Last Friday Katy Perry and Russell Brand’s divorce rumors came true when Brand reportedly filed for divorce in Los Angeles citing, “irreconcilable differences.”
TMZ met up with Perry’s father, Keith Hudson, as he was out shopping and when they confronted him with questions of the marital status or info on the divorce of his daughter he stayed quiet.
“I can’t talk … I can’t talk to you … sorry about that,” he said.
The reporter asked him if he would have preferred the couple try to work their problems out in the church, to which he replied with the same “no comment.”
It has now been claimed, according to Female First, that Perry did not want to file for the divorce herself as her parents, Mary and Keith Hudson, who are both Evangelical Pastors, would be strongly against a divorce and breaking of their vows.
The couple has only been married since October 2010, and rumors already had emerged that their marriage was in difficulty two months ago. Those rumors hit fever pitch at Christmas time as Perry spent the holidays with friends in Hawaii whilst Brand went to Cornwall in South West England. It now looks like the couple’s marriage will be added to a long list of super-short celebrity marriages.
If the divorce does go ahead the couple will have a $75 million estate to divide between them. It is believed Perry’s finances value just slightly more than double that of Brand’s.
Brand recently said, “Sadly, Katy and I are ending our marriage. I’ll always adore her and I know we’ll remain friends.”
This is not the first time Perry has “disappointed” her parents. Originally signing as a Christian artist in the early 2000s, Perry’s lifestyle began to shift along with her music. Her parents were really hurt by her first smash single, “I Kissed a Girl.”
Although Perry has stated she has grown up Christian and is still respectful to the beliefs, she has not fully acknowledged any participation in Christianity.
News/ Katy Perry Sings With Mick Jagger at Rolling Stones Concert—Watch Now by Rebecca Macatee Today 5:45 AM PDT The Rolling Stones & Katy Perry – Beast Of Burden – Live – By Request Published on May 12, 2013 The Rolling Stones and special guest Katy Perry perform ‘Beast Of Burden’ at the Las Vegas […]
Katy Perry Dedicates Song to Tim Tebow at Super Bowl Party Sun, Feb. 05, 2012 Posted: 07:01 PM EDT Flamboyant pop star Katy Perry dedicated suggestive song “Peacock” to evangelical quarterback Tim Tebow at a pre-Super Bowl party Saturday night. Perry, the daughter of Christian ministers, said “This one goes out to Tim […]
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Phoenix – Trying To Be Cool (Live on SNL) Bankrupt! (2013)[edit] On April 5, 2011, the band posted a blog update on their website entitled “Songwriting…” that revealed CCTV stills of a studio in which the band was working.[19] The band has stated in interviews that the album is going to be a departure from the pop sounds […]
Lykke Li – Tonight Lykke Li – Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? SEE RANK Lykke Li Soundtrack Official Photos » Trivia: Lykke Li has played sold out shows in Central Park (NYC), throughout the rest of the US Europe and the UK, and has appeared on television in the US and Europe including Jimmy Fallon, Conan […]
Lykke Li ”I’m Good, I’m Gone” Uploaded on Jan 30, 2008 Acoustic live version with guests: Robyn, Adam & Bebban (Shout Out Louds), Daniel (The Concretes), Lars (Laakso) and Mikael (Hjalmar). Director: Ted Malmros + Christian Haag Album “Youth Novels” out jan 30 2008. ________________________ Lykke Li – Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? Wikipedia has […]
The Daylights (Music Group) Part 2 Uploaded on Mar 23, 2011 Maggie Mae’s on 6th Street in Austin, Texas. _____________________ Ep 8: “The Daylights” on Stripped Down Live with Curt Smith Uploaded on Oct 14, 2010 The Daylights perform live on our Streamin’ Garage stage. Hosted by Curt Smith of Tears for fears, ; Stripped […]
The Daylights (Music Group) Part 1 Both Ricky and Ran Jackson went to school at Ouachita Baptist in Arkansas and here is a fine story on them at this link. _______________ The Daylights – Guess I Missed You.wmv The Daylights “Terra Firma” Music Video Uploaded on Nov 7, 2007 Music Video for The Daylights and […]
The Poison – The All-American Rejects Avril Lavigne and Tyson Ritter from All American Rejects Talk Almost Alice The All-American Rejects – Dirty Little Secret Tyson Ritter, the leadsinger of the All-American Rejects has admitted that he was a jerk for the last couple of years when he lived a sexually impure life by sleeping […]
The Poison – The All-American Rejects Avril Lavigne and Tyson Ritter from All American Rejects Talk Almost Alice The All-American Rejects – Dirty Little Secret I got to see the All-American Rejects in concert on 12-13-12 in Little Rock and I have written about it several times already. Tyson Ritter, the leadsinger of the All-American […]
Amy Winehouse died at age 27 and unfornately joined the “27 club” which is made of famous rockers that died at age 27. Pete Ham was a member of Bad Finger which was one of my favorite groups that I followed. “Come and get it” was my favorite song of theirs. ___________________________________ Badfinger perform a […]
Tom Osborne at the Little Rock Touchdown Club Part 1
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Tom Osborne speaks about his grandfather who was mentored by a traveling minister who was spent four months with his grandfather. The minister encouraged his grandfather to pursue college
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1998 Orange Bowl – The Nebraska Cornhuskers vs. The Tennessee Volunteers
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Today I got to hear Tom Osborne speak at the Little Rock Touchdown Club and it was very good. Before he got up to speak Rex Nelson reviewed the games that were played last week in the SEC and those that were to be played this week. He mentioned these upcoming games:
#1 Alabama at #6 Texas A&M Time: 3:30 PM ET TV: CBS
Mississippi State at Auburn Time: 7:00 PM ET TV: ESPN2
Vanderbilt at #13 South Carolina Time: 7:00 PM ET TV: ESPN
#25 Ole Miss at Texas Time: 8:00 PM ET TV: Longhorn Network
Nelson asked for a show of hands concerning these games and most people thought Auburn would win but the crowd was mixed on the other games. Then he mentioned the Tennessee at Oregon game and the crowd groaned so he didn’t even ask for a show of hands on that game because the vast majority were giving the Vols much of a chance against the #2 ranked Oregon Ducks.
Tom Osborne spent time discussing the direction of college football and he is very concerned about the suit brought by players that asserts they should get paid when they images are used. He thinks the players have a very good chance of winning that case.
Below is a great interview of Osborne that shows his Christian faith.
CBN.com – University of Nebraska athletic director Tom Osborne is certainly a person you can say has been there and done that. He paced the sidelines for 25 years as a head football coach at a major university winning three national championships in the process. He served six years as a U.S. Congressman, piloting several important bills into law. He earned a doctoral degree in educational psychology and taught for many years at the collegiate level. He even played three seasons in the NFL as a wide receiver.
In his new book, “Beyond the Final Score” (Regal Books), Osborne allows readers to glimpse the world through his eyes as he reflects on everything from leadership to changes in our culture to what he finds to be the most core principle in life – his faith.
CBN.com Program Director Chris Carpenter recently sat down with Osborne to discuss what success looks like, the importance of relationships in a person’s life, and why it is critical for every person to have a personal mission statement.
You have certainly worn a lot of different hats in your professional career. You have been an educator, a coach, a congressman, and now an athletic director for a major university. If you had to pick one of these which one do you consider yourself to be?
I think that typically the name that I’m called more than any of the others is coach. Even when I was in Washington people referred to me as coach. Maybe it was so they wouldn’t have to remember my name. I was the only coach in Congress so all they had to do was remember coach. I suppose that is my most significant role because I was an assistant for 11 years and then I was a head coach for 25 so most people, when they are doing something for 36 years that is probably your career. That is probably the number one role I had.
How did your venture into politics prepare you to come back into your current role as athletic director at the University of Nebraska? It is interesting to note you are now leading athletic programs that you helped build and cultivate.
Today, so many athletic directors are people who weren’t necessarily former players or coaches. At one time, most athletic directors were people who had been coaches. Now, it’s more business administration majors – people who have come from the business world or marketing. So, I think having been a coach has been helpful in my relationship with other coaches that we have in our program. I know what it is like to be on the sideline and have your first team quarterback hurt for the season. I understand a lot of the frustrations that coaches go through. I think I have been able through my experience in Washington to have some idea how organizations work and how they don’t work. And of course some of the business aspects of being athletic director I have either picked up along the way or had to learn. I think all of our background tends to prepare us for the next step in some way. I feel fortunate to have had all of those experiences but I probably feel most comfortable in the athletic arena because that is where most of my life has been spent.
In reading through your book and just generally knowing a lot about you, you have had a lot of what society considers to be great success. But I’m sure there was a fair amount of hardship along the way for you as well. To you, and I know you dig into this in your book, what does success look like?
I have always been a big fan of John Wooden, the legendary basketball coach at UCLA. John talks about success. Essentially the way he defines success is very similar to the way I would define it. It is doing the best you can with what you have been given. Sometimes there are people who are in given coaching situations where maybe they don’t have much in the way of facilities or a large amount of players to come out for a sport. And maybe they have losing season after losing season but they may have done a great job because they did the best job with what they had. There are many families who, financially or for whatever reason struggle in many ways. But if you have done all you can with what you have been given I feel that you are successful. That is not the way our culture normally measures success but that is the way I would look at it.
Why are relationships so important to a person’s success?
I think in the final analysis that the legacy we all leave is the impact that we have had on other people and they have had on us. I mention Stephen Covey’s approach in my book. Stephen, in one of his books, “The Seven Habits of Highly Successful People”, suggests that it’s really important that you begin with the end in mind. How would it be if you sat down and wrote your obituary? Write down what you would want a family member to say. What would you want a business associate to say? What would you want a friend to say about you? Once you have done that you have some core values and things that are going to be of long term importance to you. I think that even though it is kind of a morbid idea, I have sat with a few people on their death bed and I knew and they knew we would never see each other again in this world. I have always been amazed that we have never talked about money. We have never talked about awards. We have never talked about great accomplishments. It’s almost always been about relationships, about family, and about caring for this person or that person. Also, issues of faith have usually surfaced at that time. It is so easy to get caught up in going from one thing to the next, one appointment to the next, and to lose track of where you are really headed. Many times, you let your spiritual life go. Eventually, it is going to be the most important thing about you.
You mention Stephen Covey and your admiration for him. He writes about the importance of having a personal mission statement. You stress that in your book as well. Why is it important for an individual to have a personal mission statement?
I think it is sort of like the U.S. Constitution. The Constitution supposedly has begun to veer off course brings us back. It gives us a set of core fundamental values. So, I begin with talking about having the end in mind. Once you have decided what those things are that are really important, then the next step would be to sit down and write a personal mission statement. What am I all about? What am I going to accomplish with the number of years that I have in my life? That mission statement should probably be based on those core values that come out of writing your obituary because ultimately you may be making a lot of money or pursuing a lot of pleasure, having certain titles and awards. In the final analysis these things aren’t going to be that important.
In your book, you write a chapter or two about the importance of having a good foundation in your life. Why is it so important for people to develop this?
