On This Date, March 19th in 1982: Ozzy Osbourne’s guitarist Randy Rhoads died in a plane crash in Leesburg, FL when the plane crashed into Osbourne’s tour bus. The pilot Andrew Aycock – who caused the crash by trying to “buzz” the top of the bus as a prank – and hairdresser Rachel Youngblood were also killed. Rhoads was 25 years old.
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Monthly Archives: March 2011
Pink Thing of the Day: Pink Vespa
Artist Jeanne Wilkinson sent me this photo of a very cool Pink Vespa motor scooter taken by her in Amsterdam. Jeanne and her husband Frank (who is also an artist) are currently vacationing in Europe and blogging about it Here, if you’d like to see more of Jeanne’s beautiful photos and read about their adventures! Thanks Jeanne!
Punch Me Panda: The Video!
Photo and Video By Geoffrey Dicker
Geoffrey follows the Twitter feed of performance artist Nate Hill. As part of his “Best Art Show 2011″ project, Nate is known for Tweeting a specific location, at which he will show up at a predetermined time and share his latest inspired performance with the unsuspecting people of NYC. Gonzo! As a prelude to our semi-regular Thursday night art crawl, Geoffrey suggested that we meet up at the corner of Barclay and Broadway, just outside City Hall Park, at 5:30 PM, where Nate would show up as “Punch Me Panda.” Neither one of us had any idea what this meant, but we agreed it would be a fun surprise.
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Green Thing of The Day: Flock of Shamrocks
Happy St Patrick’s Day! Try not to fall down in the gutter or barf on your shoes, or on anyone else!
The Smiths Refuse to Reunite for Hipsters
On This Date, March 17th in 2006: The Smiths turned down a $5 million offer to reunite as headliners of the Coachella Festival in California. Good for them.