I Love Rhino; I Love L.A.

Rhino Records has a very fine site with Videos of some classics, including one of my personal favorites: Randy Newman: I Love L.A.....It builds so nicely from the get-go right on to the finish. And Rhino's site is cool from top to bottom. It's fun to look around.

Blank Brothers Blog Destroyed!

...And a new layout created. Hope you like it.
We had a day of mysterious bugs in the XHTML, but all is fine now, save a duplicate comment entry, and comments not publishing. Sheesh. But we're working on it.
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Who Was That Unknown Beach Boy?

Well, maybe not unknown, but he was on the cover of the first Beach Boys L.P. also, way back when (second from left, above photo). Having more surfer hair than even Dennis Wilson, he seemed to me at the time both a B.B. template and, simultaneously, a desaparecido right after that album was released. I remember a story about him, but can't recall his name or why he missed the really big wave. And where is he now? What did missing the wave really mean in terms of longevity, relevance, identity, income, family? Fill in the Blanks?

Where Did Ozzy Osbourne's Ten Dollars Go?

Ozzie Osbourne and wife have been victimized by a jewelry burglar who got away clean with the goods. Sad. But what is weird about this story is that the amount of the reward offered is "up to $185,950".

What? Will anyone tell me why this figure? I'd really like to know.

I mean, why not $185,000? Or $185,900? Couldn't it be rounded up to $186,000?

Where the hell does that $50 difference go?

A cheap (for the Osbournes) bottle of red? Parking for the limo? The bean-counters cut? Whew.
You tell me....