Give me your music, your art, your huddled masses of words and rhythms yearning to breathe free.
Dana Spiardi 
Beatles’ drummer Ringo Starr was so determined that his eldest son NOT follow in his footsteps that he gave the kid but one drum lesson in his entire life. Zak Starkey, who turns 48 today, would have to master the skill all by himself…with a little help from his dad’s good mate, Keith Moon of … Read more
“Don’t take your horns to town.” Mom always told me that (she loved that good human, Johnny Cash). You know, almost all goats – both billies and nannys – are born with horns. Some of our human rulers remove our beautiful crowns by burning them off with a hot iron. It’s called disbudding, and we … Read more
German filmmaker Werner Herzog, who turns 71 today, directed actor Klaus Kinski in his two most acclaimed motion pictures – Fitzcarraldo and Aguirre, The Wrath of God. Kinski is regarded as one of the most temperamental – some would say insane – actors of the past 50 years. Kinski continually wreacked havoc on the set … Read more
“The Greatest Tea Room Orchestra in the World” is how British journalist and talk show host David Frost described The Beatles when they played “By George, It’s The David Frost Theme” on his September 8, 1968, talk show. The tune was written by Beatles’ producer George Martin. The boys appeared on the show to promote … Read more
Oh that zany Keith Moon! His outrageous antics are legendary — from driving a Lincoln Continental into a Holiday Inn swimming pool, to flushing cherry bombs down hotel toilets. (He was eventually banned for life from all Holiday Inns, Sheraton and Hilton hotels, and many others.) But one of my favorite stories involves the night … Read more