So, The Cute One Hasn’t Heard From The Dead One
Alive or not, the late John Lennon is still cranking out the tunes.
Several unreleased songs recorded by the former Beatle, who was shot by a deranged fan in 1980, are being issued as a CD accompanying a new edition of his 1965 book, “A Spaniard in the Works.”
And it sounds like Lennon’s former mate Paul McCartney was probably the last to know.
“When we were kids we always used to say, ‘OK, whoever dies first, get a message through,”’ McCartney told a BBC interviewer who asked if he believed in life after death. “When John died, I thought ‘Well, maybe we’ll get a message,’ because I know he knew the deal.”
However, McCartney said, “I haven’t had a message from John … Maybe you live but there’s no postal service.”
Loose talk
Jamiroquai lead singer Jay Kay, on modern rock (in the Los Angeles Times): “I think too many music people are sullen, moody individuals who are either miserable in their music or in their personal life, sometimes both.”
Cat scratch fever? Nah, just a midlife crisis
Ted Nugent turns 49 today.
He’s out there building bridges to babyland
In case you haven’t heard, Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger and model wife Jerry Hall welcomed their fourth child this week - an 8-pound, 3-ounce boy named Gabriel Luke Beauregard Jagger.
They can really relate to a ‘vice’ president
When the Stones took their “Bridges to Babylon” tour to Minneapolis, Jagger told the crowd: “We arrived last night at the Hubert H. Humphrey Airport, and we went to the Hubert Humphrey Hilton Hotel, and tonight we’re playing at the Hubert Humphrey Dome. So we’d like to dedicate this next song to Hubert Humphrey.”
Think their wives can get them out of hot water?
Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee and bassist Nikki Sixx were arrested for allegedly knocking over a security guard at a Phoenix concert Wednesday after urging fans to come onstage. (The bandmates, by the way, are married to former Baywatch babe Pamela Anderson and current Baywatch babe Donna D’Errico, respectively.)
Guess her past was spicier than we realized
A 47-minute video titled “Spice Exposed” went on sale this week, featuring a series of topless photos of Spice Girl Geri Halliwell (aka Ginger Spice) from her earlier modeling days.
The moral: If you dink around, don’t drive away
A Los Angeles judge has refused to let Tupac Shakur’s father collect any inheritance from the slain rapper’s estate, calling William Garland’s support for his abandoned son during childhood “minuscule.” “This is a big defeat for deadbeat dads,” said an attorney for the estate. “Being the designated sperm is not enough.”
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