Dole.
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The lyric, "Eight years ago we won the prize, but then were robbed by tricks and lies, of freedom's foes in friends' disguise, Democrats, good Democrats!" comes from the Grover Cleveland vs James G. Blaine presidential campaign.
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"Tippecanoe and Tyler too", originally published as "Tip and Ty", was a very popular and influential campaign song in the 1840 United States presidential election. Its lyrics sung the praises of Whig candidates William Henry Harrison (the "hero of Tippecanoe") and John Tyler, while denigrating incumbent Democrat Martin Van Buren.
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"Harding, You're the man for us" (was) written by Al Jolson.
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Irving Berlin wrote the song, "I like Ike" for Republican nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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Although Irving Berlin was the answer I was looking for, Sally answered Al Sherman, so I visited my good friend
Google, and found this reference in a Wikipedia article on the Disney movie,
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band, with music by
Richard M. Sherman and his brother
Robert B. Sherman:
The songwriters' father, Al Sherman (who was also a songwriter) wrote two songs which were used as campaign songs for two different Presidential candidates in the mid-twentieth century. In the 1948 election, Republican candidate,
Thomas Dewey usurped the Al Sherman/Charles Tobias/Howard Johnson collaboration, "(What Do We Do On A) Dew-Dew-Dewey Day" for his campaign. Four years later Sherman wrote a song specifically for Dwight D. Eisenhower's campaign called, "I Like Ike".
And on that note, Sally is declared the final winner.
Alan J was first, but missed 2:
1. Sam Moore, Soul Man, Bob Dole
2. 1876 Hayes v. Tilden
3. Tippecanoe and Tyler, too
4. Al Jolson
5. Irving Berlin
vb nearly nailed it but has the wrong year for Grover Cleveland's election, and since Cleveland ran 3 times (and won twice), the year or opposing candidate mattered:
#1 What soul legend has asked Barack Obama to stop using a song he wrote? Name the legend, the song, and which presidential candidate he re-wrote a song for.
Sam Moore of Sam and Dave. The song is Hold On, I'm Coming. He re-wrote Soul Man for the Bob Dole campaign.
#2 The lyric, "Eight years ago we won the prize, but then were robbed by tricks and lies, of freedom's foes in friends' disguise, Democrats, good Democrats!" comes from which presidential campaign?
Grover Cleveland's campaign - 1846
#3 What campaign song was originally published as "Tip and Ty"? "Tippecanoe and Tyler too"
#4 The campaign song "Harding, You're the man for us" written by whom? Al Jolson
#5 Who wrote the campaign song 'I Like Ike'? Irving Berlin
Jim from CA skipped the first question:
1.
2. Grover Cleveland and Benjamin Harrison
3. Tippecanoe and Tyler too
4. Warren G. Harding
5. Irving Berlin
Charlie who isn't playing nailed it:
What soul legend has asked Barack Obama to stop using a song he wrote? Name the legend, the song, and which presidential candidate he re-wrote a song for.
Sam Moore, of Sam & Dave, has asked the Obama campaign to quit using "Hold On, I'm Comin'," (which was written by the late Isaac Hayes and David Porter). Moore rewrote "Soul Man" as "I'm a Dole Man" for Bob Dole. Moore hasn't come out for McCain yet, I don't think.
The lyric, "Eight years ago we won the prize, but then were robbed by tricks and lies, of freedom's foes in friends' disguise, Democrats, good Democrats!" comes from which presidential campaign?
Grover Cleveland's (1884)
What campaign song was originally published as "Tip and Ty"?
"Tippecanoe and Tyler Too"
(Surprise)
The campaign song "Harding, You're the man for us" (was) written by whom?
Al Jolson
(Pathetic)
Who wrote the campaign song 'I Like Ike'?
Irving Berlin
Chuck had the wrong song:
What soul legend has asked Barack Obama to stop using a song he wrote? Name the legend, the song, and which presidential candidate he re-wrote a song for.
Sam Moore, Soul Man, and Bob "I'm a Dole Man" Dole
The lyric, "Eight years ago we won the prize, but then were robbed by tricks and lies, of freedom's foes in friends' disguise, Democrats, good Democrats!" comes from which presidential campaign?
Cleveland vs Blaine
What campaign song was originally published as "Tip and Ty"?
Tippecanoe and Tyler Too for William Harrison
The campaign song "Harding, You're the man for us" written by whom?
Al Jolson
Who wrote the campaign song 'I Like Ike'?
