Watching everyone run to and from their cars in all this rain got me thinking about a segment on MythBusters. Will running or walking in the rain keep your drier? Watch the video to find out!
With the 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony now running on HBO, there's definitely a marked difference between the haves and have-nots. Although Rush fans played a tremendous part in finally getting the band inducted into the Hall after being passed by every year since first becoming eligible in 1999 -- Kiss, who also first became eligible that year, are no closer to induction than they were then.
Kiss frontman Paul Stanley took time to salute the band's fans while taking a swipe at Rock Hall co-founderJann Wenner when asked if he ever sees a day when Kiss will be inducted, telling The Huffington Post, "Well, it depends on who lives longer, us or Jann Wenner. Look, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is marketing. You've got a bunch of faceless people in a back room who trademark a name that sounds very official. Well, if you had thought of it first, you would have been the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I am one of the biggest Laura Nyro fans. I still listen to that stuff incessantly. Laura Nyro does not belong in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Songwriter Hall of Fame? Absolutely."
He went on to plead his case, saying, "It's absurd for anybody to look around and hear the acts and artists who cite us as an inspiration, and then tell me that we're not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I would certainly accept on their (the fans) behalf because it seems to be a major sore spot for them, but I don't need the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
INTERNET COMMENTS at Ultimate Classic Rock -- agree or not?
Kiko Jones wrote: "'Look, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is marketing...' Hey, the guy whose band logo sells everything from funeral caskets to toilet paper would know, right?"
Steve Komito wrote: "The difference between Paul & the HOF on that issue is that Paul has never denied the marketing aspect and the HOF thinks of itself larger and more important than what it really is. Point to Stanley."
Brian Klonowski wrote "Randy Newman is in, and Kiss isn't. That's all that needs to be said. Jan Wenner is a putz."
Jeff Foster wrote: "The HOF is a joke, but Kiss doesn't belong there or anywhere with accomplished, talented musicians. They're a joke band and they always have been. If there's a business HOF, then maybe there. But definitely not anywhere with REAL musicians..."
Martin Winchester wrote: "Tell me why LL Cool J and Madonna are in there and not KISS"
Eric Turnbow wrote: "It is a sad comment for sure when The Beasty Boys, Public Enemy, Donna Summer and Madonna are in ROCK hall of fame and Kiss is not? WHAT? They like so overdue! They are the definition of Rock. Not disco or pop or rap."
Ian Norburg wrote: "I'm really torn on whether KISS should get in... On the one hand they have survived 40 years and that has to count for something, but on the other they're initial fame came from wearing the greasepaint and having the most energetic and wild stage show in the '70s. The music itself, pretty much, took a back seat. I know that when I first discovered KISS it was in an old Circus magazine (remember them?). I was entranced by these guys in makeup and their show just looked like nothing I'd ever seen before. When I finally heard them I was thinking more about what their stage show was like. Even when I finally saw a concert that was on HBO (I think it was from the "Destroyer" tour) I was too enthralled watching them than to pay attention to what was being played. To this day I feel they had one of the best stage shows in rock history. Once I got to the point where I could separate the music from the image and presentation I realized that musically they were kinda mediocre to good (though I still think "Parasite" is kick a$$). I pretty much came to the conclusion that if it wasn't for all the makeup, theatrics and explosions to back them up that 95 percent of the music that KISS was making, at that time (I'm not counting their post makeup '80s crap... In fact I don't think they even play any of that now), wouldn't stand up. Let's face it. How many of you that became KISS fans in the '70s heard the music before you even had any idea of the makeup and stage show? Would you have noticed if they didn't have all of that to back them up? If they ever get in it will be because of their image and presentation, not because of the music."
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- First milk, butter, coffee and cornmeal ran short. Now Venezuela is running out of the most basic of necessities — toilet paper.
Blaming political opponents for the shortfall, as it does for other shortages, the embattled socialist government says it will import 50 million rolls to boost supplies. That was little comfort to consumers struggling to find toilet paper on Wednesday.
"This is the last straw," said Manuel Fagundes, a shopper hunting for tissue in downtown Caracas. "I'm 71 years old and this is the first time I've seen this."
Two buddies out for a quail hunt in Texas got the surprise of their life when one lucky man managed to catch the small bird with his bare hand.
Pastor Matt Carter was enjoying some guy time with his friend, NFL quarterback Colt McCoy, when the astonishing episode occurred.
Video of the amazing feat has exploded on the web and has been viewed over 85,000 times on YouTube since it was uploaded to the site on Monday.
NEENAH, Wis. — It won't be long until Brett Favre and the Green Bay Packers are officially reunited in some way.
Nearly five years after the Packers traded a disgruntled Favre to the New York Jets, the franchise is getting ready to reach back out to the now-retired quarterback.
"We want to have (Favre) back in the family," Packers president and CEO Mark Murphy told FOXSportsWisconsin.com during the team's eighth-annual Tailgate Tour.
Massive sheets of moving ice have damaged or destroyed lakefront homes in northern Minnesota. No injuries were reported.
Video of the weather phenomenon shows an enormous sheet of ice that appears to be creeping forward, traveling about 15 feet to invade some multi-story homes at Izatys Resort, the community bordering Mille Lacs. The ice is seen pushing up against some homes.
A mysterious carcass washed ashore in New Zealand last week, fueling speculation about sea monsters and dinosaurs. The rotting animal was discovered by a group on four-wheel vehicles speeding along the beach in Bay of Plenty.
According to a story in New Zealand's Sun Live newspaper, "beachgoers were stumped when they came across what they thought was a prehistoric creature on the shore … stretching about 9 meters [30 feet] in length with large teeth and rudimentary flippers."
