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One Legend to Another: Jeff Beck Honors Les Paul
By Chris Epting - AOL News"I was 6 years old when I first heard him on the radio, and I was stunned, fascinated by the sound, that strange slap-echo." Guitar legend Jeff Beck recently recalled when he first fell under the spell of another legendary player, Les Paul. "My mum said, 'I've heard of this chap.' She knew I was mesmerized by the sound of that guitar, and then she told me, 'I wouldn't get too excited by that, it's deception with electronic mirrors, it's all tricks.' I said, Great, fantastic! To a kid of 6, you want to hear tricks, don't you? I mean, what could have been more interesting?" Larry ...
Getting Better All The Time
By Bonnie Goldstein - Politics DailyAccompanied by then and now photos of ageless supermodels, Parade Magazine on Sunday featured an interview with fashion icon Iman. As Judy Howard Ellis noted here, the veteran model startlingly told Kevin Sessums she believes Michelle Obama is not "a great beauty," and that is a good thing because, "when you're a great beauty, it's always downhill for you." Instead, says Mrs. Ziggy Stardust, the First Lady is "interesting looking and so bright." ...
Joe Torre and the Spiders From Mars
By Eamonn Brennan - AOL NewsNow that Joe Torre has made his decision -- a right dignified one, I reckon -- we can all get on to more important things. Like the deluge of tribute videos being uploaded to Youtube even as we speak. We don't advocate drug use here at the FanHouse, but if we did, I might argue that the creator of the above could quite possibly have been on some sort of influence when he made this depressed masterpiece. One thing's for sure, which the boss noticed first: he was definitely spinning early Ziggy Stardust Tour-era David Bowie. (HT: Extra Mustard) ...
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