Winona Ryder

Her more recent roles were Spock’s mother in the Star Trek reboot and anyone see her in Black Swan?  I sure hope her cheek is doing better.

To celebrate the occasion here’s my Top 5 Winona Ryder Movies Of The 1980’s:

5. Edward Scissorhands (1990, but filmed in 89): “You see, before he came down here, it never snowed. And afterwards, it did. If he weren’t up there now… I don’t think it would be snowing. Sometimes you can still catch me dancing in it.”

4. 1969 (1988): No memorable quotes, but anything is better than Great Balls of Fire.

3. LUCAS (1986): “People do kill themselves when they can’t have the one they love!”

2. BEETLEJUICE (1988): “My whole life is a dark room. One big dark room.”

1. HEATHERS (1988): “I use my grand IQ to decide what color lip gloss to wear in the morning and how to hit three keggers before curfew…”

A polling firm just returned some numbers that show Quarterback Aaron Rodgers has the highest public popularity rating of any person ever recorded in Wisconsin.  89% have a favorable opinion of him.

Maybe, stick with the Pack for another 10 years and then give it a shot.

Occupy Purdue(’s Endzone)

Go Badgers!

There was another one too, but it had a metal twist.  Ronnie James Dio and other Dio members put together their own charity project called “Hear N’ Aid,” but it kind of fizzled.

The result was the song “Stars,” featuring members of Mötley Crüe, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Quiet Riot, Twisted Sister, Blue Öyster Cult and even Spinal Tap. The group also enlisted Ted Nugent and Yngvie Malmsteen to record the track and put out an album, Stars, featuring live cuts by Kiss, Rush, Dio and more.

Because of contract problems, the song and album was released late and never made the transition to CD.

That is until now.  Ronnie’s widow Wendy Dio is re-releasing Stars as part of an effort to honor Dio’s memory and raise funds for the “Stand Up And Shout” Cancer Fund.

Jeesh. It’s 7 rockin’ minutes long.

He and his legal team have are denying a lawsuit filed by a 20-year-old woman from California who claims that the teen pop star fathered her child after an encounter backstage at an LA show.

In this case, and even without knowing if it’s true or not, I do support the pop superstar.  That’s mostly because I can’t handle a lullaby version of “Baby.”

Steve Perry circa 1986.

Not that I really expected this to happen anytime soon, but Steve Perry says there won’t be a Journey reunion anytime soon.

The resurgence of Journey and the band’s hit “Don’t Stop Believin‘” may have given fans hope of a reunion, but former lead singer Steve Perry says that’s probably not going to happen.

Speaking to the press last week he wen’t all philosophical saying “Life has moved us all on in different places in our lives. . They’re doing what they’re doing — they have been since ‘98. And I’ve been doing what I’m doing, which is living my life and having a personal life.”

Tomorrow they’ll be releasing Journey’s “Greatest Hits Vol. 2″ and the remastered version of Perry’s 1984 solo album, “Street Talk,” which included the No. 1 hit “Oh Sherrie” and the ballad “Foolish Heart.”

He tells The Today Show that he didn’t fall off the wagon, just slipped on the soap.

Ouch.  Did he have sandpaper on his shower wall?  Perhaps fighting Mike Tyson was a bad choice.

Steven Tyler

He and the rest of the Beantown boys are in Paraguay and had to postpone their concert Tuesday night. Here’s what happened:

The 63 year old Tyler was in the shower when he fell, hit his face and broke two teeth.

A spokesman is calling the accident “minor” even though Tyler suffered cuts to his face and had to get two dental implants.

The concert is rescheduled for tonight (Wednesday) and organizers expected more than 50,000 people will attend.

OK…one question. Paraguay must have some master dentists to be able to implant teeth, that would allow Tyler to be able to perform and sing the night after losing two teeth.

Also…Steven. Maybe try a bath next time.

Here’s the rules for their list:

They are only English-Language pop tracks

They are from 1923-present

They are not ranked

Artists only get one song

2000s

Janelle Monae – “Tightrope”

Missy Elliott – “Get Ur Freak On”

Outkast – “Hey Ya!”

