Tracy Morgan's Poor Judgment and Poor Eye Sight

Funny Man Tracy Morgan's Take On Sarah Palin

TNT, the network that unwittingly broadcasted Tracy Morgan's ungentlemanly remark about Sarah Palin, has issued an apology.

 

 

 

From Entertainment Weekly -- TNT has released a statement, apologizing for Tracy Morgan’s crude remark about Sarah Palin on last night’s Inside the NBA pregame show:"'It’s unfortunate Mr. Morgan showed a lack of judgment on our air with his inappropriate comments. We apologize for any embarrassment or offense it may have caused."

During yesterday’s live broadcast, co-hosts Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley handed 30 Rock‘s Morgan a microphone and asked him to settle a bet: Tina Fey or Sarah Palin? “Me and him have this argument all the time, ” crowed Smith, referring to Barkley. “[Morgan's] the only one who can settle it. Tina Fey or Sarah Palin?” They were clearly not asking which woman was smarter or faster in a race.

Morgan responded as he would if he were on stage. “Yo, let me tell you something about Sarah Palin. She’s good masturbation material.” Co-host Ernie Johnson quickly pulled down the curtain, saying “I want to thank Tracy Morgan for stopping by.” See the video

TNT did well to apologize. Mr. Morgan showed very poor judgment and his statement about Ms. Palin calls one to question his eyesight.

Gladys Horton, R.I.P.

The music from ones early years and youth is often the music which is the strongest in ones memory. The memories of ones youth are often connected to the music one heard or listened to and liked. I liked Rock'Roll. The early rhythm, the beat.

Wednesday , the 26 of January, in Sherman Oaks, Calif., Detroit native, Motown legend, Gladys Horton, the co-founder and lead singer of the Marvelettes died. She was sixty six.. The cause of death were complications from a stroke in 2010,

Motown owned Rock'Roll. Owned it because they made the most of it. Owned it because they had the best stars. Often people from the streets of Detroit and its suburbs, who had talent, set the true standards for Rock'n Roll. Gladys Horton was fifteen when she recorded the classic, "Please Mr. Postman." She had a powerful voice, a wonderful Rock'n Roll voice. She set a high standard for vocal female rock singers to follow. Her other great songs include "Too Many Fishes in the Sea."

Yes, I liked / I still like Rock'n Roll. I like listening to the old Motown recordings. I like the Marvelettes. The music is still good today. It is simply, marvelously entertaining, and it bringing back memories of my young years

Gladys Horton, R.I.P.

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Guns n' Glee

I am, by no stretch of the imagination, a fan or viewer of the TV show Glee. The program, its actors, characters and (to a large extent) the music it uses exist far outside my world. So it's with no small sense of...well, glee, that I read of the little spat between Glee creator Ryan Murphy and Slash (Guns 'n Roses, Velvet Revolver) over the topic of using Guns songs in Glee.

Perhaps a little background: in a January interview with Entertainment Weekly, Slash (real name Saul Hudson) commented that Glee had approached him with the idea of using Guns 'n Roses songs for a possible themed episode of the show. Slash's response was less-than-receptive, calling Glee "worse than Grease...and Grease is bad enough."

 

It makes a lot of sense. I'm not the world's biggest Guns 'n Roses fan, but surely I'm not the only one who can't imagine their songs of sex, sleaze, booze and drugs being reimagined and reinterpreted by a high school glee club, even if there were serious questions of the show's moral decay. Besides, integral as a member Slash was of the original Guns 'n Roses lineup, songs like "Welcome to the Jungle" and "Paradise City", even "Sweet Child O'Mine", have Axl Rose's voice woven into their DNA. I'm sure the actors and performers on Glee are talented, but again, am I the only one who doesn't want to see them try to capture Rose's swagger and his wine-and-nicotine stained voice? Or hear them neuter "November Rain"? Going by Slash's response, I doubt it.

