June 2010

  • Jim Shepard Continues on with the Crazies in V-3

    By cobwebsandstrange on 6/27/10 3:52pm
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    Jim Shepard had a busy recording career despite being pretty well ignored during its trajectory. During the seventies, the songwriter fronted a skewed punk band, not completely detached from the CLE sounds emanating from points north, called Vertical Slit. Purposefully obtuse, the band’s low run recordings did as much for its popularity as the difficult music itself.

    As that band broke up and Shepard worked a straight day job, it seems that he didn’t cease writing at all. A succession of work come out during the eighties – again all in small runs. But by this time, Shepard had been embraced by the out music scene in Columbus.

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  • Elton John Sells Soul at Rush Limbaugh's 4th Wedding

    By Thoreson on 6/7/10 4:49pm
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    Getty ImagesGetty ImagesIt is all beyond baffling.  First, who in the world would marry Rush Limbaugh?  The unbelievable answer is four.  You'd think the second wife would have gotten the hint.  Second, what is his newly fourth wife, Kathryn Rogers thinking?  The answer is she must not think too much.  Most importantly, however, is why Elton John, why?  Why would you sing at Rush Limbaugh's wedding?  You don't need the reported $1 million dollars he paid you, and the man represents everything you're against.  You sold your soul, and sold it to Rush Limbaugh.  It doesn't make much sense.

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