MARTINEZ - A former San
Francisco Police officer had what
he called an Elvis Presley Showroom in his
house, but it turns out a lot of his items
were essentially stolen.
SAN DIEGO - The Recording
Industry Association Of America has filed a
copyright infringement lawsuit aganst MP3.com
for its services that allow users to
instantly hear music and add their personal
music to a play list.
Place: Paul Revere's Kicks.
Location: Inside the National Bowling
Stadium, 300 N. Center St., Reno, Nevada.
The best things in life are
free. But Michael and Sheila McKee's
creditors want money. That's what they want.
So the McKees, the
owners of a Beatles museum, are headed down
the long and winding road of bankruptcy
court. The McKees came to this city hoping to
expand their life's work, McKee's Beatles
Museum, into a full-time, money-making
business. They displayed memorabilia such as
ticket stubs and signed guitars and photos.
But the McKees could not afford to keep the
museum open and filed for personal bankruptcy
Dec. 22. The McKees listed assets of between
$500,000 and $999,999 and liabilities in the
same range. (from paper dated 2/1/00).
LOS ANGELES - A federal judge
ordered the FBI to release notes from a phone
conversation and two letters about John
Lennon, the Beatles singer who was murdered
in 1980.
Catch the best of the Rolling Stones' songs from the 1960's to the 1990's when the tribute band Sticky Fingers struts on stage Oct. 13-14 at the Carson Valley Inn.
The officer, 38, pleaded no
contest in Contra Costa County Superior Court
on Friday on one count of grand theft.
He was fined $200 for
defrauding a number of Elvis memorabilia
dealers.
Martinez police seized some
800 collectibles from his home, including
some 650 CDs and 160 videos. The Elvis items
were worth an estimated $32,000. (from paper
dated 1/23/00).
The lawsuit, filed in New
York City, claims that MP3.com's use of the
music is unauthorized because the company
does not own the music and is offering the
music without permission. (from paper dated
1/23/00).
Hours: 9 P.M. to early
morning Wednesday through Saturday. Cost:
Free.
The night club has rock
memorabilia from Mick Jagger, Pearl Jam, Dick
Clark, Phil Collins, KISS and others.
(from paper dated 1/27/00).
U.S. Magistrate Judge Brian Q.
Robbins made the ruling Friday.
According to the FBI, 10 pages of
Lennon's file were withheld at the request of
a foreign government that had given the FBI
the documents.
Peter Eliasberg, attorney for the
American Civil Liberties Union, said he
believes the request to block the release
came from British intelligence officers.
The release of the documents was
prompted by author and historian Jon Wiener,
who filed a Federal Freedom of Information
Act request in 1983 to obtain all U.S.
government documents on Lennon. (2/20/00).
The quintet is lead by Mick Jagger impersonator Dick Swagger. It presents a look-alike, sound-alike recreation of the Rolling Stones and its hits, such as "Satisfaction," "Jumpin' Jack Flash," "Under My Thumb," and "Beast Of Burden."
Sticky Fingers also performs "Ruby Tuesday," "Paint It Black," "Let's Spend The Night Together," "Start Me Up," and other Stones' songs.
The shows are at 8 p.m. in the Shannon Ballroom. Doors open at 7:45 p.m. Tickets are $12 on Oct.12 and $15 afterward or at the door. Tickets are available in the gift shop. Details: 783-6679. (from Best Bets, Oct.12-18, 2000, Reno, NV entertainment publication - NOTE: Carson Valley Inn is located in Gardnerville, NV, which is south of Reno).
You never know who you might meet or where.
When we asked readers to share their "brush with a celebrity," all of their tales had a common theme: surprise. No one had gone out of his or her way to find a star. They hadn't staked out a hotel room or backstage pass. They didn't get a "friend of a friend of a friend" to make an introduction. No, fate helped as each person stumbled across the path of a well-known person. And perhaps, that is what made those celebrity meetings more memorable - the unlikeness of it all.
Ordinarily, the passenger terminal at Harmon Air Force Base in Newfoundland was empty at 3 a.m. in 1959. This particular morning, a throng of military and family members gathered in the empty hangar, anticipating the arriving plane from Germany. Rumor had it that Army Sgt. Elvis Aron Presley would be aboard. It was known that Elvis had completed his tour of duty and would be returning stateside for discharge, but would it be this flight?
It was.
As a reporter for Armed Forces Radio and Television, A.C. Bryson got the chance to interview the rock and roll idol. Bryson, 79, who now lives in Fairfield, admits that he was a little old for Elvis's music, but knew what a phenomenon he was.
Bryson interviewed him for about 10 minutes. Elvis said he was satisfied with his tank driver duties.
"He was serious, thoughtful, quiet-spoken, down-to-earth - a regular guy," Bryson said.
Asked about his plans after the army, Elvis said he would return to show business, but was not really looking forward to the rigors of being an entertainer.
"A slight smile twisted the corner as he added, "I wouldn't mind spending a few more months in Germany."
As the interview continued, chants of "Elvis! Elvis!" could be heard from the adjacent hangar.
"Elvis brightened noticeably when he heard this and politely excused himself 'to go out and meet some of my fans,'" Bryson said.
He watched as Elvis opened the door to the hangar and a middle-aged woman stood atop an engine to stand above the crowd. She raised her arms in the air and screamed, "Elvis!" He asked her to come down, and when she did, he gave her a kiss on the cheek, much to the delight of the crowd.
The following morning, one of the women on the base asked Bryson if he had interviewed Elvis.
He told her yes.
The woman then reached for Bryson's hand and kissed the hand that had touched Elvis.
Though Bryson met all types of celebrities with Armed Forces Radio and Television, including Danny Kaye, Tippi Hedren, Tom Seavers and Joey Bishop, no one else had the impact of Elvis.
"It was really quite extraordinary," said Bryson, who retired from Armed Forces Radio and Television in 1984, after working there 15 years while in the Air Force and another 21 years as a civilian.
(from paper dated 5/21/00).
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