Tower Records was an iconic music company founded by Russ Solomon in the 1960s. He turned his local record store into a business that spawns across the United States.
He passed away last weekend.
He passed away at the age of 92.
Solomon started his record store business in Sacramento and then decided to branch it out to the Bay area.
He began Tower Records in San Francisco out of a 5,000-square-foot storefront. He turned a profit and decided to expand in Los Angeles.
For years, Tower Records was the spot where you could find rare albums, hot releases and the newest CDs.
It was around 2006, when Tower Records had experienced turmoil. After Walmart, Best Buy and F.Y.E. took control of the music retail business, Tower Records took a nosedive.
The company had filed for bankruptcy and liquidation. The company went out of business and left a legacy.
Solomon was not deterred. He returned back to his roots. He opened up store in his old business. He gave up on the business after three years. He decided to retire to the life of art and volunteer work.
According to the Sacramento Bee, Solomon died while drinking whiskey and watching the Academy Awards after just commented negatively on someone's at the ceremonies' fashion choice.
The two announced a separation. The R&B star faces a #MeToo moment after three women came forth with allegations that he knowingly spread herpes.
Kind of ironic for the iconic star who pretty much lived a squeaky clean image.
Miguel was Usher's personal manager and tour planner.
Usher is also leaving Los Angeles. He put the house he and Grace shared on the market.
The singer had faced the wrath of a fan who accused him of having unprotected sex knowing he had a dangerous disease.
Usher was then married to Tameka Foster who is the mother of two of his children.
Usher's wife is cougar. I didn't know that she was 10 years older than Usher.
She still looks pretty damn hot for a 40 something model and business mogul.
Usher Raymond III, is a singer, producer, actor, dancer, model and business mogul. He is signed to Epic Records and is a protege of Jermanie Durpi, the founder of So So Def.
The non disclosure agreement was broken and now Stephanie Clifford, known as Stormy Daniels is spilling tea.
She is suing Donald J. Trump for not signing the hush agreement.
She and her attorney filed it in Los Angeles Superior Court. The lawsuit specifically Trump and his personal attorney Michael Cohen have not signed the NDA regarding an affair that happened in 2006.
Trump allegedly cheated on Melania when she was pregnant with Barron. Daniels disclosed the affair during the campaign and the Trump team paid her off to keep her from being an October Surprise.
This is one of the three women who said Trump had an affair with it. He also has 24 accusers who said sexual abuse and discrimination.
Stormy Daniels and Jimmy Kimmel and their display puppets.
Cohen was pretty pissed Trump stiffed him on that $130,000 he personally paid to her under an alias.
He pretty much told the junk food media that a payment to this woman happened.
Daniels who went to Jimmy Kimmel was trying her hardest to not spill the beans. But she did somewhat give hints to what happened.
Sam Nunberg is drunk dialing. Former Trump campaign adviser under fire.
The real Russia collusion is Hillary Clinton's payment of a dossier that said that Donald J. Trump hired two hookers that peed on his bed. That phony fake Steele dossier. This is the word vomit of Sean "Softball" Hannity, the country's most annoying and condescending agitator in the junk food media.
The right wing is bonkers. Trump is under fire and the right rather you speak about Clinton.
The junk food media was talking about the interviews with former Trump campaign adviser Sam Nunberg.
Roger Stone is up to his old tricks again.
Nunberg spilled tea and now the infamous Republican trickster Roger Stone is calling him and the junk food media out.
Just for the record, I chose to ignore it.
Until now.
Nunberg said that he will avoid Robert Mueller and the investigation. That raised eyebrows.
Until now. He said that he will cooperate with the investigation.
Roger Stone who is banned from social media. He had decided to defend his talk with the alleged Russian leaker Guccifer 2.O and Julian Assange.
When it came to tariffs, Gary Cohn didn't want to ride with Trump. So Trump dropped his ass off.
Donald J. Trump's top economic adviser Gary Cohn is out. This comes as no surprise, that Trump's threats to start a trade war angered Cohn. Trump didn't see eye to eye with Cohn. So he fired him out the cannon.
However many pointed out that Cohn wasn't able to leave the White House after Trump made numerous remarks involving racial matters.
Cohn was not happy with Trump during last year's infamous Charlottesville riots. A white extremist murdered Heather Heyer and the inept leader said the violence was started from both sides and some of the pro-white protesters were "very fine people."
Cohn said that Trump was wrong for saying that.
It took Trump's threats to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum to rile Cohen up.
Trump has seen a whole lot of people depart during his first year in office.
It seems to be an ongoing issue with the departure of Cohn.
Cohn was a top level banking executive at Goldman Sachs.
The departure will hurt the stock market.
Also breaking was the idiot Kellyanne Conway. She was in violation of the Hatch act.
