I just found out that dance icon, Adolfo Gutierrez Quinones, better known as Shabba-Do, and more widely known as “Ozone” from the movie BREAKIN’, has passed away. This punches me quite a bit. I used to take his class on Saturdays, and a few years ago, he sat down with me to do an interview…
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Generation X lost another icon today. Eddie Van Halen, founding member of hard rock band VAN HALEN, died just a short while ago from cancer in Santa Monica, CA. He was 65 years old. Tributes by the thousands are being posted to Facebook. At this very moment, everyone I know from this generation…
Students…Students! May I have your attention please? Professor Chops here. Please take your seats for morning announcements: Welcome all to the fall 2020 semester! It is back to school season here in the US, and I know you are excited to start the new year! Unfortunately, this year is obviously a bit different, to say…
Where I stand: Upper deck at Los Angeles Dodger’s Stadium This Coronavirus has not only severely disrupted every day life, but also long standing traditions. At 1:10pm eastern time today, the first pitch of Major League Baseball was supposed to be thrown to start Opening Day 2020. Opening Day has now been postponed indefinitely. The…
It was 36 years ago, on this very date, January 11th, that Pee-Wee Herman went on his cross country “big adventure” in search of his most prized possession that had been stolen by spoiled brat nemesis, Frances Buxton. His beloved red and white custom bike, with enough secret gadgets and gizmos that would…
Beginning on the 8th to commemorate his birthday, for three days in January since his 2016 death, fans set up shrine and vigil to celebrate the birth and mourn the death of their “Ziggy”, their “Space Oddity”, their “Hero”, David Bowie, at his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The atmosphere is generally calm…
When tickets went on sale over the summer for The Revolution, sans Prince obviously, I have to admit, I was a bit skeptical. The man has been dead for nearly 4 years now. Was it a money grab by the band post his death? Was the band capitalizing on his death? Was it…
Christopher Dennis aka Hollywood Blvd’s Superman Local celebrity and Hollywood Blvd fixture for more than 2 decades, Christopher Dennis aka Hollywood Blvd Superman, has died. He was 52 years old. According to TMZ, he was apparently homeless again. His body was found in a clothing donation bin in the San Fernando Valley. …
“Wait a minute, Doc. Are you telling me that you built a time machine… out of a DeLorean?!” – Marty McFly On November 5th, 1955 in the 80’s classic film Back to the Future the Flux Capacitor was invented. Back to the Future; dashboard date travel input screen The story goes,…