Walter Tunis: Blues institution Pinetop Perkins can't stop playing (McClatchy Newspapers)
Leave it to Pinetop Perkins to court two audiences at a single show. On one side of the stage at a Lexington concert in 1994 was Bill Payne, keyboardist and founding member of the co-billed Little Feat. On the other was an enthusiastic outdoor crowd that cheered on Perkins' ageless boogie-woogie piano rolls and bold blues phrasings.
Will Harris: A Chat with Chris Joannou, Silverchair bassist (bullz-eye.com)
"A lot of people were into 'Frogstomp' and 'Freakshow' and might've missed a record or two, and all of a sudden, 'Young Modern' comes out, and there's been this dramatic change. But I think if you listen to the albums in consecutive order, it seems to make a lot of sense."
A: Became the second man to reach the South Pole
B: Became Vice President
C: Invented the Comptometer
D: Survived going over Niagara Falls
E: Took over the State of Maryland Rhode Island*Source
Charlie was first, and correct, with:
I may be missing something, "Dorr's Rebellion" was an attempt to take over Rhode Island, so I'll say:
E: Took over the State of Maryland Rhode Island
Chuck responded:
E. took over the State of Maryland.
Sally said:
The only "Thomas Dorr's' that I know of are the Bush appointee, USDA˘s undersecretary for rural development, Dorr (but the vote for his appointment didn˘t come until Dorr delivered a written apology for past violations of federal subsidy rules and remarks that were racially insensitive) and Thomas W Dorr who lead a rebellion to overturn the State government of Rhode Island (Circa 1840). Oh, and
Dorr Eugene Felt invented a key-driven calculating device, called the Comptometer...
So, Mr BCook, you got me here...
PS: The P/grandson, his friend (both 8 year olds), and myself made the baseball, "All Star" parade yesterday in high heat, but low humidity... The police allowed the kids to scoot to the curb on 6th Ave (NYC) for a better view (great for them, a bit scary for gamma). I took the boys back home with me so that Mom & Dad could attend the game! The boys fell asleep in front of the TV around 11 PM, because the game lasted almost FIVE hours! Luckily, I taped it, and the boys had it on first thing this morning. They have been outside playing ball all morning, and I just forced them inside for lunch. I am rushing to take them home on the bus - in the heat - but, that's what gamma's do... Enjoy your kids, readers, your time with them goes fast, and pretty soon they are all grown up and can take the bus themselves - but, I wouldn't have missed these days for anything :)
Joe S answered:
None of the above. Thomas Wilson Dorr led Dorr's Rebellion in the state of Rhode Island.
Thomas Wilson Dorr
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia | Date: 2007
(born Nov. 5, 1805, Providence, R.I., U.S.-died Dec. 27, 1854, Providence) U.S. politician. From 1834 he served in the Rhode Island legislature, where he tried to introduce constitutional reform to expand white manhood suffrage. In 1841 he organized the People's Party, which held elections and installed Dorr as governor in 1842. The existing government refused to recognize his authority, labeling the action "Dorr's Rebellion." The state had two governments until 1844, when Dorr was tried for treason; though given a life sentence, he was released in 1845.
P.S. I forgot to participate in yesterday's quiz, but I knew the answer. I KNEW THE ANSWER. yes I did.
Vic in AK replied:
I don't even have a clue but here's some Anagrams of his name, do i get partial credit?
Hoard Storm
Hard Motors
Shard Motor
Ramrod Hots
Ramrod Shot
Ramrod Host
And, Joe Bacon wrote:
Marty, I thought Thomas Dorr ran Dorr's rebellion in Rhode Island
Well, he tried it with a smaller state. My ancestor Nathaniel Bacon
did the same thing in Virginia when it was a colony. (Bacon's
Rebellion). Sadly, if he tried it today, he'd get nowhere. Amazing how
apathetic people are so many have given up :-(
*Our Economic Incentive advance on next year's tax refund finally arrived and we impulsively decided to celebrate by venturing behind the Orange Curtain for a visit to the OC Fair.
Didn't get anything done on the page before we left, so it was a late, late night.
Guess I wasn't paying enough attention and typed the wrong state in Buzzcook's question about Thomas Dorr.
Management regrets the error. : )
We had a wonderful time at the fair, but, jeez, I'm stiff and sore today.
Romeo and Juliet… "WALL-E" isn't….but sweet and romantic…"WALL-E" is!
