Disappointing Music Facts

Came across these horrible facts at http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/12-extremely-disappointing-facts-about-popular-mus



1. Creed has sold more records in the US than Jimi Hendrix


2. Led Zeppelin, REM, and Depeche Mode have never had a number one single, Rihanna has 10

3. Ke$ha's “Tik-Tok” sold more copies than ANY Beatles single

4. Flo Rida's “Low” has sold 8 million copies – the same as The Beatles' “Hey Jude”

5. The Black Eyed Peas' “I Gotta Feeling” is more popular than any Elvis or Simon & Garfunkel song chartwise

6. Celine Dion's “Falling Into You” sold more copies than any Queen, Nirvana, or Bruce Springsteen record - same with Shania Twain's “Come On Over”

7. Katy Perry holds the same record as Michael Jackson for most number one singles from an album

8. Barbra Streisand has sold more records (140 million) than Pearl Jam, Johnny Cash, and Tom Petty combined

9. People actually bought Billy Ray Cyrus' album “Some Gave All…” 20 million people. More than any Bob Marley album

10. The cast of “Glee” has had more songs chart than the Beatles

So This Is Thursday....

The world's longest cat Stewie - 4 ft long

Happy Thursday - or Friday or whenever you're reading this. Not much going on today. Still too freaking warm outside - near 80 degrees approaching Halloween- sheesh! Though it DID get down to around 30 degrees about 94 miles away from here this morning. As of Thursday afternoon, me and the missus have no “big” plans for my bi-weekly Friday/Saturday/Sunday off.


On Yahoo! News this afternoon, one of the afternoon's headlines reads "Obama says elections could set nation's future". NAH, REALLY? How Bush-esque...

What do you think of the "racy" photos at GQ of the cast of TV's "Glee"? I think the pedophilia concerns are kinda muddled because, as with most shows, you have early/mid 20 year olds playing high school teens.

Look for Jimmy McMillan of New York’s The Rent Is Too Damn High (www.rentistoodamnhigh.org/) political party to possibly make a cameo on this weekend's Saturday Night Live.


Conan O'Brien is lining up the expected "big" guest list for the initial week of his show debuting November 8th.


Katy Perry and Jack Sparrow imitator Russell Brand are getting married in India.


Why did NPR fire (terminate the contract of) analyst Juan Williams for telling Bill OReilly that one time on a plane people appearing to be Muslims dressed in religious garb frightened him?


A new study indicates that eating whole grains instead of refined grains may have benefits for your waistline. Will they ever come out with a whole grain cheesecake?

How do you feel about Collin Ferrell being in a "Total Recall" remake?


Looks like the on again/ off again production of "The Hobbit" is becoming just as long and drawn out as the movie/story will be.

Penthouse founder Bob Guccione Sr has died.


And finally, a U.S. satellite has detected increased activity at a North Korean nuclear weapons test site, suggesting it could be preparing for a third test, a South Korean government source was quoted as saying. If we went into Iraq because of alleged WMD's and the argument is being made that even though the WMD's were moved out of Iraq and it's a GOOD thing Saddam is gone, can't we make the same argument concerning Kim Jong Il/Nam/Nong?

Happy Monday!

HAPPY MONDAY! What a busy day for me here at work. I'd better get started....

The Plane! The Plane!!! Jack's dead! Everybody's dead! Move on, now! It's estimated that over fifty people or MORE watched the end of ABC's "Lost" last night. YAWN!! Tonight, another Jack, Jack Bauer and Fox's '24'does the same. Probably over 100 people may check THAT out.

Frequent near death guy/ rock legend Bret Michaels was named the winner of NBC's 'Celebrity Apprentice' season 3, ousting finalist Holly Robinson Peete.

Paula Abdul is taking part in a special send-off for Simon Cowell that will be shown during the finale of American Idol this week.