Irving Berlin
Sally got 'em all:
My (almost) nine year old g/son (Jonathan) is helping me research today's set of contest questions, from BOOKS. I hope this is okay. It is SUCH a great learning experience for him, and has led to some great discussion as well.
So, here we go:
Question 1) What soul legend has asked Barack Obama to stop using a song he wrote? Name the legend, the song, and which presidential candidate he re-wrote a song for.
ANSWER: a) Sam Moore, "Hold On I'm comin'." b) In 1996, Sam Moore (the Sam in Sam and Dave) re-recorded his band's hit, "Soul Man," singing "I'm a Dole man" for Bob Dole.
2) The lyric, "Eight years ago we won the prize, but then were robbed by tricks and lies, of freedom's foes in friends' disguise, Democrats, good Democrats!" comes from which presidential campaign?
Answer: The election of 1884 between Grover Cleveland and James G. Blaine, a congressman from Maine. One of Cleveland's marquis songs was "Good Democrats," to the tune of "Maryland, My Maryland," a song from the Civil War. This is also the same tune as "Christmas Tree O' Christmas Tree."
3) What campaign song was originally published as "Tip and Ty"?
Answer: The song "Tip and Ty," which used the slogan "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too," was very popular. It was written by Alexander Coffman Ross and put to the tune of "Little Pigs."
4) The campaign song, "Harding, You're the Man For Us" written by whom?
Answer: The 1920 election, had the song, "Harding, You're the Man For Us" which was written by Al Jolson.
5) Who wrote the campaign song, 'I Like Ike?'
Answer: Songwriter Al Sherman wrote a song specifically for Dwight D Eisenhower's campaign entitled, "I Like Ike."
Marian the Teacher answered:
Sam Moore, Soul Man, Al Gore
Grover Cleveland
Tippecanoe and Tyler, too
Al Jolsen
Irving Berlin
And, MAM wrote:
What soul legend has asked Barack Obama to stop using a song he wrote?
~The legend is Sam Moore
~The song is 'Soul Man'
~Sam Moore rewrote the lyrics for Presidential candidate Bob Dole in 1996 as "I'm a Dole Man".
The lyric, "Eight years ago we won the prize, but then were robbed by tricks and lies, of freedom's foes in friends' disguise, Democrats, good Democrats!" comes from which presidential campaign?
~Grover Cleveland's song, "Democrats, Good Democrats," stokes resentment over the Stolen Election of 1876.
What campaign song was originally published as "Tip and Ty"?
~"Tip and Ty", was a very popular and influential campaign song of the colorful Log Cabin Campaign in 1840, of William Henry Harrison and John Tyler. . . 'Tippecanoe and Tyler Too.'
The campaign song "Harding, You're the man for us" written by whom?
~Al Jolson in 1920 who may have been the first popular musician to throw his hat into the partisan political ring when he wrote and performed campaign songs for Warren Harding.
Who wrote the campaign song 'I Like Ike'?
~Irving Berlin in the campaign of Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952.
We have 5 winners - Charlie, Buzzcook, Marianne, Joe S and Sally.
The Prizes - Five sets of 11 books have been supplied by Hachette Book Group USA for a special election-focused giveaway!
Each winner will receive one copy of ALL 11 books!
CBS begins the night with a FRESH'Ghost Whisperer', followed by a FRESH'The Ex List', then a FRESH'NUMB3RS'.
Scheduled on a FRESHDave are Jeremy Piven, Elizabeth Banks, and Lou Reed.
Scheduled on a FRESHCraig are Little Britain and Tom Morello.
NBC starts the night with a FRESH'America's Toughest Jobs', followed by a FRESH'Deal Or No Deal', then a FRESH'Life'.
Scheduled on a FRESHLeno are Terry Bradshaw, Vanessa Hudgens, and Jackson Browne.
Scheduled on a FRESHConan are LL Cool J, Oliver Stone, and Dead Confederates.
On a RERUNCarson 'The Scab' Daly (from 9/15/08) are Christian Lander and Iliza Shlesinger.
ABC opens the night with a FRESH'Wife Swap', followed by a FRESH'Supernanny', then another unwatchabel '20/20'.
On a RERUNJimmy Kimmel (from 9/23/08) are Dane Cook, Dylan & Cole Sprouse, and Atmosphere.
The CW offers a FRESH'Everybody Hates Chris', followed by a FRESH'The Game', then a RERUN'America's Next Top Model'.
Faux has a FRESH'Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?', followed by a FRESH'Don't Forget The Lyrics!'.
