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...Island Earth" (so tediously lampooned on "Mystery Science Theatre 2000") and Kenneth Tobey, a guy who personified an easygoing, Howard Hawks kind of professionalism in numerous sci-fi flicks, from "The Thing From Another World" to "Gremlins." I don't think there's a star on the Walk of Fame for Kenneth Tobey, but any fan of the genre knows just whom I'm talking about...
...with oxygen deprivation while on the heart-lung machine). My memory was once photographic. Now I have to work harder sometimes to fetch a name. The other day, for some reason, I wanted to retrieve the name of... you know, the "Gonzo journalist" of "Fear and Loathing" fame... Rolling Stone... you know... but the once perfectly familiar words skittered off into the dark, and it was half a day before I caught sight of them as they dodged around another corner of the mind: Hunter Thompson...
DIED. EDDIE MATHEWS, 69, Milwaukee Braves' Hall of Fame third baseman and lefty hitter who racked up 512 home runs; of pneumonia; in San Diego. Mathews and fellow Brave Hank Aaron hit 863 home runs combined, the most of any two teammates in history...
...some point during this packed sports February, between the passing of Dale Earnhardt and the XFL's fifteen minutes of fame, between the Mutombo trade and the return of pitchers and catchers, Sergei Bubka quietly retired...
...opened last year, aims to be a place where parents can explain to their kids that James Brown is the old guy who sounds like Mystikal, and kids can tell their parents that Mystikal is the young guy who sounds like James Brown. The Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, even offers guidance to local high school teachers on how to work rock history into their lesson plans. This will make it easier for parents to talk to their kids about the music of their own youth, though it also opens the way to a day when...