Event: White House Music Series saluting Blues Music in recognition of Black History Month
Date: 21 February 2012
Place: East Room of the White House, Washington, which was transformed into an intimate blues club
The concert featured music legends and contemporary major artists. At the end of the evening, the president stood up to introduce the ensemble as the "White House Blues All-Stars" for the final song of the night, "Sweet Home Chicago," for which he remarked, "for Michelle and me, there's no blues like the song our artists have chosen to close with — the blues from our hometown."
Buddy Guy then prodded the president, saying he'd heard that the president sang part of an Al Green tune recently, and adding, "You gotta keep it up." Mick Jagger then offered the microphone, which was almost like an order, and Obama obliged.
"Come on, baby don't you want to go," the president sang out twice, handing off the mic to B.B. King momentarily, and then taking it back to sing "Sweet Home Chicago" at the end.
"Sweet Home Chicago" was written and first recorded by Robert Johnson in 1937.
The performance referenced by Buddy Guy happened on 19th January 2012 in New York, during which Obama sang part of Al Green's Let's Stay Together:
Al Green's "Let's Stay Together" was released as a single in 1971 and became a number 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. It was ranked the 60th greatest song of all time by Rolling Stone magazine on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
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10 February 2012
Shocking photos of a gaunt Macaulay Culkin
Macaulay Culkin was photographed looking sick and emaciated on 9th February 2011, but he insisted that he's in perfectly good health.
Macaulay Culkin (born 26th August 1980) became famous for playing Kevin McCallister in Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. At his peak, he was regarded as the most successful child actor since Shirley Temple.
Macaulay Culkin (born 26th August 1980) became famous for playing Kevin McCallister in Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. At his peak, he was regarded as the most successful child actor since Shirley Temple.
Funeral home for gangsters
Why? Because it's a drive-thru and bulletproof funeral home. You don't even need to leave your car to pay your last respects. Come by after work, no parking worries, sign the book outside and the family knows that you paid your respects.
Gang members could be massacred in cemetery shootouts if they gathered for graveside services.
Location: Robert L. Adams drive-throu funeral parlor, Compton, Los Angeles
There are a few other drive-thru funeral parlors across the U.S., with at least one in Chicago and Louisiana.
Gang members could be massacred in cemetery shootouts if they gathered for graveside services.
Location: Robert L. Adams drive-throu funeral parlor, Compton, Los Angeles
There are a few other drive-thru funeral parlors across the U.S., with at least one in Chicago and Louisiana.
27 January 2012
Tony Alleyne turned his home into Star Trek's USS Voyager
Tony, 58 must be the ultimate Star Trek fan.
He's spent the last 10 years turning his 1 bedroom studio flat in Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK, into a Star Trek spaceship, complete with a computerised flight deck, flashing lights and transporters.
By his estimates, he has spent GBP4K - sourcing and building everything himself. He estimates that it would cost "hundreds of thousands of pounds" if the project was outsourced.
He's spent the last 10 years turning his 1 bedroom studio flat in Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK, into a Star Trek spaceship, complete with a computerised flight deck, flashing lights and transporters.
By his estimates, he has spent GBP4K - sourcing and building everything himself. He estimates that it would cost "hundreds of thousands of pounds" if the project was outsourced.
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