MY fills the night with a FRESH'WWE Friday Night Steroid SmackDown!'.
PLEASE check local PBS listings for a FRESH'Bill Moyers Journal', and a FRESH'NOW With Bill Moyers David Brancaccio'.
AMC offers the movie 'Christine', followed by the movie 'The Princess Bride', then the movie 'The History Of The World--Part 2'.
BBC -
[12:00 PM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 5
[12:30 PM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 6
[1:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 2 D-Place
[2:00 PM] Cash in the Attic - Ep 5 Osman
[3:00 PM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 21 Carmarthen 27
[3:30 PM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 22 Shepton Mallet 10
[4:00 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 18
[4:30 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 1
[5:00 PM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 7
[5:30 PM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 8
[7:00 PM] BBC World News America
[8:00 PM] Monty Python's Flying Circus - Ep. 11 Dennis Moore
[8:40 PM] Monty Python's Flying Circus - Ep. 12 A Book at Bedtime
[9:20 PM] Star Stories - George Michael
[11:00 PM] Monty Python's Flying Circus - Ep. 11 Dennis Moore
[11:40 PM] Monty Python's Flying Circus - Ep. 12 A Book at Bedtime
[12:20 AM] Star Stories - George Michael
[1:00 AM] Monty Python's Flying Circus - Ep. 11 Dennis Moore
[1:40 AM] Monty Python's Flying Circus - Ep. 12 A Book at Bedtime
[2:20 AM] Star Stories - George Michael
[3:00 AM] The Graham Norton Show - Ep 5 Elle Macpherson, Frankie Boyle and KT Tunstall
[4:00 AM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 21 Carmarthen 27
[4:30 AM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 22 Shepton Mallet 10
[5:00 AM] Cash in the Attic - Ep. 29 McKellin
[5:30 AM] Cash in the Attic - Ep. 30 Stewart
[6:00 AM] BBC World News (ALL TIMES EDT)
Comedy Central has 'Scrubs', another 'Scrubs', last night's 'Jon Stewart', last night's 'Colbert Report', 'Chappelle's Show', another 'Chappelle's Show', 'Comedy Central Presents' (Keith Robinson), and another 'Comedy Central Presents' (John Heffron).
HBO offers a FRESHReal Time with Bill Maher - scheduled guests
include
Oliver Stone, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), Steve Moore, Dana Gould, and fmr. Comptroller General David Walker.
FX has the movie 'American History X', followed by the movie 'American History X', again.
History has 'Modern Marvels'< 'In The World Of...Jack The Ripper', and a FRESH'Gangland'.
IFC -
[6:20 AM] Confidence
[6:20 AM] Confidence
[8:00 AM] Gerry
[9:45 AM] House of D
[11:30 AM] Private Fears in Public Places
[1:35 PM] Confidence
[1:35 PM] Confidence
[3:15 PM] House of D
[5:00 PM] IFC News Uncut 2008
[5:05 PM] Private Fears in Public Places
[7:15 PM] Garden State
[9:00 PM] C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America
[10:30 PM] Z Rock
[11:00 PM] The Whitest Kids U'Know
[11:30 PM] Hell Girl
[12:00 AM] The Beast Within
[1:45 AM] Spider
[2:00 AM] Z Rock
[2:30 AM] Hell Girl
[3:00 AM] The Beast Within
[4:45 AM] Private Fears in Public Places (ALL TIMES EST)
SciFi has 'Star Trek: TNG', 'Stargate Atlantis', followed by a FRESH'Stargate Atlantis', and 'Sanctuary'.
Sundance -
[06:00 AM] For The Bible Tells Me So
[08:00 AM] Flying: Confessions...: Part 2
[09:00 AM] Big Ideas for a Small Planet - Season 2: Water
[09:35 AM] Eco Documentaries - Season 2: Crude Impact
[11:20 AM] Big Ideas for a Small Planet - Season 2: Animals
[12:00 PM] The Human Behavior Experiments
[01:00 PM] Choking Man
[02:30 PM] La Moustache
[04:00 PM] Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
[06:00 PM] Loggerheads
[08:00 PM] Live From Abbey Road - Season 2: Sheryl Crow, Hard-Fi & Diana Krall
[09:00 PM] Derailroaded: Inside the Mind of Larry "Wild Man" Fischer
[10:30 PM] Patch
[11:00 PM] Punishment Park
[12:30 AM] Heavy Metal Jr.
