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"Sunny, thank you for the sunshine bouquet" Bobby Hebb sings in one of his masterpieces. And it would be easy to tell the world what a tremendous human being he was to me personally and to other people lucky enough to know him, but the music is what he was all about and for this first essay after his...

To those of us who loved the pop music of The Velvet Underground and The Beatles, the underground rock/pop of Lou Reed and the mainstream pop of John, Paul, George & Ringo, the music of the group Chicago was truly anathema when it first touched our collective ears. Four decades or more later one can appreciate the majesty of songs...

Matthew Clemmons, the "man" best known for puking on a fellow spectator at a Philadelphia Phillies game, finally received his sentence. Family Court Judge Kevin Dougherty handed Clemens a three-month jail term, 50 hours of community service and two years of probation. The judge recommended that he fulfill his service time at the very stadium that he...

For those who enjoy the hard-hitting precision of Deep Purple's Perfect Strangers album or the late Ronny James Dio fronting Black Sabbath this exquisite new collection of a dozen tracks by the band I consider New England's premiere metal outfit will surely satisfy the group's followers as well as hard rock aficionados. The title (and closing) track, "Sea Of Black",...

Last night on Hell’s Kitchen 2010, Episode 13, Chef Ramsay opened the show by cooking for the final four. He made them monk fish, showing them exactly how to make it and allowing them the opportunity to properly kiss his ass and tell him how beautiful and bright it looked, (uh, that would be the fish, not his...

Tommy James fans can rejoice as Collectors Choice has put out a timely spread of re-releases to coincide with his biography on Scribner/Simon & Schuster, "Me, The Mob and The Music: One Helluva Ride with Tommy James and The Shondells". These beautifully packaged CDs start out with the 1967 classic I Think We're Alone Now, TJ & The...

Last night on Hell’s Kitchen 2010, episode 11 started with a special, very interesting competition, and quickly took a nosedive from there. This challenge involved presentation. The chefs had to create a plate that was photograph ready, and they were to be judged by a group of culinary students. Holli came in last, followed by Jay, then...

Today, fallen child star Lindey Lohan surrendered at the Beverly Hills Courthouse to start her three-month jail sentence. The mugshot taken today is featured to the left and her second since a DUI arrest in 2007. Officials say it is extremely unlikely that Lohan will serve the full sentence, and 2 weeks to 1 month is more likely due...

Miss Karin Noelle (not Karen Noel) Heisey has been named the August spokes model for Howard TV, Howard Stern's On Demand Cable Channel. This time it was Ronnie "The Limo Driver" Mund that declared her "The Hottest Miss Howard TV yet" and not the usual Artie Lange. Just as each Miss Howard TV before her, Karin was in the...

After a thorough round of testing by Consumer Reports engineers, it has been confirmed that the call dropping problems that iPhone 4 owners were experiencing is, in fact, a design flaw and not a software issue as Apple originally claimed. Consumer Reports tested three different iPhones, acquired from three different sources, in a controlled environment. In each...