THE BILLY BOB TAPES: A CAVE FULL OF GHOSTS

Billy Bob Thornton and Kinky Friedman:

“I’m cynical about cynicism. Cynicism has become popular, funny, and entertaining, so in order to combat it,

I have to become cynical about the perpetrators”

FRIDAY FUNNIES

THE NATURE OF BALANCE

by Tim Lebbon:

What seems to be a nature run amok story turns into a mish-mash of three different story concepts. To me it was a book I almost gave up on finishing; not once, but a few times. But I stuck to it and kept my fingers crossed, and was ultimately disappointed. Despite all the blurbs from other horror authors I’m afraid this book really wasn’t my cup of tea (and I read a lot of books - and drink lots of tea!)

SPOTTED IN HONG KONG HARBOR

Imagine if you were drunk and saw this floating by!!

RIP: TREVOR BOLDER

1950 - 5/21/13: Bass player for Spiders From Mars (1971-73)& Uriah Heep (1975-81 & 1983-2013). And amidst all that even managed to play with Wishbone Ash & Mick Ronson.  Actually saw him play with the Heep back when they toured with Kiss in the mid-70s, and have his autograph on the Uriah Heep Acoustically Driven VHS booklet that the band signed for people who pre-bought the VHS/CD combination.

Another great talent brought down by cancer; seems like if you survive the drugs & alcohol, them something else like cancer will get you.

Sorry to see Trevor go, I’m sure he would have played on many more Heep albums…

Rock on, Trevor, rock on…

HEY! IT'S WEIRD AL'S GREAT-GRANDFATHER!

ON YAHOO BUYING TUMBLR

"It's very hard to just buy something cool from somebody else and for it to remain cool," says Robin Klein, a partner at technology investors Index Ventures.

So basically, you may possibly be able to inherit cool, but you certainly can't buy it.

RIP: RAY MANZAREK

1939 - 5/20/13: The great keyboard (and bass keys) 

player for the Doors.

An integral part of the Doors sound, to my mind never better than their first album.

Rock on Ray, rock on...

FRIDAY FUNNIES

DEVIL BONES

By Kathy Reichs: ‘Despite the nuclear power plant humming on it’s southwestern shore, Lake Wylie is ringed by a number of upmarket developments - River Hills, the Palisades, the Sanctuary. Palisaded against whom? I often wondered. Sanctuary from what? Day-Glo bass and eight-legged toads?’