For the last 700 years WALL-E (acronym for Waste Allotment Load-Lifter-Earth- Class)
A solar powered robotic trash compactor has been building skyscrapers out of 2 foot cubes he creates by putting junk in his belly box and compacting and stacking….an amazing feat….but whether he knew it or not WALL-E was lonely…
Every night when the sun went down WALL-E would wheel his way back to his metal container….watch old movies from the 1960's and then turn in.
One day a monstrous space ship lands and drops a sleek white (blue-eyed) robotic probe in the debris and then departs…..
WALL-E is curious and tries to make friends (I think he is smitten with bright alabaster shape of the probe)….after a few missed laser zaps, WALL-E finds out the probe is friendly…and her name is EVE…..
Well believe it or not, WALL-E and EVE fall in love…how is this possible???? They can hold hands…..and man is it cute…and WALL-E has a special gift for EVE….it is a small living plant that he found (a sign that Earth can once again support life)
Then one day the space ship returns to take EVE back……and WALL-E sneaks on board….with the plant.
They travel out into space and land on an orbiting ship called the AXIOM…where former human inhabitants of Earth have been living for the last 700 years…waiting to return….when the Earth can once again support life…the trouble is that all these humans have evolved into huge helpless hover lounge living blobs…..
Will WALL-E Save the World?
The rest of the story takes place on the AXIOM and there are a lot of Chase Scenes……can WALL-E and EVE save the humans and themselves from the evil programmed Space Ship Robots??? Will the Humans be able to return to Earth??? Can WALL-E and EVE ever find true love ????
Go to your local theater and find out !
Purple Gene gives "WALL-E" 9 "See this on the Big Screen" cheers out of 10 for being completely charming.
P.S. Sound Wizard Ben Burtt went to many junk yards to sample sounds for the movie….listen closely.
CBS opens the night with a FRESH'Greatest American Dog', followed by a RERUN'CSI: The Original One', then a FRESH'Swingtown'.
Scheduled on a FRESHDave are Ricky Gervais and John Mellencamp.
Scheduled on a FRESHCraig are Jet Li and Rita Rudner.
NBC begins the night with a FRESH 2-hour 'Last Comic Standing', followed by a FRESH'Fear Itself'.
Scheduled on a FRESHLeno are David Spade, Jordana Spiro, and Coldplay.
Scheduled on a FRESHConan are Aaron Eckhart, Caroline Rhea, and Dr. Dog.
On a RERUNCarson 'The Scab' Daly (from 4/29/08) are Chelsea Handler and Serj Tankian.
ABC starts the night with a RERUN'Ugly Betty', followed by a RERUN'Grey's Anatomy', then a FRESH'Hopkins'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel are Justin Timberlake, Kim Kardashian, and Cool Kids.
The CW offers a RERUN'Smallville', followed by a RERUN'Supernatural'.
Faux has a FRESH'Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?', followed by a FRESH'So You Think You Can Dance'.
MY fills the night with the movie 'Kingpin'.
A&E has 'CSI: The 2nd One', 'The First 48''The First 48', and still another 'The First 48'.
AMC offers the movie 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day', followed by the movie 'Jaws', then the movie 'Jaw 2'.
BBC -
[12:00 PM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 16
[12:30 PM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 17
[1:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep. 2 Glass House
[2:00 PM] Cash in the Attic - Ep. 1 Allen
[3:00 PM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 16 France 14
[3:30 PM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 17 Derby 4
[4:00 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 1
[4:30 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 2
[5:00 PM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 18
[5:30 PM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 1
[6:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 2 D-Place
[7:00 PM] BBC World News America
[8:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep. 2 Glass House
[9:00 PM] Dragons' Den - Episode 2
[10:00 PM] BBC World News America
[11:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep. 2 Glass House
[12:00 AM] Dragons' Den - Episode 2
[1:00 AM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep. 2 Glass House
[2:00 AM] Dragons' Den - Episode 2
[3:00 AM] The Graham Norton Show - Ep 14 Andrew Lloyd-Webber and Matt Lucas
[4:00 AM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 16 France 14
[4:30 AM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 17 Derby 4
[5:00 AM] Cash in the Attic - Ep. 8 Anthony
[5:30 AM] Cash in the Attic - Ep. 9 Hawkridge
[6:00 AM] BBC World News (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has 'Shear Genius', 'Kathy Griffin: Everybody Can Suck It', 'Project Runway', and a FRESH'Kathy Griffin: My Life On The D-List'.
