If you missed it, this was a pretty cool moment: NASA’s tiny helicopter made a successful first flight on MARS yesterday morning. It hovered about 10 feet off the ground for 39 seconds. It’s the first powered, controlled flight we’ve ever done on another planet.…… A retired nurse in New Jersey named Peter Schultz has been working as a volunteer, vaccinating over…… read more »
Over 20 people held hands and formed a human chain to rescue a swimmer at a beach near Panama City, Florida last week.………….A big dog recently saved a little dog from drowning in a pool in South Africa. The owners were gone when their tiny Pomeranian fell into their pool and couldn’t get out. But their other dog .…… read more »
NANCY WILSON included a tribute to EDDIE VAN HALEN on her upcoming solo album. FOO FIGHTERS frontman DAVE GROHL and his mom, Virginia Hanlon Grohl, will premiere a new series called “From Cradle To Stage” on Thursday, May 6. The series will be streaming on Paramount+, and it’s based on the book that Virginia wrote that was released in 2017. PETER FRAMPTON covers…… read more »
A recent study says that performing random acts of kindness may improve your health. Volunteering . . . donating . . . and giving genuine compliments are all great ways to be kind, and in turn, help yourself feel better (I knew it!!!!).……………..Six years ago this week, the CEO of a company called Gravity Payments announced he…… read more »
Coming November 9, a new book by Bob Spitz – “Led Zeppelin: The Biography”. Another KIRK HAMMETT guitar is on the auction block. Somebody mashed up VAN HALEN‘s “Panama” with METALLICA‘s “Enter Sandman”. Did it work? MICK JAGGER isn’t interested in writing an autobiography. He tried in the ’80s, but he quit because he found it “dull and upsetting.” He says, quote, “I…… read more »
A restaurant in Philadelphia called South Philly Barbacoa has been feeding people AND keeping people working during the pandemic. Early on, the owners converted another restaurant they own into a service called The People’s Kitchen that keeps chefs paid. And a year later, they’re still handing out up to 300 free meals a day.…….. An 82-year-old woman in Tulsa…… read more »
Last week, a guy named Chip Hawthorne raised over $8,000 for Habitat for Humanity . . . by driving a riding mower across the entire state of Florida………….There’s a video making the rounds of a grandfather in Florida getting emotional when his daughter surprises him by bringing his grandson for lunch. They apparently hadn’t been able to see each other because…… read more »
MICK JAGGER unveiled a surprise for his fans worldwide in the form of the instant release of a track titled ‘Eazy Sleazy.’ The tune written by Mick in lockdown features Jagger on vocals & guitar in collaboration with FOO FIGHTERS main man DAVE GROHL providing his signature powerhouse drums, guitar and bass too. ‘Eazy Sleazy’ is every inch…… read more »
While everyone else has been gaining weight, a woman in England has lost 118 pounds during the pandemic. She’s a metal fan, and signed up for a virtual fitness class last March called “Rock Fit,” where you do aerobics to heavy metal music.…………..Early in the pandemic, a nurse in Detroit named Monique Morris almost died of COVID. And it…… read more »
A former Starbucks barista named Griffin Baron got to reunite with an 18-year-old kid named Jonathan Celner . . . who he helped deliver when Jon’s mom gave birth in a Starbucks bathroom in 2002.……….. A 59-year-old guy from Texas just became the first person to ever run the 2,761 miles from Disneyland to Disney World. He has type-1 diabetes, and said he…… read more »