April Fools!

[Mr.Huge]

http://www.wayhuge.com/

-Mr. Huge

[Fret Wire]

You forgot Elvis and Mama Cass. :shock:

[petemoore]

Just Imagine what ... if he had lived ... he could have accomplished.
 I always think of something like what those pictures represent, except in Jim. Jimi. and Janis's cases I think they would have continued to be percieved by the establishment as a major threat to the establishment, and as a result might have become quite well known and respected as valued viewkeepers and leaders.
 Sick morbid and twisted, just a little like real life! I'm glad they had the taste at least to not include John in their little warped cartoon roast of the not so recently deceased.

[Mike Burgundy]

Crosby got a giggle.
I'd like to be touring like that when I'm dead

[moosapotamus]

You know... if Mama Cass had just shared half of that sandwich with Karen Carpenter, they might both still be alive today.

~ Charlie

[David]

Charlie:

It wouldn't have mattered.  Karen wouldn't have eaten it anyway...

[RDV]

Charlie:
It wouldn't have mattered.  Karen wouldn't have eaten it anyway...

Well...she would have...and then run to the bathroom.

I hope we're not offending anyone with an eating disorder, it's probably not funny to those with one. I have a eating disorder myself. It's called "I'mabigfatslobcauseIcan'tstopstuffingmyfacealldayitus".

Long Live Rock!

RDV

[Fret Wire]

If Janis were still around, she'd probably be on "Extreme Makeover". They probably couldn't help her though, because she wouldn't put her Jack Daniels down long enough for the cosmetic surgery.

[Mark Hammer]

There was a show in the early 70's called "The National Lampoon Radio Hour", featuring a lot of performers we later came to know and love on Saturday Night Live., doing an assortment of skits that worked well on radio but could probably have been converted to visuals.  The content appealed to those who liked the Firesign Theatre.

One of the bits I remember was about a guy who had been knocked unconscious (apparently by a Hells Angel security guard or something) and lay sprawled like Rip Van Winkle, for a few years.  When he wakes up, he hobbles to the highway and thumbs a ride with a Deadhead who is telling him about an upcoming concert where the Dead are gonna play on a raft launched from SF harbour and aren't gonna stop until they reach Hawaii.

The conversation drifts around to discussing varius rock luminaries, and the hitchhiker is shocked to find out that while he was unconscious Janis Joplin had died.  "Oh no, man, Janis?"  "Jim Morrison also died"  "Jim Morrison!!? Oh no, man, bummer.  I wonder if my Hendrix tickets are still good."  "Jimi's dead too"  "JIMI'S DEAD!!?  Ohhhh, MAN!!"  "Not only that, Jim Croce died too"  "Jim who?"

I'm trying to imagine what Tommy Lee will look like at 70 (assuming he gets that far) and all those tattoos are distributed across sagging skin.  Of course, if you tried to imagine what Keith Richard will look like when he's 80.....well, look at the pictures from his 50th birthday.

[Doug H]

If Janis were still around, she'd probably be on "Extreme Makeover". They probably couldn't help her though, because she wouldn't put her Jack Daniels down long enough for the cosmetic surgery.

They probably couldn't have helped her back in 1969 either, with or without the JD...

Hey did you hear about the Karen Carpenter solo LP? Her portrait was on the binding. (bah-da-boom bah-da-bing)

Re. Mr. Huge's pictures:

Cue appropriate music-
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/clipserve/B000002THB001002/0/002-9953405-8135218

and lyrics:

http://www.lyricsdepot.com/righteous-brothers/rock-and-roll-heaven.html

I think I've hit my cheese quota for the day.

Doug

[Fret Wire]

I'm trying to imagine what Tommy Lee will look like at 70 (assuming he gets that far) and all those tattoos are distributed across sagging skin.  Of course, if you tried to imagine what Keith Richard will look like when he's 80.....well, look at the pictures from his 50th birthday.

Did you guys see David Lee Roth on the Soprano's last Sunday. If you haven't, they'll re-run it at least once more before Sunday. He wasn't looking too hot himself. He's playing in a high stakes card game, and they're telling accountant jokes. He pipes up and says, "I used to write off condoms". Maybe true then but not now.

[bwanasonic]

You know... if Mama Cass had just shared half of that sandwich with Karen Carpenter, they might both still be alive today.

You do know the *choked on a sandwich* is an urban legend right? M Cass died of a heart attack in the same flat Keith Moon died in years later.

Kerry M