Doug Fieger, who I felt like killing a few times during 1979—when “My Sharona,” the song he wrote and sang for The Knack, was on the radio never-endingly—died on Valentine’s Day. He was 57 and succumbed after six years with cancer. Here’s the Los Angeles Times obit.
Suddenly, I miss the guy—and consider the six weeks [...]
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WHETHER I LIKED HER OR NOT, SHE WAS “MY SHARONA,” TOO
February 15, 2010DARE-WE-SAY LEGENDARY PROSECUTOR KEN LAMB DIES OF CANCER
September 17, 2008Veteran prosecutor Ken Lamb of Long Beach, honored just a week ago by family, friends and his colleagues in the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office, died of cancer this morning. He was 55 years old, and only a few weeks ago left the District Attorney’s office—where his caseload and his successes earned him the nickname of the Babe Ruth of the Judicial [...]
TIGER WOODS AND THE NAKED DOLL QUESTION
January 30, 2008Watch This Video on Youtube
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CSI: ISLAND OF MISFIT TOYS
December 8, 2007Putting the Big C in Christmas
Attention holiday shoppers: can’t decide between toys larded with lead and toys coated with a date rape drug? Well, now there’s another option: a toy that gives the gift of lung cancer. And it’s the perfect present for kids who want to be David Caruso when they grow up (assuming [...]
MALIGNANT PLANS
November 20, 2007GOP candidates find a cure for compassion
Rudy Giuliani, John McCain, and Fred Thompson all share similar medical histories. In addition to suffering from Potomac Fever (a chronic condition resulting in the pathological desire to be president), all three are cancer survivors. And today’s L.A. Times notes all three have health care reform plans that share [...]
DTV: MILITARY FAMILIES SPEAK OUT, SPEAK UP
November 9, 2007Watch This Video on Youtube
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DTV: VETS DAY DIS
November 8, 2007Watch This Video on Youtube
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DRINK OF THE WEEK: THE PIKE’S POMEGRANATE MARTINI
September 19, 2007PHOTO by ROSHEILA ROBLES
At the nexus between blissfully healthy and utterly awful (for you) lies the Pomegranate Martini—the Pomtini, if you’re an abbreviation kind of guy—a heavy pour of booze and juice that answers the question you’ve often asked yourself in the supermarket aisle: Do I really need another $4 Pom Tea glass? Yes, of [...]
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