 

Glee's creator, Ryan Murphy, wasn't having any of it, calling Slash "uneducated and quite stupid" and saying the guitarist's career was over. I'm sure that, the first thing tomorrow, Murphy's publicist will issue a statement saying his words were taken out of context, that he was misinterpreted, held at gunpoint, or something. And really, those excuses would explain things: Slash may have smoked or drunk his way through the 80s, but to call the man "uneducated and stupid" for not allowing his songs on a television show requires more cojones than it does gray cells.

 

It's also false to claim that Slash's career is over: his tour with Ozzy Osbourne started January 16th.

 

So what made Murphy fly off the handle? I'm sure he must have bristled at a respected musician talking so lowly of his show, but Glee was doing fine on its own without any Guns 'n Roses songs. Has its success gone to Murphy's head? Was he outraged that someone, anyone, would refuse to let their songs be used on Glee? Murphy also called Kings of Leon "self-centered assholes" (adding "Fuck you, Kings of Leon"), for their rejection. Murphy claimed his umbrage comes from KoL and G'n'R snubbing music fans and art education, probably under the impression that Glee is the only way kids can get music nowadays.

 

I'm not sure that the cold shoulders from Slash and Kings of Leon will really affect Glee; Murphy was quick to point out that Stevie Nicks and Jennifer Lopez have both approached him about licensing their music for the show, and over 11 million viewers tuned in for the season 1 finale. I'm sure Slash isn't regretting his decision, either - the royalty checks for Appetite for Destruction still keep coming, he's got his tour with Ozzy, and Velvet Revolver is in the market for a singer. Not the symptoms of a man with a fading career, contrary to Murphy's accusations.

 

So why the almighty hissy fit from Ryan Murphy? What skin is it off his nose if he can't get Guns 'n Roses on Glee? With everything Slash has accomplished in his career, I doubt being called "uneducated and quite stupid" will be easily forgiven and/or forgotten; and if Murphy had any lingering hopes to have one of his charges belt out "Don't Cry", he can probably bid that dream goodbye. Today's music ain't got the same soul, indeed.

 

After Steven Tyler dropped Aerosmith's stock with his new job on American Idol, it's nice to see at least one iconic rock musician stick to his guns. 

Black Water Music Video & Lyrics - Doobie Brothers

Here is a a quick "Did-you-know": Did you know that the music sensation The Doobie Brothers are from San Jose, California? Well - they are! Let's take a moment to listen to and watch "Black Water" - one of their hits! Check out the lyrics below for a good time, too!

Lyrics:

Well, I built me a raft and she's ready for floatin';
ol' Mississippi, she's callin' my name.
Catfish are jumpin', that paddle wheel thumpin',
black water keeps rollin' on past just the same.

Old black water, keep on rollin',
Mississippi moon, won't you keep on shinin' on me?
Old black water keep on rollin',
Mississippi moon, won't you keep on shinin' on me?
Old black water, keep on rollin',
Mississippi moon, won't you keep on shinin' on me?
Yeah, keep on shinin' your light,
gonna make ev'rything, pretty mama,
gonna make ev'rything alright.
And I ain't got no worries 'cause I ain't in no hurry at all.

Well, if it rains, I don't care, don't make no difference to me;
just take that street car that's goin' up town.
Yeah, I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland
and dance a honky tonk,
and I'll be buyin' ev'rybody drinks all 'roun'.

Old black water, keep on rollin',
Mississippi moon, won't you keep on shinin' on me?
Old black water keep on rollin',
Mississippi moon, won't you keep on shinin' on me?
Old black water, keep on rollin',
Mississippi moon, won't you keep on shinin' on me?
Yeah, keep on shinin' your light,
gonna make ev'rything, pretty mama,
gonna make ev'rything alright.
And I ain't got no worries 'cause I ain't in no hurry at all.

I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland,
pretty mama, come and take me by the hand, by the hand.
Take me by the hand, pretty mama,
come and dance with your daddy all night long.
I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland,
pretty mama, come and take me by the hand, by the hand.
I want to honkey-tonk, honkey-tonk, honkey-tonk,
with you all night long.

