Saturday, December 3, 2011

December 3, 2011

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
BILLY THORPE...Children Of The Sun (1979)
(CD, vinyl, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR DECEMBER 3
Ozzy Osbourne is 64; Mickey Thomas of Jefferson Starship and Starship is 62;


ON THIS DATE
1966 The Monkees make their concert debut in Honolulu, Hawaii
1968 "Singer Presents Elvis" airs on NBC. The show is more commonly known as the "Comeback Special"
1972 Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones reads in the newspaper that charges have been brought against him and his girlfriend Anita Pallenberg by French police for violating the country’s drug laws
1976 During the cover shoot for the album Animals by Pink Floyd the 40 foot pig breaks free flying from London to Kent
1979 11 people were killed in a crush of fans at Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium, where The Who were performing
2009 Ronnie Wood of the Rolling Stones is arrested for assault. He was suspected of assaulting his 21-year-old girlfriend Ekaterina Ivanova
2009 Travis Barker of Blink 182 settles a lawsuit against Clay Lacy Aviation, Goodyear Tire & Rubber, Global Exec Aviation, Bombardier Inc. and others over the 2008 South Carolina plane crash that killed four and left Barker seriously injured

ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
Monday, December 5 SEETHER 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Wednesday, December 7 LESLIE WEST 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Does your local rock station carry Rockline? Find out here

The Rock Show with Michael David for Thanksgiving weekend, December 2-4, 2011. You can download the zip file here

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