RANDOM RICK-NESS

Its cold and its Christmas shopping time. When we go to the malls we’re likely wearing heavy coats or we’re well ‘layered’. So shouldn’t the malls take this into consideration? It seems like their thermometers are cranked up cause in less than a half hour I was sweatin’ like it was July. Just another holiday observation.

MORNING MUSINGS

Morning Show Musings for Wednesday, December 15th

Rick may have found his dream car. The new Nissan Quest minivan has a feature you don't find in your average minivan: a strip club finder built into its GPS! You drop the kids off at school then glide off to the nearest gentleman's club for a lap dance. Perfect! The 2011 Nissan Quest minivan offers GPS navigation with a built-in category for "Adult Entertainment destinations."

Has your commute been tough lately? Well, it could be worse; you could be on the road with Ozzy Osbourne. Ozzy's Ferrari might need a little work after he reportedly hit a Mercedes from behind near an L.A. highway entrance on Monday. Ozzy, who's only had a driver's license for about 15 months, traded insurance info with the hit driver after police arrived, and, luckily, there were no reports of injuries or serious vehicle damage.

Ozzy's had a bad coupla weeks. He postponed last Friday's concert here in the Lou and Sunday in Minneapolis because of an ear infection. The St. Louis concert has been rescheduled for January 14th.

*Warning. This link takes you to TMZ.

Yadi has a backup. The Redbirds signed 31-year-old Gerald Laird as backup catcher yesterday. Click HERE

Paul McCartney played the Apollo theatre Monday night, calling the historic theatre the "holy grail" of performance venues. The stars came out in droves to see him: Tony Bennett, Keith Richards and Ron Wood, Paul Simon, Jerry Seinfeld, Ben Stiller, will Ferrell, Chris Rock, Kevin Bacon, John McEnroe, Deepak Chopra and Martha Stewart, just to name a few! (What a creative mix of people. I wonder if Martha chatted with Keith...) Click HERE

And Sir Paul has just announced a special "stripped down" show at London's 100 club on Friday. The venue only holds 350 people and the show marks McCartney's smallest show since his December, 1999 gig at Liverpool's rebuild Cavern Club. Click HERE

As if the Blues weren't having enough trouble!!! Alex Pietrangelo becomes the latest wounded Blues player. He did not make the trip to Detroit because of an upper body injury, and his status is still up in the air for tomorrow's home game against Los Angeles. Click HERE

Do you know sweet, sweet Connie? Well, if you're a musician, you probably do...REALLY know her. Connie Hamzy, the self-title "rock 'n roll groupie" has revealed her top rock lover: Alex Van Halen. Connie says she has, um, known a lot of musicians, including Keith Moon, Gene Simmons, Peter Frampton, Rick Springfield and Willie Nelson, just to give you an idea of her diversity. Grand Funk Railroad's 1973 hit "We're an American Band" paid homage to Ms. Hamzy in the lyric "sweet, sweet Connie." ...Her mom is so proud... Click HERE

Go, Alice, go!!! The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland will induct Alice Cooper, Tom Waits, Neil Diamond, Dr. John, and Darlene Love, according to the New York Times. Jac Holzman, who founded Elektra, and Art Rupe, who founded Specialty Records, will receive the Ahmet Ertegun Award, which is given to music-industry executives. Pianist Leon Russell will receive the Award for Musical Excellence. The ceremony will be held in March. Click HERE

Go on Facebook and tell all your friends: Mark Zuckerberg is "Time's" Man of the Year. Click HERE

The Golden Globe nominations are out. My favorite film of the year, "The King's Speech" leads the nominees. It's really good! It opens in the Lou on Christmas, and I'll post my review the day before here on our website under "Mac at the Movies."

Wanna see all the nominations? HERE ya go:

Keith Richards may never die, but he's responsible for a tragic death...of a rare orchid. Recently Richards was at New York City's public library to talk up his memoir, and he thoughtlessly stubbed out his cigarette butt on the clay pot of a moon orchid that graced a back office of the library. He also opened the window, since he shouldn't have been smoking in the library, and the library's blog said, quote, "between the cold and the smoke, the little orchid never stood a chance." Keith, I think you can spring for a new orchid.

And Ron Wood's back to smoking, too. He's been in rehab seven times in the past three decades, and he's proud of his sobriety, but he's not happy that he good hooked on smokes again. He says, quote, "I had given up smoking before I went into rehab for drinking, and everybody smokes in there, so I don't know which is the worse of the two evils. I'm smoking again now, and not drinking, but one thing at a time."

Ah, the Christmas spirit! An elderly Wal-Mart employee will be back at work this week, following a run-in with an unhappy customer. 100 year old Lois Speelman was trying to verify whether or not a shopper had paid for the water bottles in her cart, when the 37-year old shopper became angry and allegedly pushed Lois to the ground. The shopper was arrested. Lois was taken to a hospital but released, just bruised and sore. Click HERE