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Rabbi's On This Day: Thursday, September 2, 2010
 Posted 9/2/2010 12:00:00 PM
Thursday, September 2, 2010TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS:
- Spencer Smith (drummer, Panic! At The Disco) (23)
- Phil Lipscomb (bassist, Taproot) (34)
- Aimee Osbourne (singer; oldest daughter of Ozzy & Sharon Osbourne) (27)
- Salma Hayek (actress, From Dusk 'Til Dawn, Desperado, Frida, Spy Kids 3D: Game Over, 30 Rock) (44)
- Keanu Reeves (actor, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, the Matrix movies, The Day The Earth Stood Still) (46)
- Terry Bradshaw (Hall Of Fame NFL quarterback; currently a football announcer) (62)
- Lennox Lewis (English heavyweight boxer) (45)
- Dino Cazares (ex-guitarist, Fear Factory) (44)
ON THIS DAY:
1901 Speaking at a Minnesota State Fair, Vice President Theodore Roosevelt offers this advice from an African proverb: "Speak softly and carry a big stick, you will go far."
1944 Navy pilot and future president George H. W. Bush is shot down by the Japanese during World War Two in the Bonin Islands. Bush is rescued, ...
Rabbi's On This Day: Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Posted 9/1/2010 12:00:00 PM
Wednesday, September 1, 2010TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS:
- Joe Trohman (guitarist, Fall Out Boy) (26)
- Lily Tomlin (actress-comedienne, Nine To Five, Murphy Brown, The West Wing) (71)
- Alan Dershowitz (attorney; part of O.J. Simpson's legal defense team) (72)
- Gloria Estefan (Cuban-American singer) (53)
- Dr. Phil McGraw (author, former psychologist, host of Dr. Phil show) (60)
ON THIS DAY:
1887 Emile Berliner files for a patent for his invention of the gramophone, later called a record player. Thomas Edison later refines Berliner's invention.
1890 Baseball's first and only triple-header is held. Boston wins all three games from Pittsburgh.
1922 Actress Yvonne De Carlo (The Munsters' Lily Munster) is born. She dies in 2007.
1939 World War II begins as Nazi Germany invades Poland.
1961 The U.S. minimum wage rises to $1.15 an hour.
1969 Colonel Moammar Gadhafi deposes Libya's King Idris in a bloodless coup.
1975 Kiss releases its ...
Escape The Fate Reveals Album Title and November 2nd Release Date
Posted 9/1/2010 9:26:00 AM
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- DGC/Interscope Records rock band Escape the Fate (singer Craig Mabbitt, bassist Max Green, guitarist Monte Money and drummer Robert Ortiz) has revealed that their eagerly anticipated major label debut will be self-titled and unleashed on November 2nd.
(Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100901/LA58136)
(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100901/LA58136)
Max explains, "We're making our mark on the world 100% through blood sweat and tears and so we felt we should set it in stone by self titling our album."
The first track, "Massacre," from Escape The Fate premiered this weekend on MySpace and received over 200,000 page views in just 48 hours. It is available on iTunes, and can be heard via: http://interscope.edgeboss.net/download/interscope/escapethefate/audio/massacre.mp3. The pummeling song gives fans an electrifying mouthful of what's to come. Max offers, "We chose "Massacre" as a street track for the fans because it is full force and us at our peak. Right out the gate ...
Stone Sour at Webster Hall N.Y.C. 8/30/20
Posted 8/31/2010 4:19:00 PM
I was there...great show. Here is the setlist and video of the Tom Petty Cover.
Rabbi's On This Day: Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Posted 8/31/2010 12:00:00 PM
Tuesday, August 31, 2010TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS:
- Chris Tucker (actor-comedian, The Fifth Element, the Rush Hour movies) (38)
- Craig Nicholls (lead singer, the Vines) (33)
- Jeff Russo (guitarist, Tonic) (41)
- Rudolf Schenker (guitarist, the Scorpions) (62)
- Reb Beach (guitarist, Winger, Alice Cooper, Dokken, Whitesnake) (47)
- Richard Gere (actor, An Officer And A Gentleman, Pretty Woman, Unfaithful, Chicago) (61)
- Marcia Clark (prosecutor in the O.J. Simpson murder trial) (57)
ON THIS DAY:
12 AD Roman emperor Caligula is born. He rules from 37 AD to 41 AD, when he is assassinated at the age of 28.
1887 Thomas Edison receives a patent for his kinetoscope, which makes moving pictures.
1888 Jack The Ripper kills Mary Ann Nichols, his first victim, in the East End of London.
1924 Actor-comedian Buddy Hackett (It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World, The Love Bug, Paulie) is born. He dies in 2003.
1928 Actor ...
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