We live in a world where there is a strong tendency toward something called post-modernism. Post-modernism is really the idea that there are no moral absolutes. Everything is relative and is dependent upon society and the people around us. So, if enough people are cheating on their income taxes it is probably ok because there are no moral absolutes. At Enron, everybody was cooking the books. That’s ok because people are doing it. My feeling is that you have to have a set of core fundamental values that you can live your life on. One of the difficult things for so many young people today is that they are being pushed and pulled in all of these different directions without any compass, without anything that will keep them on track. I think that getting a worldview that makes sense – in my case, I have a justification or a rationalization for a Christian worldview. There are many different worldviews out there that are competing for our allegiance and our attention. So, I think it is very important that we have a good understanding of where we are coming from. And of course if you are of a Christian disposition you have the basic rule book – the Scriptures — that give you something to hang your hat on. So many people don’t have this anymore.
Final question, after people have read this book what do you want them to take away with them for life application?
I think the basic theme behind it all is that no matter what role you are in that you do have a chance to serve. You can honor God with whatever circumstances you have been given. Maybe it is washing pots and pans, maybe it is carrying out the garbage, or maybe it is being a head football coach, but that is essentially what we are called to do — to honor Him with how we serve other people. Hopefully, everybody can think about their role and how it applies to them.
Dan Hampton at the Little Rock Touchdown Club Part 4 Mike Singletary: Christ Means Everything – CBN.com Uploaded on Aug 25, 2010 Shawn Brown talks to the tough-as-nails coach of the San Francisco 49ers about how he wins in life and in football… The Christian Broadcasting Network CBN http://www.cbn.com __________________________ No one has more respect […]
Dan Hampton at the Little Rock Touchdown Club Part 3 Before Dan Hampton got to speak at the touchdown club this week, Rex Nelson got up and spoke and when he talked about Bobby Petrino taking his Western Kentucky team into Knoxville, he asked, “How many of you think Petrino will get a victory in […]
Dan Hampton at the Little Rock Touchdown Club Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCPWDMKzVs4 Dan Hampton told about the year with the Chicago Bears when they took on the Vikings and they sacked Archie Manning 11 times. In October on 1984 the Bears beat the Vikings but in the process Dan Hampton got to play against one of […]
Dan Hampton at the Little Rock Touchdown Club Part 1 Dan Hampton I really enjoyed the Little Rock Touchdown Club today when Dan Hampton was our speaker. Hampton said that Jimmy Johnson was a great defensive coordinator for him to learn under when he played for Frank Broyles in 1975. Then when Lou Holtz came […]
Rex Nelson impersonates Houston Nutt at LRTC 08 27 12 Published on Oct 2, 2012 Little Rock Touchdown Club has Rex Nelson do the stats for the games played that week. Rex does a lot of impersonations of different people but I like his Houston Nutt the best. Video by Popeye Video – Mrpopeyevideo I have […]
I have written about my past visits to the Little Rock Touchdown Club many times and I have been amazed at the quality of the speakers. Frank Broyles was one of my favorites but Phillip Fulmer, Paul Finebaum, Mike Slive, Willie Roaf, Randy White, Howard Schnellenberger, John Robinson, Mark May, Gene Stallings, Bobby Bowden, Lloyd […]
I have written about my past visits to the Little Rock Touchdown Club many times and I have been amazed at the quality of the speakers. (Yesterday I talked about Phillip Fulmer.)Frank Broyles was one of my favorites but Phillip Fulmer, Paul Finebaum, Mike Slive, Willie Roaf, Randy White, Howard Schnellenberger, John Robinson, Mark May, […]
Rex Nelson impersonates Houston Nutt at LRTC 08 27 12 Published on Oct 2, 2012 Little Rock Touchdown Club has Rex Nelson do the stats for the games played that week. Rex does a lot of impersonations of different people but I like his Houston Nutt the best. Video by Popeye Video – Mrpopeyevideo ______________ I […]
I really enjoyed hearing Gus Malzahn speak at the final Little Rock Touchdown meeting on Nov 19, 2012. He covered several subjects that he covered a few days earlier at a touchdown club in Huntsville. Here are some of his comments from that meeting: But reports that he could be the next coach at Auburn, […]
Kelly’s contribution on the record is relatively minor, duetting with Bing on only the final chorus. Nonetheless, the single is co-credited to her and became her only gold record and 21st gold record for Bing Crosby.
True Love is the name of C.K. Dexter Haven’s yacht, on which he and Tracy Lord honeymooned off the coast of Maine. They are fictional characters in the play The Philadelphia Story, on which the musical is based. Bing Crosby later owned a 55-foot Constellation yacht which he named the True Love.
The song used in “Midnight in Paris” I am going through the famous characters that Woody Allen presents in his excellent movie “Midnight in Paris.” By the way, I know that some of you are wondering how many posts I will have before I am finished. Right now I have plans to look at Fitzgerald, Heminingway, Juan […]
“It doesn’t matter what you believe as long as you’re sincere.” It’s said that all the religions in the world could be wrong, but only one can be right. ‘Truth’ must be true for everyone, or it isn’t true for anyone; and more than that, a truth remains true whether it is believed or not. People used to believe the world was flat – that didn’t change the truth though. Truth is never purely subjective, but open to objective assessment. So, what is truth? The most important question anyone can ask – though just asking it won’t necessarily lead us anywhere. The Roman governor Pilate asked Jesus Christ the same question, and then handed him over for execution, famously washing his hands of the responsibility. No, if we are going to seek out truth, we must be willing to follow where it leads. Some people want to be drifters rather than seekers. Real seekers are on a quest for truth.
“but surely all religions lead to God?”
Many hope to find meaning and purpose through religion. But there are many faiths, and many paths a seeker may take in pursuit of truth. Aren’t they all heading in the same direction? But if we start asking some basic questions we discover how radically different they are. Does the source or essence of the religion come from outside a person or from within? Is it derived from an external power or an inner energy? If it is from outside, what is the nature of this power or cosmic force? Is ‘God’ a thing or a person? Is ‘God’ one or many?
Let’s take for example Islam, Judaism, and Christianity? Aren’t they pretty much the same – they all worship one God? A closer look reveals important differences…
To a Muslim, God is above and beyond this world, not involved in the daily lives of his followers, but to be worshipped and obeyed so as to avoid judgement.
To a Jew, God is within reach and has a plan for the world and Israel in particular. He communicated with his people through specific individuals – priests, kings and prophets. He is concerned, compassionate, jealous, loving, forgiving.
To a Christian, God is personal and perfectly revealed in the life of Jesus Christ – the human face of God. Christianity builds upon the Jewish understanding of God; He is a tri-unity – Father, Son and Spirit – above and beyond the world – yet fully engaged within it and desiring us to know him personally.
Some might think that if all good people follow their own religious pathways it would bring about unity of the faiths, mutual respect, and cooperation leading to world peace. Could all these paths lead to the same destination? If that were the case, there’d be no need to argue about which religion is the true one. But what if all paths do not lead to the same destination? As we’ve seen, religious traditions and beliefs differ significantly from one another. Some teach that there are many gods, others that there is only one; some that God is personal, others that God is not. They cannot all be true, and thus it cannot be true that all religions lead to the same destination.
Christianity is the only religion that claims man cannot earn his way to God, but that it is a gift of God through faith. But Christianity’s claim to exclusivity is not for a ‘religion’ – but for a person; that Jesus Christ is the only true Saviour. Even membership of the Christian church does not automatically lead to salvation; only a personal faith response to Christ. Only Christianity teaches that Jesus is God. He cannot be both God and not God. The claims of Jesus are unique. ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me’. There are really only three possible responses to his claim – to believe him, to disbelieve him or to withhold belief. The choice is ours.
In his youth, goalkeeper Iain Brunnschweiler played guitar alongside Coldplay drummer Will Champion in a little-known Southampton band called Fat Hamster.”
Brunnschweiler recalled: “We were quite young when we first knew each other, about 12 or 13 years old, and we used to go to the youth activities group at Highfield Church. Will lived in Portswood and I lived in Glen Eyre and we got together with another lad, David Milln, to form a three-piece band. I played the guitar and tried to sing, but I was absolute rubbish!”
While former Hampshire Cricket wicket-keeper Brunnschweiler went on to excel in sport, his old bandmates followed musical careers.
“Will went off to university at UCL in London and met up with Chris Martin and the others to form Coldplay and David’s now a successful drum and bass DJ called DJ Sciphi,” said the 27-year-old, who combines his Totton goalkeeping duties with the role of assistant coach at Hampshire Cricket.
He laughed: “Out of the trio, you’ve got one who plays in one of the world’s biggest bands, one who’s had some singles out as a DJ and me who’s got nothing to do with music any more.Recording a song for Wembley with Totton is the height of my musical career!”
Up to this point many people may be saying that this is all based on some pretty flimsy evidence. However, one of the most revealing things came out when Chris wrote the song “Viva La Vida.” He had previously said he left Christianity because of the biblical view of eternal damnation but what does Chris do with the evil king in the song “Viva La Vida?” Q Magazine asked Chris Martin about the lyric in this song “I know Saint Peter won’t call my name.” Martin said, “It’s about…You’re not on the list… Its always fascinated me that idea of finishing your life and then being analyzed on it…That is the most frightening thing you could possibly say to somebody. Eternal damnation. I know it. It’s mildly terrifying to me. And this is serious.”
Maybe we have heard the last of this journey from Chris?
