Thursday - 1/19/12 

Roger Waters appearance on Howard Stern's show. 40th anniversary of "American Pie" hitting #1. The Osbournes wants to check your colon. How quick do you relax on vacation? Sleeping makes you feel worse? Kodak files for bankruptcy. Mandatory comdom use for LA pornos.

ROGER WATERS

Roger Waters spoke candidly about Pink Floyd during his recent appearance on Howard Stern's radio show, according to Ultimate Classic Rock. When asked about parting ways with David Gilmour, Nick Mason, and the late Rick Wright in the mid-'80s, he explained: "It was character forming." When Stern pressed him and asked if the band was wrong to regroup and perform Floyd material on the road without him, Waters -- who viciously battled Gilmour and Mason in court over the group's name -- admitted: "No I don't think so. I think I was wrong to think they were wrong."

Waters, who'll be back in North America this spring in yet another leg behind his live revival of The Wall, explained that the band seemed to all be on the same page until their first whiff of across-the-board success: "1973, The Dark Side Of The Moon was the first time we made any cash. We were reasonably generous with one another at that time. I think once you've achieved that measure of success, you've really done what it was that you set out to do together. From then on it was really about clinging to the trademark in a kind of frightened way, not wanting to lose the umbrella with the words Pink and Floyd together."

Roger Waters said that the seeds to The Wall revival actually were inspired by another classic Floyd album from the '70s: "Well, I very much enjoyed The Dark Side Of The Moon tour I did in '07/'08, maybe because I included the whole of Dark Side Of The Moon in the last tour that I did, it put it in the minds of a lot of people around me: 'Why don't you do The Wall?' And I started to think about it, and I recovered from the last tour and I got the feeling that I had at least one more (tour) left in me."

DON MCLEAN

It was 40 years ago today (January 19th, 1972) that Don McLean's "American Pie" was on top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the first week of it's four week run. The song is the origin of the term "the day the music died," about the February 1959 plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, but that's only a small part of what it's about.

McLean was a huge Holly fan growing up, and he was deeply moved by Holly's death, but says that it's merely the starting off point of what "American Pie" is about: "The fact that Buddy Holly seems to be the primary thing that people talk about when they talk about 'American Pie' is, is kind of sad. It's only the beginning is about Buddy Holly, and the rest of it goes on and talks about America and politics and the country, and trying to catch some kind of a special feeling that I had about my country, especially in 1970 and '71, when it was very turbulent."

OZZY

Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne are teaming up with the CBS network and New York Presbyterian Hospital for the annual CBS Cares Colonoscopy Sweepstakes. According to Loudwire, a lucky winner will be treated to a three-day trip to New York, which will include airfare, hotel accommodations, $500 in spending money and, yes, a trip to the doctor's office to have a camera look up your backside -- and possibly save your life.

The Osbournes filmed a PSA for the contest with Late Show With David Letterman announcer Alan Kalter, with Sharon saying, "Ozzy and I are proud to be part of this innovative project by CBS. My life was saved by a colonoscopy that Ozzy urged me to have and I hope everyone who sees the campaign will enter the sweepstakes and talk to their doctor about the importance of screenings."

IT TAKES MORE THAN 21 HOURS TO RELAX ON VACATION: Going on vacation doesn't immediately mean you're relaxed. In fact, experts say it takes exactly 21 hours and 31 minutes after arriving at a destination before you can really start to unwind. The study of 2,000 adults found what is left of the first day on vacation after arriving is usually taken up by unpacking, recuperating and settling into the accommodation. The study, by global holiday rentals company HomeAway.co.uk, also found around one third of vacationers start worrying about the hassle of traveling home within 72 hours of arriving. The study also found that people spend five hours and 29 minutes planning their holiday and picking their destination. 80 percent of respondents said the main reason they went on holiday was to relax and unwind, but nearly half said they often return home immediately in need of another holiday because the experience was so stressful. (Daily Mail)

SLEEPING MAKES US FEEL WORSE? Apparently "getting a good night's sleep" isn't the cure for a bad day. Scientists now say that sleep can preserve painful memories and make us feel worse. In tests, researchers showed that people made to watch an upsetting or traumatic event felt less emotional if they stayed awake afterwards. The neuroscientists said it makes evolutionary sense, as our ancestors would have survived by keeping vivid memories of life-threatening situations so they could avoid them in the future. (UPI)

KODAK FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY

 Eastman Kodak has filed for bankruptcy protection in a sad development for the more than 130-year-old photographic film pioneer that was one of the country's best-known companies. Kodak said it had also gotten a $950,000, 18-month credit facility to keep it going. Bankruptcy protection and the loan may give Kodak enough time to find buyers for some of its 1,100 digital patents and reshape its business while continuing to pay its 17,000 workers. Kodak, which once dominated its industry, failed to move quickly enough on more modern technologies, including the digital camera -- which, ironically, it invented. Just 15 years ago, Kodak had a market value of $31 billion, now it's below $150 million.

CONDOM USE MANDATORY FOR LOS ANGELES PORNOS

The Los Angeles City Coucil voted on Tuesday (January 17th) to require that porn stars wear condoms on all porn movies filmed in the city. A representative from the Free Speech Coalition said, "This is government overreach. It's not about performer health and safety; it's about government regulating what happens between consenting adults." The new mandate was initially sought by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation to protect the health of porn actors. AIDS Healthcare Foundation President Michael Weinstein said, "It's a great day for the performers and safer sex in our society. This is the first legislative body to take up the issue, and the near-unanimous support is very gratifying." (Los Angeles Times)

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