I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland,
pretty mama, come and take me by the hand, by the hand. (C'mon, baby, c'mon, ba - be.)
Take me by the hand, pretty mama,
come and dance with your daddy all night long.
I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland,
pretty mama, come and take me by the hand, by the hand.
I want to honkey-tonk, honkey-tonk, honkey-tonk,
with you all night long.

I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland,
pretty mama, come and take me by the hand, by the hand.
(Can you feel it?, can you feel it?.)
Take me by the hand, pretty mama,
come and dance with your daddy all night long.
I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland,
pretty mama, come and take me by the hand, by the hand.
I want to honkey-tonk, honkey-tonk, honkey-tonk,
with you all night long

Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves Music Video

You may or may not know this but "Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves" was Chers first music video. You can kind of tell with the oversized earrings, wild hair, and that phallic microphone that it is old, but few would guess that it is her first music video ever. Let's watch this classic video and read the lyrics shall we? Oh, and did I mention this is one of my favorite Cher songs?

Lyrics:

My mama used to dance for the money they'd throw
Papa would do whatever he could
Preach a little gospel
Sell a couple bottles of Doctor Good

CHORUS:
Gypsies, tramps and thieves
We'd hear it from the people of the town
They'd call us gypsies, tramps and thieves
But every night all the men would come around
And lay their money down

Picked up a boy just south of Mobile
Gave him a ride, filled him with a hot meal
I was sixteen, he was twenty-one
Rode with us to Memphis
And papa woulda shot him if he knew what he'd done

Chorus

I never had schoolin' but he taught me well
With his smooth southern style
Three months later, I'm a gal in trouble
And I haven't seen him for a while
I haven't seen him for a while

She was born in the wagon of a travelin' show
Her mama had to dance for the money they'd throw
Grandpa'd do whatever he could
Preach a little gospel
Sell a couple bottles of Doctor Good

Chorus - End

Ahhhh, I feel better now. I think the song and the hair both soothe me. Thank you Cher.

 

I'd be a drug addict headed for jail too if Michael Lohan was my father

I really do feel sorry for Lindsay Lohan. Say what you will about her boozing and clubbing and drunk-driving and cocaine habit and bad work ethic and just all around douchebaggery, it's not entirely her fault. In fact, I blame her father Michael Lohan. And there is not enough blow and booze in Hollywood to make Lindsay forget whose loins she sprang from. Luckily though, it looks like she might be heading back to the slammer, which should give her a much needed break from --- well, pretty much everything that has led her there in the first place: drugs, the papparazi, drugs, bad career choices, drugs, complete disregard for the law, more drugs, and especially her father(and drugs).

I know, it's not really fair to place the blame on parents when kids behave badly, but in this case I have to make an exception. Let's examine the evidence and tell me if you wouldn't want to forget your troubles in a mountain of coke if you had spawned from this "man"(I use the term loosely).

Like Father, Like Daughter

Let's see, he did three years for criminal contempt of court in 1990 while being investigated for insider trading; he served one year in prison for violating probation; he served two and half years for drunk driving. Pretty impressive. Lindsay, your move.

You can't say he doesn't love and support his little Lindsay. Michael Lohan has comissioned not one, but TWO songs of fatherly love for his troubled daughter. The "songs" are everything you would expect from a tool like this, though I have to give him props for his musical versatility. He can crap up a piano ballad and a club banger equally well.

Aww, look: the Dads From Hell. Maybe Michael Lohan might have some parenting advice for Jon Gosselin, or maybe he just wants to stab him in the back.

Ok, so I guess it could be worse. This jerk fathered a litter of eight, then deides to put them "out there to every pedophile on the planet and they never got paid for it"...! Who knows what's in store for those poor kids?

Joan Rivers Fight With Fox News

In last week's news was the item that Joan Rivers is fighting Fox News.

Joan Rivers fighting with Fox News? Well?

Was Joan Rivers telling a joke or was she just making a truthful statement, when made her Sarah Palin remark. which marked her as no friend of Fox News?