Coldplay 6-22-12 Dallas, TX Best Opening.MOV Published on Jun 23, 2012 by jaimenolga 1 of Don’t miss the second song of this clip!! It was incredible! (One eye watching you song was great.) Coldplay brought confetti, lights and thousands of fans to the American Airlines Center; see photos from their colorful show Photo Gallery News […]
Coldplay Live in Dallas – Lover’s in Japan Ball Drop Published on Jun 23, 2012 by TheRyanj64 Live From the American Airlines Center in Dallas Texas June 22, 2012 Coldplay – Lover’s in Japan Ball Drop Coldplay brought confetti, lights and thousands of fans to the American Airlines Center; see photos from their colorful show […]
Coldplay – Yellow (Live) @ American Airlines Center Published on Jun 23, 2012 by Crwdickerson Coldplay Performing Yellow @ American Airlines Center Dallas June 22, 2012 Coldplay brought confetti, lights and thousands of fans to the American Airlines Center; see photos from their colorful show Photo Gallery News Sports Lifestyles Comments (0) 3/11 Chris […]
Coldplay “paradise” Dallas Texas 6/22/12 ( Floor View ) Published on Jun 23, 2012 by ccam cher Awesome concert Coldplay brought confetti, lights and thousands of fans to the American Airlines Center; see photos from their colorful show Photo Gallery News Sports Lifestyles Comments (0) 9/11 Chris Martin was brought up as an […]
Coldplay – In My Place (Live in Dallas) June 22 2012 Published on Jun 24, 2012 by maimiaa Coldplay performing at American Airlines Center in Dallas, TX Coldplay brought confetti, lights and thousands of fans to the American Airlines Center; see photos from their colorful show Photo Gallery News Sports Lifestyles Comments (0) […]
Viva La Vida Published on Jun 23, 2012 by TheRyanj64 Coldplay’s Viva La Vida at American Airlines Center in Dallas on June 22, 2012 __________ Coldplay brought confetti, lights and thousands of fans to the American Airlines Center; see photos from their colorful show Photo Gallery News Sports Lifestyles Comments (0) 5/11 Chris […]
Coldplay – Mylo Xyloto/Hurts Like Heaven (Live) @ American Airlines Center Coldplay brought confetti, lights and thousands of fans to the American Airlines Center; see photos from their colorful show Photo Gallery News Sports Lifestyles Comments (0) 2/11 Published on Jun 24, 2012 by Crwdickerson Coldplay Performing Mylo Xyloto/Hurts Like Heaven @ […]
Coldplay-DALLAS-2012-”Opening, Mylo Xyloto, and Hurts like Heaven!” Published on Jun 24, 2012 by ColdplayDALLAS2012 1:10 is where the concert starts! Sorry for the shaking and sound audio! It was really loud! AND AWESOME! Please THUMB UP and COMMENT if u went to this coldplay concert! And I also hope that this will get a few […]
As far as I know they have never done an interview together. Therefore, I have included separate interviews that they have done below and I have some links to past posts I have done on them too. Shane Warne – Chris Martin Interview (Part 1) Uploaded by HandyAndy136 on Nov 24, 2010 Originally broadcast on […]
As far as I know they have never done an interview together. Therefore, I have included separate interviews that they have done below and I have some links to past posts I have done on them too. Ellen Catches Up with Gwyneth Paltrow Uploaded by TheEllenShow on Oct 14, 2010 It’s been several years since […]
As far as I know they have never done an interview together. Therefore, I have included separate interviews that they have done below and I have some links to past posts I have done on them too. Gwyneth Paltrow & Robert Downey Jr. on Jonathan Ross 2010.04.23 (Part 1) Coldplay: Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland […]
The Arab Israeli Conflict – part 5 : Suez Crisis 1956 & Tripartite attack on Egypt I have posted before about the religious views of Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin. Now it appears they have rejected their agnostic statements of the past and have decided to raise their children in the Jewish faith. Here is […]
As far as I know they have never done an interview together. Therefore, I have included separate interviews that they have done below and I have some links to past posts I have done on them too. Ellen Catches Up with Gwyneth Paltrow Uploaded by TheEllenShow on Oct 14, 2010 It’s been several years since […]
The Arab Israeli Conflict – part 4: Egyptian Revolution 1952 I have posted before about the religious views of Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin. Now it appears they have rejected their agnostic statements of the past and have decided to raise their children in the Jewish faith. Here is a post from the Huffington Post: […]
The Arab Israeli Conflict – part 3 I have posted before about the religious views of Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin. Now it appears they have rejected their agnostic statements of the past and have decided to raise their children in the Jewish faith. Here is a post from the Huffington Post: After appearing on […]
The 6 Day War Of 1967 Part 1 I have posted before about the religious views of Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin. Now it appears they have rejected their agnostic statements of the past and have decided to raise their children in the Jewish faith. Here is a post from the Huffington Post: After appearing […]
… The Birth Of Israel (2008) – Part 8/8 I have posted before about the religious views of Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin. Now it appears they have rejected their agnostic statements of the past and have decided to raise their children in the Jewish faith. Here is a post from the Huffington Post: After […]
The Birth Of Israel (2008) – Part 7/8 I have posted before about the religious views of Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin. Now it appears they have rejected their agnostic statements of the past and have decided to raise their children in the Jewish faith. Here is a post from the Huffington Post: After appearing […]
The Birth Of Israel (2008) – Part 6/8 I have posted before about the religious views of Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin. Now it appears they have rejected their agnostic statements of the past and have decided to raise their children in the Jewish faith. Here is a post from the Huffington Post: After appearing […]
The Birth Of Israel (2008) – Part 5/8 I have posted before about the religious views of Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin. Now it appears they have rejected their agnostic statements of the past and have decided to raise their children in the Jewish faith. Here is a post from the Huffington Post: After appearing […]
The Birth Of Israel (2008) – Part 4/8 I have posted before about the religious views of Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin. Now it appears they have rejected their agnostic statements of the past and have decided to raise their children in the Jewish faith. Here is a post from the Huffington Post: After […]
The Birth Of Israel (2008) – Part 3/8 I have posted before about the religious views of Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin. Now it appears they have rejected their agnostic statements of the past and have decided to raise their children in the Jewish faith. Here is a post from the Huffington Post: After appearing […]
The Birth Of Israel (2008) – Part 2/8 I have posted before about the religious views of Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin. Now it appears they have rejected their agnostic statements of the past and have decided to raise their children in the Jewish faith. Here is a post from the Huffington Post: After appearing […]
The Birth Of Israel (2008) – Part 1/8 I have posted before about the religious views of Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin. Now it appears they have rejected their agnostic statements of the past and have decided to raise their children in the Jewish faith. Here is a post from the Huffington Post: After appearing […]
Katheryn Elizabeth “Katy” Hudson[1] (born October 25, 1984), known by her stage name Katy Perry, is an American singer, songwriter, businesswoman, philanthropist, and actress. She was born and raised in Santa Barbara, California. Having had very little exposure to mainstream pop music in her childhood, she pursued a career in gospel music as a teen and released her debut studio album, Katy Hudson (2001). She also recorded a second solo album which never received release.
Perry has received numerous awards and nominations. She has also been nominated for nine Grammy Awards and was named by Billboard as 2012’s Woman of the Year.[2] She remains the only artist to spend 69 consecutive weeks in the top ten of the Hot 100.[3] She has ventured into celebrity endorsement and released fragrances Purr, Meow and Killer Queen. She made her film debut voicing Smurfette in The Smurfs (2011). Perry was ranked at number fourteen on Billboard’s list of top moneymakers of 2011, grossing more than $11 million.[4] She was spotlighted in her own 3D autobiographical film, Katy Perry: Part of Me (2012), which concentrated on her life as a touring artist and the breakdown of her one-year marriage to English comedian Russell Brand.
Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson was born in Santa Barbara, California,[5] to devout Pentecostal pastors Keith Hudson and Mary Perry. She is the second of their three children,[6] and has Irish, Portuguese, English, and German ancestry.[7] She has a younger brother named David (whose stage name is Hudson)[8] and an older sister named Angela. Her mother’s half-brother was director Frank Perry.[9]
As a child, Perry attended Christian schools and camps.[6] She was incorporated into her parents’ ministry,[6] singing in the church between the ages of nine and seventeen.[10] She grew up listening to gospel music,[11][12] and in an interview she said, “Growing up I wasn’t really allowed to listen to a whole lot of what my mom would call, secular music,”[10] She learned how to dance in a recreation building in Santa Barbara. She was taught by seasoned dancers and began with swing, Lindy Hop, and jitterbug.[13] She took her GED during her freshman year at Dos Pueblos High School and decided to leave school in the pursuit of a career in music.[14] Perry initially started singing “because [she] was at that point in [her] childhood where [she] was copycatting [her] sister and everything she [would do].”[14] She took cassette tapes her sister Angela practiced with and rehearsed the songs and performed them in front of their parents. They suggested she take vocal coaching. She grabbed the opportunity and began taking lessons at the age of nine and continued until she was sixteen.
Career
1999—2006: Career beginnings and Katy Hudson
Perry performing on her guitar, an instrument she learned to play when she was just starting her recording career
At 15, Perry’s singing in church attracted the attention of rock veterans from Nashville, Tennessee, who brought her there to polish her writing skills.[15] In Nashville, she started recording demos and was taught by country music veterans how to craft songs and play guitar.[10][12] Perry signed to the Christian music label Red Hill, under which she recorded her first album.[16] Performing as Katy Hudson, she released a self-titled gospel rock album in 2001.[15] She supported this album with The Strangely Normal Tour, accompanied by Phil Joel, LaRue, Luna Halo, Earthsuit and V*Enna.[17] The album was unsuccessful as the label ceased operations at the end of 2001.[16]
At the age of 17, Perry left her home for Los Angeles, where she worked with Glen Ballard on an album for Island Records.[18] Growing up listening to mostly Country Gospel, she had few references when she began recording songs.[10] Asked by the producer with whom she would like to collaborate, Perry had no idea. That night, she went with her mother to a hotel. Inside, she turned on VH1 and saw producer Glen Ballard talking about Alanis Morissette;[10] Ballard produced Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill, which had a “huge influence” on her.[15] She expressed interest in working with Ballard to her initial collaborator, who arranged a meeting for her with Ballard in Los Angeles. Perry presented one of her songs to Ballard, who then helped develop her songwriting over the next few years.[10] The album was initially planned to be released during the Fall of 2004 along with a promotional DVD, according to a promotional video on the Java Records website.[19] The album was due for release in 2005,[15][16] but Billboard reported it also went nowhere.[16] Subsequently, Perry was dropped by The Island Def Jam Music Group.[20] Some of her collaborations with Ballard, including “Box”, “Diamonds”, and “Long Shot”, were posted on her official MySpace page.[21] “Simple”, one of the songs she recorded with Ballard, was released on the soundtrack to the 2005 film The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.[22][23]
Kelly Clarkson later used “Long Shot” and “I Do Not Hook Up” for her 2009 album All I Ever Wanted.[24] Perry signed to Columbia Records in 2004. However, the label was not amenable with her vision and did not put her in the “driver’s seat”.[16] Instead, one of Columbia’s ideas was to pair her with the record production team The Matrix, who was working on an album, to serve as its female vocalist. Although the album was later shelved,[25] she caught the attention of the music press. Her burgeoning music career led to her being named “The Next Big Thing” in October 2004 by Blender magazine.[16] With no album project ongoing, Perry began recording her own, titled Fingerprints.[26] Eighty percent completed, however, Columbia decided not to finish it and dropped her from the label.[16] In 2004, Perry and Kaya Jones provided backing vocals on Mick Jagger‘s song “Old Habits Die Hard“, which won the 2005 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song.[27] While waiting to find another label, she worked in an independent A&R company called Taxi Music. In 2006, she was featured in the tail-end of the video to P.O.D.‘s single “Goodbye for Now“.[28]
