The music world will miss Isaac Hayes, who dies a couple of days ago, apparently from a stroke.
Hayes was best known for his theme from the blacksploitation move “Shaft.”
But, by far, my two favorite Hayes contributions involved cartoons. He was responsible for the character Chef, integral to 137 episodes of South Park from 1997-2006.
And secondly, he was responsible for the song “Two Cool Guys” used as the intro to the movie “Beavis and Butt-head Do America.”
Here it is:
It’s possible the N.Y. Post jumped the gun on the Bruce Springsteen Super Bowl halftime extravaganza. Variety reports that he NFL says no entertainment has been confirmed as of yet.
Oh well.
I’m willing to bet the Post got it right, but nobody is ready to talk about it yet. The NFL has been asking him since the mid-1980s, only to be repeatedly turned down.
Still the Boss!
Well, I guess it was “A Long Time Comin.”
I don’t know if it’s a big deal, or if it cements him as being a has-been in the eyes of many … or maybe both … but if you believe the New York Post, Bruce Springsteen will be the halftime performer at Super Bowl XLIII (is that 43?) Feb. 1 in Tampa, Fla. Here’s the note from Page 6:
THE next Super Bowl is really going to rock. This year, Tom Petty rocked the halftime crowd at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. But Super Bowl XLIII on Feb. 1 in Tampa will feature Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, sources said. “He was just confirmed,” a spy added. “Little Stevie (Van Zandt) has already rented out the Hard Rock Café for a party.” A Boss rep didn’t return calls or e-mails.
For as long as I can remember, Bruce has been mentioned as one of the NFL’s top targets that they’ve never been able to land for the gig. A big reason involves his refusal to lip-synch anything, which was the norm for most Super Bowl music for sometime (see the totally-BS-but-yet-a-big-hit version of the “Star Spangled Banner” by Whitney Houston in 1991).
Nonetheless, should he be the performer, I won’t miss a note.
After returning from a weekend trip to Atlanta to see my parents, I gave Dylan his bath before dinner tonight.
Because of work and being away from home for six weeks earlier this summer, bathtime with Dylan and Ella is something I don’t see much of any more.
But tonight, I was reminded of one of Dylan’s stranger habits.
As he was getting ready to get out of the tub and he had flipped the lever to let his water out, Dylan wouldn’t dry off until he got to talk to “his friend the drain.” I had forgotten the drain was his “friend.”
When the water at the drain began to swirl as it was going out, he said, “See, he’s talking to me.”
Strange.
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