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Retro Minute, November 22, 1988
Oliver & Company goes head-to-head with The Land Before Time. The B2 stealth bomber is revealed. What Tony Danza show is on TV? Find out as Shawn's wakin' up the memories...
Retro Minute: November 21, 1987
Candice Bergen hosts "SNL." What Billy Idol song is #1 on the charts? Shawn's wakin' up the memories...
Is Them Crooked Vultures in the World?
Today, Them Crooked Vultures steps into the supergroup spotlight. The trio - composed of Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl, Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones, and Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme -just released their self-titled debut, and it's rich with heavy Zeppelin-esque grooves and '70s headbanging swagger.
It's also an album that makes you realize how little music breathes these days. There's something about dudes playing in a room together - LOUDLY - that pleases the senses the way no amount of Pro Tools cut-and-pasting can achieve. Show me the plug-in that combines the sound of Zep and Nirvana's rhythm section into one fat Wall of Sound.
This cross-generational teaming (Grohl was born the same month and year as Led Zeppelin's debut album release) also refutes the adage that a band is greater than the sum of its parts. Supergroups are a dicey proposition to be sure: multiple monster egos are never meant to share the same oxygen for long. Still, when they come together for the love of a shared musical vision - as opposed to the matchmaking of a manager hungry for a commission -the results are righteous.
Here are some supergroups that represent the best and worst of the bunch.
Bitter Celebrity Custody Battles
Sandra Bullock and Jesse James have been splashed all over the news lately. It seems that Jesse's ex-wife, Janine Lindemulder, is battling him for custody of their daughter, Sunny. Now that Janine's out of the slammer for tax evasion, the former adult film star wants her kid back. And she's dragging "The Proposal" actress into the fight. Jesse is trying to keep Sandy out of it, but with such a high-profile star, that's not always easy to do.
Sadly, as in many of these disputes, it's the children who suffer. But this is not the first time celebrity custody fights have made headlines. Here are a few other knock-down, drag-out battles over the kids of the stars.
Retro Minute, November 20, 1977
Family Feud's Richard Dawson celebrates a birthday. What Carpenters song is on the charts? Find out as Shawn's wakin' up the memories...
