I often give all the wretched reality shows a hard time on this blog, but Discovery Channel’s Deadliest Catch has been one of my favorite shows on TV since it started back in 2005. It’s kind of hard to pinpoint the appeal of watching someone else do physically demanding manual labor, or to put its popularity into perspective. [...]
Lester “Les” Paul was the inventor of the solid-body electric guitar, which makes him one of the most innovative figures in rock n’ roll history. This musical icon passed away today in White Plains, NY from complications he encountered while dealing with pneumonia, Paul was 94 years old. In the 1930′s, Les Paul became bored with acoustic guitars and began experimenting with [...]
John Hughes is one of my favorite comedy writers/directors/producers of all-time, so I was sad to read that he passed away today at the age of 59. Hughes got his start in Chicago writing copy for advertisements, and his first foray into comedy involved selling jokes to well-known acts like Rodney Dangerfield and writing satirical articles for National Lampoon Magazine. Hughes began to [...]
Michael Jackson is still dead, at least for now anyways. Whereas his 11 year old daughter, Paris, apparently is real and normal looking – judging by the gratuitous photos of her shedding tears, like a hairy Parisian does a Speedo. The whole public funeral seemed extremely weird to me however, even in Michael Jackson terms. First, who has a funeral where [...]
