On The record Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
... three years ago for honoree Tina Turner. Streisand, Morgan Freeman, choreographer Twyla Tharp and Pete Townsend and Roger Daltrey of the Who will be honored at the 31st annual gala in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 7. The star-studded affair, hosted by Caroline Kennedy, airs on CBS on Dec. 30.
CNN (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
... Roger Taylor, the drummer with Queen has his yacht Tiger Lilly refitted regularly in Falmouth and Pete Townsend of the Who is another famous client. Pendennis Shipyard representative Alastair Heane was first introduced to the yacht during the charter show in Antigua in December 2006. Eric Clapton has a house on the island and Va Bene is based here during the winter season. Heane quickly...
Loot Ninja (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
... on hyping up the crowd. Other instruments require you to complete certain gestures, such as the Pete Townsend Windmill guitar move. The team spent a lot of time perfecting the feel of the game to get things just right. The intention is to make it feel like you’re revving up the crowd by playing guitar, bass, or drums. Scoring is based both on timing and how well you perform the required...
Knowledge Problem (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
... administration is shaping up: Meet the new boss, same as the old boss With thanks and apologies to Pete Townsend (and yes, it's a Who song, but Pete's the songwriter on that gem, so I'm being a pedant).
Listening Post (Free subscription) | 11/15/2008
... to slow your mind. The video for his first sarcastic single "Will Get Fooled Again" -- take that, Pete Townsend! -- is just as destabilizing. Its light-speed jump from goofy spoof to Lynchian fever dream is as fun to watch as it is disorienting. And hilarious: Max Tundra has a serious taste for self-deprecation, and he knows how to sate it. Check it out and let Listening Post know...
DISKUSIA - Music & Beyond (Free subscription) | 11/15/2008
... to slow your mind. The video for his first sarcastic single "Will Get Fooled Again" — take that, Pete Townsend! — is just as destabilizing. Its light-speed jump from goofy spoof to Lynchian fever dream is as fun to watch as it is disorienting. And hilarious: Max Tundra has a serious taste for self-deprecation, and he knows how to sate it. Check it out and let Listening Post know if...
Hellomagazine.com (Free subscription) | 11/06/2008
... was provided by a surprise jamming session between host Michael and The Who musicians Pete Townsend and Roger Daltrey.
Shot In The Dark (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008
Growing up as something of a wannabe rock star, my dreams as a teenager were probably more focused on guitar gear than on cars than for most teenage guys. And in fact they still are. And the big mack daddy of ‘em all, to a kid who grew up a Who fanatic and who played guitar for two years before he knew there was a way to strum the guitar other than windmilling, was the amp that Pete Townsend,...
Environmental Republican (Free subscription) | 10/28/2008
... the Falcons and the least watched live event this weekend was The Who playing last night where Pete Townsend mentioned that they were the bottom end of the totem pole.It's a Phillies town right about now and that is .Update: Just how remarkable would a Hamels win be tonight? .
Popdose (Free subscription) | 10/24/2008
Mainstream Rock: The Who, “You Better You Bet” (1981) Zack Dennis: Every time I get hooked in by Pete Townsend’s synthesizers, I feel kind of silly. And yet it always happens. While I’d rather listen to the entirety of Quadrophenia rather than any particular single by the Who, the [...]
Mike Power's 'Not A Blog' (Free subscription) | 10/23/2008
Tinnitus sufferer Guy Kawasaki links to this page Famous People with Tinnitus I knew Pete Townsend had suffered major hearing problems from his years of playing but some of the others on the list came as a surprise. William Shatner's was so bad it led to the breakup of his marriage and he even contemplated suicide. Others include Charles Darwin, Bono, Jimmy Saville and Garrison Keillor....
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 10/21/2008
... (who brought her young family in for spaghetti dinners), Ben Stiller (who dines with his parents), Pete Townsend (lore has it he sketched the idea for Tommy on a napkin), Christian Slater (who had his 9th birthday party in the restaurant's back room), Tom Cruise (who initially went unrecognized and waited patiently for a table for an hour), and Kelly Ripa (her first date with now...
