Friday, January 30, 2009

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Happy Birthday Sneaky-Sneaky

What song is it you wanna hear?

Lynyrd Skynyrd's Billy Powell Dead at 56


Billy PowellLynyrd Skynyrd keyboardist Billy Powell died Wednesday morning (Jan. 28) at his condo in Orange Park, Fla., near Jacksonville, of an apparent heart attack. Law enforcement authorities said the musician called 911 around 12:55 a.m. to report that he was having trouble breathing. Paramedics performed CPR, but Powell was pronounced dead shortly before 2 a.m. He had reportedly failed to show up Tuesday (Jan. 27) for an appointment with a heart specialist to undergo a cardiac evaluation. In what has always been considered a guitar-based band, Powell's distinctive piano work helped define Lynyrd Skynyrd's sound and Southern rock, in general. Lynyrd Skynyrd co-founder and guitarist Gary Rossington and drummer Artimus Pyle (who left the band in 1992) are now the only living members of the band's lineup who survived a 1977 plane crash that claimed the lives of lead vocalist Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines, vocalist Cassie Gaines and road manager Dean Kilpatrick. Guitarist Allen Collins died in 1990, and bassist Leon Wilkeson passed away in 2001. Powell was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, and attended school in Florida. While majoring in music theory in college, he became a roadie for Lynyrd Skynyrd and performed in a band named Alice Marr. Although biographies differ on when Powell actually became a member of Lynyrd Skynyrd, the band's official Web site states that he made the transition from roadie in 1970. Johnny Van Zant, who became Lynyrd Skynyrd's lead vocalist years after Ronnie Van Zant's death, told The Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville that his brother invited Powell to join the band after hearing him play piano during a rehearsal of "Free Bird," the song that became a rock anthem. Following the plane crash, Powell performed with other bands and formed his own group, Alias, in 1979. He joined Rossington and Collins to play in the Rossington-Collins Band and also worked in the Allen Collins Band. In the mid-'80s, Powell played in a contemporary Christian music band called Vision. By the late '80s, the surviving members of Lynyrd Skynyrd began playing a series of reunion shows. With Johnny Van Zant handling the vocals, the band launched a national tour in 1991. Powell also recorded a solo album, Second Time Around. In recent years, Powell and Rossington worked with an evolving list of musicians to continue recording and touring as Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Monday, January 26, 2009

14,000 suffer vegetable-related injuries

Are health and safety rules over the top? Perhaps not, judging by the bizarre accidents we have in our own homes, frequently involving vegetables.
Embarrassing incidents occur with alarming regularity – more than 14,000 people ended up in hospital with compromising vegetable-related injuries.
About 500 adventurous types turned up at A&E having knobbled themselves with a sex aid.
And a mysterious 41 had had a close encounter with a goat, show figures from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents.
Then there are the fatal accid­ents – unfortunate souls have drowned in cat bowls and been killed by a sofa bed while looking for the remote control.
One 23-year-old from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, died after slipping and becoming impaled on a lamp in the garden.
We can also damage other people, as shown by the mother who accidentally glued her daughter's eyes shut by squeezing in nail glue instead of eye drops.
'There is a seasonal aspect to accidents,' said Dr Andrew Dove of Nottingham University Hosp­ital. 'We've had a number of people injured by the Christmas turkey. One patient suffered a fractured skull after a frozen turkey fell on their head.'
The figures were compiled for Disaster Movie's DVD launch.

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Blow-up doll sex suspect arrested in Australia

Police in Australia have arrested a man accused of breaking into an adult shop and having sex with blow-up dolls, it was reported Wednesday.
The 23-year-old allegedly broke into the Laneway Adult Shop in the northen Australian city of Cairns on several occasions, having sex with a doll named "Jungle Jane," the Cairns Post reported.
It earlier quoted the store's owner saying the burglar always cleaned up after himself, but the dolls were dumped unceremoniously in an alleyway behind the store.
"He has been taking the dolls out the back and blowing them up and using the dolls and leaving them in the alley," he said. "It is totally bizarre."
Police have charged the unidentified man, believed to be from the city's Manunda suburb, with four counts of breaking and entering. They told the paper that DNA samples had been recovered from one of the dolls.
"Following intelligence-based inquiries, we attended a Manunda address and made an arrest," police spokesman Jason Chetham said, according to the Post.

Monday, January 19, 2009

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Beer Belly Hall of Fame


We here at SloshSpot believe that hard work and dedication to one's craft should be recognized and rewarded. Accomplishments are achieved at all levels, by people of all shapes and sizes. Today we would like to pay homage to those men who put in long hours on the barstool and sacrifice their bodies night in and night out, in order to be the best. We present to you the official Beer Gut Hall of Fame inductees.

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Brew Crew Police Blotter

It's one thing to trade the wife for Beer and Cash, but the kid?

Man accused of selling daughter for cash, beer

GREENFIELD, Calif. – Police have arrested a Greenfield man for allegedly arranging to sell his 14-year-old daughter into marriage in exchange for $16,000, 100 cases of beer and several cases of meat.
Police said they only learned of the deal after the 36-year-old man went to them to get his daughter back because payment wasn't made as promised. The man was arrested Sunday on suspicion of human trafficking.
Officers also arrested an 18-year-old man on suspicion of statutory rape. Investigators believe the girl went willingly with the man, but she's under California's legal age of consent and can't legally marry.
Police say arranged marriages involving underage girls have become a problem in this small Central Coast farming community.

12 signs you need to go on a diet

Some people will be offended by this list–it’s a natural response to those who need to diet like Tim –for those of you who don’t need to diet–relax, sit back, put your feet up, and indulge in pictorial-gluttony of gluttons across the world.


Your legs have tan lines from your stomach blocking the sun

Inanimate objects know what you’re thinking

Your neck is wider than your head

6 girls should, but only 5 girls fit in the picture

Your boobs impair your vision on the road

You look like the Michelin Man

No one can tell if you’re a man or a woman

Your penis is sandwiched between your nuts and stomach

You need help putting on your pants

You weigh more than your motorcycle

Even your unitard has stretch marks

Your stomach hangs out from under your dress