She was found in violation of the Hatch Act by promoting failed pedophile Roy Moore on national television. As a federal employee, Conway should have stayed away from outright endorsing a candidate.
Conway also broke the rules when she promoted Ivanka Trump's clothing line.
Trump is also prepared to hire John Bolton to replace H.R. McMaster, the current National Security Adviser. The move sparks concern among Republicans and Democrats.
Bolton, a recess appointed former U.N. ambassador is often saying rhetoric that comes off as racist and he is war hungry.
Cohn leaving also shows that Trump's best people aren't really the best.
Beto O'Rourke vows to visit each county of Texas in his bid to win the U.S. senator Ted Cruz's seat.
Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D-TX) has a challenge ahead of him. How can he beat a Republican in the state of Texas?
The El Paso lawmaker is hoping Texans would oust the controversial Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX).
So far, I believe that Texas is considered SAFE for the Republicans. However, the fundraising for the Democrat is high and it's outpaced Cruz who is hoping that he can win a second term.
Democrats have an early advantage in early voting this primary session and it has spooked Republicans.
With issues like gun violence on the front lines, Cruz and Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) both expressed "thoughts and prayers" to the victims of Parkland, Florida, Sutherland Springs, Las Vegas, and every other mass shooting since. They continue have offered nothing but more loose gun laws and taken millions from the NRA.
A challenge ahead for Ted Cruz.
O'Rouke had made it clear that he wants no lobbyist money or campaign funds from shadowy groups. He also is encouraging that voters request paper ballots and easy access to the polls.
Cruz who became a darling of the Tea Party movement in 2012 won the election. Since he became a senator, he spent most of his time grandstanding and also getting on Barack Obama's nerves. He was a big feature on Fox News and even tried and failed running for president.
He was the first Republican in the 21st Century to have picked a running mate while running for the nomination. He picked failed candidate Carly Fiorina as his running mate and their bid as a team lasted only seven days.
He truly is an embarrassment to the state of Texas. If Beto can turn this into a race, I'll be willing to change my prediction.
Mississippi Republican senator Thad Cochran leaves another potential pickup for Democrat.
Another Republican is planning on a hasty exit. This is Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) and he is citing his failing health.
"I intend to fulfill my responsibilities and commitments to the people of Mississippi and the Senate through the completion of the 2018 appropriations cycle, after which I will formally retire from the U.S. Senate."
At least he, Sens. Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Bob Corker (R-TN), Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and John McCain (R-AZ) can enjoy their government paid health insurance.
The old fart who managed to survive a vicious primary fight back in 2014 says he is out on April 1. That puts it squarely on Easter.
Now a special election is going to be held for the remaining term.
Cochran has been a supporter of Donald J. Trump and supported his tax law, the attempts at repealing the AffordableCare Act.
Cochran also faced a challenger who was crazy as shit.
Chris McDaniel, a far right former state representative is going to run for the seat.
Hopefully, the Democrats can line up a candidate capable of turning a Republican stronghold of Mississippi blue.
I have faith in the Democrats.
With Trump's dismal ratings and his ongoing self inflicted wounds, the chances of a Blue Wave could be happening.
Have patience.
Whoever wins the seat will serve the remainder of his term until election 2020.
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) is running for reelection and has a potential to be usurped as well.
You gotta to love comedian and movie director Jordan Peele. His horror movie Get Out won he Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Screenplay.
Also legendary NBA star Kobe Bryant. He decided to not "shut and dribble." He decided to be an animator. Dear Basketball won an Oscar for Best Animated Short. Bryant took a shot at that cuntservative Laura Ingraham after her attack on LeBron James and Kevin Durant.
Black Panther is surging over $1 billion in ticket sales. The Marvel movie is so far the best selling movie of the year.
Ryan Seacrest is killing himself. The allegations continue to plague him. It's coming at a bad time. E! Entertainment decided to keep him as the Oscar red carpet presenter.
He got sonned by Taraji P. Henson.
Henson who stars in Proud Mary also is a main feature on Fox's hit drama Empire.
Also concerns affect an already annoyed Kelly Ripa. She is said to be really angry about Seacrest not coming forth about the allegations.
American Idol begins in March and people are concern that the allegations could damage the brand. It's reboot will come to ABC and it anticipated on it to be a follow up to the next season of Dancing With the Stars.
Behind that bright smile lies the calculated bigot who masquerade herself as a middle school teacher.
Dayanna Volitich is a 25 year old White extremist from Florida who put on this act of being a goody good teacher. Deep down inside, she is a full fledge Nazi sympathizer.
This woman taught at Crystal River Middle School, located 60 miles from Tampa.
This woman worked on a podcast called.... I don't care what it is.
In her most recent podcast on Feb. 26, a guest railed against diversity in schools, dismissing the idea that “a kid from Nigeria and a kid who came from Sweden are supposed to learn exactly the same” and have the “same IQ.” Volitich enthusiastically agreed with the guest, and went on to argue that “science” has proven that certain races are smarter than others.