[01:00 AM] Live From Abbey Road - Season 2: Sheryl Crow, Hard-Fi & Diana Krall
[02:00 AM] John Safran vs. God: Episode 6
[02:30 AM] The Hill: Episode 1: Fighting the Good Fight
[03:00 AM] One Punk Under God: Episode 2
[03:30 AM] Room
[05:00 AM] Eco Documentaries - Season 1: The Forest for the Trees (ALL TIMES EST)
French writer Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio speaks during a news conference in Paris October 9, 2008 after he won the 2008 Nobel prize for literature.
Photo by Benoit Tessier
If there's one rule in election-year politics, it's this: Don't mess with the science crowd. OK, labor unions and the NRA matter too, but John McCain may want to brush up on his stars and planets after Tuesday night's debate.
In the debate, McCain portrayed Barack Obama as an excessive spender, and he punctuated his attack (twice) with this example:
"[Obama] voted for nearly a billion dollars in pork barrel earmark projects, including, by the way, $3 million for an overhead projector at a planetarium in Chicago, Illinois. My friends, do we need to spend that kind of money?"
Turns out, a lot of people think we do. This is no ordinary overhead projector from your 5th grade classroom. The blog Cosmic Variance sums it up:
"If you've ever had the pleasure of visiting the Adler Planetarium, you'd probably guess that the 'overhead projector' he's talking about is the spectacular 'Sky Theater' -- one of the most engrossing, gorgeous venues for displaying visuals about space."
When Barack Obama's campaign bus made a swing through Missouri in July, the unlikeliest of supporters were waiting for him -- or rather two of them, holding the banner: "Rednecks for Obama."
In backing the first African-American nominee of a major party for the US presidency, the pair are on a grassroots mission to bridge a cultural gap in the United States and help usher their preferred candidate into the White House.
Tony Viessman, 74, and Les Spencer, 60, got politically active last year when it occurred to them there must be other lower income, rural, beer-drinking, gun-loving, NASCAR race enthusiasts fed up with business as usual in Washington.
It's been an unexpectedly gratifying run, Viessman said.Rednecks4obama.com claims more than 800,000 online visits. In Denver, Colorado, Viessman and Spencer drew crowds at the Democratic convention, and at Washington University last Thursday they were two of the most popular senior citizens on campus.
U.S. philanthropist Lilly Tartikoff, Dr. Dennis Slamon, British actress Trudie Styler, British singer Sting and U.S. TV executive Andrea Wong arrive for the British premiere of 'Living Proof' at a central London hotel, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008. Sting and Trudie co-hosted the private screening of the made-for-TV film telling the true story of Los Angeles doctor Dennis Slamon who developed the anti-breast cancer drug Herceptin.
Photo by MJ Kim
Canadian singer and songwriter Rufus Wainwright has been asked to compose his first opera.
Wainwright will arrange the song Prima Donna and it will be premiered at the Manchester International Festival in 2009.
Wainwright said he was inspired by one of the most renowned opera stars, Maria Callas: "The opera is not about her, but it is about the persona of an opera star; it is the day in the life of an opera singer."
He added: "Opera is one of the last bastions where you can investigate big emotions and romanticism..."
In a sign of the times, the National Debt Clock in New York City has run out of digits to record the growing figure.
As a short-term fix, the digital dollar sign on the billboard-style clock near Times Square has been switched to a figure - the "1" in $10 trillion. It's marking the federal government's current debt at about $10.2 trillion.
The Durst Organization says it plans to update the sign next year by adding two digits. That will make it capable of tracking debt up to a quadrillion dollars.
The late Manhattan real estate developer Seymour Durst put the sign up in 1989 to call attention to what was then a $2.7 trillion debt.
Tin Pan Alley, the home of George Gershwin, Irving Berlin and other great American songwriters, is up for sale.
Five buildings on West 28th Street in Manhattan's Chelsea district are being offered as a group for $44 million. A listing on real estate Web site Loopnet recommends that the buildings be torn down and a high-rise take their place.
Says Historic Districts Council Executive Director Simeon Bankoff: "These buildings are incredibly significant to the development of New York City. They helped launch the careers of songwriters and musicians who are still popular today."
Tin Pan Alley housed a concentration of music publishers and songwriters from the 1890s to the 1950s.
The cable channel has renewed both series, giving "Burn" a third-season pickup and "Psych" a Season 4 green light. Each has received a 16-episode order.
In announcing the pickup, USA cited each show's performance in the key adults 18-49 demo over the summer. "Burn" averaged 2.8 million viewers in the demo, while "Psych" pulled in a 2.2 million average.
