Jon Bon Jovi on Oprah

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Not the best quality, but if you missed it, hey, beggars can't be choosers!

~ Hath

Story Update: Rings

We've published a new chapter :)

~ Hath

"Who Says" is up...

I've gotten my copy of Who Says up on the SkyDrive, and the duet from the Lincoln Memorial. It's all up here:



~ Hath

Richie & Heather at Ava's Soccer Game

Heather and Richie cheered on Ava at her soccer match yesterday. You'll gladly note Richie left the Dennis the Menace shirt home yesterday. Ava got hurt, hence Richie carrying her around. He was taking her back to Heather's car.

You can find the rest of the pics here.

~ Hath

GODDESS IS A GEEK!

Yep, you heard right. Geek.

As in, I downloaded software to pull jpgs out of a wmv file. Which wmv file? The CinC one I downloaded from the pentagon channel. (That sounds all kinds of wrong, btw)

As in, I have a bunch (not many, ~60) screen caps from the Commander in Chief ball. The one above is just one of them.

I'll probably add more to this PB album, so check back every once in a while :)

Photobucket Album

~ Hath

30 Seconds of Jon

... from the Oprah Winfrey show. LOOK SAM! He's got that blue pocket square.... lol and he's pointing right at you? WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO, WOMAN! lol

Enjoy!

~ Hath

Jon Bon's personal photos from the Inauguration

Yep, you heard right. That camera that you saw Jonny with wasn't just for show. He's apparently quite the shutterbug! He shared a bunch of pictures with Oprah (by a bunch, I mean 7). I posted one of them above (chilly, Jonny?) and the rest can be found here.

If you can't get to them, let me know; I have them in my Photobucket.

~ Hath

Happy Anniversary, Bon Jovi!

On January 21, 1984, Bon Jovi released their self-title debut album.

1. Runaway (Jon Bon Jovi, George Karak)
2. Roulette (Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora)
3. She Don't Know Me (Mark Avsec)
4. Shot Through the Heart (Bon Jovi, Jack Ponti)
5. Love Lies {no vid} (Bon Jovi, David Rashbaum)
6. Breakout (Bon Jovi, Rashbaum)
7. Burning for Love (Bon Jovi, Sambora)
8. Come Back {no vid} (Bon Jovi, Sambora)
9. Get Ready (Bon Jovi, Sambora)

Did you know that it is the only Bon Jovi album on which a song ("She Don't Know Me") appears that was not written or co-written by members of the band?

The record sold more than 2 million copies. The first single, "Runaway", was the band's first Top 40 hit, reaching #39 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1984.

So, guys, hope it's not just us fans who are remembering this date in Jovi History... Happy Anniversary!

Love,
Hath

JBJ at the CIC Ball Last Night

Thanks to my good friend MysteryTrain and Lee in Australia for posting these vids.

Jon Bon Jovi played the Commander in Chief ball last night. His stage band featured Bobby Bandiera, Lorenza Ponce, Jeff Kazee and Everett Bradley. One of the non-music highlights of the evening was the announcer trying to say Jon's name. You could tell that the guy was up since the crack of dawn. Also, I thought it was incredibly cute that Jon kept futzing with his bow tie :)

Set List:

Who Says You Can't Go Home

Livin on a Prayer

Here comes the Sun

Wanted Dead or Alive

Interview with Katie Couric afterwards.

These are all available as MP3s on my SkyDrive:


Enjoy!

~ Hath

We enter an "Era of Responsibility"

Where I worked, nearly everyone in my division (~150 people) stopped whatever it was they were doing and gathered in the conference rooms and lobby to watch Barak Obama take oath as the 44th President of these United States.

His speech was thoughtful, well written, and delivered beautifully; and if we as a nation can accomplish even a quarter of what he envisions for this country, we will be in a better place.

