Rick Nelson In Concert, Penn National Race Course Labor Day (september 1, 1980)

rick nelson in concert labor day monday, sept. 1

concert begins - 12:30 p.m.

post time - 2:00 p.m.

admission - $2.00

chicken bar-b-q

(gates open at 10:30 a.m.)

penn national race course exit 28 — off i-81 — grantville, pa.

the eddie cochran nostalgia album, alan clark movie & record ads, rare photos, record reviews, stories

silent all these years, tori amos

a-side 1. silent all these years b-side 2. smells like teen spirit

art direction: cindy palmano 1. produced by davitt sigerson, 2. produced by ian stanley made in germany by warner music manufacturing europe

bop magazine, brad: saved by the teacher

if you're a fan of the cure's brad renfro, you may want to break out the thank-you cards and send one to laura lawson. after all, laura, brad's former fifth-grade teacher from knoxville, tennessee, is partly responsible for getting the 12-year-old to hollywood.

it all began near the end of the 1992-93 school year, when a casting director came to knoxville to find a feisty, southern street-smart kid to play mark sway in the client.

the casting director contacted a knoxville police officer involved in the community drug-fighting program dare. brad, then 10, was active in the group and seemed to fit the casting director's needs; so the officer conferred with laura. she agreed that her student would be perfect for the part and encouraged the policeman to tell the casting director about him. soon after, hollywood was interested in brad.

unfortunately, though, few people were interested or able to help brad get to hollywood. brad's parents are divorced; his mother wasn't really in the picture, and though brad is on good terms with his dad, who is remarried, his father couldn't help out, either. meanwhile, brad's guardian/grandmother, jo anne renfro, couldn't leave her church-secretary job to accompany brad to los angeles for a screen test. that left laura.

although she was only his teacher, laura knew brad, liked him and agreed to be hired on by the film company as his guardian.

she accompanied him to the screen test and, after he landed the part, to memphis, tennessee and new orleans, louisiana, where the movie was filmed.

laura's main duty as guardian was to keep brad entertained during the four-month shoot. "we'd tie each other up in chairs and then we'd time each other to see how fast we could get out," laura told the knoxville news sentinel, their hometown newspaper, of one way the two managed to keep themselves amused between takes.

asked about brad's future, laura has said that her former pupil will probably be tied up in acting for a long time. "i really think," she's said, "that this is kind of what he's meant to do."

goodtimes golden tv classics the adventures of ozzie and harriet, "ricky the drummer" vhs tape jacket (1986)

1957, 30 minutes stars: ozzie, harriet, david & ricky nelson producer & director: ozzie nelson the late ricky nelson was the first tv celebrity to develop into a rock 'n' roll star. in this episode, he debuts his musical talent at 16, playing the drums and singing his first big hit. ozzie, a former band leader himself, throws in his own advice on how to play. and there's plenty of discussion of sideburns and which looks hipper: padded or unpadded jackets. special bonus: the entire family performs a barbershop quartet number. superior quality reproduction from original black & white

mr. frantic (recorded live), ronnie self

a-side 1. bop-a-lena 2. rocky road blues b-side 1. flame of love 2. wtol radio interview

about the artist eighteen-year-old ronnie self is one of the youngest stars to share the spotlight on the popular touring "philip morris country music show," which also includes such country music veterans as carl smith, red sovine, goldie hill, and gordon terry. as one of the newest candidates for stardom, ronnie has already established a solid foothold towards a successtul career with his fast-moving columbia record of "ain't i'm a dog." it wasn't always thus. at the age of 7, ronnie made an attempt at songwriting. it didn't come off. eight years later, he auditioned for radio. the comment: "too weird." ronnie kept plugging and now, hundreds more rock n' roll fans every day are glad he did.

tracks 1-3 recorded live on the philip morris road show, 1958 track 4 radio transcription - wtol toledo, ohio, 1958

this material is dubbed from previously unissued acetates. thanks to malcolm chapman, lloyd hicks, barney koumis, vicki self and bob irwin. cover by pete ciccone

jtc video drive-in madness: greatest hits vhs tape jacket (c. 1987)

remember all those naughty, scary, and sometimes evil drive-in movies that your parents didn't want you to see? well here's a collection of some of the best bomb shells, babes, monsters, murderers, mad men, and mayhem ever assembled on one outrageous video! "blood monsters," "naughty stewardesses," "booby hatch," "satan's sadists" and many more of your favorite drive-in classics including "night of the living dead!" plus fascinating, funny, and revealing interviews with the foremost writers, producers, directors, and actors of the giant screen. it's high-energy drama, …and tantalizing mama's, …all on one unforgettable walk down memory lane! a funny look back at those crazy drive-in movies

vintage james dean memorial rod run button, 1988 purchased at the james dean museum in fairmount, indiana

no longer than a sigh, anne philipe (1964) — english translation

until his death in 1959 gérard philipe was the greatest star of the french theatre and cinema. the death of someone so young, alive and brilliant shocked and grieved a large public, and in this book his widow, anne philipe, conveys with classic simplicity and economy the personal tragedy. no longer than a sigh can be read purely as a novel: it is the story of a woman who has loved her husband and who has lost him. his illness was sudden; after an operation she knew that he would die and let him believe he would recover. now that he is dead, truth again becomes all-important and it is only in trying to understand love, death, suffering that anne philipe sees the possibility of living again. the integrity and lucidity of this attempt to re-establish balance in her disrupted world are almost unbearably poignant. unable to accept the comfort of belief in life after death, too intellectually honest to take refuge in suicide, fantasy or misery, anne philipe looks at life itself, with all its memories, for a solution to grief which is worthy of her and gérard's life together. translated from the french by cornelia schaeffer

jacket photograph by agnès varda jacket design by madeleine dinkel

photoplay magazine, "eddie cochran died in my arms" shari sheeley's tragic story