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Study Shows Many Handbags Have More Bacteria Than A Toilet

Louis Pulice — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:18:30 +0000

Time for a quick quiz:

Question: This item contains more bacteria than the average dirty toilet…

Answer… Handbags!

It’s true! Even worse, 1 in 5 purse handles are filthy enough to pose a threat to human health.

The biggest culprit inside bags is hand moisturizer, said to be equal in bacteria content to the average toilet seat.

As far as materials, Medical news Today says that leather is the biggest carrier of germs because of the soft material.

To minimize germs, you are encouraged to clean handbags regularly with antibacterial wipes or handbag cleaners and to wash or sanitize your hands after touching the inside or outside of your purses.

Read more about this dirty situation from Fox News and take our poll:

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Out Today: The Rolling Stones Documentary Crossfire Hurricane

Louis Pulice — Tue, 21 May 2013 09:53:08 +0000

Dan Taylor’s pick of the week is the Rolling Stones documentary Crossfire Hurricane, highlighting the key periods of the Stones’ career!

The journey begins with the guys being blues-obsessed teenagers in the early 60′s and chronicles their career all the way to their place as rock royalty.

Bonus features on the Blu-ray include previously unreleased concert footage and more:

“Live in Germany ’65″
NME Poll Winners concert footage from 1964 and 1965
A new interview with director Brett Morgen
“The Sound and Music of Crossfire Hurricane”
Footage from The Arthur Haynes Show (1964)

See more about Crossfire Hurricane from the Blu-ray.com website (and get it for a real great price!) and check out the trailer:

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Mr. G’s Hot And Humid Tuesday Forecast

Louis Pulice — Tue, 21 May 2013 09:45:00 +0000

*Dense Fog advisory in effect for Fairfield and New Haven Counties in Connecticut, Southern Westchester and for Long Island until noon today*

Areas of morning fog will break away for sunny skies by noon today with with a chance of a few afternoon showers and thunderstorms, humid and warm with highs reaching 85 degrees!

A few showers and thunderstorms possible early tonight, otherwise partly cloudy with areas of fog developing again and lows only in the upper 60’s

Areas of morning fog then becoming partly sunny again tomorrow with a chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. We stay hot and humid with highs in the mid 80’s.

Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly in the afternoon on Thursday with highs near 80 degrees.

Mr. G paid a visit to PS 199 yesterday to see Anita Sablian and her great 3^rd grade class pictured above!

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Turntable Tuesday: The Who’s Head Smashing Performance Of ‘My Generation’

E.J. Judge — Tue, 21 May 2013 04:42:26 +0000

CBS-FM has a fun feature called Turntable Tuesday. Once an hour, we play an “oh wow” record from vinyl. I feel like Dr. Johnny Fever when I “cue up” a record.

This week in 1966, The Who were set to perform at the Ricky Tick Club in Windsor, England. Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend were ready to take the stage but were encountered with one very big problem: Keith Moon and John Entwistle were nowhere to be found. Daltrey and Townshend grabbed the drummer and bassist from the opening band and proceeded without their rhythm section.

Moon and Entwistle arrived halfway through the set and, needless to say, the rest of the band were upset, so much so that Townshend bashed Moon over the head with a guitar as the band played “My Generation.” Moon and Entwistle quit The Who, but rejoined them a week later.

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Doors Keyboardist Ray Manzarek Succumbs To Cancer

mreal197 — Mon, 20 May 2013 21:41:10 +0000

Keyboardist and founding Doors member Ray Manzarek passed away today at 12:31 PT at the RoMed Clinic in Rosenheim, Germany after a lengthy battle with bile duct cancer, according to a post on the Doors’ official Facebook page. He was 74. His passing was confirmed by CBS News.

JUST IN: Keyboardist Ray Manzarek, a founding member of The Doors, has died at 74, his business manager confirms to @cbsnews

— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 20, 2013

According to the Doors’ Facebook post, at the time of his passing, he was surrounded by his wife Dorothy Manzarek, and his brothers Rick and James Manzarek.