Arcade Fire – “Wake Up”

Kanye West – “Gold Digger”

Lil Wayne – “Georgia… Bush”

LCD Soundsystem – “All My Friends”

Beyonce – “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”

Lady Gaga – “Bad Romance”

1990s

Sinead O’Connor – “Nothing Compares 2 U”

Pet Shop Boys – “Being Boring”

Nirvana – “Smells Like Teen Spirit”

Richard Thompson – “1952 Vincent Black Lightning”

Wu-Tang Clan – “C.R.E.A.M.”

A Tribe Called Quest – “Scenario”

The Notorious B.I.G. – “Juicy”

Tupac Shakur – “California Love (Remix)”

Pulp – “Common People”

Radiohead – “Paranoid Android”

1980s

Joy Division – “Love Will Tear Us Apart”

George Jones – “He Stopped Loving Her Today”

Michael Jackson – “Billie Jean”

New Order – “Blue Monday”

Prince – “Kiss”

Metallica – “Master of Puppets”

R.E.M. – “It’s the End of the World as We Know It”

Lucinda Williams – “Pineola”

Public Enemy – “Fight the Power”

Madonna – “Borderline”

1970s

The Melodians – “Rivers of Babylon”

James Brown – “Get Up (I Feel like Being a) Sex Machine”

Led Zeppelin – “Immigrant Song”

Black Sabbath – “Iron Man”

Joni Mitchell – “A Case of You”

The Who – “Baba O’Riley”

Stevie Wonder – “Superstition”

Dolly Parton – “Jolene”

Big Star – “September Gurls”

Bonnie Raitt – “Angel from Montgomery”

Fela Kuti – “Zombie”

Bruce Springsteen – “Thunder Road”

Queen – “Bohemian Rhapsody”

Donna Summer – “I Feel Love”

Bee Gees – “Stayin’ Alive”

David Bowie – “Heroes”

Ramones – “I Wanna Be Sedated”

Fleetwood Mac – “Dreams”

Peter Tosh – “Equal Rights”

Parliament – “One Nation Under a Groove”

Velvet Underground – “Rock & Roll”

Loretta Lynn – “Coal Miner’s Daughter”

1960s

Bob Dylan – “Subterranean Homesick Blues”

Patsy Cline – “Crazy”

Roy Orbison – “Crying”

The Ronettes – “Be My Baby”

The Beatles – “I Wanna Hold Your Hand”

Astrud Gilberto – “The Girl from Ipanema”

The Supremes – “Where Did Our Love Go?”

The Beach Boys – “God Only Knows”

Aretha Franklin – “I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)”

Marvin Gaye – “I Heard It Through the Grapevine”

The Band – “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”

Big Mama Thornton – “Ball ‘n’ Chain”

Jackson 5 – “I Want You Back”

The Rolling Stones – “Gimme Shelter”

Crosby, Stills and Nash – “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes”

Otis Redding – “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)”

Johnny Cash – “Folsom Prison Blues”

1950s

Les Paul – “How High the Moon”

Kitty Wells – “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels”

Elvis Presley – “Jailhouse Rock”

Odetta – “Take This Hammer”

Frank Sinatra – “I’ve Got You Under My Skin”

Chuck Berry – “Johnny B. Goode”

Ray Charles – “What’d I Say”

1940s

Woody Guthrie – “This Land Is Your Land”

Lena Horne – “Stormy Weather”

The Andrews Sisters – “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy”

Spike Jones – “Der Fuehrer’s Face”

Bing Crosby – “White Christmas”

Betty Hutton – “It Had to Be You”

Mahalia Jackson – “Move On Up a Little Higher”

Hank Williams – “Cold, Cold Heart”

Ella Fitzgerald – “Baby It’s Cold Outside”

Doris Day – “Sentimental Journey”

1930s

Ethel Merman – “I Got Rhythm”

Cab Calloway – “Minnie the Moocher”

Duke Ellington – “It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)”

Louie Armstrong – “Star Dust”

Fred Astaire – “Cheek to Cheek”

Ray Heatherton – “Where or When”

Judy Garland – “Over the Rainbow”

1920s

Al Jolson – “My Mammy”

Bessie Smith – “St. Louis Blues”

Paul Robeson – “Ol’ Man River”

The Carter Family – “Wildwood Flower”