107.9 The River » rock stars http://theriver1079.com Casper's Real Rock Variety Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:44:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 New Study Examines the Shortened Life Expectancy of Rock Stars http://theriver1079.com/new-study-shortened-life-expectancy-rock-stars/ http://theriver1079.com/new-study-shortened-life-expectancy-rock-stars/#comments Fri, 21 Dec 2012 22:49:57 +0000 Jeff Giles http://ultimateclassicrock.com/?p=104663 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.

]]> http://theriver1079.com/new-study-shortened-life-expectancy-rock-stars/feed/ 0 Hulton Archive / Getty Images If Rock Stars Took Spelling Tests, They Just Might Fail http://theriver1079.com/if-rock-stars-took-spelling-tests-they-just-might-fail/ http://theriver1079.com/if-rock-stars-took-spelling-tests-they-just-might-fail/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:00:02 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=49112 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 Pen

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