Asked about an eighth-season pickup of another USA hit series, "Monk," Jeff Wachtel, executive vp original programing at USA, said nothing has been determined yet, but "we'd love to have it back and will be making an announcement when the time is right."
In this photo released by the University of California, San Diego, an image drawn with fluorescent bacteria colonies on an agar plate, are shown. Scientists Roger Tsien, Osamu Shimomura and Martin Chalfie won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008, for research on a glowing jellyfish protein that revolutionized the ability to study disease and normal development in living organisms.
The Tate Britain museum has purchased a rare sketch by Peter Paul Rubens to keep it from being sold abroad, the museum said.
The Tate, with help from several art and heritage foundations, paid $9.9 million for the sketched version of Rubens' larger painting "The Apotheosis of James I" - which depicts King James I being carried to heaven. The completed artwork was painted onto the ceiling of Banqueting House at Whitehall, the 17th-century London residence of the monarch.
"The Banqueting House ceiling is the most important painting set within an architectural context in England, and this sketch is the key to its composition," said David Starkey, a former history professor at the London School of Economics who now works as a broadcaster and writer. "The loss of the sketch would have been a fundamental betrayal of our national heritage."
The sketch had been in the family of late Anthony David Brand for two centuries. When he died in January, the family offered the museum the chance to buy the sketch at a discount for tax purposes.
The Dalai Lama will undergo surgery to remove a gallstone, a spokesman for the Tibetan spiritual leader said Friday.
The Dalai Lama was hospitalized in New Delhi early Friday, days after a medical checkup cleared him to resume foreign travel. His spokesman, Chhime R. Chhoekyapa, declined to provide further details, including when the surgery would take place, saying only "a gallstone will be removed."
The Dalai Lama arrived in the Indian capital Monday from Dharmsala, the north Indian hill town where he set up his government in exile after fleeing Tibet in 1959 following a failed uprising against Chinese rule. He was originally scheduled to be back in Dharmsala on Thursday.
A U.S. federal judge temporarily halted sales of RealNetworks Inc's RealDVD software, which allows users to copy DVDs, after Hollywood studios sued the company over copyright issues, court documents showed.
Judge Marilyn Hall Patel of the Northern District of California on Tuesday extended a temporary restraining order issued last week after the company and studios went to court.
RealDVD, a software product from RealNetworks subsidiary RealNetworks Home Entertainment Inc, allows users to create a copy of a DVD for their computer's internal or portable hard drive.
The Motion Picture Association of America, which represents Hollywood's major film and TV studios, says the software illegally bypasses copy-protection measures intended to prevent duplication of DVDs.
The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta draws thousands to Albuquerque, New Mexico each October to take in the awe-inspiring sight of hundreds of colorful balloons floating over the Rio Grande Valley for 10 days. Pilots travel from more than 25 countries for the annual event in the 'Hot Air Balloon Capital of the World.' Photo by Ron Berhmann.
Photo by Ron Berhmann
A woman who admitted fabricating a best-selling memoir about surviving the Holocaust by living with wolves cannot be sued by her former publisher because the lawsuit was filed too late, a Massachusetts judge ruled.
Middlesex Superior Court Judge Timothy Feeley on Tuesday dismissed the lawsuit filed by publisher Jane Daniel, saying she had missed a one-year statute of limitations.
Daniel sued Misha Defonseca, author of the 1997 book "Misha: A Memoire of the Holocaust Years," and her ghostwriter Vera Lee to overturn a $32.4 million court judgment they had won against her in an earlier fight over profits. Daniel argued that because the story was false, Defonseca "perpetrated a hoax" on the trial judge and the jury.
Feeley wrote in his ruling that the authenticity of the memoir was not an issue in the earlier court battle between Defonseca and Daniel.
A judge has ordered the 23-year-old son of actor Ryan O'Neal back to rehab weeks after he and his father were arrested on suspicion of drug possession.
Redmond O'Neal appeared in a Malibu courtroom Wednesday on a probation violation for a previous drug conviction.
Judge Scott Millington ordered O'Neal into a two-week detox program after he admitted he had relapsed, court records show.
He was sentenced to three years' probation in June after pleading guilty to heroin and methamphetamine possession.
A defendant had a hard time facing the music. Andrew Vactor was facing a $150 fine for playing rap music too loudly on his car stereo in July. But a judge offered to reduce that to $35 if Vactor spent 20 hours listening to classical music by the likes of Bach, Beethoven and Chopin.
