Carole King:

“By the way, you can print, I’m 68…My secret is probably that I’ve lived in Idaho for the past 30 years.”

Chris Isaak:

“People wouldn’t look at me and say I’m an ABBA fan. But I love ABBA.”

Benny Andersson from ABBA:

“We had some nice costumes in the ’70s, and we had this image and we were sort of foreigners. But somehow the record still stayed alive. So people tend to forget this.”

Rob Thomas:

“Genesis was the first band that I’ve ever seen live. I went and saw them on the Invisible Touch tour. I’m 38, so I guess that would be right around the time that my mom would let me go. I think it was the first time I smoked a joint, too, so it all kind of worked together.”

Billie Joe Armstrong talking about influence punk band, and Hall of Fame inductees, The Stooges:

“The Stooges never gave us organization skills, I’ll tell you that.”

Phil Collins, when asked why Peter Gabriel wasn’t there:

“Is he not here?…He’s not here because he’s busy.”

David Geffen:

“I have no talent except to enjoy and recognize it in others.”

Iggy Pop:

“I told [the Hall of Fame] where to buy all the stuff that I sold for drugs in the ’70s.”

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First Prize: Mamma Mia! DVD and movie poster

Second Prize: Mamma Mia! DVD

Here’s what you have to do to win: Leave a comment with your favorite ABBA song. One comment per person. Contest ends January 15, 2009. Good luck!

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Let’s get one thing on the table: I love, no, I LURVE Meryl Streep. She is the wind beneath my wings. She is the yin to my yang. She is the dingo that stole my baby – wait, that last one doesn’t quite go, but I’m keeping it. Everything Meryl (can I call you Meryl?) has done is like straight from the hand of God in its awesomeness.

But I’m not too sure about her daughter Grace Gummer, who’s chosen as her first starring role a sex addict. Let’s see what’s going on:

MERYL Streep’s daughter, Grace Gummer, is launching her acting career here with an erotically charged bang. The blonde, 22, stars in Neil Blackadder’s over-the-top drama “The Sexual Neuroses of Our Parents,” opening Nov. 11 at the Wild Project in the East Village. She plays Dora, who, after 10 years on tranquilizers, develops an insatiable sexual appetite which results in an unwanted pregnancy and a grisly abortion. Grace’s older sister, Mamie, recently wowed Broadway in “Les Liaisons Dangereuses.”

– source

Maybe I’m old-fashioned and frumpy (that would be yes on both counts), but aren’t there roles out there that don’t include lots and lots o’ nasty sex? Like, maybe a good story and some character development? Or would that be too much to ask?

Sigh. I’m getting back to my stories now. Pass me my Geritol, missy!

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