Rolling Stones Ed Sullivan anniversary. Stones "Light The Fuse: Toronto 2005". Lennon & McCartney. Frampton talks to Rolling Stone.  Most popular passwords -- which you should never use. Why men are attracted to different hair colors. What people do when they work from home.  Why some people see sounds.  Five ways Facebook can make you feel like a failure. Is Charlie Brown sending a bad message.

ROLLING STONES

It was 48 years ago tonight (October 25th, 1964) that the Rolling Stones made their debut on The Ed Sullivan Show. The Stones' debut was nothing like the Beatles' celebrated first appearance the previous February, when they performed five songs. The Stones, who were already on their second U.S. tour of the year, performed two songs in less than seven minutes -- their latest hit "Time Is On My Side," and a cover of Chuck Berry's "Around And Around."

The Ed Sullivan Show wasn't the Stones' first U.S. TV performance. They had performed on Dean Martin's Hollywood Palace and The Mike Douglas Show during their first swing through the States the previous June. But it was during the Stones' 1964 Ed Sullivan Show performance that the majority of America got their first glimpse of the unruly Stones -- with Mick Jagger dressing down in a ragged sweatshirt and unwashed hair, and guitarist Brian Jones glaring menacingly toward the cameras.

Martin Scorsese directed the Stones' most recent concert film Shine A Light and has included numerous Stones songs in his movies, including Mean Streets, Goodfellas, Casino, and The Departed. He was asked if he places the Stones' music in his films because it represents the violence he witnessed on the New York City streets as a youth: "I don't know if I can make any direct associations to it. At times their music, it dealt with aspects of the life around me that I was associated with or saw, or was experiencing, and trying to make sense of. And so it was tougher, it had an edge, beautiful and honest -- and brutal at times (laughs), and powerful." 

MORE ROLLING STONES

The Rolling Stones have just released their latest archival live collection as part of their ongoing "official" bootleg series via Google Play. The new 15-track set -- Light The Fuse: Toronto 2005 -- captures the band's August 10th 2005 pre-show rehearsal gig at the Toronto club, The Phoenix. In addition to trying out newer tunes from the then-recent A Bigger Bang collection, the Stones tears through such classics as "Live With Me," "She's So Cold," "Dead Flowers" -- along with a slow groove re-arranged version of "19th Nervous Breakdown," and covers of Bob Marley and Peter Tosh's "Get Up, Stand Up," and Otis Redding's "Mr. Pitiful."

The tracklisting for Light The Fuse: Toronto 2005 is: "Rough Justice," "Live With Me," "19th Nervous Breakdown," "She's So Cold," "Dead Flowers," "Back Of My Hand," "Ain't Too Proud To Beg," Band Introductions, "Infamy," "Oh No, Not You Again," "Get Up, Stand Up," "Mr. Pitiful," "Tumbling Dice," "Brown Sugar," and "Jumping Jack Flash."

Mick Jagger said that some of his favorite Stones shows are their pre-tour club gigs: "There's not a lot to think about. And there's not huge press, and there's not huge television, and it's not. . . it's just, y'know, a nice, relaxed thing."

LENNON/MCCARTNEY

Despite all their early-'70s feuding, John Lennon and Paul McCartney always remained proud of their Beatles past. In the new book, The John Lennon Letters, a Christmas 1971 present from Lennon to McCartney underscores the songwriters' bond. Lennon writes to McCartney and sends him a professionally duped copy of what he believes is the Beatles' unsuccessful January 1st, 1962 Decca Records audition.

The book's editor, writer Hunter Davies, states that seeing as how the Decca tapes didn't make the collector's circuit for another five years, Lennon might've actually sent McCartney a copy of an early Beatles bootleg, called Yellow Matter Custard, which featured various 1963 BBC radio recordings.

Lennon's note to McCartney reads:

Happy Xmas! (war is over if you want it...)

THE BEATLES

Dear Paul Linda et, al this is THE DECCA AUDITION!! I found the bootleg not the tape; they were a good group fancy turning this down.

Love,
John & Yoko

As the 1970's progressed, Lennon became an avid collector of Beatles bootlegs: "I buy all the pirate records, file 'em away -- I don't play 'em, y'know, (I) keep 'em. Stuff from Sweden and things like that where there was good live shows done."

McCartney biographer Christopher Sanford said that throughout the '70s, Lennon and McCartney never missed an opportunity to pour over and analyze one another's solo albums thoroughly: "John always critiqued Paul's albums, either in public or between the two of them. And I found that one of the most poignant aspects of the whole '70s, y'know, relationship -- or non-relationship. They always deconstructed each other's records. They had to have the latest album immediately shipped to them from the other party. And they would often do these very minute sort of deconstructions of each track."

PETER FRAMPTON

Peter Frampton spoke to Rolling Stone his upcoming two DVD/Blu-ray and three-CD set entitled FCA! 35 Tour: An Evening With Peter Frampton, due out on November 13th. The guitarist recalled the genesis of his 1975 classic, "Show Me The Way," saying, "I wrote 'Show Me The Way' in the morning and wrote 'Baby, I Love Your Way' in the afternoon of the same day. I've been trying to figure out what I ate for breakfast that morning ever since!"