His goals are noble and many, but not so varied from presidents of years past. He speaks of freedom, equality, better schools, healthcare, and environmental directives. It is sad to see that we as a nation, as arguably the most powerful nation on the planet can't seem to resolve these issues that plague us year after year, administration to administration.

Maybe the difference THIS year, with THIS administration is that I believe Mr. Obama truly believes the speech he delivered.

What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility - a recognition, on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation, and the world, duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, so defining of our character, than giving our all to a difficult task.

This is the price and the promise of citizenship.

Pony up, America.

~ Hath

JB to headline Obama's Military Ball

President-elect Barack Obama's inaugural ball for the military will be broadcast to U.S. troops around the world on the Pentagon Channel.

Singer Jon Bon Jovi will headline Tuesday night's event (scheduled to begin at 19:00 ET), with George Lopez as emcee.

~ Hath

JBJ: Inagural Pictures

Thanks, Tre, for brightening my Tuesday!

~ Hath

We Are One

(Photo by Jason Reed of Reuters.)

Bettye LaVette and Jon Bon Jovi sing A Change is Gonna Come.

Hillary Benefit MP3s

Here they are...




Good Luck! A couple aren't whole songs, but most of the song. If you find any of the ones I'm missing whole versions of, please let me know, and I'll update the skydrive :)

~ Hath

We Are One

Today’s pre-Inauguration ceremonies kick of at 2:30 p.m. EST. The show is essentially available to any and everyone.

The Opening Celebration will be a marquis event, featuring some of the biggest acts in the world of entertainment to celebrate our common heritage and our new direction. President-elect Obama and Vice President-elect Biden will both attend the event, which will be free and open to the public. The talent lineup will include…

Expected to Perform:

U2, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, Jon Bon Jovi, Garth Brooks, Josh Groban, Herbie Hancock, Usher, Pete Seeger, Shakira, Will.I.Am, Sheryl Crow, James Taylor, Mary J. Blige, John Mellencamp, Jennifer Nettles, Heather Headley, Renée Fleming and John Legend.

Expected to Appear:

Tiger Woods, Jack Black, Jamie Foxx, Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Queen Latifah, Steve Carell, Rosario Dawson, Martin Luther King III, and Laura Linney.

Watch via HBO

Stream via NPR.org

Here's Pie in Your Eye!

I haven't seen this one before -- it made me laugh out loud. Apparently there's a reason Richie's birthday "cake" is cupcakes -- he doesn't trust the guys anymore. Not since he turned 30....

Discounts on tickets to Memphis in Seattle! ONE DAY ONLY

To celebrate Inauguration Day, 5th Avenue Theatre is selling tickets for "Memphis" and "Hello, Dolly!" for only $20.09.

Tickets are available at this low price for one day, Tuesday, Jan. 20, from 9:30 a.m. to midnight (online only) and 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (box office and phone). Shows on sale include the first week of the Broadway-aimed musical "Memphis" (Jan. 27 to Feb. 1) and the first week of "Hello, Dolly!" (March 7 to 15).

The racially-fueled rock 'n' roll musical Memphis will arrive at 5th Ave Theater Jan. 27. Memphis will officially open Feb. 5 and run through Feb. 15 at the 5th Avenue Theatre.

We're talkin' downtown, down-home Memphis of the '50s. Rock 'n' roll is taking over the airways, Elvis is a wannabe, and a downright demented deejay named Huey is spinning the music of black and white America together for the first time. From the author of I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change and Over the River and Through the Woods, and the composer-keyboardist of Bon Jovi, comes a rafter-rattling musical that immortalizes the man who gave rock its original roll.

Book and Lyrics by Joe DiPietro, Music and additional lyrics by David Bryan.

Online, go to www.5thavenue.org. Type in the promotion code of "OBAMA" when signing in. To get tickets by phone, call 206-625-1900 (or toll free 888-5TH-4TIX), and say the code. The box office is located at 1308 5th Ave., in downtown Seattle.

For more on the shows, go to www.5thavenue.org.