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:: Saturday, March 20, 2004 ::

Miscellania
The big Greatest Pop/Rock Albums project put me behind on routine blogging, so I'm trying to catch up a bit this morning. Here are a few things catching my attention over morning coffee:

Two members of our international panel of experts for said Greatest Pop/Rock Albums project have switched domains mid-countdown. Perhaps they're trying to escape culpability? We won't allow that to happen. So, be warned, Spudlets and SteelerDirtFreak, we know where your new home is, and we'll be updating the blogroll shortly.

Read on the blogs yesterday about the death of two figures in rock'n'roll: J.J. Jackson, one of the original MTV veejays (back in the day "When MTV played music videos," as Totem to Temple puts it), who died Wednesday night (March 17) of an apparent heart attack at age 62 (and another ex-veejay, Adam Curry, has surprisingly little to say about J.J.'s passing); and Dave Blood, bassist of the punk group Dead Milkmen committed suicide March 10 (link via Donnaville, who also appreciates that Milkmen classic "Punk Rock Girl" -- although it always bugged me that the Milkmen didn't know "California Dreamin'" was a Mamas & the Papas song, not the Beach Boys).

Who were the other original MTV veejays? Let's see: there was Martha Quinn, Adam Goodman, Nina Blackwood -- surely there were a couple of others? I don't think Adam Curry was among the cast of original veejays. I couldn't name three current MTV "veejays" (if that's what they still call them). They're just not cut from the same cloth as the old schoolers. This just in: Donnaville, somehow discerning I'm too lazy to Google, points us to this CNN feature: "The original MTV VJs: Where are they now? Of course it's a bit outdated as far as J.J. is concerned. But it also confirms that the missing VJ (sorry I misspelled that term earlier; I'm so accustomed to AP style) is none other than, um, what's-his-name again? Oh yeah, Alan Hunter.

Read it today in the newspaper, of all places, that Tammy Faye Messner, ex-wife of Jim Bakker and co-host of their 80s-era "PTL" televangelism program, has inoperable lung cancer. She announced it on Larry King Live. Messner said her faith in God is strong as she faces the latest illness, and she believes a miracle may be possible. But she also has the human desire to fight to live. "I know I'm going to heaven to be with Jesus, but I just don't want to be on the next busload, you know?"

:: Andrew 10:27 + ::
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