2007—09: Breakthrough with One of the Boys
Perry performing in August 2008
While in the process of being dropped by Columbia in 2006, the company’s publicity executive Angelica Cob-Baehler enthusiastically recommended her to Virgin Records chairman Jason Flom.[29] At the time Flom was leading a complete revival in fortunes at the label and looking to crown recent achievements by breaking a global pop act.[29] Despite mixed reactions from fellow Virgin executives, Flom became convinced that Perry could be that breakthrough star and, at the start of 2007, extended discussions with Columbia resulted in her signing to the newly created Capitol Music Group, a merger between Virgin and Capitol. As part of the deal, the label secured the masters to the unfinished album, recorded while at Columbia, that would go on to form a significant part of her official mainstream debut album, One of the Boys.[29]
The Columbia recordings were seen by Flom as being “very strong but lacking an undeniable smash or two that would work both at U.S. pop radio and internationally” and so one of the executive’s first actions after completing the signing was to set up a collaboration between Perry and the writer-producer Dr. Luke.[29] The results were the songs “I Kissed a Girl” and “Hot n Cold“. Establishing her image was one of the immediate concerns of her management.[16] A campaign was started in November 2007 with the release of the video to “Ur So Gay“, aimed at introducing her to the music market. A digital EP led by “Ur So Gay” was later released to create online buzz and press story.[6][16][30] This was a successful move that brought Perry to the attention of Madonna,[16] who mentioned her on KISS FM and KRQ‘s JohnJay & Rich morning show in Arizona. On March 10, 2008, she appeared as herself on the ABC Family television series, Wildfire, on the episode “Life’s Too Short“.[31]
In the next step of promoting the album, Perry undertook a two-month tour of radio stations. “I Kissed a Girl”, was released on May 6, 2008. Her A&R, Chris Anokute, told HitQuarters the song and its controversial theme had met with strong resistance at the label: “People said, ‘This is never going to get played on the radio. How do we sell this? How’s this going to be played in the bible belt?'”[30] Anokute said that they needed the support of one of the label’s radio promoters to convince people to believe in the record; otherwise, she would have likely been dropped again. Capitol’s SVP of Promotions, Dennis Reese, saw the vision and helped push the single on national radio. The first station to pick it up and take a chance was The River in Nashville, which is in the Bible Belt. After playing it for three days they were inundated with enthusiastic calls.[30] With the song climbing atop the charts, Perry embarked on the annual Warped Tour music festival, which her management used to “establish her as a credible performer and make sure she wasn’t seen as just a one-hit wonder.”[16] The single was a commercial success, peaking at number one for seven weeks on the Billboard Hot 100.[16] On June 12, 2008, she appeared as herself on the daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless,[31] posing for the cover to the June 2008 issue of the fictional magazine Restless Style.[32] Perry also performed backing vocals on the song, “Another Night in the Hills” from Gavin Rossdale‘s 2008 solo album Wanderlust.[33]
One of the Boys was released on June 17, 2008, to mixed critical reviews.[34] The album has reached number nine on the Billboard 200,[35] and has been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.[36] “Hot n Cold” became her second top three single in dozens of countries around the world, including the United States where it reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100,[16] as well as topping the charts in Germany, Canada, and Denmark. After Perry wrapped up her appearance at the Warped Tour, she went on tours in Europe. She later launched her first headlining tour, the Hello Katy Tour, in January 2009.[16] “I Kissed a Girl” earned her a nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 2009 Grammy Awards.[37] She was nominated in five categories at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards, including Best New Artist and Best Female Video, but lost to Britney Spears.[38] She won Best New Act at the 2008 MTV Europe Music Awards, which she co-hosted,[39] and Best International Female Artist at the 2009 BRIT Awards.[40] On February 9, 2009, both “I Kissed a Girl” and “Hot n Cold” were certified three-time platinum by Recording Industry Association of America for individual digital sales of over three million.[41] The Guinness Book of World Records recognized her in its 2010 version as the “Best Start on the US Digital Chart by a Female Artist,” for having her first two singles sell over two million digital copies.[42]
Perry in 2009
The Matrix’s self-titled debut album, which features Perry, was later released via the team’s label “Let’s Hear It” during her solo tour. When the release date was scheduled, “I Kissed a Girl” had been charting well. Matrix member Lauren Christy spoke to Perry about the decision, but she wanted to hold the release until the fourth single of One of the Boys had been dispatched. Despite their communication, The Matrix was released on January 27, 2009 onto iTunes.[43] In January 2009, Perry embarked on her first headlining world tour, the Hello Katy Tour, visiting North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Beginning on January 23, 2009, and ending on November 28, 2009, the tour consisted of 89 concerts. During that time, she also opened select concerts for the band No Doubt, on their Summer Tour 2009.
In June 2009, lawyers acting for Perry opposed the then-recent trademark of Australian fashion designer Katie Perry, who uses her own name to market loungewear.[44] Some media outlets reported this as a lawsuit, which she denied on her blog.[45] Katie Perry reported on her blog that at a hearing with IP Australia on July 10, 2009, the singer’s lawyers withdrew their opposition to the trademark.[46] During the summer of 2009, Perry filmed a cameo appearance for Get Him to the Greek; her scene, in which she kisses Russell Brand was cut, and does not appear in the film. Discussing the issue with MTV, she hypothesized there may have been some fear that seeing the two make out would have taken viewers out of the experience.[47] In 2009, she was featured on two singles: in August, a remix of Colorado-based band 3OH!3‘s song “Starstrukk” (the idea for the collaboration having come after Perry’s tour that featured 3OH!3 as the supporting act, the song being released by iTunes on September 8, 2009); and, thereafter, in December, on “If We Ever Meet Again” from Timbaland‘s album Shock Value II.[48] In October 2009, MTV Unplugged revealed that Perry was one of the artists to perform for them, and that she would be releasing a live album of the performance, including two new tracks, “Brick by Brick” and a cover “Hackensack” by Fountains of Wayne.[49] The album, released on November 17, included both a CD and a DVD,[50] and debuted at No. 168 on the US Billboard 200 chart.
2010—12: Teenage Dream, film debut, and Part of Me
Perry appeared as a guest judge alongside Simon Cowell, Cheryl Cole, and Louis Walsh during the Dublin audition stage of the seventh series of the British television show The X Factor on June 28, 2010.[51] She was one of the many celebrities chosen to fulfill the role of judge whilst Dannii Minogue was on maternity leave. Perry’s third studio album Teenage Dream was released on August 24, 2010, in the United States. It topped the Billboard 200 chart, with first-week sales of 192,000 units.[52] The album has since sold over two million copies in the US, being certified Platinum by the RIAA. It was preceded by the May release of its lead single, titled “California Gurls” featuring rapper Snoop Dogg, which picked atop the Billboard Hot 100 for six consecutive weeks.[53][54] “Teenage Dream” was released in July as the album’s second single, and also topped the Hot 100. In October, “Firework” was released as the third single from Teenage Dream. It became the album’s third consecutive number one on the Hot 100. As a result, she became the first female in eleven years to have three consecutive number-ones from a single album.[55]
In November 2010, she released her first fragrance Purr. It is packaged in a cat-shaped bottle, and is available through Nordstrom stores.[56] In February 2011, Perry embarked on an extensive world tour in support of Teenage Dream. It was titled the California Dreams Tour and including 124 shows in Europe, Australasia, Asia, North America and South America. It earned over $59 million.[57] That same month, a remixed version of “E.T.” featuring rapper Kanye West was released as the fourth single from Teenage Dream. It topped the Hot 100 chart for five non-consecutive weeks.[58] With “E.T.” at number one on the chart of May 12, 2011, Perry became the first artist to spend 52 consecutive weeks in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100.[3] In June, the album’s fifth single “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)” topped the Hot 100. This allowed her to achieve a record for being the first female to achieve five number one Hot 100 songs from one album, and she tied with Michael Jackson‘s record. Additionally, Teenage Dream boasted a record-breaking six number-one songs on BillboardAdult Pop Songs chart.[59] In October, “The One That Got Away” was released as the sixth single from Teenage Dream, peaking at three on the Hot 100. Teenage Dream became the third album in history to produce six top five hit singles,[60] “The One That Got Away” became the album’s seventh track to reach the top of the US Hot Dance Club Songs chart, the most by any album and setting a new record in the chart.[61]
In July 2011, she made her film debut in the 3D family film The Smurfs as Smurfette. The Smurfs earned $557,771,535 worldwide during its theatrical run, though received many negative reviews from critics. The week of September 17, 2011 marked Perry’ 69th consecutive week in the Top 10 with single “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)”.[62][63] On September 23, 2011, she performed, along with Elton John, Brazilian Claudia Leitte, and friend Rihanna, on the opening day of the 2011 Rock in Rio festival, which was extended to October 2.[64] She performed for 100 thousand people, a show that received high praise from critics and audience alike.[65] Perry hosted Saturday Night Live on December 10, 2011 with Robyn serving as the episode’s musical guest. Perry’s work on the episode received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised her comedic timing and the episode’s digital short which featured Perry and Andy Samberg, however some critics noted that Perry’s performance in the episode was overshadowed by cast regular Kristen Wiig.[66] Her second fragrance Meow was released December 2011.[67] Also in December, she was elected the Artist of the Year by MTV, for their performance on the charts worldwide and won the record during the year.[68] Also that month, she revealed plans to release a Barbie doll that represents her style.[69][70]
On January 5, 2012, Perry was named the sixth best-selling digital artist in the United States, with sales of 37.6 million units according to Nielsen SoundScan.[71] That month, she became the first artist to have five songs sell over 5 million digital units.[72] Later that month, EA Games recruited her to promote their new expansion pack The Sims 3: Showtime.[73] In March 2012, Teenage Dream was re-released under the title Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection. It was preceded by the February release of “Part of Me“, which became the album’s seventh single released and sixth single overall to top the Hot 100.[74] “Wide Awake” was released in May as the album’s eighth and final single, peaking at number two.[75] In June, she revealed plans to launch her own record label, which would be under Capitol Records.[76] In July, her movie Katy Perry: Part of Me was released to theaters under Paramount Pictures.[77][78] It garnered positive critical reviews and grossed $30 million worldwide at the Box Office.[79][80] That September, it was announced that Perry would take home the 2012 “Woman of the Year” Award at Billboard’s Women in Music event, which took place on November 30, 2012 in New York City.[2] She also supported Barack Obama during his campaign for re-election in November 2012.[81]
2013: Prism
