In The End It Was Mojo’s Head Served On A Plate
Mojo Nixon, the singer whose satirical repertoire includes the lively tune “Don Henley Must Die,” is backtracking fast from his efforts to release his new album.
Nixon has pulled copies of “Whereabouts Unknown,” which bears the song “Bring Me the Head of David Geffen.” He’s even requested the return of advance copies sent to reviewers.
“Please, please, please refrain from reviewing this song under any circumstances,” a press release from Nixon’s management implores. The song includes the line “Who killed rock ‘n’ roll? I don’t know but I been told… Bring me the head of David Geffen.”
Geffen, one of the most powerful men in music, claims no responsibility for Nixon’s actions. “He doesn’t even know who Mojo Nixon is,” a Geffen spokesman said.
Loose talk
Roman Polanski on the state of modern film (in Entertainment Weekly): “It seems that American motion pictures are made for smaller and smaller children every year. Some are extremely entertaining, some are real fun, but you can’t just have fast food.”
Why does the number 755 come to mind?
Hank Aaron turns 61 today.
He no longer wants to get eight miles high
The down side of his liver transplant according to David Crosby? “They almost cut you in half and they move all your insides around.” And the up side? “I’m not dying and that’s magnificent.”
Face it, as critics these guys are all thumbs
The quote: “I can’t speak for Gene, but I’ve always wanted to have my own way.” The speaker: Movie critic Roger Ebert. The significance: Ebert was commenting on the naming of a stretch of street in Chicago Siskel & Ebert Way, after him and fellow critic Gene Siskel.
She’ll be ma, grandma and great-grandma all at once
Rosanna Della Corte, the 63-year-old Rome woman who made history by becoming a first-time mother in July, apparently isn’t through. “I really want a brother or sister for Riccardo,” she says.
Junior, this is mommy’s film, `Love Muffin From Milan’
Remember La Cicciolina, the Italian ex-porn star, ex-politician whose real name is Illona Staller? Seems she’s still struggling with former husband Jeff Koons, the American artist, who is suing her in a Rome court. He wants Roman officials to enforce a U.S. court order giving him custody of the couple’s 2-year-old son whom, he claims, Staller is holding captive.
The holdup? Lisa-Marie’s still recording `HERstory’
“HIStory,” Michael Jackson’s long-awaited new album, has been delayed again. It was supposed to come out in November, then on Valentine’s Day. Now it’s not due until the spring.
The following fields overflowed: CREDIT = Compiled by staff writer Dan Webster