MOST POPULAR PASSWORDS -- WHICH YOU SHOULD NEVER USE

 SplashData has released its annual list of the 25 most common passwords online, which means they are passwords that you should never use. The top three -- "password," "123456" and "12345678" -- are unchanged from last year, and while most of the list contains words that were on it last year, although shifted around a bit, there are a few new ones: "welcome" (#17); "jesus" (#21); "ninja" (#23); "mustang" (#24) and "password1" (#25). The full list:

1. password
2. 123456
3. 12345678
4. abc123
5. qwerty
6. monkey
7. letmein
8. dragon
9. 111111
10. baseball
11. iloveyou
12. trustno1
13. 1234567
14. sunshine
15. master
16. 123123
17. welcome
18. shadow
19. ashley
20. football
21. jesus
22. michael
23. ninja
24. mustang
25. password1

WHY MEN ARE ATTRACTED TO DIFFERENT HAIR COLORS(Men's Health):

• Brunettes. In a 2011 study out of the U.K., men rated brunettes as more physically attractive when shown pictures of the same woman with red, blonde, or brown hair. The same study found that men also view brunettes as more intelligent, competent, approachable, and arrogant. Another study shows that men also see brunettes as more reliable and steady.
• Redheads. Before she even opens her mouth, you see her as more temperamental and slightly less attractive than her brown or blonde-haired twin, according to a study from the University of Westminster. You also think she'll be easier to get into bed, and the research shows you may be right, one study found that redheads have more active sex lives than brunettes and blondes.
• Blondes. You're more likely to hit on one in a bar, finds a study published in the Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. You're also more likely to perceive blondes as being needy, high-maintenance, neurotic, and - more surprisingly - introverted, according to the same study. However, past research has shown that men unconsciously perceive blonde hair as a sign of youth and health, two of the characteristics most commonly linked to fertility.

WHAT PEOPLE REALLY DO WHEN THEY WORK FROM HOME

The findings of a new poll indicate that one in 20 people who work from home admit that they'll answer the phone during sex. Sixty-four-percent of those polled said they remain in pajamas all day, and 19-percent admitted to being naked on the job at least once in the past year. Also, 80-percent of those surveyed said they work from home with the TV on, and 37-percent admit the TV is distracting. (Daily Mail)

WHY SOME PEOPLE SEE SOUNDS

Some people may actually be able to see sounds, researchers say. Scientists studied the "sound-induced flash illusion" more closely. This is when a single flash is followed by two beeps, and people sometimes see two consecutive flashes-- the second one being an illusion. Scientists say some people see two flashes while others do not is due to their brain anatomy. Scientists say they found that the smaller a person's visual cortex was - the part of the brain linked with vision - the more likely he or she was to experience the illusion of a second flash. (Fox News)

FIVE WAYS FACEBOOK CAN MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE A FAILURE(The Stir):

1) You're awaiting the arrival of the gallant man of your dreams and everyone - including that girl who was carving notches in her bedpost way back when, and the friend from high school who is mean as a kennel of mad dogs - seems to have found theirs already. You can tell by all of the engagement pics and inboxed wedding invitations.

2) You're already married and your husband is plucking your ever lovin' last nerve, even as the vice president of your PTA, or your next-door neighbor gushes endlessly about how much she adores hers. It's all you can do to not pack a bag and hop the next plane to Anywhere But Here.

3) You're barely able to waddle to the bathroom in the nick of time, much less frolic through the wonderland of pregnancy, but your Facebook pal - who's several weeks farther along than you - is posting about the joyous moments of her pre-Mommy experience. Plus, you can tell from the thousands of adorable pics she's shared that she has no stretch marks. Meanwhile, your stomach looks like a New York City subway map.

4) You want, more than anything, to buy a new home and plan to take that step up into this middle-class you've been hearing so much about as of late. But struggles with bills and debts have put your plans on hold. You are forced instead to salivate over the album your college arch-nemesis turned tentative Facebook friend has created in honor of the amazing vacation home she bought in the islands. To complement, of course, the amazing home she already owns in upstate New York.

5) You're trying to help your toddler understand the majesty of going to the bathroom instead of doing her business in the snazzy new underwear you bought as an incentive. But your experience doesn't seem to be as fluid or effortless as your Facebook friend's, who's managed to teach her daughter how to put the carafe in the coffeemaker and set the DVR for The View in the same amount of time it's taken you to get your beloved to stop pooing in her panties.

IS CHARLIE BROWN SENDING A BAD MESSAGE?

It's the perfect time of year to gather the kids around the TV for a viewing for "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown," but one blogging Dad says the show doesn't send a good message. Buzz Bishop is the founder and editor of the DadCAMP blog, and he says the show features kids calling each other names, and continuous teasing and bullying. Bishop notes that even adults in the show bully Charlie Brown. Bishop says the Charlie Brown specials have nothing to offer today's kids, and it's time for new kid's programming. (TODAY)

Thanks for listening to The Eagle while you work. Keep it fabulous, Houston!

xoxo,

Jennifer Tyler

Fabulous Mid-Day Diva