10 Things About Christina Aguilera
Image: idolator.com Despite the mixed reception for last year’s comeback album Bionic, Christina Aguilera’s superstar status was completely reconfirmed this week when news of her arrest for public intoxication (and hey, we’ve all been there) barged its way to the top of the newsreels. So, to mark her upcoming role on NBC’s The Voice and her continued presence in our …
10 Surprising Facts About Keith Richards
Okay, so you thought you knew everything about Keith Richards, the Rolling Stones‘ rhythm guitarist, whose skeletal body, Medusa-like coiffure and topographic map of a face are as iconic as the jangly chords he plays on that signature Fender Telecaster. After all, he’s one of the most fabled figures in rock and roll, not just because of his innovative, influential guitar …
10 Things You Might Not Know About John Lennon
Few lives have been as thoroughly examined as that of the great John Lennon, with book-length biographies ranging from Albert Goldman’s notoriously mean-spirited (and factually suspect) account to Ray Coleman’s fine Lennon to Philip Norman’s recent, brilliant tome, John Lennon: The Life. Buried in such books (or absent altogether, sometimes) are bits of information that sometimes escape the eye of …
10 Facts About Mozart
Image credit: emersonkent.com Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart flooded the world of music with multiple accomplishments, so it is not difficult to pinpoint 10 facts about Mozart. In the brief 34 years that Mozart was alive, he was an Austrian composer that created some of the most influential, and timeless classical music pieces ever. These 10 facts should help to provide you …
20 Facts About Jim Henson
Today, Jim Henson would have been 74 years old. Here are 20 things you might not know about the puppet master who created the Muppets. 1. He cited ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and puppeteer Burr Tillstrom (of Kukla, Fran and Ollie fame) among his early influences. 2. While still in high school, he began working for a local TV station in …
30 Strange Elvis Presley Facts
33 years after his death, he is still always on our mind. Ed Ceaser pays homage to The King with 30 weird and wonderful facts from the life of the man who embodied rock ‘n’ roll. 1. Elvis was a black belt in karate. He took up martial arts under the shotokan sensei Jürgen Seydal, while fulfilling his military duties …
