A Few Fast Facts (and the ForeFront)
Man, I’ve got some rock-crazy whiskerlickers (to the uninitiated: cats. Opposite of “dogs”) here. Y’see, whenever the Relic revs up his roster of rock on the PC, I get Dudette, TLC and Lucy Furr climbin’ up m’legs and crash near the speakers (they’re not declawed, natch … and neither are the kittens!)
Anywayyyyy … let’s get on with the post:
DIDJA KNOW THAT …
The first hit from Tex-Mex hitters The Sir Douglas Quintet was actually named in response to censors? Yep. Y’see, Doug Sahm was performing in a club with the SDQ and saw a couple dancin’. He had an idea for a song about the girl’s, er, gyrations and came up with She’s A Body Mover. But, because “body mover” was considered vulgar (except for morticians, I assume …), he changed it to the soundalike “She’s About A Mover”.
Disco diva (now, there’s an overworked description!) Donna Summer actually got her name … from a typo on her record label? Yep … real name: Donna Sommer! By the time it was caught, she’d gotten her fanbase … so she changed her name to the label’s spelling!
When the Beatles played the Ed Sullivan Show for the first time, over 50,000 fans applied for the 750 audience seats? Or that, during the hour of that show on Feb. 9, 1964, not one major teenage crime was reported anywhere in America? Ah, the power of rock!
That John Lennon didn’t change his middle name from “Winston” to “Ono” strictly out of love for Yoko? He did it, more so, because he disliked former PM Winston Churchill (after whom he was named) so much!
IN THE FORE-FRONT
According to the RelicMail, the lads are finally gettin’ some well-deserved recognition over here! But, y’know, I forgot to add somethin’ to the mix in the last post. See, I gave ya their website as well as a link to the Rare and Unseen: The Beatles site … but didn’t add their MySpace pages for ya!
So, for all you ForeFronters who wanna learn more about the guys, check out Luke’s, Simon’s and Matt’s pages (awww, don’t worry … I’ll getcha more about Spencer soon!).
Now, watch this space next go’round for new and exciting updates!
UPDATE ON PETE DINTINO
Here’s his angel-daughter, Lin’s, entry from Sunday:
“I hope everyone’s Easter was great. Just wanted to give you a little update. They found a blood clot in dad’s lower left lobe in his left lung. The doctors found it accidently when they reviewed the CT scan. The fact that they were even looking at the CT scan again is unfounded, the doctor said that she didn’t know why they even took a second look at it but they were sure glad they did (of course we know why). It is a small one but they reacted quickly and aggressively. They gave him double the normal dose of flagmen (10,000 vs. 5,000) and did an ultrasound of his legs. The preliminary report came back negative but they won’t know anything for sure until tomorrow. They did the ultra sound of his legs just to see if that’s where the clot originated from and to see if it had moved. They said this is common in patients when they have gone through what he has. They aren’t very worried about it but he will have to be on Coumadin for 6 months just to make sure he doesn’t form any others. Obviously this isn’t good but none the less common. He just needs to become more active, which will help his body absorb the clot and prevent him from forming new ones. He was also moved down to the 4th floor. This is just temporary until he moves to the 5th floor for rehab, which will hopefully be this week. Well each day and each new event shows us that God works in mysterious ways! I will update tomorrow as soon as I talk to the doctors. Love Lin”
Hey … keep prayin’, Rockaholics!! We’re seein’ a miracle in progress!.
Well, I gotta load o’papers to go through here at the afternoon RockDesk, so, until later this evening, remember: Keep your eyes on the skies, your feet on the ground, your heart with the music (and Pete) … and I’ll see ya on the flip side!
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