Vactor, 24, lasted only about 15 minutes, a probation officer said.
It wasn't the music, Vactor said, he just needed to be at practice with the rest of the Urbana University basketball team.
Champaign County Municipal Court Judge Susan Fornof-Lippencott says the idea was to force Vactor to listen to something he might not prefer, just as other people had no choice but to listen to his loud rap music.
With the financial meltdown leaving many Americans wondering what a dollar is worth, one New York City artist has an answer - zero.
Painter and printmaker Laura Gilbert is passing out signed and numbered prints of the "Zero Dollar," which looks like a dollar bill except it has zeros in place of ones.
Gilbert distributed 10,000 of the fake greenbacks in front of the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday to call attention to the economic crisis gripping the nation. She says the artwork is meant to be a statement about "the destructive role of many financial institutions, inflation, and the decline of U.S. currency to the point of seeming worthlessness."
This image provided by Randy Runyon shows Charles Runyon, who played Chucko the Birthday Clown on television and hosted childrens birthday parties live on-air in Los Angeles in the 1960s. Charles Runyon died Saturday Oct. 4, 2008 in Grants Pass, Ore
Photo of courtesy of Randy Runyon
Lloyd Thaxton, the host of a popular Los Angeles TV dance show in the 1960s who memorably injected a visual zaniness into his daily rock 'n' roll party for teenagers, died Sunday. He was 81.
Thaxton, who later became the Emmy Award-winning producer and director of TV's long-running consumer advocacy program "Fight Back! With David Horowitz," died of multiple myeloma at his home in Studio City, said his wife, Barbara. He had been diagnosed with the disease in May.
A television personality from Toledo, Ohio, who arrived in Hollywood in 1957, Thaxton launched "Lloyd Thaxton's Record Shop" on KCOP-TV Channel 13 in 1959. The show featured records, guest stars and Thaxton's flair for humor.
Revamped and renamed "Thaxton's Hop" in 1962, the live, low-budget, late-afternoon program became such a hit with young Southern Californians that it was syndicated nationally in 1964.
Like "American Bandstand," Dick Clark's popular TV dance show out of Philadelphia that went national in 1957 on ABC-TV, what came to be called "The Lloyd Thaxton Show" featured teenagers dancing to records and guest appearances by top recording artists such as the Byrds, Jan and Dean, the Righteous Brothers, Sonny and Cher, and the Turtles.
Thaxton, who produced his dance program, would sign off by saying, "The name of the show is 'The Lloyd Thaxton Show,' and my name is Lloyd Thaxton."
To which the teen dancers in the studio would shout, "SO WHAT!"
During his peak as a TV dance show host in 1965, Thaxton's face appeared at the top of the newly launched Tiger Beat magazine (then known as "Lloyd Thaxton's Tiger Beat") for which he did a column.
The son of a newspaperman, Thaxton was born May 31, 1927, in Memphis. He grew up in Toledo and enlisted in the Navy after graduating from high school near the end of World War II.
Thaxton used the GI Bill to attend Northwestern University, where he graduated in 1950 with a degree in speech. He also participated in the university's radio, television and theater offerings. Thaxton launched his career in television in 1950 as a staff announcer at WSPD-TV in Toledo and soon was the host of "Leave It to Lloyd," a live afternoon show featuring guests, music and comedy.
Thaxton later was the host of the 1967 ABC game show "Everybody's Talking," "Showcase '68" (an NBC summer series spotlighting young entertainers) and the 1968-69 ABC game show "Funny You Should Ask." He also was a director on the 1990-94 ABC series "America's Funniest People," among other credits.
From 1976 to 1992, Thaxton produced and directed what became known as "Fight Back! With David Horowitz," for which he won five Emmys. Thaxton appeared on-camera as Dr. Freon and Dirty Moore in challenges of product claims, and he and Horowitz also did consumer segments for the "Today" show.
In addition to his second wife, Barbara, to whom he was married 39 years, Thaxton is survived by a daughter from his first marriage, country singer Jennifer Weatherly Wainwright; two stepsons from his first marriage, Lee and Robin Thaxton; and a grandson.
A combination picture shows undated handout photographs of the critically endangered native Sika Deer (top) and the Formosan Serow, a small mountain goat. As China prepares two endangered giant pandas for Taiwan as a symbol of warming ties, the island plans to send a rare goat-and-deer duo to its political rival, officials said on October 8, 2008. The combined names of the gift pandas mean "unite" while the names of Taiwan's goat-deer duo said together mean "forever."
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