Rock 'n' roll piano pioneer Johnnie Johnson, the keyboard artist behind many rock classics, including "Johnnie B. Goode" and "Maybellene," died April 13 at his home in St. Louis. He was 80.
50. "I promise you I will listen to what has been said here, even though I wasn't here." at the President's Economic Forum in Waco, Texas, Aug. 13, 2002
So why is Dubya going to the Pope's funeral?? I mean the pope was really against Dubya's Iraq war and Dubya doesnt like anyone who doesnt agree with him on anything
Went to see Malford Milligan last night. What a great singer. You people in Austin are lucky to get to see him all the time.
Little Known Fact:
GREENLAND IS ICE
AND ICELAND IS GREEN
Denmark, which laid claim to the largest island in the world, in an attempt to convince settlers to locate there, erroneously named the island Greenland, even though 85% of the island is covered with ice and the climate is miserable.
Norway "owned" the island currently known as Iceland until its' independence in the mid-20th century and though it is named Iceland it is indeed quite green and verdant and filled with hot springs and other "Yellowstone-like" wonders. There are numerous legends concerning the derivation of the name, one of which was that it was so named by Norway to discourage excessive immigration, but there seems to be no basis for this claim. Most likely it got it's name from Norwegian Viking Flóki Vilgerðarson. The Landnámabók makes it clear that Flóki chose the uninviting name Ísland ("ice land") for the view of a distant fjord full of sea-ice that he glimpsed from a tall mountain. No doubt his choice was influenced by the fact that he was not at first taken with the land, and he bad-mouthed the place after his return to Norway. But eventually he changed his mind about it and moved there himself.
GREENLAND IS ICE
AND ICELAND IS GREEN
Denmark, which laid claim to the largest island in the world, in an attempt to convince settlers to locate there, erroneously named the island Greenland, even though 85% of the island is covered with ice and the climate is miserable.
Norway "owned" the island currently known as Iceland until its' independence in the mid-20th century and though it is named Iceland it is indeed quite green and verdant and filled with hot springs and other "Yellowstone-like" wonders. There are numerous legends concerning the derivation of the name, one of which was that it was so named by Norway to discourage excessive immigration, but there seems to be no basis for this claim. Most likely it got it's name from Norwegian Viking Flóki Vilgerðarson. The Landnámabók makes it clear that Flóki chose the uninviting name Ísland ("ice land") for the view of a distant fjord full of sea-ice that he glimpsed from a tall mountain. No doubt his choice was influenced by the fact that he was not at first taken with the land, and he bad-mouthed the place after his return to Norway. But eventually he changed his mind about it and moved there himself.
