Happy Birthday, Jim Morrison!
December 8th, 2009Jim Morrison, singer for The Doors would have been 66 years old today. Never Miss a Rad Post: Follow The Worleygig on Networked Blogs!
Archive for December, 2009
A Good Day to Die, Part 2: Remembering Nicholas Dingley, John Lennon and Darrell Abbott
December 8th, 2009On This Date in 1980: John Lennon was murdered outside of the Dakota building in New York City where he was living. Mark David Chapman murdered Lennon as he signed an autograph for Chapman. John Lennon was 40 years old. Nick’s Favorite Drummer was Neal Smith of Alice Cooper In 1984: Inebriated Motley Crue singer [...]
Mystery Date Vintage TV Commercial
December 7th, 2009Oh, wow! I remember seeing this Mystery Date board game commercial when I was a wee lass, because I am one hundred years old. If only dating in real life were as much fun as they make it seem in this game. *Sigh*
Nothing Says “Christmas Rocks Very Hard” Quite Like The Roadrunner Records Holiday Party!
December 4th, 2009“Merry Christmas” It is no secret that the music industry does not throw parties like they used to ten or even five years ago. Those glorious days of the full buffet, open bar and name acts that don’t suck playing sets of rocking music for your enjoyment, are over, baby. At least we have our [...]
Remembering Frank Zappa
December 4th, 2009Image Source On This Date in 1993: Frank Zappa died of prostate cancer at his home in Los Angeles with his wife Gail and children, Moon Unit, Dweezil, Ahmet and Diva, at his side. He was 52 years old. In the image above, Zappa poses with his parents in the living room of his Los [...]
Teenage Wasteland
December 3rd, 2009On This Date in 1979: At a concert by The Who held at Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati, eleven people were trampled to death after a stampede to claim general admission seats. It was the saddest day in rock, ever. The tragedy was later memorialized in a very sobering episode of the TV show WKRP in Cincinnati.
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