A high school in New Jersey did a Lost and Found Day where students could claim lost stuff. But it was really just a setup to surprise one specific teacher with a son who’s in the military. He’d been in Iraq, and she hadn’t seen him in over a year…………………. This study was small, but…… read more »
A list of rock music-related Guinness World Records put together by Loudwire includes: the shortest concert, which was 13 seconds by The Who . . First band to destroy instruments on stage, also The Who in 1964. Pete Townshend destroyed his guitar after accidentally breaking the neck of it on a low ceiling. And speaking…… read more »
A bunch of nurses and EMTs rescued a kitten that was trapped under a grate outside a hospital in New Jersey last week. Then one of the nurses adopted him. It happened in Trenton, New Jersey, so they named him Trent………………Speaking of hospitals: A 20-year-old in Utah named Benjamin Hulleberg was adopted as a baby,…… read more »
A Boston suburb is using some of its leftover stimulus money to help young people heading off to college. The mayor gave a speech at an awards ceremony on Tuesday, and people expected him to announce the winner of a $1,000 scholarship. But instead, he said EVERYONE won it. All the students and parents in…… read more »
THE ROLLING STONES are off and running on their “Sixty” tour, celebrating their 60th anniversary as a band. The first date was June 1 in Madrid, and the guys performed the ’66 tune “Out of Time,” which they’d never done live before. They also did a tribute to CHARLIE WATTS. America’s only Rock ‘n’ Roll…… read more »
Trey Ganen is the owner of a custom casket company called SoulShine Industries, and he designed caskets for the 19 children who were killed in the Uvalde school shooting. Each one was created specially, with input from the families to reflect the personality of each child, and while they usually cost $3400 or more, Ganen…… read more »
This has been all over the news – a four-year-old boy fell in a pool at an apartment complex in Kansas last month, but a 12 year old neighbor boy who saw what happened ran to get his dad. The dad, Tom Westerhaus, who used to be a lifeguard, pulled the child out and saved him. The kid…… read more »
Even the pros make mistakes. METALLICA axeman KIRK HAMMETT stumbled over the intro to “Nothing Else Matters” when the band performed in Boston on May 29. He recovered quickly and had a little fun with his error. PINK FLOYD joined TikTok because all the cool kids are doing it. BOB DYLAN‘s handwritten lyric sheets for…… read more »
A bullied sixth-grader in Colorado couldn’t get anyone to sign his yearbook. So his mom was heartbroken and posted something about it on Facebook. Then a bunch of high-schoolers who heard about it showed up to sign. Now his whole yearbook is filled with advice and words of encouragement. He ended up with over 100…… read more »
Ukrainian former Laker SLAVA MEDVEDENKO joined his neighbors to create one of Kyiv’s volunteer territorial defense groups after Russia attacked Ukraine on Feb. 24. The 43 year old has already sold off most off his NBA memorabilia to support the cause, including jerseys and sneakers, and now his two NBA Championship rings are going, too………………..On Wednesday,…… read more »