HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Happy Birthday, indeed, to Corey Castellano. The last of the bandmates to pass the magic number 40, he appears to still have all his hair. Of course, in his profession, it could just be an illusion!
BABE WHO?
I moved to Tampa in the summer of 1975. Late one October night I was up late watching game 6 of that year's World Series. When Boston's Carlton Fisk hit his dramatic game winning home run, I got so excited that I proceeded to tear up a week's worth of the Tampa Tribune into small bits and rained the homemade confetti all over the balcony of the apartment complex we lived in. Needless to say, the neighbors didn't appreciate it and I spent the next afternoon cleaning up the lawn! Of course, the Red Sox lost that World Series, as well as the one in 1986. This past Wednesday, after 86 years of curses, both real and imagined, the Boston Red Sox beat the St. Louis Cardinals and are, indeed, the champions of the baseball world!
SHAKING WITH ANTICI..............PATION
This Saturday morning I will be screening the new Pixar film, "The Incredibles." It is my understanding that preceding the film with be the first coming attraction for "Star Wars:
Episode III." As David Paymer used to say on The Larry Sanders Show: "I think I'm going to wet myself!"
AAAARGH!
Who says flattery will get you nowhere? Johnny Depp has always maintained that he built his characterization of Pirate Jack Sparrow on Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards. Now Richards has signed on to play Depp's father in Pirates of the Caribbean: Treasure of the Lost Abyss.
LOVE THOSE BRITS
Can't argue with this - President Bush has been chosen as the year's best movie villain by a group of film fans in England. Bush, recognized for his appearance in Fahrenheit 9/11, topped the list that also included Doc Ock from Spider-Man 2, Leatherface from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Gollum from Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and Elle Driver (Daryl Hannah) from Kill Bill - Vol 2.
VOTE!
I urge everyone who is legally eligible to cast their ballots this coming Tuesday for your chosen candidate. Like I said in 2000, if you don't vote then you have no right to bitch about who does or doesn't win!
MEET THE BEATLES - PART 40
October 27, 1969. With producer George Martin in charge, Ringo Starr becomes the first Beatle to work on a solo album, taking part in two 3-hour sessions for what would be become the "Sentimental Journey" album. An album of old standards, Ringo recorded the Tommy Dorsey hit "Night and Day," backed up by a 17 piece orchestra.
Well, that's it for now. I want to wish everyone a safe and happy Halloween weekend. Save me some candy. See ya!
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