Ms. Rivers is a comic who tells jokes. If she was joking when she said critics were right to blame Sarah Palin for the Tucson tragedy, she hit a very tender nerve at Fox News, During the Tucson Tragedy or Massacre a Democratic Congresswoman, who Ms. Palin had targeted with the cross hairs of a gun sight, was shot, six other Americans were killed, and thirteen other Americans wounded. Joking or truth telling whichever it was -- Sarah Palin's, protector and promoter, jumped to defend its prize employee. Fox News promptly canceled Ms. Rivers' appearance was On Fox and Friends, telling her in so many words, "you ain't no friend of Fox." See the video.

From the Huffington's Post -- Joan Rivers " tweeted on Wednesday with her immense displeasure with FOX News, whom she said banned her after saying on Sunday night that network contributor Sarah Palin deserved blame for the shootings in Arizona and that she "is just stupid and a threat."

Rivers tweeted:

    While @melrivers and I were promoting our new @wetv reality show, I made a joke about Sarah Palin that was picked up by @TMZ.
    As a result, our appearance on the Fox News Channel tomorrow morning has been canceled.
    Outcome: DON'T PISS OFF SARAH PALIN. She's apparently "very powerful," and is obviously still smarting from the end of her reality show.

    I was cancelled from Fox for saying Palin is "stupid and a threat".

(Joan River's) outrage didn't end there. Speaking to Rob Shuter of PopEater on his show for HDNet, Rivers was asked whether she would go on the air if FOX asked her back. Her response?

That FOX can "go f**k themselves."

After the heat went down, Fox News later claimed that they were over booked. Overbooked? If you want to believe what Fox says. Well, Ms. Rivers, if she's fighting, and not just joking along,  is fighting a skunk.

One can't lose when fighting a skunk, unless one gets to close to it, and engage in hand-to paw-combat. The only successful way to fight a skunk is stand up wind, throw rocks at it or beat it off with a long stick. Yeah, toss jokes at Fox and handle the Fox clowns and buffoons with a long stick?

Chasing the Flame: A Gay Narrative in Photographs

From teen, to (drag)queen, to author and everywhere in between.

"Chasing the Flame: A Gay Narrative in Photographs: A Gay Millennial's Progress from Shunned Student to Drag Star" is pending publication on Amazon Books and Kindle, and will be available this February for all those who are interested. After getting a death threat 5 years ago, suing the school and then eventually leaving, Michael Mangus, aged 19 is now coming out with a new book that chronicles his life in photos. 

The author of the book has been living the past few years as an "alter ego" of sorts - a miss Anita Waistline, who travels all of the country - and Canada - to perform.

The Perils of Walking and Texting

 

Many states have passed legislation making it illegal for drivers to text and drive. However, despite the inherent danger that walking and texting provides, no states have passed legislation prohibiting the dangerous walk/text combo. Watch the video below to see what happens when innocent texters make the embarrassing and possibly dangerous mistake of walking and texting at the same time.

 

What's so great about the 80's?

I guess I should start off by telling you that I was just a child during the 80s. When the decade changed I was just barely 7 years old - which might be the reason I am not a "super fan" (At least at this time). I am really curious why the 80's are so idolized though. Where I live, there is a night - ONCE EVERY WEEK - where a local bar has an 80's night. I guess I just don't get why so many people go there to listen to the same music and wear the same crappy thrift store clothes. I think some of the people in the crowd may have actually just gotten stuck in the 80's- at that very bar - and I guess my big question is why?

What was so great about that time? Is it an innocence thing - because we were not yet touched by the internet and constant communication? Is it the mixed tapes? Roller rinks? Dairy Queen get togethers? I have hear the coke was better (either of them, if you get my drift) back then - could that be it?

I see this time period as a bad time for America - this was when all the rules changed and our forgetful president (one of them) decided to sell our country to the lowest bidder. Maybe I am thinking too much about it but I just don't understand. Anyone care to explain?

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