“I was deeply saddened to hear about the passing of my friend and bandmate Ray Manzarek today,” said Krieger in the post. “I’m just glad to have been able to have played Doors songs with him for the last decade. Ray was a huge part of my life and I will always miss him.” Krieger and Manzarek performed together under a variety of names over the past few years.

Manzarek is survived by his wife Dorothy, brothers Rick and James Manczarek, son Pablo Manzarek, Pablo’s wife Sharmin and their three children Noah, Apollo and Camille. Funeral arrangements are pending. The post says “The family asks that their privacy be respected at this difficult time. In lieu of flowers, please make a memoriam donation in Ray Manzarek’s name at www.standup2cancer.org.”

– Brian Ives, Radio.com

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Ted Nugent’s Brother Speaks Out About Gun Control: ‘The NRA Has It Wrong’

mreal197 — Mon, 20 May 2013 20:26:41 +0000

Ted Nugent frequently writes about gun rights, but now his older brother, Jeffrey, has posted his opinion on the matter. And it turns out, he disagrees with Ted– and the NRA –on a key issue.

Jeffrey Nugent wrote a May 17 op-ed about firearms for The Washington Post, where he stresses the need for stronger background checks, a sore spot for the NRA.

He wrote, “I agree with Ted that our constitutional right to bear arms should not be undermined. I want all those who are qualified to purchase a gun to be able to do so. But — and here is where I part ways with my brother — not everyone is qualified to own a gun, so expanded background checks should be a legislative priority.”

The rocker’s brother points out that today, anyone (even a convicted felon) can purchase guns at gun shows or through private sellers without a background check. He asks, “Why would responsible gun owners want to protect people who threaten not only our safety but our gun rights?”

He goes on to say: “The NRA has it wrong: Irresponsible gun owners are bad for everyone. If you shouldn’t have access to a gun, then there should be no way for you to access a gun!”

Ted responded two days later with a post at Newsmax, titled “My Dear Misinformed Brother.”

The crux of his argument is: “Passing expanded background checks would do nothing to curtail or suppress thugs or psychos from accessing weapons and committing mass murder, carjacking, the nightly shootouts in Chicago or a gangsta shooting at the Mother’s Day parade in New Orleans. Paroled thugs or bug-eyed psychotics could not care less about any gun laws.The bold and ugly reality is that they will always gain access to a weapon.”

John Fogerty On A CCR Reunion: ‘It’s A Possibility In The Future’

mreal197 — Mon, 20 May 2013 17:32:45 +0000

John Fogerty was a guest on CBS This Morning this morning (May 20), and said that he would consider a reunion with his former band, Creedence Clearwater Revival, in the future.

Host Charlie Rose asked, “Can you imagine a revival of Creedence?” Fogerty responded that, on occasion, he’ll say something in the press referencing a reunion, and he’d immediately get negative feedback from his surviving former bandmates, bassist Stu Cook and drummer Doug Clifford (the other member was Fogerty’s late brother, guitarist Tom Fogerty, who passed away in 1990).

Still, Fogerty said, “I think it’s a possibility in the future. It’s not something I’m actively seeking. But I’m not totally against the idea either. It just seems like I always hear that’s not going to happen.”

Fogerty is revisiting his past on his upcoming album, Wrote A Song For Everyone (out May 28), which sees him collaborating with a wide array of artists, including Foo Fighters, Jennifer Hudson and Alan Jackson, re-recording songs from his solo and CCR catalog. And Fogerty recently told Radio.com that he’s planning on doing full CCR album performances on his upcoming tour.

Read more at Radio.com

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Paul McCartney Features Beatles And Wings Classics At U.S. Tour Kickoff

mreal197 — Mon, 20 May 2013 15:16:33 +0000

The Beatles and Wings both receive equal attention in Paul McCartney‘s “Out There” tour, which triumphantly kicked off its U.S. leg at Orlando’s Amway Center on Saturday night (May 18). Playing and singing non-stop for almost three hours would put most any solo performer to the test, but the 71-year-old McCartney made it look easy as he pulled from the best of the catalogues of both his former bands, as well as his own solo repertoire, playing many of the songs live in concert for the very first time.

