“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 undergo this torture within our…
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. Here's a look at the strange relationship between the director and his l'enfant terrible.
"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 their new single, "Hey Jude," but couldn't resist hamming it up a bit. David Frost died this past Saturday at age 74. While I found his persona a bit annoying, I applaud him for snaring some great interviews. Beatle fans will be interested to know that Frost interviewed the Fab Four on various occasions throughout the years.
Keith Moon would have turned 68 today if he hadn't died in 1978 from swallowing 32 tablets of Heminevrin, a sedative he was taking to help him with alcohol withdrawal symptoms. The Who's chemically induced clown/drummer mixed one too many horse tranquilizers with brandy on the evening of November 20, 1973, causing him to pass out twice during the band's performance at the Cow Palace in San Francisco. But the show went on! Who guitarist Pete Townsend shouted out to the crowd: "Can anybody play the drums?", and a young man stepped forward.
Some have accused me of stealing from Robert Frost’s “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” when I penned this instant classic. What they don’t realize is that folk tales of fog-pooping are deeply rooted in goat lore of the 18th century. If anything, Frost stole from US!