Wednesday, March 15, 2006

Spotlight
Rock music comes in many forms, stretching and twisting, dancing through the decades. From Bill Haley and His Comets to Elvis and The Beatles, from rock and roll and folk rock to punk rock and rap, rock music has accompanied youth through its adolescence into adulthood. Today is the birthday of several rockers, including Phil Lesh (66), Mike Love (65), Sly Stone (62), Ry Cooder (59), Terence Trent D'Arby (44), Mark Hoppus (34), Joseph Hahn (29) and Young Buck (25).

Quote
"Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards." – Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones

Word of the day
rockabilly: a type of music combining rock and roll with bluegrass; Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly are among the musicians whose songs had a rockabilly element. (© )

Today's News

• ethanol: study says it saves more that it costs, refuting critics (story)
• nanotechnology: restores vision to blind hamsters (story)
• spring cleaning: your computer needs it too! (story)

Today's History

• Ides of March: Roman dictator Julius Caesar was assassinated by stabbing (44 BCE)
• Maine: the Pine Tree State became No. 23 (1820)
• Sedna: the press announced discovery of the "tenth planet" (2004)

Today's Birthdays

• Andrew Jackson: 7th POTUS, known as Old Hickory (1767-1845)
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg: US Supreme Court justice (73)
• Eva Longoria: actor, Desperate Housewives (31)