Keith Richards defends the Rolling Stones exorbitant ticket prices, which have forced many of the band's longtime followers to sit out the current 50 & Counting dates. The band is on the cover of the current issue of Rolling Stone, and Richards sheds light on how he can justify charging $600 and upwards for a two-and-a-half hour arena show, saying, "From my point of view, it's like this: We say we want to put a Stones tour together and people come to us with proposals. And these proposals are all basically the same. We actually did push down the prices a little bit. We took the lower offer, in other words. But, um, it's the price of the market. I don't really know. I don't have much to do with it other than I would like people to get in, to be able to afford to get in, without sort of starving their babies and all. And that's about it.
The Rolling Stones have just added a June 24th gig at Washington, D.C.'s Verizon Center, which will serve as the final North American date before the band heads back home to play three British shows.
Tickets for Washington, D.C. concert go on sale on Monday, May 13th at 10 a.m. EDT.
The Rolling Stones perform tonight (May 8th) in San Jose, California at HP Pavilion At San Jose.
IN OTHER ROLLING STONES NEWS
In response to the rumors that the Rolling Stones are running into trouble by out-pricing a large contingent of fans, John Meglen, co-president of AEG Live subsidiary Concerts West, told Billboard: "It's unfortunate in our business that everybody wants to be cynics. The fact is, the tour is doing great and we have no problems whatsoever." The band's current dates are expected to gross nearly $100 million, with Meglen claiming that over 20,000 $600 tickets were sold in Los Angeles across the four shows.
With industry whispers pointing at the fact that some Stones seats were available for as low as $85 dollars due to the top-tiered tickets going unsold, Meglen explained: "Did we hit a point where we ran out of people that would buy at $600? Yeah. But why can't we do the 'market value' thing? Why do we have to let the market value proposition live with the scalpers? Why should, in my estimation, $3 million go to the brokers, instead of the artists, in every one of these markets?"
He may be too young to walk, but it seems he may have already found his sea legs. Seven-month-old Ryder Blair seems to be having a whale of a time as he 'learns to water ski'. In the video posted to Youtube, the smiling baby can be seen gripping on tightly to the learner ski in Lake Dyer, Queensland.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2320420/Hes-sea-legs-Seven-month-old-baby-young-walk-learns-water-ski.html#ixzz2ScpE3kn9
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NEW YORK (AP) -- It's a diplomatic failure at the highest level: Bill Clinton couldn't get Led Zeppelin to reunite.
The CBS "60 Minutes Overtime" webcast reported Monday that the former president was enlisted to ask the British rock gods to get back together last year for the Superstorm Sandy benefit concert in New York City. He asked, they said no.
David Saltzman of the Robin Hood Foundation says he and film executive Harvey Weinstein flew to Washington to ask Clinton to make the plea. Led Zeppelin's surviving members Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and Jimmy Page were in Washington just before the Sandy concert for the Kennedy Center Honors.
Led Zeppelin last played publicly at a one-night reunion in London in 2007.
When the Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Minnesota Wild in Game 1 of the Western Conference Quarterfinals on Tuesday night, you could sense the ecstasy wash over them after their overtime game winner. Then again, according to Susannah Collins of CSN Chicago, the Hawks have had their share of ecstasy this season. A tremendous amount:
A shocking video shows that moment two cyclists were knocked down by a motorcyclist during a scenic ride that went badly awry.
The pair were left screaming in agony and had to be taken away in an ambulance after the crash along a stretch of Mulholland Highway outside Los Angeles, California.
Footage of the crash was recorded by motorcycle enthusiast and videographer Ken Snyder and posted to YouTube the next day.
Watching everyone run to and from their cars in all this rain got me thinking about a segment on MythBusters. Will running or walking in the rain keep your drier? Watch the video to find out!
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Kelly Nash, Sun Sports Rays Reporter, Takes Amazing Self-Portrait in Boston
Here is wide version before Instagram cropping. Sorry, I have better things to do than to Photoshop a ball into pics...
A breathalyser app that can automatically post results to Facebook or Twitter has been launched. While critics say the BACtrack mobile breathalyser could encourage drinking games, the firm behind it claims it will help users 'understand how alcohol...
STRIPPER POSTS PIC OF $3,345 IN CASH: A Reddit user who goes by "Menagerii" posted the following picture to the site with the caption, "From now on when people ask me why I'm a stripper, I'm just going to show them this picture (one day of...
While rumors have been swirling for weeks that their marriage is on the rocks, Sharon Osbourne has finally decided to set the record straight about her relationship with Ozzy.
A 19-year-old who was on a Make-A-Wish Foundation trip to Hawaii caught a 759-pound Marlin with the help of a boat crew. Sterling Ellis is in remission from Hodgkin's lymphoma but was sent to Hawaii through the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Captain Karl...
Thousands of students at the University of California - Santa Cruz gather on campus on April 20 every year to celebrate '4-20' by lighting up marijuana at 4.20pm. One student went farther than most on Saturday when he unveiled a massive...
Famed Photographer NEAL PRESTON!
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Never mind the car radio! Bus transformed into a giant stereo is up for sale - but is your music collection big enough?
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Here is a post Ozzy put on his Facebook today -
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Attention citizens of Planet Earth!
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The Rolling Stones have announced the initial dates for their 2013 50 & Counting tour. The band -- Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, and Ron Wood -- so far have nine North American stops on their itinerary in addition to their two UK...
newspaper, "beachgoers were stumped when they came across what they thought was a prehistoric creature on the shore … stretching about 9 meters [30 feet] in length with large teeth and rudimentary flippers."
