Saturday Fluffernutter: Lindsay Lohan’s Bad Week; Elvis Costello’s Stupid Week; Ronnie James Dio (1942-2010)
All the fluffy news about those nutty celebrities
Mr. Diana Krall, Elvis Costello, this week joined the “shut up and sing,” club. Costello cancelled two upcoming concerts in Israel, stating “…merely having your name added to a concert schedule may be interpreted as a political act…” This in contrast to cancelling already scheduled concerts, which is an apolitical act.
Last word to Israeli Sport and Culture Minister Limor Livant:
An artist who boycotts his fans in Israel is not worthy of performing in front of them.
I know, I know, you’re anxious to know. You can’t sleep at night wondering, worried. That one question that nags at you and won’t go away: how was Lindsay Lohan’s week?
Funny you should ask, actually. She lost her passport. Stolen, along with her other personal papers. Of course, losing your passport in France, better yet Cannes isn’t so bad. So you stick around, maybe visit Paris, until the embassy gets it looked after. Lets face it, it’s not like she has work to go to.
Alas, karma isn’t just a bitch, she’s a mean girl. While the consul was explaining to LiLo that it was going to take a few days, perhaps a week to get her a passport, the judge at a probation hearing in California was explaining to her lawyer why she was issuing a warrant forLohan’s arrest.
Ronnie James Dio (1942-2010)
When Ozzy Osbourne left Black Sabbath the reasonable assumption would be that the legendary heavy metal band was done. They could get a new singer, but it would just be death throes. Surely Black Sabbath without it’s unique voice out front, could no longer reasonably be Black Sabbath. Who did they think they were, AC/DC?
A funny thing happened on the way to the requiem. Sabbath replaced Osbourne with former Rainbow singer Ronnie James Dio and produced what many metal and Black Sabbath fans consider the finest metal album, never mind Black Sabbath album, Heaven and Hell.
In 2007 Dio rejoined with his Black Sabbath bandmates, calling the band Heaven & Hell. They remained a viable touring act until last August. They were scheduled to perform some shows this summer, but early this month those shows were cancelled due to Dio’s health.
He died this week of stomach cancer at the age of 67.
My son met Dio and said he was a gentle soul and classy man. Rest in peace Dio.
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Was never a big Black Sabbath fan and I didn’t follow them much after Ozzy left but Dio was a good replacement none the less for Ozzy after he left the band. I think the best metal album of all was ‘Blizzard of Oz’ which was Ozzy’s first effort after leaving Black Sabbath and had the genius of Randy Rhoad’s guitar work gracing the entire project.