Comedy Central has 'Scrubs', another 'Scrubs', last night's 'Jon Stewart', last night's 'Colbert Report', 'Futurama', 'South Park', followed by the SERIES PREMIERE'Gong Show With Dave Attell', then the SERIES PREMIERE'Reality Bites Back'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJon Stewart is Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Scheduled on a FRESHColbert Report is Elizabeth Edwards.
FX has the movie 'Alien Vs Predator', followed by the movie 'Batman Begns'.
History has 'Modern Marvels', another 'Modern Marvels', still another 'Modern Marvels', and a FRESH'The Works'.
IFC -
[06:35 AM] House of D
[08:15 AM] American Heart
[10:15 AM] The Bad Sleep Well
[12:50 PM] House of D
[02:30 PM] American Heart
[04:30 PM] The Bad Sleep Well
[07:05 PM] Primer
[08:30 PM] Samurai 7 Episode #3: The Entertainer
[09:00 PM] The Dogs of War
[10:50 PM] IFC In Theaters
[11:00 PM] Streamers
[01:00 AM] The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
[02:30 AM] The Dogs of War
[04:20 AM] Media Lab Shorts Uploaded
[04:35 AM] Primer (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[05:00 AM] Seven-Per-Cent Solution
[07:00 AM] Radiant City
[08:30 AM] The Danish Poet
[09:00 AM] Part 6
[10:00 AM] Stagedoor
[11:30 AM] Ginger and Cinnamon
[01:15 PM] King of the Hill
[03:00 PM] The Man Who Cried
[05:00 PM] The Tiger and the Snow
[07:00 PM] The Event
[09:00 PM] Episode 10
[10:00 PM] Sheryl Crow, Hard-Fi & Diana Krall
[11:00 PM] Mario Batali on Michael Stipe
[12:00 AM] Episode 10
[01:00 AM] Part 6
[02:00 AM] Episode 10
[03:00 AM] Robert Redford on Paul Newman
[04:00 AM] Episode 6 - Los Angeles, Part 1
[04:30 AM] Episode 7 - Los Angeles, Part 2
[05:00 AM] Ginger and Cinnamon (ALL TIMES EST)
U.S. singer songwriter, Joan Baez performs on stage at the old town Sarajevo during The Nights of Bascarsija Festival in Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina, late Wednesday, July 16, 2008. Baez returned to Bosnian capital 15-years after her first show in the, then besiged, Sarajevo, in 1993.
Photo by Hidajet Delic
Filmmakers looking for an ape may be left scratching their heads after Hollywood's sole supplier of orangutans decided to quit renting them out and send six of them to an Iowa sanctuary, the facility's owner said on Wednesday.
Steve Martin's Working Wildlife of Los Angeles has said it will stop providing the fast-disappearing creatures to the entertainment industry, a practice that conservationists have long condemned, according to the Great Ape Trust of Iowa.
The owner of Steve Martin's Working Wildlife, who is not related to the U.S. comic actor, is pleased that his six trained orangutans will have a new home with ample opportunities to socialize, the ape trust said.
Rocky, 3, and his 19-year-old mother, Katy, arrived at the Des Moines research center over the weekend. Four more will follow in the coming months, joining three resident orangutans along with a cast of bonobos, chimpanzees and gorillas.
One of Jimi Hendrix's favorite guitars, set alight on a London stage more than 40 years ago and thought to have been lost forever, is to be auctioned later this year.
The guitar, a 1965 Fender Stratocaster, was famously doused with lighter fuel and set alight by the rock legend during a one-off performance at London's Finsbury Astoria in March 1967.
Hendrix had to be rushed to hospital with minor burns to his hands after the stunt, and the guitar, slightly damaged along the neck and pickboard, was recovered by his staff.
The guitar is among a range of rock memorabilia to be auctioned by the Fame Bureau in London on September 4th. It has an estimate of 500,000 pounds ($999,000). Other lots include The Doors frontman Jim Morrison's last notebook of poems.
Mary Steenburgen, a cast member in the film 'Step Brothers,' poses alongside her husband, actor Ted Danson, at the premiere of the film in Los Angeles, Tuesday, July 15, 2008.
Photo by Chris Pizzello
A comedy bit involving Jimmy Kimmel and ABC Entertainment President Stephen McPherson drew laughs Wednesday from the Television Critics Association, but McPherson acknowledged ABC's possible interest in Leno after he turns NBC's "Tonight" over to Conan O'Brien in 2009.