Perry told Billboard in late 2012 about her upcoming album: “I know exactly the record I want to make next. I know the artwork, the coloring and the tone….. I even know what type of tour I’m doing next. I’ll be very pleased if the vision I have in my head becomes a reality”. However, Perry mentioned that she does not want the album to be a “Teenage Dream 2.0”, stating: “That would be silly. It’s not of any interest for me to try and outdo myself at every corner. Eventually you just like pop, explode”.[82]. Even though Perry initially said that the record would contain “darker” elements, departing from her previous sound, she later clarified, stating: “There’s not really any darkness on the record, there’s definitely some textures and colors but I think I was saying that when I saw going through a different phase, but I really let that light in”.[83]Diplo,[84]Sia Furler, Klas Åhlund, Greg Kurstin, Dr. Luke, Max Martin, Emeli Sandé, Greg Wells, Juicy J, Sarah Hudson, Cirkut, Stacie Orrico, and Bonnie McKee have collaborated with her on the album.[85] Songs that have been recorded for the album include “Double Rainbow”, [85]Bad Photographs”,[86] “It Takes Two”, “Unconditionally”,[87] “Roar“, “Dark Horse”, “Walking on Air”,[88] “By The Grace of God”, “This is How We Do”, “Ghost”, “International Smile”, “Love Me”,[89] “Legendary Lover”, and “Birthday”.[90]
Perry reprised her role as Smurfette in The Smurfs 2, which was released in theaters on July 31, 2013.[91] Like its predecessor, it received many negative reviews from critics. She released her third fragrance, Killer Queen, in August 2013, through Coty, Inc.[92] On July 29, 2013, it was announced that Perry’s fourth studio album would be titled Prism, and is due for release on October 22, 2013.[93] “Roar” made its debut as the album’s lead single on August 10, 2013.[94] Perry recorded a duet with John Mayer, titled “Who You Love”, for his album Paradise Valley, which was released on August 20, 2013.[95] She closed the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards by performing “Roar” live for the first time on August 25, 2013 in a special performance under the Brooklyn Bridge.[96]
On August 20, 2013, due to Perry teaming up with Pepsi and MTV, fans were given the opportunity to unlock song titles, lyrics, and snippets from Prism by tweeting #KATYNOW. After fans heard the two snippets, they chose which one they wanted to be released in full before the album is released.[97]. The two snippets were “Dark Horse” and “Walking On Air”. On August 25, 2013, at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards, Pepsi announced “Dark Horse” feauturing Juicy J won, 64% to 36%.[98]. The same day, a 21-second teaser of the official “Roar” music video was released.[99]. “Dark Horse” will be released via iTunes on September 17, 2013.[88] Perry later tweeted: “Dark Horse ft Juicy J is just a PREVIEW of #PRISM when released on Sept 17, NOT the 2nd single”.[100] On September 4, 2013, Billboard announced that “Roar” reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100.[101] The official full length music video for “Roar” was released the following day.[102]
Rolling Stone ranked Perry 7th in its global Queen of Pop poll in July 2011.[104]Men’s Health dubbed her the “sexiest woman of 2013”.[105] She is a sex symbol[106] and is known for her unconventional style of dress,[13] which is often humorous, bright in color, reminiscent of different decades, and often includes food-related themes[107][108] such as her trademark peppermint swirl bra.[103] Her transformation into an artist began with fashion, inspired by American film actress Dominique Swain‘s portrayal in the 1997 film Lolita.[15] She defines her fashion style as “a bit of a concoction of different things”.[13] Her fashion has caught the attention of designers.[6]
In June 2008, a photo of her posing with a switchblade was criticized.[109] The picture was defended as only an effort to give her a “sexy, harder edge”.[109] She later posed with a spoon, mocking the criticism.[110]
Perry is Pentecostal and an avid supporter of gay rights. According to Dosomething.org, she voted no on Prop 8 (California’s Nov 4, 2008, amendment declaring that marriage is defined as a union solely between a man and a woman).[111] Through Twitter and by performing at his rallies, Perry supported President Barack Obama in his run for re-election in 2012 due to his stance on same-sex marriage,[112] and believing in “equal rights for all”.[113]
She is also known for philanthropy. In October 2012, she performed “Firework” with a fan who has autism on Comedy Central’s “Night of Too Many Stars”.[114] In early April 2013, she worked with UNICEF to assist children in Madagascar with education and nutrition.[115] Later that month, she appeared in a video clip for the “Chime For Change” campaign that aims to spread female empowerment.[116]
Musical style and themes
Her first album is within the gospel music genre.[6][16] She related that her perspective in music was “a bit enclosed and very strict”, and everything she did was church-related.[6] Her second album, One of the Boys, is described as “secular” and “rock,” and reflects a departure from her religious musical roots.[6] Her next album, Teenage Dream, featured more pop songs in contrast to Boys.[13] Many of her songs have been described as EDM or electropop,[117][118] and she herself has been credited as an electropop artist.[119] In her childhood, Perry was introduced to the music of Alanis Morissette and Freddie Mercury, the late frontman of the English band Queen.[25] In her tribute to Mercury on what would have been his 65th birthday, Perry stated; “Without you I wouldn’t be making music or doing what I do because your lyrics inspired me as a 15 year old girl.”[120] Queen’s song “Killer Queen” inspired her to pursue a career in pop music after her first album.[6] She also described that Morissette’s album Jagged Little Pill as having influenced her music profoundly; even going on to work with Morissette’s collaborator on the album, Glen Ballard because of that.[15] Perry has also listed Madonna as a significant influence, saying “I want to evolve like Madonna.”[121][122]
Perry has a contraltovocal range.[123] She is artistically involved in her projects, especially in the writing process. Since she could play guitar, she would start writing songs at home and present it to her producers. She is mostly inspired by specific moments of her life, and has said it is easy for her to write songs about heartbreak.[10] Most of the themes in One of the Boys deal with heartbreak, teen adventure, and “puking into toilets”.[15] Her mother Mary once reportedly told English tabloid Daily Mail that she disliked her daughter’s music, calling it “shameful and disgusting”.[6][124] She said Mary was misquoted and told MTV that it was false information.[124] Perry has written songs for other singers, including Ashley Tisdale (“Time’s Up”), Selena Gomez & the Scene (“Rock God” and “That’s More Like It”), Jessie James (“Bullet” and “Girl Next Door”) and Lesley Roy (“Slow Goodbye”).
Her songs “Ur So Gay” and “I Kissed a Girl” have been respectively labeled as being homophobic and promoting homosexuality, as well as “lezploitational“.[6] MTV mentioned criticism about her using “bi-curiosity” as a way to sell records.[124] Perry responded to the controversy surrounding “Ur So Gay”: “It’s not a negative connotation. It’s not, ‘you’re so gay,’ like, ‘you’re so lame,’ but the fact of the matter is that this boy should’ve been gay. I totally understand how it could be misconstrued or whatever….. It wasn’t stereotyping anyone in particular, I was talking about ex-boyfriends.”[125]
She first met Russell Brand in the summer of 2009 when she filmed a cameo appearance for his film Get Him to the Greek.[132] The two began dating after meeting again in September 2009 at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.[133] The couple became engaged in December 2009 while vacationing in India.[134] They married on October 23, 2010, in a traditional Hinduceremony near the Ranthambhore tiger sanctuary in Rajasthan, India.[135] After 14 months of marriage, he filed for divorce on December 30, 2011, citing irreconcilable differences.[136][137] After reaching an agreement on financial issues, a judge granted the divorce request in February 2012. The divorce became effective in July 2012 following a mandatory six-month waiting period.[138] Her autobiographical movie revealed that the disagreement over starting a family led to the end of the marriage.[139] In June 2013, she revealed in an interview with Vogue that Brand divorced her via a text message and never spoke to her again.[86]
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(Wade Payne/ Associated Press ) – Tennessee defensive back Justin Coleman (27) is pursued by Western Kentucky wide receiver Taywan Taylor (2) as he runs for a touchdown after intercepting the ball in the first quarter of an NCAA college football game on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013 in Knoxville, Tenn.
Earlier I stated that I thought Austin Peay (even though they have the best school chant “Let’s go Peay!!!”) was 2-9 last year and no match for the Vols and this week I predicted that Petrino’s team would take Tennessee down to the wire. I WAS WRONG!!! I guess I was influenced by the fact that I was present in Fayetteville a few years ago when the Petrino coached Hogs spanked the Vols. As you can see below the Vol fan blogger who posted the article was also there and he took great joy in his Vols laying 52 on Petrino today.
We’re a passionate, slightly crazy, often irrational bunch. So you’ll probably nod your head when I say I heard some form of all of those things listed above at Neyland Stadium on Saturday, and you’ll probably nod because you said a few of them yourself.
There’s nothing rational about what happened in Western Kentucky’s five turnovers in six offensive snaps bonanza. It’s similar to the Vols having zero penalties last week: sure to be a leading conversation point among the faithful, certainly impressive, but of somewhat limited value going forward. Granted, the Vols committed just two penalties today and certainly appear more disciplined – bonus points to the offensive line’s statuesque performance and Justin Worley for going deep on WKU’s offsides penalty – but lack of penalties don’t always lead to greatness. Alabama was 7th best in the nation in penalty yards per game last season, sure, but 11-win Florida and Oregon were 114th and 117th, respectively.
In the same way, Tennessee did create most of Western Kentucky’s turnovers – only the first one was sort of a fluke play in my opinion – and the Vols have now picked up half as many turnovers in two games as they had in all of 2012. But the Vols aren’t going to see seven turnovers again this year, certainly not five in six plays (let alone four in four plays, which has never happened before) and I’m not sure anyone has kept this stat, but I’d wager an average starting field position of our own 45 yard line might be a school record.
So the main takeaway from this game is weirdness, which was followed by a brief spell of, “Oh no we’re really terrible!” and then an entire half of, “Alright, maybe we’re okay.” In the game that was supposed to teach us more than any of the others we’ll play this month, the weirdness made lessons hard to see. But between the overreactions on both ends of the spectrum, at least a few truths about this Tennessee team are trying to emerge. Let’s look at a few overreactions from Saturday and the truth that lies a little closer to center:
“We would’ve lost without all those turnovers!”
First, no. The Vols got 31 during the weirdness but won by 32 and ended the game two yards short of 39 (side note: I was in Fayetteville two years ago when Petrino handed us the worst loss of my lifetime, and it was terrible, so I wouldn’t have felt bad about sticking another one in there at all. But we’ll take 52.). Second, turnovers are very much part of the game, and credit a young (and recovering in the case of Brian Randolph) secondary for making so many plays.
But the second half made all of us feel better, both because Tennessee faced at least some level of adversity – as much as you can face with a two touchdown lead at halftime – and responded with good football. UT’s three scoring drives to put the game away in the second half: 5 plays 59 yards, 8 plays 75 yards, 8 plays 80 yards. No flukes there, only domination led by a ground game that finished with 240 yards on 45 carries for 5.3 per. Tennessee’s identity last week was a dominant ground game, and today was no different when we needed points most. It was a little choppy early, but the Vols bounced back, dare we say made halftime adjustments, and finished the day looking good the way we thought they would.
“Justin Worley is terrible!”
I think Tennessee fans are convinced our quarterback has to either be Peyton Manning or Evil Crompton. There is no middle ground. If he’s not a Heisman candidate, he sucks. Casey Clausen was terrible. Erik Ainge was terrible. Crompton was terrible until the Georgia game. Matt Simms was terrible. Tyler Bray plays with the arm of a god and the brain of a child in the backyard, so he’s terrible too.
Look friends, relax. Anytime I hear people complaining about how bad our offense is – 382 yards on just 64 plays today, by the way – I want to remind everyone that the Clawfense wasn’t that long ago. You’ve seen terrible and you’ve seen it recently, at quarterback and in general. Worley isn’t that, at least not given the sample size we have thus far. Let’s find a different word.
I’m fine with “limited” or, even better, “inexperienced”. This kid doesn’t have to be a hero. By the way, Worley in the second half: 8 of 10, 107 yards, a touchdown and a bad decision on an end zone interception. That came on third down, but so did his touchdown to Brendan Downs and the five-wide strike to Josh Smith on 3rd and 4 at the 19 with the Vols leading 38-20 and the outcome still in doubt. After struggling on third down in the first half, he rebounded fairly well…and third down is one of the few times we know we’re going to need him to be big.