In the same episode, Volitich boasted about bringing her white nationalist beliefs into the classroom and hiding her ideology from administrators. She said that when parents complained to the school’s principal about how she is injecting political bias into the classroom, Volitich lied to the principal and said it was not true.
“She believed me and backed off,” she said.
Volitich also agreed with her guest’s assertion that more white supremacists need to infiltrate public schools and become teachers. “They don’t have to be vocal about their views, but get in there!” her guest said. “Be more covert and just start taking over those places.”
“Right,” Volitich said. “I’m absolutely one of them.”
Earlier this week, the blog Angry White Men, which tracks white nationalism, wrote a post about how someone named “Tiana Dalichov” had interviewed the prominent white supremacist media figure Lana Lokteff on this week’s episode of “Unapologetic.” Lokteff works for the media outfit Red Ice TV, which the Southern Poverty Law Center recently designated as a hate group.
In the episode, “Tiana Dalichtov” talked openly about being a public school teacher, but didn’t reveal her real name or the school where she worked.
This extremist would teach at middle school around children of color.
And at night, she goes full racist.
The Huffington Post broke the news about her Saturday.
These are the teachers Donald J. Trump want to give guns to. Damn, its getting hot out here.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders is the inept press secretary for Donald J. Trump. Her father is twice failed Republican candidate Mike Huckabee.
He is a contributor to TBN and Fox News. He was also the shortest termed CMA board members. He resigned after protest from members over his controversial remarks of the LGBTQ community.
Huckabee tired to be a part of the music education board. This was short lived when members threatened to quit over his past.
As a former governor of Arkansas, Huckabee though he could play a guitar and string a twang.
Country music has become a little more diversified. It's not the music of right wing bigots like Ted Nugent, Kid Rock and Hank Williams, Jr.
Country music stars are more open to the LGBT community.
Jason Owen, a openly gay country music manager and board member said that hiring Huckabee is a terrible choice for the CMA. Huckabee was pretty bummed about being forced off.
"I genuinely regret that some in the industry were so outraged by my appointment that they bullied the CMA and the Foundation with economic threats and vowed to withhold support for the programs for students if I remained," Huckabee's letter of resignation read, which was accepted in a statement by the CMA. The organization, which produces a huge festival in Nashville each summer as well as the televised CMA Awards, has yet to offer further comment on its motivation for appointing him.
The CMA Foundation, which invests in music education programs across the country, made the announcement about Huckabee's appointment late Wednesday afternoon. Soon after, artists, CMA members and fans began voicing their outrage, most notably Jason Owen, co-president of Monument Records and owner of Sandbox Entertainment, who represents well-known clients like Little Big Town and Kacey Musgraves. Owen, who is openly gay, sent a letter to CMA's CEO, Sarah Trahern, and the director of community outreach, Tiffany Kerns, saying the decision to appoint Huckabee meant he would "no longer support the CMA Foundation in any way" and would advise his clients to follow suit.
"[Huckabee] has made it clear that my family is not welcome in his America," Owen wrote. "And the CMA has opened their arms to him, making him feel welcome and relevant. Huckabee speaks of the sort of things that would suggest my family is morally beneath his and uses language that has a profoundly negative impact upon young people all across this country. Not to mention how harmful and damaging his deep involvement with the NRA is. What a shameful choice."
Others soon joined the chorus, sending similar emails to Trahern expressing their anger over the choice of Huckabee, who hasopenly likened gay marriage to incest, has referred to homosexuality as a sin and once escorted former Casey County, Ky., Clerk Kim Davis, who refused marriage licenses to same-sex couples, out of jail (and now one of the very men she denied, David Ermold, is running against her for the job).
Whitney Pastorek, who manages Kristian Bush of the band Sugarland and is also a CMA member, was among those who addressed the organization directly.
"What a terrible disappointment to see [the CMA Foundation's] mission clouded by the decision to align with someone who so frequently engages in the language of racism, sexism, and bigotry," Pastorek wrote, as reported by the Tennessean. Pastorek now takes some solace in the outcome and hopes that the industry can move forward in the aftermath of such controversy.
"What Jason Owen and his team did was brave and inspiring, and I am grateful for every colleague and fan who spoke out alongside them to help set this right," Pastorek tells NPR Music. The development was likewise met with nods of approval from progressive leaders, including Human Rights Campaign President Chad Griffin.
"Mike Huckabee has staked his entire political career on undermining the rights of LGBTQ people and our families," Griffin tells NPR Music. "His cynical political attacks and discriminatory views do not represent the diversity of country music, and we thank all of the musicians, industry leaders, and fans who spoke out against his appointment to this important role."
Looks like all the corny jokes and snide remarks on Sean "Softball" Hannity's right wing carnival came back to bite his goofy ass.
