Today in Rock Music History

2006
-Weezer sues the Miller Brewing Co. for using the band's geeky image for an ad in Rolling Stone Magazine

2005
-Kanye West's Gold Digger tops US singles chart for a 4th week

2004
- U2's Bono addresses the Labour Party Conference in Brighton, England. He tells the delegates to "get real" about AIDS and world poverty

2003
-Ozzy Osbourne announces he is writing a Broadway musical based on the life of Rasputin, the mad monk of Russia
-City officials in St. Petersburg, Fl pass a law banning public suicides after rock band Hell on Earth reveal a fan will kill himself during a concert to be Webcast

2000
-In Las Vegas, Kid Rock joins Phish on stage to perform Sugar Hill Gang's Rapper's Delight and AC/DC's You Shook Me All Night Long

1998
-Rap group OutKast release their ambitious Aquemini album
-R. Kelly releases double album R.

1990
-Leaving us in no doubt that grunge had better hurry up and take over, blonde twins Nelson rise to the tops of the charts with (Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection

1989
-The Mile High Band are wowing the locals at a saloon in Prescott, Ariz.

1977
-After the death of his friend, T.Rex member Marc Bolan, David Bowie sets up a trust fund for the glam rocker's son Roland
-James Brown's band says that he is cheap. So they walk out on him and he hires another band.

1976
-Cat Stevens plays a sold out Shrine Auditorium in L.A.

1967
-BBC Radio broadcasts a production of Shakespeare's King Lear at 7:30 pm. And John Lennon plays the song I Am the Walrus with it
-Grateful Dead gains a new drummer named Mickey Hart
-The Rolling Stones say goodbye to manager Andrew Loog Oldham

1966
-At London's Birdland Club, Eric Burdon and the Animals are holding auditions for  a new guitarist.

1964
-The Beatles spend the day recording Every Little Thing

1963
-The Everly Brothers start a British tour

1961
-Future Dylan biographer Robert Shelton catches one of Dylan's concert

1956
-RCA Records says they got 856,000 advance orders for Elvis's single Love Me Tender
-Suzzy Roche, a folk musician, is born in Bronxville, N.Y.

1948
-Grand Funk Railiroad's Mark Farner is born in Flint, Mich.

1947
-Peter Hope-Evans, from British band Medicine Head, is born

1944
- Folk singer Anne Briggs is born
-TV theme song writer Mike Post is born
-Florida R&B singer Tommy Tat is born
-Jerry Lee Lewis is born

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As the title says, I have nothing on my mind right now. So I figured maybe just do a quick post about some of my fave TV shows. Now I've said in past posts that Top Gear UK is among my top favorites, but I do have others. Here they are:

Top Gear UK

Driving a tank on the London Bridge

From left to right: Richard Hammond, Jeremy Clarkson, James May

Cake Boss

For Dylan's Candy Bar in New York

The Sopranos

My favorite one is the 1 second from the right. OMG [insert little hearts, lol]

Hawaii Five-O, the old one and new one

The cast of the new Hawaii Five-O. From left to right: Scott Caan as Det. Danny 'Dan-O' Williams, Daniel Dae Kim as Det. Chin Ho Kelly, Alex O'Loughlin as Comm. Jack McGarrett, Grace Park as Det. Kono

Alex O'Loughlin as Jack McGarrett. Mana he can arrest me ANY day........

I Love Lucy

This strangely reminds me of my sister, who also happens to work in a candy store

From the Vitameataveginmin episode. Totally cracks me up every time I see it

Mr. Bean

Law and Order:SVU

From left to right: Ice-T (det. Fin Tutuola), Christopher Meloni (Det. Elliot Stabler), Mariska Hargitay (Det. Olivia Benson), B.D. Wong(Dr. George Huang), Dann Florek (Capt. Cragen) behind B.D. Wong, Diane Neal (Casey Novak) Richard Belzer (John Munch)

House

My sis thinks House is really cute and when she heard him speaking with an English accent, she said that made him sexier!!

Pawn Stars

From left to right: Big Hoss, Rick Harrison, The Old Man

Auction Kings

In Atlanta, Ga. I'm going to visit this place to see what I can find

Carfellas

From left to right: Mario, Tommie 5X5, 5 foot wide and 5 foot tall, and Mikey D, who was arrested for racketeering and "Mob Ties"

My Family

From left to right: don't know the girl in white, Nick in purple, Ben in brown jacket, Michael with orange shirt on, Janie in pink, Susan in red. With all the relationships her character has had, Janie could be Mick Jagger's rival on the relationship list!!

My mom and stepdad act just like these 2.

Criminal Minds

Shemar Moore. He can arrest me ANY time........

Dancing with the Stars

Don't Forget the Lyrics

I could probably win on this show, the key word being probably, lol

What Would You Do?

Dogs 101

DOGS! I loooove dogs!!

WESTIES!!!!!! How lovable!!

The Price is Right

The Simpsons

Aww, Krusty the Klown. He's my favorite

White Collar

OMG!! Hottie!!!

Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations

The Mentalist

What a hot, sexy hunk of Australian hottie

The Big Bang Theory

Glee

Getting to sing? I'd like to join this club

The Red Green Show

This is a show out of Canada.

Trading Spaces:Boys vs. Girls

If I had a room design, it would either be London 1960s, Asian or 1960s retro, like Woodstock

CSI:NY

In this picture, my favorite is the black guy to the left. Man what a hottie!!

House Hunters International

I'd like to live in 1 of 3 or 4 places: Australia because it's warm, London because it's so culturally similar to the US and people don't act stupid there like here in the States, China because of the culture or New York because it's a cool city

Ed, Edd, and Eddy

Criminal Minds:Suspect Behavior

My favorite is the one in the middle, top row. Guess what his character's name is, lol? Mick. Can u believe that? LOL

Psych