rock stars

Nashville is getting sick of aging rock stars trying to go country. They’re calling it "Carpetbagger Country". WILL HOGE tweeted, "Carpetbagger Country:  When your career goes south, so do you." Last week, Steven Tyler released a new (sort of) country song that left me flat, and I am a fan of Aerosmith, Steven Tyler and country music...

Two years ago . . . In 2012, ANDY GRIFFITH died at 87 from a heart attack in his home in North Carolina. 25 years ago . . . In 1989, JIM BACKUS died of pneumonia at the age of 76.  He was the voice of Mr. Magoo, but more importantly the millionaire from Gilligan’s island...

Any rock fan worth his or her salt is aware of the "live fast, die young" mythology surrounding the music -- and lord knows we've all seen more than enough musicians succumb to the stereotype. But a new study suggests the phenomenon might be far more widespread than previously believed.

When rock bands name themselves, it seems they feel proper spelling and/or grammar is only for the radically uncool. Otherwise, we’d have Deaf Leopard, The Beetles, and Fish. And then what would we be? According to this rock and pop spelling test from Penney Design, we’d be a bunch of red pen-wielding English teachers yelling at those long-haired kids to get off our lawns, that’s what. Take a look