RANDOM RICK-NESS
We talk with Channel 2 chief meteorologist Dave Murray every morning on the show. He reminded us today that he will give his annual 3-month winter weather prediction tonight on Fox2 during the 9pm newscast.
Will it involve pig spleens? HERE
MORNING MUSINGS
John believes "Frampton Comes Alive!" was faked!!! He also doesn't think we landed on the moon! Okay, I'm lying. But he does think the engineers stuck in some crowd noise at times when, perhaps, there was no actual crowd noise. He thinks we've come a lonnnnng way in terms of recording live performances. And he's still dubious about the whole "One step for man..." thang... Sorry, I'm lying again.
Frampton says his career nose-dived after the live album because there was no place left to go after that. Frampton says, quote, "No one knew how to make a record after that because no one had ever made a record that huge. Here I am, asking all these people what I should do, because, hell, this is the biggest record in history." ...such a modest guy...
But he did have artistic integrity: "People have suggested that I go to Vegas, have them build a room for me and do "Frampton Comes Alive!" from beginning to end. I could never do that. Well, I guess never say 'never.' But for me to go back and do the entire album would be something...I don't know. I would be playing for the audience rather than playing for myself. And you have to play for yourself first."
"Frampton Comes Alive!" was released in January of 1976, hit #1 on the Billboard 200 in April and went on to top the charts for a total of 10 nonconsecutive weeks. It was the best-selling album of 1976 and was voted "Album of the Year" in a "Rolling Stone" readers' poll that year.
Wanna see those "long flowing locks" that Rick was talking about this morning? HERE ya go.
We all Stand for Stan!!!! Thanks in large part to Cardinals fans making their wishes heard, the White House announced yesterday that President Barack Obama will award Stan Musial the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Cardinals Chairman William DeWitt Jr. thanked the President, as well as thousands of Cardinals fans and area elected officials for taking a “Stand for Stan” this season to honor Musial’s lifetime of achievement and service, saying, quote, “We are very grateful that President Obama will award Stan Musial the Presidential Medal of Freedom,” DeWitt said. “Not only is Stan one of the greatest players to play the game of baseball, he is also an extraordinary American deserving of the nation’s highest civilian honor.”
DeWitt thanked Cardinals fans and elected officials for enthusiastically embracing the team’s “Stand for Stan” campaign, the team’s season-long celebration of Stan Musial.
Learn more about Stan’s lifetime of achievement and service HERE.
Rick told us something interesting... When Mr. Musial was first old enough to vote, FDR was running again, and Republicans were campaigning against the New Deal, seeking a smaller government and less-regulated economy and charging FDR's administration with corruption and being wasteful with the taxpayers' money. So, nothing's changed, huh?
Ricky thought he'd get control of his remote back, now that Kurt Warner is off "Dancing With the Stars." But, his wife just can't stop watching Bristol Palin! Fans of the dance show keep voting for Bristol, in spite of her less than stellar performances.
AND TLC's reality show "Sarah Palin's Alaska" also garnered huge ratings. But a few people are a little tired of the Palin family. After the show's debut this past Sunday, a schoolmate of Willow Palin criticized the series, so Willow shot back, using a homophobic slur to attack the critic via Facebook. Bristol also dropped a few expletives in defense of her mom's show. Tuesday night, Bristol returned to Facebook to apologize, saying, quote, "Willow and I shouldn’t have reacted to negative comments about our family. We apologize." I guess Willow wasn't ready to apologize because her Facebook account has been deleted.
I'm hoping Rick doesn't resort to this kind of behavior to get "Dancing With the Stars" off of his TV screen... A 66-year-old Wisconsin man fired a shotgun at his telly when Palin appeared on Monday night's show. He allegedly yelled something about political influence on the show and was upset that Bristol continued to see success despite what he felt was a lack of talent. He held police at bay for several hours before surrendering without incident. I probably don’t have to tell you that the man has been suffering from mental problems. But, I never thought I'd hear about a man who both watched a dancing show AND could shoot a shotgun. HERE
We're #1! We're #1! But, once again, it's a list we don't want to be on. St. Louisans have the worst teeth in the nation, according to a new survey by "Men's Health." The magazine looked at a variety of factors, including community water fluoridation, the percentage of people who saw a dentist in the past year and the number of dentist offices per capita. Coming in second was Philly, followed by Newark, New Jersey, Baltimore and then New Orleans. Who has the best teeth? Colorado Springs, Anchorage, Alaska, Raleigh, North Carolina, Anaheim and Virginia Beach, Virginia. HERE
Whatcha doin' tonight? Maybe you should stay up really late (or get up really early) and take a look at the southern sky for your last best chance this year to see the Leonid meteor shower. From moonset to about 4:15am, if the skies are clear enough, you can see between 15 and 2 meteors per hour. HERE
The Doors' John Densmore and Robby Krieger say Jim Morrison's drinking created bad vibes in later years with his bandmates. Densmore: "As Jim's drinking increased, the quality decreased." Krieger: "The three of us were friends - John, Ray and Robby were friends - and Jim had his drinking buddies, you know? It kinda kept us apart. Whenever we'd get together and make music, we were friends, but, you know, we couldn't hang out with him otherwise, because it was too painful."
HERE is some fascinating footage of those who brought charges against Jim Morrison for the alleged indecent exposure and obscene language at the Dinner Key Auditorium in Coconut Grove and some comments from some kids who were at that concert.
Are you ready for Guns 'N Hoses?! A public rally to get you psyched for the annual boxing show will be held tonight at 7 p.m. (that's Thursday, Nov. 18) at the Holiday Inn Southwest/Viking Conference Center, 10709 Watson Road (Watson at Lindbergh) in Sunset Hills. Boxers, cheerleaders, event organizers and sports personalities will be on hand to promote Budweiser Guns ‘N Hoses, which happens on Thanksgiving Eve, Wednesday, Nov. 24 at 7 p.m. at Scottrade Center. Guns 'N Hoses raises money for The BackStoppers who assist the families of Police Officers and Firefighters who lose their lives in the line of duty. See 17 bouts between teams of police officers and firefighters from St. Louis City and the 12 Missouri counties and five Illinois counties covered by The BackStoppers, cheer for your favorites, and help raise money for a wonderful cause.
Tickets are $30, $25, $20 and $10 and are available by calling their 24-hour hotlines, (314) 560-9226 St. Louis and other Missouri counties, (314) 444-5795, in St. Louis City, and (618) 622-1507 in Illinois. Tickets will also be available at the door or through ticketmaster.com.
More information is available HERE.
We're all pals here at KHITS, but we also have a competitive streak, especially when it can help folks in need! So we're doing our online Salvation Army kettles again this year, and you'll determine which jock will come out on top. You'll see some info on the homepage of this site about the Salvation Army, and we're asking you to help by donating to the Salvation Army. And we want to help you, too! Donate online in one of the KHITS jocks' online kettles, and, for every $5 you put in, you get registered to win a Funjet Vacation for two! So, you're helping your community, you might be helping yourself with that Funjet trip, and you're helping your favorite KHITS jock win bragging rights for having the most dough in his - or her, hint, hint - kettle! Thank you!
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