Worley doesn’t appear capable of winning games for us, but we’re not asking him to. Let’s give him a few more snaps before we decide he’s terrible and we need to play the guys who, you know, aren’t capable of beating him out in practice.
“The defense is the same as last year!”
Western Kentucky got 393 yards in 70 plays. But again, you’ve seen terrible recently: the 2012 defense gave up less than 393 yards only twice (Georgia State, Akron).
Some of this conversation will depend on how much you believe in Bobby Petrino, who again called a game that took advantage of mismatches that hurt Tennessee’s defense at times. The Hilltoppers were forced into third downs 15 times but converted 8 of them, and that’s too many. Among those eight: 3rd and 13 on the opening drive, 3rd and 9 on WKU’s first touchdown drive, 3rd and 14 on the first drive of the second half. That is, of course, too many, and this is a defense that needs to get off the field whenever it can despite seven turnovers today.
However, after the joy of the first quarter and the frustration of the end of the first half, the defense played a pretty good ballgame in the second half. WKU got three points, and even better, Tennessee turned the Hilltoppers away in the red zone a bunch throughout the game: in six red zone appearances, Western Kentucky got two touchdowns, two field goals, and threw two interceptions.
We’ve mentioned this before, and it’s a great and critical stat: last year the Vols gave up points in the red zone 91.4% of the time. There was no bending, only breaking. But this same coaching staff at Cincinnati gave up points in the red zone just 70.0% of the time, 12th best nationally. And even better, last year the Bearcats gave up just 17 touchdowns in 40 red zone visits, one of only 19 teams in college football that gave up more field goals than touchdowns in the red zone.
Tennessee needs to get off the field, and we had some issues on third down against WKU. But the Vols also need to bend but not break, give up three and not six, and force big turnovers. And we’ve seen a bunch of that as well. In two games the Vols have allowed eight red zone trips, and only given up two touchdowns. That’s a very good sign regardless of competition.
Look, this was a win every bit as important as we thought it was coming in, and should be celebrated as such. If you’re feeling more bad than good after a 32 point win over a bowl eligible team with an elite playcaller, you should try enjoying life more. The Vols have some clear issues and are still growing. But today wasn’t nearly as bad as some are making it out to be, and no matter how bad next week could get, there are signs of life here that could carry us forward as this team continues to grow this season. Butch Jones is 2-0 and we’re moving in the right direction. We are in no way there yet and we’ve got miles to go. But today was an important step. Let’s enjoy it.
Alabama last year had to play Tennessee and Kentucky from the East and their conference record was 1-15 while LSU had to play Florida and Georgia and their record was 14-2. Doesn’t seem fair does it? In the old days Tennessee would have been a top 10 team almost every year and playing them as […]
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I have spent alot of time talking about Woody Allen films on this blog and looking at his worldview. He has a hopeless, meaningless, nihilistic worldview that believes we are going to turn to dust and there is no afterlife. Even though he has this view he has taken the opportunity to look at the weaknesses of his own secular view. I salute him for doing that. That is why I have returned to his work over and over and presented my own Christian worldview as an alternative.
Woody Allen has made many movies in his time, and still averages around one movie per year. Allen is a director you either love or hate – I happen to love his films – but I am sure this list will have some very extreme comments from both perspectives. This list compiles not only the obvious choices but also some not so obvious ones.
10
Small Time Crooks (2000) trailer
Woody Allen stars, along with Tracy Ullman, in this funny film about a husband and wife who try to steal money from a bank. They do this by buying a neighboring pizza place, and turning it into a cookie shop so they can tunnel under it and inside the bank. The plan gets shot down when people actually want to buy cookies from the fake shop. It’s a hilarious piece of work that has a good start, a weak middle and a strong ending.
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9
Deconstructing Harry
1997
In this film Woody Allen plays a writer who finds out he’s getting an award from his school and he decides he doesn’t wanna go alone. He takes along his best friend, a prostitute, and his son (against his ex-wife’s wishes). Also in the film we see characters from the stories he’s written come to life, such as Robin Williams as a literally out of focus man. Another hilarious moment is Billy Crystal as the devil. If this sounds as crazy as anything, it is.
8
Manhattan Murder Mystery
1993
This film stars Woody Allen and reunites him with long time co-star Diane Keaton. It also brings back Alan Alda who was previously in Crimes and Misdemeanors. In the film Woody Allen and Diane Keaton play a married couple who discover a murder, and decide to play detectives a la The Thin Man. It’s a brilliant piece of film because of its sense of realism, and the fact that it could happen in real life.
7
Zelig
1983
Zelig
Woody Allen makes a farce on documentaries in this film. He plays Leonard Zelig, a human chameleon who can blend into any background and is seen at many of the most historical events in history. This film also stars Mia Farrow as a psychiatrist who tries to cure him of his changing. It’s funny seeing Allen change face and form, and even language, as he morphs into whoever he’s around at the time.
6
Sleeper
1973
Sleeper (1973) – Trailer
In this hilarious film about the future, Woody Allen plays Miles Monroe, a jazz musician who is frozen and not defrosted until two hundred years in the future. He doesn’t know how to deal with it since everything has changed so much. He pretends to be a robot and kidnaps Luna, who is played by Diane Keaton, and they try to figure out how to destroy an evil dictator. It’s full of laughs and funny to see what a comedian’s idea of the future was like.
5
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex
1972
The film was based on a book by Dr. David Reuben, published in 1969. The film is comprised of a series of sketches on the subject of sex, including Woody Allen as a court jester trying to seduce a queen and a cross dressing husband. It’s a real trip to watch.
4
Take the Money and Run
1969
WOODY ALLEN TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN CELLO MARCHING BAND SCENE
This movie is like Zelig in the sense that it’s another documentary style parody. Woody Allen plays an escaped convict who is trying to escape, for good, from the law. He meets a girl that he really likes and everything seems to work out, until he tries to rob a bank with terrible results (they can’t read his hold up note). It’s a humorous film that keeps the laughs going every second it can.
3
Bananas
1971
Bananas (1971) – Trailer
In this film Woody Allen plays a products tester for a large corporation who feels his life is going nowhere. Then he gets on the subway and is mangled by a young Sly Stallone, in his first major film appearance. However, he meets a female activist, played by Louise Lasser, and things start looking up. When they break up he takes a trip to a little country called San Marcos, where the revolutionaries decide to assassinate the ruler of the country. Eventually, Allen becomes ruler of San Marcos and goes back to the US after getting involved in what is one of the funniest courtroom scenes ever. There’s a great cameo by Howard Cosell and much much more.
2
Play it Again, Sam
1972
Play It Again, Sam trailer
Woody Allen and Diane Keaton supposedly met when they were auditioning for the play that this movie was based on, and they both found each other delighted by their sense of humor. If that is true then it’s no question why they ended up doing a film of the play in 1972. The premise is a very uncool man, played by Woody Allen, tries to emulate one of his great movie heroes, Humphrey Bogart, so he can meet women. To the extent that Bogart himself (played by Jerry Lacy) is giving him dating advice. He has a female friend (Linda) who is played by Diane Keaton, she is married to Dick who is played by Tony Roberts. He is a businessman who never pays any attention to his wife, and Woody Allen figures that he should be with Linda instead of him. The hilarity starts when Woody Allen’s character is set up on several dates which led to very humorous results. A real hilarious picture.
1
Annie Hall
1977
Annie Hall – Movie Trailer
Yes, this film has probably won the most awards, and received the most nominations so far of any of Woody Allen’s films. If you’ve seen it already, there’s no need to go into much details, but the basic story is about Woody Allen’s character, Alvy. Alvy happens to be a stand up comic, much like Allen himself who started in the same field, and his relationship with Annie Hall, played by Diane Keaton. It is one of his funniest films, and it has been parodied several times in tv shows and other media. One of my favorite scenes is when Woody is standing in line for a movie and a man who teaches film is behind him. He is trying to explain the plots and sub plots of director Marshall McLuhan’s films, and Allen actually brings him forth to speak to the guy, telling him that he knows nothing of his work and how he got to teach a course in anything is nothing short of amazing. If you haven’t seen this film go see it immediately, and if you don’t enjoy it the first time then wait a while and see it again, it will grow on you.
Manhattan
1979
This is probably the best known Woody Allen film on the list, and for that reason I have made it a bonus item instead of ranking it (where it would probably take top spot). If you have never seen a Woody Allen film, this is the one to see. Isaac (Allen), 42, has divorced Jill. She is now living with another woman, Connie, and is writing a book in which she will reveal some very private points of their relationship. Isaac has a love affair with Tracy, 17, when he meets Mary, the mistress of his best friend, Yale. This film features some stunning cinematography and really is worth the watch.
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I have spent alot of time talking about Woody Allen films on this blog and looking at his worldview. He has a hopeless, meaningless, nihilistic worldview that believes we are going to turn to dust and there is no afterlife. Even though he has this view he has taken the opportunity to look at the weaknesses of […]
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A surprisingly civil discussion between evangelical Billy Graham and agnostic comedian Woody Allen. Skip to 2:00 in the video to hear Graham discuss premarital sex, to 4:30 to hear him respond to Allen’s question about the worst sin and to 7:55 for the comparison between accepting Christ and taking LSD. ___________________ The Christian Post > […]
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I have spent alot of time talking about Woody Allen films on this blog and looking at his worldview. He has a hopeless, meaningless, nihilistic worldview that believes we are going to turn to dust and there is no afterlife. Even though he has this view he has taken the opportunity to look at the weaknesses of […]
Crimes and Misdemeanors: A Discussion: Part 1 If you like Woody Allen films as much as I do then join me every Wednesday for another look the man and his movies. Below are some of the posts from the past: “Woody Wednesday” How Allen’s film “Crimes and Misdemeanors makes the point that hell is necessary […]
I have spent alot of time talking about Woody Allen films on this blog and looking at his worldview. He has a hopeless, meaningless, nihilistic worldview that believes we are going to turn to dust and there is no afterlife. Even though he has this view he has taken the opportunity to look at the weaknesses of […]
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It is going to be a great game tomorrow and I am betting on Petrino’s Western Kentucky team to make it close into the 4th quarter. It will not be a 61-7 blow out like it was 4 years ago. Below is a look at how that game turned out back when Lane Kiffin was the coach back in 2009.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin’s tenure on Rocky Top is off to a smooth start.
Jonathan Crompton threw five touchdown passes Saturday, leading the Volunteers to a 63-7 rout of Football Bowl Subdivision newcomers Western Kentucky and their largest margin of victory in nine years.
Kiffin On Point
Tennessee earned its largest margin of victory since a 70-3 win over Louisiana-Monroe in 2000. Its 63 points was also the most points scored in a coach’s debut in Vols history.
