Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Last week, inspired by both Lady Gaga and Beyoncé collaborations “Video Phone (Remix)” and “Telephone,” we started collecting your top telephone-oriented songs. After tallying the votes, Tommy Tutone’s phone number anthem and perennial prank call victim “867-5309/Jenny” was dialed in as our winner, beating out tracks by Beck, the Replacements and Lou...
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Lady Gaga and Beyoncé teamed up recently to record not one but two songs dedicated to phones, “Video Phone (Remix)” and The Fame Monster’s “Telephone,” which was then followed by actor Jason Segel turning his phone number into a chorus at the Swell Season show. In honor of Alexander Graham Bell’s suddenly tuneful invention, we’re [...]
Consequence of Sound (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
There's getting lucky, as anyone who managed to snag tix to The Swell Season in L.A. this week obviously was.
Santas Working Overtime (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Unfortunate Echoes of the 80's Week Christmas Love - Billy Idol I Believe In Santa Claus - REO Speedwagon Christmas Is Here - Survivor White Christmas - Iggy Pop All I Want For Christmas Is You -The Motels Santa Jenny 867-5309 - Tommy Tutone (Santa Claus) What Would You Like For Christmas? - Paul O'Keefe Santa Claus Is Surfin' To Town by Soupy Sales We Wish You a Scary Christmas by Count Bachula Rudolph,...
Santas Working Overtime (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Welcome to the second installment of our look at once great 80's artists who hope for quick cash infusion by releasing holiday music that would have probably been better off as a goofy stocking stuffer for the band's friends and family. Today we have one of my favorite 80's underdogs - Tommy Tutone . Sure everyone remembers their one hit wonderful single Jenny 867-5309 but the band had a lot more going...
CultureBot.org (Free subscription) | 09/20/2009
Anybody who knows me (Andy) knows my love of teen girl flicks from Valley Girl to Clueless to Mean Girls and beyond. Well, Jennifer’s Body, despite the flogging it has received in the press, is a masterpiece of the genre. I mean, how can you not love a movie where the lead character gets sacrificed to [...]
WICKED THOUGHTS (Free subscription) | 07/31/2009
The Top 500 Worst Passwords of All Time From the moment people started using passwords, it didn’t take long to realize how many people picked the very same passwords over and over. Even the way people misspell words is consistent. In fact, people are so predictable that most hackers make use of lists of common passwords just like these. To give you some insight into how predictable humans are,...
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 07/29/2009
PHILADELPHIA, July 29 (UPI) -- An eBay auction for the phone number from Tommy Tutone's classic Jenny has reached a maximum bid of $5,000 with days left to go in the auction. The phone number, the famous 867-5309 plus a Philadelphia area code, is being billed by the seller, Jason Kaplan, of Southampton, Pa., as a priceless business opportunity to own one of the most famous phone numbers of all time,...
The ZehnKatzen Times (Free subscription) | 07/29/2009
2177. In 1982, Tommy Tutone hit it big with the cut from Tommy Tutone 2 called " 867-5309/Jenny ". I only add this as preamble because there may be one, two, or three people on the planet, living as monks in a monastery or hermits on the moors, who've not heard of it. In 1982, another thing happened: a nationwide wave of prank calls to people all over the USA who had the number 867-5309....
Examiner (Free subscription) | 07/28/2009
It may be the most famous telephone number in popular culture, and it's for sale. The number from the Tommy Tutone hit song "Jenny" - 867-5309, with the Philadelphia area code 267 - is being auctioned off on eBay.
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 07/28/2009
PHILADELPHIA - It may be the most famous telephone number in popular culture, and it's for sale. The number from the Tommy Tutone hit song "Jenny" — 867-5309, with the Philadelphia area code 267 — is being auctioned off on eBay.
ImpossibleFunky Productions (Free subscription) | 07/22/2009
I've been working for the last few weeks on a compilation of some of my favorite tunes that I associate with the early '80s. I can't swear to their release dates -- they just have hooks to that time period for me. There's nothing like that glaring song that you know just didn't come out in the era, so I apologize if I have any of those kind of songs here. Antmusic Adam & The Ants Beat Box [diversion...
MTV Newsroom (Free subscription) | 07/13/2009
Back in 1982, when Tommy Tutone’s “876-5309/Jenny” became a hit, people across the country tried to dial up the fictional Jenny, and the number (in various area codes) shows up repeatedly in various eBay auctions. As part of their throwback aesthetic, Retrofitness (the ’80s-themed fitness club chain) have staked a claim on the number for [...]
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 07/13/2009
Aerosmith cancelled another two concerts — July 11th and 13th dates in Tampa and Sunrise, Florida — over Steven Tyler’s still unexplained injury. Guitarist Joe Perry Tweeted that both shows would be rescheduled for October, telling fans “Sorry for the let down.Better Steven recovers fully than halfway n strains his leg again.” The U.K.’s Sunday Times [...]
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