Today in History - June 26
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
Today is Thursday, June 26, the 178th day of 2008. There are 188 days left in the year.
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
Today is Thursday, June 26, the 178th day of 2008. There are 188 days left in the year.
KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
•Singer Billy Davis Jr. of the Fifth Dimension, 68 •Singer Georgie Fame, 65 •Singer Brenda Holloway, 62
JSOnline (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
Town of Brookfield - The Chuck E. Cheese restaurant here is being asked to rein in unruly parents, or town officials will revoke the liquor license held by the children's party palace, town officials said.
FREEDOM EDEN (Free subscription) | 05/22/2008
Chuck E. Cheese is the place "where a kid can be a kid." At the location in the Town of Brookfield, it's where adults are out of control. From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel : Five years after Chuck E. Cheese's restaurant hired private security because of excessive calls to police about disturbances, officers are making even more trips for fights and other problems at the children's party restaurant....
Popdose (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
With long tails and ears for hats, Josie and the Pussycats, created by Archie Comics genius Dan DeCarlo, debuted on Saturday morning TV screens everywhere in 1970 with a show copied straight from Scooby Doo, Where Are You? You had your weekly mystery, a wacky pet sidekick (in Josie’s case, it was the [...]
The Hits Just Keep On Comin' (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
What’s the earliest memory you have? I think I can remember sitting on my great-grandmother’s lap, and she died in 1962. I can definitely remember some events surrounding my first “real” birthday in 1964. Another great-grandmother died in January 1965, and I can remember going to the funeral visitation. But my earliest memory that’s both [...]
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 04/01/2008
As part of an NCAA(R) promotion, Coca-Cola, in conjunction with Chuck E. Cheese's, offers guests the chance to win Coca-Cola's $25,000 College Bound Scholarship IRVING, Texas, April 1, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Coca-Cola, in conjunction with Chuck E. Cheese's -- the home of safe, fun family entertainment -- is teaming up on a college scholarship promotion. Parents can visit the Web site -- -- and enter...
Blogger News Network (Free subscription) | 03/23/2008
If you love the Motown sound, this 3 DVD set is for you! 100 classic videos featuring just about every Motown artist known to man. Motown may not be as popular now as it once was, but for many years it was the ‘de facto’ standard for music, to record on the vaunted label was a [...]
Funky16Corners (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
Miss Brenda Holloway “Listen - Brenda Holloway - Every Little Bit Hurts ” Greetings all. I hope the middle of the week finds you well, and well on your way to the weekend. Today's post is another chapter in self-collaboration (sounds vaguely immoral) between my two blogs, Funky16Corners and Iron Leg. This time out, the “intersection” is rooted [...]
The Hype Machine (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
in post F16C Meets IL #3 - Every Little Bit Hurts from Funky16Corners .
Steven Rubio's Online Life (Free subscription) | 02/22/2008
1. Joan Baez, "There But for Fortune." For my money, the most beautiful-sounding record of her career. Phil Ochs wrote it. Baez' guitar work is enough to make you want to learn how to play the instrument just so you...
PowerPop (Free subscription) | 02/15/2008
Well, it's Friday and you know what that means. Yes, my Oriental manservant Hop-Sing and I are off to the Arkansas Governor's Mansion, for the first annual Chuck Norris Film Festival. (The highlight is going to be a restored director's cut of The Octagon , which, obviously, could be a hot one). In any case, in the face of such cinematic brilliance, posting by moi will necessarily be sporadic for a...
PowerPop (Free subscription) | 02/15/2008
Well, it's Friday and you know what that means. Yes, my Oriental manservant Hop-Sing and I are off to......As a result, posting by moi will necessarily be sporadic for a few days. But in my absence, here's a fun project for you all to contemplate: BEST ONE-HIT WONDER OF ALL TIME!!!! You know -- a chart smash that is just utterly wonderful, but for whatever reason the person or persons behind it could...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 01/31/2008
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The Hype Machine (Free subscription) | 01/25/2008
in post The Lost Dancefloor Favourite from Pretending Life Is Like A Song .