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 Random thoughts from Dave Haber inspired by today's news and whatever else may be happening in his little corner of the internet.
Records: The Vinyl Frontier Old-fashioned records are making a comeback, more than two and a half decades since the release of the first CD.  And, it's not just original Beatles and Stones fans reliving their lost childhoods. According to music retailers, approximately 50 percent of today's vinyl buyers are young people in their late teens and early 20s. Good news for those of us who never stopped loving the licorice pizzas!
Favorite Corporate Game: Bobbing for Apples This is no April Fools joke. According to bloggers on the internet today, Apple (Computers) is challenging the Big Apple (New York City) over a trademark claim to the apple (the fruit), even though New York being known as "the Big Apple" dates back to a sportswriter in the 1920s, and even though Apple (Computers), by twice paying Apple (Records) trademark infringement money, has acknowledged that it was not the first apple (the fruit) on earth.  Wired.com discovered Apple's (Computers) move, which claims the Big Apple's (New York City) new GreeNYC campaign, with an apple (the fruit) logo, might "seriously injure the reputation" of Apple (Computers) and its products. Apple (Computers) is challenging the environmental campaign's attempt to trademark its apple (seen above, left), presumably because the offending fruit might somehow confuse people familiar with their apple (above, right). New York's response, as the Wired headline put it: Bite me.
The incredible power of the Internet I found this amusing picture as I was surfing around the net recently:  Seeing this picture, I wondered idly if it had been taken somewhere near I live, in Hollywood. Not really expecting any results, I googled "Bloor Meat Market", which is the sign on the store in the background of the image. I was surprised to find the actual store, it turns out it's in Toronto. Even more surprising, without hardly any digging at all, I even found a picture!  Within a minute, you really can literally find anything you're looking for on the Internet! We live in amazing times!
A New Site for the New Year After many hours and months laboring behind the scenes, I have completed and launched a new website today. It is my third site about The Beatles and it is called Beatles Collecting.
I guess that's what it picks up I just saw this picture which is almost full-page height in an ad for Oreck vacuum cleaners in a magazine:  The way the woman is holding the vacuum cleaner, isn't she making the O look like a D? Do you you know the Yiddish word for poo-poo?
Holy cow, Heather! You just can't make this kind of stuff up. Widely reported in the press today, soon-to-be ex-wife of Paul McCartney, Heather Mills, who's been on a marathon public tirade against Paul and the British media, now has turned her attention to cows.  “It’s mad that we are having cow’s milk. Even cows don’t drink it after one year but we continue forever,” the 39-year-old former model said. “We are the only species that drinks another person’s milk, so why aren’t we drinking rat’s milk, or dog’s milk, or cat’s milk, that’s how crazy it is.” Ew.
Don Imus back on the air in New York City on Dec. 3 As a long-time Imus fan, it is my pleasure to write here that it was announced today that Don Imus will return to the air on Dec. 3 after being yanked off the air eight months ago due to a perceived racist and sexist remark.  According to reports, Imus will return with his longtime newsman, Charles McCord, and other members of his morning team, Citadel said in announcing the move. However, the status of Bernard McGuirk, the producer who instigated Imus on the Rutgers comment and was fired as well, is not known. While the WABC website says the Imus will also be syndicated nationally on the ABC Radio Network, there are no details yet as to other stations Imus will be carried on besides WABC in New York City. There was also no word any new TV deal for Imus. Before he was fired, the “Imus In the Morning” program aired on more than 70 stations and the MSNBC cable network. I hope the new Imus show will be carried by a station here in Los Angeles, but if not, I guess I'll still be able to listen to WABC on the internet. I'm looking foward to hearing Imus back on the air again! For more information and to listen to WABC live on the internet, Click here.
Girl Scouts don't have nuts! Oh, wait a minute, yes they do.  Sorry. Never mind.
Hey George, nice asteroid! George Takei, who is best known as Hikaru Sulu on Star Trek, has finally been accorded an honor fitting the helmsman of the U.S.S. Enterprise.  It joins the 4659 Roddenberry (named for the show's creator, Gene Roddenberry) and the 68410 Nichols (for co-star Nichelle Nichols, who played Lt. Uhura). Other main-belt asteroids have been named for science fiction luminaries Robert Heinlein and Isaac Asimov. Unlike the web sites that will "name a star after you", this is the real deal, this is now the asteroid's official name for all time. George laughed about it with reporters on Tuesday, saying, "I am now a heavenly body. I found out about it yesterday... I was blown away. It came out of the clear, blue sky — just like an asteroid." It was so cool to see George as Captain Sulu in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, I've always been disappointed they didn't make a whole Star Trek movie following Captain Sulu and his crew onboard the USS Excelsior! Congratulations, George! Couldn't happen to a nicer guy!
Chewbacca assaults Marilyn Monroe at Kodak Theater I swear this is a real news story, you can't make this kind of thing up...
Earlier in the year, police arrested an actor in a Chewbacca costume after a tour guide told him to stop harassing a pair of Japanese tourists. Police are unsure if the same wookie is involved in today's assault. Chewbacca, whose real name was not available, fled before police arrived, said Los Angeles police Sgt. David Torres. However, Torres is sure the hairy assailant would be caught soon. "He's always there (at the theater)," he said.
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