ABC had just opened a Q&A session among McPherson and reporters when Kimmel, who stood among the press corps and introduced himself as a newspaper reporter from Sarasota, Fla., popped off.
"There are rumors that ABC is actively courting Jay Leno for 11:30 p.m. Is there any truth to those rumors?" Kimmel said, quickly following that with a question about how McPherson's name was pronounced.
Then, after tweaking McPherson about his carefully groomed hair, Kimmel threw out the final punch lines: "Are you at all afraid that if you do replace Jimmy Kimmel he might do something crazy to you or your car?"
William Petersen is leaving "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," a move that might have fans of his brainy crimebuster Gil Grissom screaming bloody murder.
Petersen has agreed to return for occasional guest appearances and will remain a "CSI" executive producer but his run as an original cast member will end this coming season, executive producers Carol Mendelsohn and Naren Shankar said Tuesday.
The air date for his final episode, the season's 10th, has yet to be determined but probably will be at the beginning of 2009, the producers said. The series debuted in fall 2000.
The decision to leave was Petersen's, the producers said, declining further comment. A call to Petersen's publicist was not returned Tuesday.
The red Steinway grand piano used by Lang Lang at Tuesday night's New York Philharmonic concert in Central Park can be yours, but be prepared to open your wallet.
The 9-foot piano is on the auction block to raise money for the American Red Cross China Earthquake Relief Fund, Lang Lang announced to the crowd of about 63,000 that heard him play Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto.
The Steinway Model D Concert Grand was completed this year and is one of only two in the world. Lang Lang's performance Tuesday night was its first in a major classical concert.
The auction opens Thursday on the pianist's Web site, langlang.com, and runs through midnight July 31.
'The X-Files' television series creators Chris Carter, right, and Frank Spotnitz, left, present a collection of objects from the show that where donated to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Wednesday, July 16, 2008, in Washington.
Photo by Pablo Martinez Monsivais
Gene Simmons, the tongue-wagging co-founder and frontman for the heavy metal rock band Kiss, is trying his hand at a gentler form of music -- jingles.
CBS has tapped Simmons to judge the reality show "Jingles," the latest TV series from Mark Burnett, the executive producer behind hits like "Survivor" and "The Apprentice," the network announced on Wednesday.
The show will be hosted by Kimberly Caldwell, a former contestant on the blockbuster Fox hit "American Idol," while advertising executives Linda Kaplan Thaler and Julie Roehm will join Simmons as judges.
Lou Pearlman and federal authorities have finally agreed on how much the former boy band promoter swindled from banks and investors in a decades-long scam: a staggering $300 million.
That's how much creator of the Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync will have to repay, at a minimum, for restitution on the fraud conviction for which he's serving a 25-year prison sentence.
It will be difficult for Pearlman to repay all the money while he is behind bars. Pearlman made millions in the record industry in the 1990s, but investigators have found that money and more seemingly gone with the collapse of his Ponzi scheme.
He's been allowed to manage - at arm's length - the few remaining music acts he still has. He could also offer wages from whatever job he gets in federal prison, ranging from 12 cents an hour to $1.15 an hour for top-scale factory work.
'Scrubs' executive producer Bill Lawrence, center, makes a point as cast members Zach Braff, left, and Sarah Chalke look on during the Television Critics Association ABC summer press tour in Beverly Hills, Calif., Wednesday, July 16, 2008.
Photo by Chris Pizzello
Nate Dogg pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges of stalking and threatening his estranged wife, and a court commissioner doubled his bail.
The rapper, whose real name is Nathaniel Dwayne Hale, appeared in a Compton courtroom in a wheelchair Wednesday morning. His attorney says he remains in treatment after suffering a stroke and requested that Hale remain free so he can continue rehabilitation.
Prosecutors, however, say the incidents that resulted in Hale's arrest last month occurred after his stroke and they think he still poses a threat.
Hale was arraigned Wednesday on charges of making criminal threats, stalking and a misdemeanor charge of driving while his license was suspended for a drunken driving violation. He pleaded not guilty, and the commissioner doubled Hale's bail to $100,000 and ordered him to stay away from his wife.
Barenaked Ladies singer and guitarist Steven Page faces a cocaine possession charge after his arrest while visiting two woman at their suburban Syracuse apartment.
Page, 38, of Toronto, was charged with fourth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a felony that carries a maximum penalty of up to 15 years in prison, Manlius police Capt. Bill Bleyle said Wednesday.
