Posts Tagged ‘Music’
Kenny Loggins is ‘A Single Dad With a Mini-Van’
I can’t say I spend a lot of time reading bankrate.com, but maybe I should. This brief interview with Kenny Loggins was kind of interesting. Loggins describes himself as “a single dad with a mini-van.” Really. Here’s what else the former partner of Messina said.
I Broke My Glasses In A Mosh Pit
Last Friday, I broke my glasses in a mosh pit.
Not only am I too old to be breaking my glasses in mosh pits, I’m old enough that I remember a time before mosh pits were called mosh pits.
Some explanation is needed. Read more »
Tip: Teach Your Children About Music [DaddyTips]
Teaching your children about music does not mean exposing them to Gregorian Chants and Edgard Varese. Or even (shudder) opera. (Unless you like opera. That’s your burden to bear.) I’m talking about the basics. Today’s DaddyTip is Teach Your Children About Music.
This came up the other day when we were in the car and Led Zeppelin came on the radio. “Who’s Led Zeppelin?” my son asked. Read more »
Weird Al Yankovic’s Alpocalypse $3.99 at Amazon [DaddyDeal]
DaddyDeal for today only — Alpocalypse, Weird Al Yankovic‘s latest. Read more »
Weird Al Sings Pac-Man
Here’s a Weird Al Yankovic tune I’ve never heard before — Pac-Man, a parody of the Beatles’ Taxman. Read more »
What Dad Did Today 5-26-11
Once again proving that I do not sit around all day eating bon bons, here is What Dad Did Today. Read more »
Is Ke$ha Lying About Not Knowing Who Her Father Is?
Ke$ha annoys me for several reasons. Guess what? I’ve found another one. According to published reports, Ke$ha may be lying about not knowing who her father is.
Ke$ha is one of the pop stars that make me glad I don’t have daughters. I’m not a fan of her music (and I use the term loosely), and I find her image inappropriate. Do I sound like a cranky old man? Sure. But (a) I sort of am (cranky, although not THAT old yet) and (b) I’m right. Her song (again, using the term loosely) “Tik Tok” begins with her explaining that she “brushes her teeth with a bottle of Jack.” As in Daniels. Charming.
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Anyway, to the matter at hand. According to the blog Allie Is Wired, Ke$ha told Rolling Stone magazine that she doesn’t know who her father is. She says that her mother “went through the necessary ways of having a child” and “didn’t want a man telling her what and what not to do. She just wanted a baby. It’s an interesting topic of conversation to other people more so than it is to myself. I don’t obsess about it.”
It could be that Ke$ha’s doesn’t obsess about not knowing who her father is because it isn’t true. (Note: this is all according to published reports, but they are from sources that most people consider reliable in terms of celebrity news.) Star Magazine interviewed Bob Chamberlain, who claims that he is spelling challenged pop tart’s father, and that both she and her mom are quite aware of his identity. Chamberlain tells Star: “I was in her life from the time she was born until she was 19 years old… [then] The contact ended, and I have no idea why.” The articles describes the dad as “devastated” by the whole she-bang, and quotes him thusly: “Maybe someone around her thought it would be better to perpetuate those myths; I don’t know.”
Gee, ya think? A manufactured image is one thing. I’m not a fan of that sort of thing, but I get it. For example, the “Avril Lavigne is a punk rocker” routine was a big pile of poop from the first time it was mentioned. Annoying, but whatever. But why would someone tell Ke$ha to pretend that she doesn’t know who her father is? Is that supposed to make her seem “edgier”, like brushing her teeth with Jack Daniels thing? Whatever the reason, it’s stupid.
Here’s an idea. Write and record good songs. Then you won’t have to worry so much about your image.
Ke$ha’s Father… Denied! | Allie is Wired.