Most Points Scored
Tennessee Head Coach Debut
2009
Lane Kiffin
W, 63-7
1993
Phillip Fulmer
W, 50-0
1963
Jim McDonald
W, 34-6
1916
John Bender
W, 33-0
1941
John Barnhill
W, 32-6
1907
George Levene
W, 30-0
“This is the way that we expect to play,” Kiffin said. “We have high expectations here. I just talked to them about understanding that was one game and it’s over. We’ve got to find a way to play better next week.”
In its first two drives, Tennessee looked as if it hadn’t learned much under Kiffin, the youngest active coach in the division. Crompton threw a pass over the middle that was easily tipped by Thomas Majors and intercepted by Jamal Forrest, and Montario Hardesty fumbled after a hard hit.
The Vols settled down after the first quarter, and Hardesty carried for 18 and 22 yards to help set up a 2-yard touchdown run by freshman Bryce Brown early in the second quarter.
Low: Kiffin Era Begins
The Lane Kiffin era kicked off Saturday with a 63-7 massacre that produced more fireworks over the Tennessee River than were shot off all of last season, writes Chris Low. Blog
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Bobby Rainey fumbled on the Hilltoppers’ next play, and LaMarcus Thompson recovered for Tennessee. Crompton connected with Luke Stocker on his first of two TD catches to make it 14-0 only 7 seconds later.
“We played one quarter of decent football, and then I think for the next three quarters were physically dominated,” Western Kentucky coach Dave Elson said.
Tennessee’s defense looked every bit the stalwart it was in 2008, while the offense found the composure it was missing in last year’s 5-7 season. Running backs broke through the line of scrimmage, wide receivers ran sound routes and Crompton threw accurately.
“We really just tried to get our personality as a team on film. We wanted to be physical but smart. The game we just played is part of our resume, and we want to build that resume and send it out to our opponents,” Vols safety Eric Berry said.
Crompton, who was pulled with 12:26 left in the game, finished 21 of 28 with two picks, and his five TD passes was one more than his output last season. Hardesty finished with 160 yards and a touchdown on 18 carries, and Brown had 104 yards rushing and a touchdown on 11 attempts.
The Hilltoppers couldn’t capitalize on the early turnovers and had minus-21 yards after their first 19 plays. Tennessee finished with 657 yards compared to Western Kentucky’s 83.
Rainey had the Hilltoppers’ only score on a 19-yard run with 2:41 in the third quarter that made it 35-7.
The win was the Vols’ easiest since a 70-3 victory over Louisiana-Monroe in 2000. Their 380 yards rushing were the most since 2004.
The Vols were also joined by former Vols and current Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning, who before the game announced a $1 million gift for a new athletic training center.
Though the attendance in the 100,011-capacity Neyland Stadium only reached 98,761, the fans turned out in droves as Kiffin and the Vols made the traditional “Vol Walk” from their buses to the stadium before the game.
“I really had to make sure that I did not go up and down today, because that’s what I talked about with our team a long time last night — dealing with the emotions of a wonderful scene like the Vol Walk, a wonderful event like running through the ‘T’ and playing in front of 100,000 people,” Kiffin said.
Smiling Tennessee fans filing out of Neyland Stadium just ahead of awesome lightning strikes Saturday night were already charged up by coach Butch Jones’ debut — a 45-0 win against Austin Peay.
So was Jones, whose young Volunteers were penalty-free and executing offense at a fast tempo.
But there’s no rest for the rebuilding.
“I’m already thinking about Western Kentucky,” Jones said about five minutes in to his post-game press conference. “We’ll enjoy this one tonight but the more you win, the more is at stake. We’re going to be challenged by a really good football team coming in here.”
Western Kentucky is coached by Bobby Petrino. And while Tennessee was fruitlessly pursuing Charlie Strong and Mike Gundy, if not Jon Gruden, to succeed Derek Dooley after last season, many Tennessee football fans were matter-of-factly stating their desire to see Petrino become the next Vols football coach.
Taking Louisville and Arkansas to the top 10, they contended, trumped any stunts with the Atlanta Falcons or former Arkansas volleyball players.
Certainly, the Western Kentucky faithful feels that way today. The Hilltoppers beat fellow basketball school Kentucky for the second straight season in Petrino’s opener Saturday night, and they’ll try to improve to 2-0 in the SEC East when they visit Tennessee (1-0) on Saturday at 12:21 p.m. (WCYB).
WKU quarterback Brandon Doughty was 27 of 34 for 271 yards, a touchdown and no interceptions, and the balanced ’Toppers diced up new Kentucky coach Mark Stoops’ defense for 487 yards.
“The things and the knowledge he (Petrino) knows is absolutely crazy,” Doughty said to reporters after the game. “He will come to the sideline and be like, ‘Hey, they are going to be in this. Throw to this guy because he is going to be open, I promise.’ It’s an unbelievable experience. To see it work live, 1s-on-1s against Kentucky is awesome.”
Of course, WKU w ill have more crowd noise to deal with in Knoxville than it heard against the Wildcats at Nashville’s LP Field.
The Vols’ Jones continues to grasp the magnitude of UT football’s popularity. He said the 39,000 that turned out for an August scrimmage helped all of his youngsters in front of the 97,000 that showed up for Saturday’s glorified scrimmage.
“I’d like to thank our student body,” Jones said. “We can’t do it without them. We talk about making Neyland a home field advantage. Over 10,000 of our students here. I greatly appreciate them and we’re going to need them even more as we continue to move on.”
Indeed, Tennessee’s green secondary will have its hands full against Petrino and company. True freshman Cameron Sutton started at cornerback for the Vols, and another true freshman, Dobyns-Bennett graduate Malik Foreman, played a lot at cornerback. Foreman gave up a couple of plays early, but made an interception in the red zone late.
“They are very, very young and inexperienced but talented,” Jones said. “They are extremely competitive. They have great competitive character. I think that showed in Malik Foreman. Again, as we move forward we will be tested even more.”
Foreman’s former D-B teammate Devaun Swafford is another true freshman defensive back that played a lot Saturday for the inexperienced Vols.
So beating Petrino will be a test. At this stage, it’d certainly qualify as a quality victory for Jones’ Vols.
Petrino might have inherited as much talent as Jones. He got the job because predecessor Willie Taggart was hired at South Florida after leading the Hilltoppers to a bowl last season.
Austin Peay punter Ben Campbell, a Science Hill alum that played against Western Kentucky and Virginia Tech last season, said the Hilltoppers and Hokies were similarly talented. The scoreboards agreed. Western defeated Peay 49-10 and the Hokies beat it 42-7.
Regardless of Saturday’s scoreboard in Neyland, Jones appears to be a good fit for a lengthy stay in Knoxville. As for Petrino, fans of many BCS programs will probably be urging athletic directors to hire him 3-4 months from now.
Dan Hampton at the Little Rock Touchdown Club Part 4
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He is an amazing person that loves Arkansas deeply. Dan Hampton also cares a lot about young people and I am sure that he would want them to learn from his mistakes. You will notice that Hampton has always participated in the “One for the Kids” program in Chicago. One lesson that kids should learn from his life is to abstain from alcohol. He grew up in a home where his family owned a liquor store and he received 3 DWI convictions in a six year period from 1996 to 2002. In his speech at the Little Rock Touchdown Club Hampton talked about how special Walter Payton and what a close friend he was. When Payton was 40 he attended a Chicago Bear Re-union and Hampton said that Payton looked great but four years later he died. Hampton noted that Payton looked as fit as you could be and it was sad that he died so early (Payton died of primary sclerosing cholangitis,) The crowd got silent when Hampton spoke of this and it was because of the seriousness of the subject of death. Many young people are dying way before their time because of alcohol and that is why I am writing this today.
Hampton is a co-host for the syndicated Pro Football Weekly television show which is approaching its 20th season on the air. The show is hosted by a panel, Pro Football Weekly publisher/editor Hub Arkush as well as Chicago sportscaster Pat Boyle, and former Bear Tom Waddle.[15] Hampton was also a color commentator for NFL games on NBC in the early 1990s, and called XFL games for the network in 2001.[16]
On May 22, 2002, Hampton was sentenced in Arkansas for his third DWI in six years. He received a sentence of one week in jail, a $1,000 fine, and was ordered to attend alcohol education courses.[17]
Hampton is part of a Miller Lite and Gridiron Greats promotion to raise funds for retired NFL players in need.[18] He also participates in “One for the Kids” Annual Golf Tournament that raises funds for various charities that support children in the Chicago area.[19] Hampton has also been a spokesperson for companies such as Chevrolet and Firestone.[20]
Hampton is also renowned for coining various catch phrases, such as: “de facto cream-of-the-class, if you will,” “throw it against the pallet to see what sticks,” and “hit that town like Hurricane Katrina.”[21] Hampton later apologized for his Katrina comment.[22]
Driving drunk is stupid. We all can agree on that. Wouldn’t it have been better if Dan had just abstained from alcohol like many others do?
I love the Book of Proverbs and every day I read one chapter of Proverbs. Since there are 31 chapters, I start the 1st of ever month and read chapter 1 and then the next day I read chapter 2 and so on the rest of the month.
John McArthur said:
”First of all, number one issue in gaining wisdom is to fear God…is to fear God. How do you know that? Back in chapter 1 verse 7, we read this, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. Fools despise wisdom and instruction.” The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. Proverbs 9:10, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and the knowledge of the holy one is true understanding.”
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One of the issues I have learned about in Proverbs is concerning the issue of alcohol.
ryan dunn Jackass dead in crash
Bam Margera’s First Interview After Ryan Dunn’s Death
Flickr user Eric Lewis posted the image below with a caption that says the photo shows what’s left of Dunn’s car.
Ryan Dunn tweeted a picture of himself drinking from a bar. At 2 am he left the bar and a few minutes later he was killed after running off the road in his car.There are three reasons that I do not drink and here they are.First,alcohol has brought a social plague on our country not matched by anything we have ever seen in the past. I will never forget the day I heard this statistic in 1975: ”Drunk drivers are responsible for 50% of highway fatalities.”My pastor Adrian Rogers shared that statistic from the pulpit. I was only 14 years old at the time, but I was looking forward to driving. It caused me to realize that I had to abstain from alcohol and try to convince my friends and family to do likewise.Second, the Bible does condemn alcoholic wine. There were three kinds of wine mentioned in the Bible (grapes, grape juice and strong drink). Wine in the cluster which is equal to our grapes. Isaiah 65:8 ” “As the new wine is found in the cluster…” The point I am making here is very clear. The Bible does refer to nonalcoholic wine which is equal to our grape juice. Don’t take for granted everytime you read the word “wine” in the Bible that it is referring to the kind of wine we are used to today.Next we have the term “strong drink” which is equal to our wine today. Strong drink is condemned. .Proverbs 20:1 states, “Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. ”
WHAT WAS “STRONG DRINK” IN BIBLE TIMES?
Distillation was not discovered until about 1500 A.D. Strong drink and unmixed wine in Bible times was from 3% to 11% alcohol. Dr. John MacArthur says “…since anybody in biblical times who drank unmixed wine (9-11% alcohol) was definitely considered a barbarian, then we dont even need to discuss whether a Christian should drink hard liquor–that is apparent!”
