This has always been one of my favorite concert pictures. I missed my ten year high school reunion to see Bon Jovi which is how I can always date it to 1995.
AC/DC’s Brian Johnson Gives Positive Update on Hearing Loss
Rolling Stone…
- “It works,” Johnson said of Ambrose’s ADEL hearing technology in an authorized statement. “It just totally works and you can’t argue with that. I was really moved and amazed to be able to hear music again like I haven’t heard for several years now. I can’t wait for it to be miniaturized so I can use it in every situation from normal communication, going out to noisy restaurants, [and] performing live music onstage.”
Even if it doesn’t mean touring with AC/DC again, this is good news for all with hearing damage.
Rules, There Are No Rules
I didn’t win a dinner at Alinea, but the dude who did win, Andrew Owen Phillips, put together a pretty funny video based on Grant Achatz’s episode of Chef’s Table on Netflix, which is pretty awesome in its own right. Me, I just sang a song, but had fun dreaming!
World Naked Bike Ride
World Naked Bike Ride: Chicago…
- The event is bare-as-you-dare; anything from body paint to underwear to fanciful costumes are encouraged. Due to legal restrictions in Chicago, full frontal nudity is at your own risk, but large numbers of participants do go all out. Large-scale body painting is typically available pre-ride, and personal expression is encouraged.
Chicago can be such a kill-joy sometimes. No full frontal for you!
The Tao of Muhammad Ali
Rolling Stone…
- Ali was a poet, a firebrand, a trash-talker, a zen master, the Yogi Berra of the modern era. The imminently quotable heavyweight boxer died in Phoenix, Arizona, on Friday, June 3rd. He was 74.
Rest in peace, Mr. Ali. You’ve earned it.
Are scrotal lifts the next trend in male grooming?
The Telegraph…
- Men, I explained, sick of slack scrotums and testicles inconveniently separated by boxer seams, were lining up to have their low-hangers permanently lifted.
All this does is remind me of the song lyric “Do your balls hang low?”
- The procedure itself is minimally invasive: excess skin is removed and the joins are positioned where natural grooves form up to the scrotal ‘seam’ so as to minimise any scar visibility. The whole thing takes around an hour (you can easily have it done at lunch) and is performed under local anaesthetic.
So, the next time you are at lunch you can ponder if you, or your loved one, might just need a scrotal lift.
It’s National Donut Day – A Song
Today’s song was about National Donut Day, a day near and dear to my heart because, well, I like donuts.
‘American Idol’ Producer Files Lawsuit Against Season 11 Winner Phillip Phillips
- Back in January 2015, Phillips aimed to escape a management agreement by lodging a bold petition with the California Labor Commissioner asserting that 19 “manipulated” him into accepting jobs and being in violation of California’s Talent Agencies Act, which says only licensed talent agents can procure employment for clients.
There always seems to be a story of Idol winners trying anything to get out of their contracts. That golden ticket wasn’t always so shiny.
Andron
- Finally, about an hour into this film, most of everything is explained, we learn why people are betting, how the people ended up as participants in the game, how the government is corrupt, and that Danny Glover must have taken some lessons at the James T Kirk school of over-acting.
I only gave the movie 1 1-2 stars. I hate giving bad movie reviews.
It’s National Donut Day!
- Started as a fundraiser by The Salvation Army in Chicago during the Great Depression, National Doughnut Day honors our military veterans and commemorates the work of The Salvation Army volunteers who used the tasty confection to comfort American soldiers in France and Germany during World War I.
These female volunteers, earning the nickname “Doughnut Lassies” and “Doughtnut Girls,” fried the doughnuts in soldiers’ helmets, and served countless treats to grateful troops
I always forget The Salvation Army started National Donut Day. I’m torn in my celebration, though, because for quite a while I’ve been doing this slow-carb diet inspired by Tim Ferriss in “The Four Hour Body,” feeling pretty good, and Saturday is my cheat day, not Friday. Giant, fried pieces of dough are nowhere included on this way of eating, but an exception might have to be made in honor of the troops!