Shrek 32 made a paltry $71 million dollars according to weekend estimates. Can you imagine the totals if they WEREN'T charging $10 or $15 a ticket for 3D? The below are tentative until Tuesday AM.
1. Shrek Forever After 3D (DWA/Par) NEW [4,359 Theaters]
Friday $20M, Saturday $29M, Weekend $72M
2. Iron Man 2 (Marvel/Paramount) Week 3 [4,177 Theaters]
Friday $7.8M, Saturday $11.4M, Weekend $26M, Cume $256M
3. Robin Hood (Universal) Week 2 [3,505 Theaters]
Friday $5.5M, Saturday $7.9M, Weekend $18.5M (-49%), Cume $66M
4. Letters To Juliet (Summit) Week 2 [2,975 Theaters]
Friday $3M, Saturday $3.7M, Weekend $9M (-34%), Cume $27.2M
5. Just Wright (Fox Searchlight/Fox) Week 2 [1,831 Theaters]
Friday $1.3M, Saturday $1.9M, Weekend $4.3M (-48%), Cume $14.7M
6. MacGruber (Rogue/Universal) NEW [2,551 Theaters]
Friday $1.6M, Saturday $1.5M, Weekend $4.1M
7. Date Night (Fox) Week 7 [1,869 Theaters]
Friday $1M, Estimated Weekend $3M, Estimated Cume $90M

Google has reinstated its Pac-Man game after removing it from the main page of google.com earlier Sunday. The game, which saw the “Google” logo embedded into a playable Pac-Man game board, had been put in place in honor of the legendary arcade game’s 30th anniversary. Although temporarily not available at all upon its removal from the Google homepage, Pac-Man can now be found – and played for free – at google.com/pacman.

37 year old Jose Lima, former MLB pitcher has died of an apparent heart attack at his home in Pasadena, Calif Sunday.

Three vehicles in a motorcade taking former President Bill Clinton to Yale University to give a speech on Sunday afternoon were involved in a minor accident, the Connecticut State Police said. One person was taken to a hospital with a minor injury. Later on Clinton told Yale seniors on Sunday to listen to people with whom they disagree in order to work together to resolve differences.

The space shuttle Atlantis undocked from the International Space Station at 11:22 am New York time Sunday on its last scheduled mission in orbit after almost 25 years of service, NASA said. Weather permitting, it should return Wednesday.

It’s official: Britney Spears has just become the top Twitter account, surpassing longtime Twitter king Ashton Kutcher by a margin of a handful followers. Each account’s actual number of followers continues to fluctuate by the second, but Spears seems to be maintaining a tenuous lead.

Whitney Matheson at USA Today's Pop Candy blog is reporting that on On July 8 select theaters will start screening Grease, the 1978 musical starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. This time around, the release will show subtitles during the musical numbers, so audiences are encouraged to sing loudly and proudly.

FOX TV phenom "Glee" has been picked up for a 3rd season. I don't get it, but millions of other viewers/fans do.

Speaking of which, Google Inc. is attempting to answer the increasingly difficult question posed by television viewers faced with hundreds of programming choices: What should I watch? At the company's developer conference last week in San Francisco, Google predicted it would "change the future of television" with an effort to bring order to programming chaos in the same way that it organized the fire hose of information on the Web. Known as Google TV, the new television platform would allow viewers to access Internet content on their televisions in addition to traditional broadcast and cable programming. Despite bringing even more choice to the mix, Google is pitching the initiative as an easier way for audiences to find television shows and Internet content through a single search box instead of fumbling with remotes and on-screen programming guides.

Scream 4 has begun pre-production. It's rumored to star Ashley Greene and Hayden Panettiere along with the old standbys including Courteney Cox, Neve Campbell, Lake Bell, and David Arquette. Actress Lake bell and Rory Culkin are also rumored to be in this one.

Actor James Franco has been attached to the soon to begin production of the prequel "Planet of the Apes" re-launch. The story will take place in today's modern timeline.

Prince Edward, who at age 46 is seventh in line to the British throne behind his brothers Charles and Andrew and their children, flies to GreenVegas on Thursday and will stay here until the following Sunday, with several events on the agenda, including something he's never done before; roasting marshmallows and making s'mores. I hope they take him to "The Beacon" in Spartanburg.

That's all for now, see ya"ll later God willin'.

John