After opening with The Beatles’ “Eight Days A Week” (one of the songs being performed live for the first time on the Out There tour), McCartney told the audience, “I’m getting that old feeling like we’re gonna have a good party here tonight!” And he was right. The sold-out crowd was there to party, sing along, and be taken on a magical musical tour of the past 50 years.

McCartney’s seemingly simple stage set up evolved into a masterful display of video screens, specialty lighting, and during a bravura performance of “Live and Let Die” toward the end of the evening, arena warming pyrotechnics.

The present and past were both given equal attention by McCartney. In a set which found Paul putting down the guitar in favor of the piano, he performed both “My Valentine,” released last year and written for current wife Nancy, along with “Maybe I’m Amazed,” which was written for his deceased wife Linda after helping him get through the break-up of The Beatles.

His deceased Beatles bandmates found fitting tributes in the show as well. While raised approximately 20 feet above the stage on a lighted platform, McCartney launched into “Here Today,” the song he wrote for John Lennon after Lennon’s assassination, letting the song’s lyrics offer a heartfelt tribute.

“George was a great ukelele player,” McCartney later said as he pulled out a ukelele to begin George Harrison’s classic “Something,” accompanied by a photographic tribute to Harrison on the video monitors. “Let’s hear it for George!” He also shared an anecdote regarding Frank Sinatra, who had been said to have proclaimed that “Something” was his favorite Lennon/McCartney tune. Of course it was written by Harrison.

PHOTO GALLERY: Check out Sunny-FM’s photo gallery of Paul McCartney’s opening night.

While fewer people seem to carry lighters these days, those who had them made sure to pull them out for both “Let It Be” and “Hey Jude,” the latter of which also had concertgoers finding themselves broadcast on the video monitors when caught by the roving Jude cam.

Although they go pretty much unsung throughout the show, McCartney’s band, consisting of Rusty Anderson, Brian Ray, Abe Laboriel Jr., and Paul Wickens, are truly incredible.

It’s a rare opportunity to be able to see this much modern musical history packed into three hours of stage time by a consumate musician who is still at the top of his game. This is one concert of the year not to be missed.

“Out There” Tour Opening Night Set List

-Brad Haynes, 1059 SUNNY FM/Orlando

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Vote: Your Favorite Canadian Artist Of All Time, Eh

E.J. Judge — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:01:13 +0000

Oh, CAN-A-DA. Our friendly neighbors to the North. You’ve given us so many things to be thankful for; Alex Trebek made our weekday evenings both enjoyable and educational as the host of Jeopardy!; there’s hockey, which we probably wouldn’t care about if not for superhuman/super-Canadian, Wayne Gretsky; one of the funniest people on the planet, Dan Aykroyd; and we can’t forget maple syrup, peanut butter and poutine. Delicious, mouth-watering poutine.

DAVID BOILY/AFP/Getty Images

That’s french fries topped with brown gravy and cheese curds. Do yourself a favor and get acquainted.

Of course, Canada has supplied us with great musicians, too. Neil Young, who single-handedly proves a person can rock for every single year of their life. There’s also Bryan Adams, Joni Mitchell, Rush and Justin Bieber.

We’re kidding about that last one.

Vote for your favorite Canadian musician/band of all time. We’ve listed 10 below, but you can submit a separate one by selecting “other.” When we close the poll we’ll list the 10 Best Canadian Musicians Ever as voted on by you.

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The Pizza Compass Finds You A Late Night Slice!

Louis Pulice — Mon, 20 May 2013 09:24:56 +0000

Don’t you hate it when you get a hankering for pizza late at night but you can’t find a place to buy a slice?

There’s a new app coming to the rescue! It’s a lifesaver for fanatics called the “Pizza Compass.”

An online slice of pizza points you in the direction of the nearest open pizza place in the tri-state area!

You can also switch to map mode and little pizza pins show you the shops within walking distance (like the way Yelp search works).

The app costs 99-cents and it’s sure to make 28-year-old Dan Blackman of Brooklyn a very rich man. He tells the Daily News he just got fed up with futile late night searches of his own.

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