Just after 2 a.m., Manlius officers on patrol found a car parked across the sidewalk with its driver's side door open outside the apartment. An officer looked up the license plate and saw it was registered to that address, Bleyle said.
As officers approached the house, they saw Page and Stephanie Ford, 25, at the kitchen table with a white capsule that later tested positive for cocaine, Bleyle said. Ford, who shared the apartment with Benedicto, was also charged with fourth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance as well as unlawful possession of marijuana, a violation.
Andy Dick was arrested early Wednesday for investigation of drug use and sexual battery after the comedian allegedly pulled down a teenager's top, police said.
Police were called to the Buffalo Wild Wings in Murrieta at about 1:13 a.m. to investigate a report of "an intoxicated male" urinating outside the bar and causing a disturbance, according to a police statement.
When they arrived, a 17-year-old girl told police that she was outside when Dick left the bar, walked up, "grabbed her tank top and bra and pulled them down and exposed her breasts," the statement said.
Marijuana and the drug Xanax were found his pants pockets during a search and he appeared "extremely intoxicated," police said.
The case started quietly, when a Muslim woman who sheaths herself in a head-to-toe veil was denied French citizenship because she had not assimilated enough into this society. France's highest body upheld the decision, and politicians across the spectrum agreed it was the right move.
French officialdom has struggled to instill secular traditions in Muslim immigrant communities, passing a law in 2004 barring the Islamic headscarf and other highly visible religious symbols from public schools. Proponents of that law welcomed the decision denying citizenship to Faiza X, who wears a niqab, or full-body veil, to her meetings with immigration officials.
The council's ruling did not refer to Faiza's niqab, which she said she adopted after arriving in France from her native Morocco, according to a report from a government commissioner to the Council.
The woman told immigration officials that she did not know anything about secularism or her right to vote, according to the commissioner's report. All the immigration officials handling her case were women. They asked her to remove her veil to identify herself, which she did only when no men were in the room, the report said.
"She lives in total submission to the men in her family ... and the idea of contesting this submission doesn't even occur to her," the government report said.
In this image released by the American Ballet Theater, Nina Ananiashvili performs during Giselle, on July 11, 2008 at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.
The daughter-in-law of op art pioneer Viktor Vasarely was charged with burglary and theft after being caught removing hundreds of thousands of dollars in art work from a storage facility in Chicago, prosecutors said Wednesday.
Michele Taburno-Vasarely insists that the paintings she tried to take, some by her famous father-in-law, actually belong to her and said she would be vindicated at trial.
The gallery owner, Thomas Monahan, said he had been storing thousands of pieces for Taburno-Vasarely but became concerned about their provenance when he heard of an inquiry currently under way in France.
Vasarely's family was awarded custody of much of his work in a 1995 decision that a foundation he established in 1971 is currently trying to overturn.
Nearly all of the 1,300 original works and 18,000 silkscreen prints donated to the foundation have disappeared.
They call this koala bear "lucky." The 3-year-old male koala was struck by a car and carried for seven miles with his head and arm wedged through the vehicle's front grill, but was not badly hurt.
Staff members at the Australian Wildlife Hospital in Queensland state dubbed him Ely "Lucky" Grills, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported on Tuesday.
"He was very flat and unresponsive for a couple of hours, but (after) a bit of TLC and some feed and some fluids - and a bit of pain relief because obviously he would have had a headache - he was up and eating and doing really well," hospital manager Gail Gipp told ABC.
A 108-year-old Australian woman who was promoted as the world's oldest blogger has died two weeks after making her last post about "singing a happy song," her great-grand son and her online forum said.
Riley "passed away peacefully on Saturday, July 12," a posting on her Web site said. No cause of death was given. "She will be mourned by thousands of Internet friends and hundreds of descendants and other relatives."
She entered a nursing home in Woy Woy, 50 miles north of Sydney, last month, from where she blogged about having a bad cough and feeling weak.
In her last entry, on June 26, Riley thanked supporters for "a whole swag of e-mails and comments from my Internet friends" and described meeting a new friend in the bed next to her.
Born in the remote mining town of Broken Hill in 1899, Riley blogged regularly in the last year of her life about growing up in the Outback, raising three children and working as a farm cook and bartender earlier in her life.
Five-day-old Green Anacondas are placed in a pail at the National Zoological Gardens in Colombo July 16, 2008. The snake's mother, who was brought to Sri Lanka from the Czech Republic five years ago, had given birth to 23 baby anacondas but only 20 of them survived, zoo officials said. All were born within one hour of each other.
Photo by Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi
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