Since wine has 9 to 11% alcohol and one brand 20% alcohol, you should not drink that. Brandy contains 15 to 20% alcohol, so thats out! Hard liquor has 40 to 50% alcohol (80 to 100 proof), and that is obviously excluded!
For documentation on this subject Google “alcohol” with the name of Adrian Rogers or John MacArthur. These theologians have covered this subject fully with biblical references.
Third, Romans 14:21 states, “It is better not to eat meat (that had been offered to idols) or drink wine or to do anything else that will cause your brother to fall.” If a person rejects all the linguistic arguments, there is still Romans 14:21 concerning not causing a weaker brother to stumble..
It is consistent with the ethic of love for believers and unbelievers alike. Because I am an example to others, I will make certain no one ever walks the road of sorrow called alcoholism because they saw me take a drink and assumed, “if it is alright for Everette Hatcher, it is alright for me.” No, I will choose to set an uncompromising example of abstinence because I love them. The fact is that 1 of every 6 drinkers in the USA are problem drinkers. Maybe if my family of 6 drank, that could be me or one of my children?
Another teammate of Hampton’s on that famous 1985 Chicago Bears team also has a sad family story to tell about a brother of his being killed by a drunk driver. Mike Singletary’s story below:
Mike Singletary’s father, Charles, was a street preacher who spread the word of God on street corners in Dallas. The family soon settled in Houston. Mike, along with his father, Charles, mother, Rudell, and several brothers and sisters, shared a small wood frame home. Next to their home was a place called the Church of God, a church that Charles Singletary built himself and where he played guitar each Sunday. During the week, Mike’s father worked as a contractor. Between his father’s day job and his devotion to the church, Mike and his father never developed a strong relationship with each other.
Tragedy would soon strike the family. Dale Singletary, the third oldest child, died unexpectedly. Dale had been sleeping in a room with James, another brother. Charles Jr. noticed a funny smell coming from the room. By the time Mike and Charles Jr. were able to break a window, and force entry into the room, fumes from the coal stove had claimed the life of Dale.
As his relationship with his father drifted, Mike’s brother Grady stepped in. Grady filled the void, telling young Mike to stay away from things like drinking beer and smoking cigarettes. During this time, Mike’s father left the house, and moved in with another woman across town. Mike’s interest in playing football peaked each Sunday, as he would watch the Dallas Cowboys every Sunday, and idolized players like Roger Staubach, Bob Lilly, and Lee Roy Jordan. When Mike began to play football as a seventh grader, it was his brother Grady, not father Charles, that would show up to every game, and cheer him on.
Tragedy would soon strike again. Grady, the man who Mike Singletary had looked up at as a father figure, was killed in a six car accident caused by a drunk driver. The drunk driver was the only one who survived the accident.
In ninth grade, Mike was an all-state guard and linebacker. Michael Thomas, Mike’s brother-in-law (married to his sister, Mary Lousie), began to attend all of Mike’s games. As Mike became a star for Worthing High School, an all-black high school, Mike’s mother also became a regular at the football games as well. Despite early concerns about poor grades affecting Mike’s eligibility to play football, his grades improved. After a star career at Worthing, Mike found himself with a scholarship to Baylor University, and would meet the next mentor in his life, Baylor coach Grant Teaff.[1]
Dan Hampton at the Little Rock Touchdown Club Part 3 Before Dan Hampton got to speak at the touchdown club this week, Rex Nelson got up and spoke and when he talked about Bobby Petrino taking his Western Kentucky team into Knoxville, he asked, “How many of you think Petrino will get a victory in […]
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Sad news about Whitney Houston’s death tonight. I have included some earlier posts about drugs and alcohol and rock stars. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Whitney Houston, who ruled as pop music’s queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, has […]
There is a truth that many people know. You can die from drinking too much alcohol at one time. I remember like yesterday when AC/DC lead singer Bon Scott died while on tour in England in 1980. According to Wikipedia: On 19 February 1980, Scott, 33 at the time, passed out after a night of […]
Brett Cummins and his friends were drinking heavily and taking drugs on Sunday night and all three of them went to sleep under the influence of alcohol and drugs and only 2 of them woke up. This reminds me of a few verses from the Old Testament. (There is hope. Check out the video interviews of Kerry Livgren […]
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I have really enjoyed going through all the characters mentioned in Woody Allen’s latest film “Midnight in Paris.” One think that shocked me was that many of these great writers mentioned in the film were also alcoholics. Why is that? It is my view that if a sensitive person really does examine life closely without […]
Dan Hampton at the Little Rock Touchdown Club Part 3 Before Dan Hampton got to speak at the touchdown club this week, Rex Nelson got up and spoke and when he talked about Bobby Petrino taking his Western Kentucky team into Knoxville, he asked, “How many of you think Petrino will get a victory in […]
Dan Hampton at the Little Rock Touchdown Club Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCPWDMKzVs4 Dan Hampton told about the year with the Chicago Bears when they took on the Vikings and they sacked Archie Manning 11 times. In October on 1984 the Bears beat the Vikings but in the process Dan Hampton got to play against one of […]
Dan Hampton at the Little Rock Touchdown Club Part 1 Dan Hampton I really enjoyed the Little Rock Touchdown Club today when Dan Hampton was our speaker. Hampton said that Jimmy Johnson was a great defensive coordinator for him to learn under when he played for Frank Broyles in 1975. Then when Lou Holtz came […]
Mangino at a 2007 KU basketball game Eric Mangino is a very good speaker. Here is a portion of an article by Jim Harris: Jim Harris’ Notebook: Mangino Ready To Return; Big Week For Central Arkansas by Jim Harris 11/14/2011 at 3:37pm It’s easy for fans who don’t follow Kansas football closely to forget just […]
Uploaded by TheMemphisSlim on Sep 3, 2010 Johnny Majors from Huntland, TN tried out for the UT Football team weighing 150 pounds. His Father, Shirley Majors his HS Coach,encourage him and then 4 younger brothers all to be Vols. Johnny Majors was the runner-up in 1956 for the Heisman Trophy to Paul Horning, on a loosing Notre Dame […]
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Former Tennessee Football Coach Johnny Majors is to speak at Little Rock Touchdown Club todayat the Embassy Suites hotel. Majors coached at Iowa State from 1968-1972, Pittsburgh from 1973-1976 and 1993-1996, where he led the Panthers to the 1976 national championship and at Tennessee from 1977-1992, where he won three SEC championships. 1976 Sugar Bowl National Championship […]
I got to ask Pat Summerall a question at the Little Rock Touchdown Club meeting back in October of 2010. Summerall had pointed out that Tom Landry was the defensive coordinator and Vince Lombardi was the offensive backfield coach when he played for the Giants. Summerall had shared how he had recovered from his […]
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Gov. Beebe, Shane Broadway, Steve Sullivan, Jeff Hankins and all the notable ASU grads were in the audience today at the Little Rock Touchdown Club. This was the second time I got to see Gus Malzahn speak at the Little Rock Touchdown Club. Two years ago he was skyped in since tornadoes made it impossible […]
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Harvey Updyke Interview on The Paul Finebaum Show 4 21 11 Part 3 Bobby Petrino going to Tennessee later this year? I thought he would jump at the chance to do that. However, the Vols have looked pretty good this year and if they go into Miss St’s homefield this week and beat the #17 […]
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Fred Astaire introduced “Night and Day” on stage, and his recording of the song was a #1 hit. He performed it again in the 1934 film version of the show, renamed The Gay Divorcee, and it became one of his signature pieces.
Dionne Warwick recorded it for her 1990 album Dionne Warwick Sings Cole Porter.
Eartha Kitt, the inscrutable songstress, recorded it in 1991–but the song would not be released until 2000 on the much lauded album Thinking Jazz. While the words in her arrangement remain the same, the opening lines are purred instead of sung.
Allan Sherman‘s 1965 album Allan in Wonderland included a version, with Porter’s music and words unchanged, but with punctuation marks included, so it starts like this:
Victor Borge was better known for verbal punctuation than was Sherman, but in the case of this song, Borge would start playing Beethoven‘s “Moonlight Sonata” op. 27, with its opening left-hand octave, and then would begin playing the three right-hand notes, seguéing into the beginning of “Night and Day”.
Little River Band references the song in their song “Reminiscing“. One line of the song states “And the Porter tune/Made us dance across the room”, while in the background the backup singers sing the words “Night and Day”.
Song structure
The construction of “Night and Day” is unusual for a hit song of the 1930s. Most popular tunes then featured 32-bar choruses, divided into four 8-bar sections, usually with an AABA musical structure, the B section representing the bridge.
Porter’s song, on the other hand, has a chorus of 48 bars, divided into 6 sections of 8 bars — ABABCB — with section C representing the bridge.
The tune begins with a pedal (repeated) dominant with a major seventh chord built on the flattened sixth of the key, which then resolves to the dominant seventh in the next bar. If performed in the key of B♭, the first chord is therefore G♭ major seventh, with an F (the major seventh above the harmonic root) in the melody, before resolving to F7 and eventually B♭ maj7.
This section repeats and is followed by a descending harmonic sequence starting with a -7♭5 (half diminished seventh chord or Ø) built on the augmented fourth of the key, and descending by semitones — with changes in the chord quality— to the supertonic minor seventh, which forms the beginning of a more standard II-V-I progression. In B♭, this sequence begins with an EØ, followed by an E♭-7, D-7 and D♭ dim, before resolving onto C-7 (the supertonic minor seventh) and cadencing onto B♭.
The bridge is also unusual, with an immediate, fleeting and often (depending on the version) unprepared key change up a minor third, before an equally transient and unexpected return to the key centre. In B♭, the bridge begins with a D♭ major seventh, then moves back to B♭ with a B♭ major seventh chord. This repeats, and is followed by a recapitulation of the second section outlined above.
The vocal verse is also unusual in that most of the melody consists entirely of a single note — the same dominant pedal, that begins the body of the song — with rather inconclusive and unusual harmonies underneath.
Cole Porter “Let’s Do it, Let’s Fall in Love” in the movie MIDNIGHT IN PARIS Midnight in Paris – Let’s Do It Let’s do it : Cole Porter.( Midnight in Paris ) Celebrate Wikipedia Loves Libraries at your institution in October/November. Let’s Do It, Let’s Fall in Love From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: […]
The song used in “Midnight in Paris” I am going through the famous characters that Woody Allen presents in his excellent movie “Midnight in Paris.” By the way, I know that some of you are wondering how many posts I will have before I am finished. Right now I have plans to look at Fitzgerald, Heminingway, Juan […]
Tennessee earned its largest margin of victory since a 70-3 win over Louisiana-Monroe in 2000. Its 63 points was also the most points scored in a coach’s debut in Vols history.
The Lane Kiffin era kicked off Saturday with a 63-7 massacre that produced more fireworks over the Tennessee River than were shot off all of last season, writes Chris Low. 
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