Interesting Interview with Buddy Holly’s Guitarist


Today is Ritchie Valens birthday (he would be turning 68). He was not supposed to be on the plane on the Day the Music Died (my birthday, February 3). It was supposed to be Tommy Allsup, guitarist for Buddy Holly. But Valens was bugging him to take his spot, so finally he took out a coin and tossed it. Valens won the toss. In the video above, Allsup discusses the last concert at the Surf Ballroom.

Quizzo Tonight

Dorksided and Why’s John’s Rum Gone battle for Supremacy of O’Neals tonight, while Savage Henry tries to defend their crown from last week. Or is your team primed to make a move? Actions starts at 8 p.m. Then on to the Bards, where the Narcotyzing Dysfunktion is keeping it rather close with the Sofa Kingdom. Action starts at 10:15. There are also rumors of a possible Lambda and Axis of Evil Knieval sightings sometime this week. We shall see.

More Quizzo Stats

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This is very cool. The quizzos I host on Tuesday and Wednesday are essentially the same quiz. (Sometimes I make minor corrections after O’Neals. It it’s too easy I make it harder, if it’s too hard I make it easier, but I rarely tweak more than one question.) So it’s pretty fair to compare the Jam’s scores with the Sofa Kingdom’s scores to Dorksided’s scores, etc. That’s what we’ve done here. Highest score from the four bars on Tuesday and Wednesday gets two points for a win, 2nd highest score between the 4 bars gets a single point. Points are then added up to see who the top teams are on that particular quiz. (Since we had a bit of an upheaval the past few months on Thursday, we did not do those, but we’ll start comparing Ugly American to the Bards Thursday as well.) I would like to give a HUGE shout out to John Edgar of Duane’s World, who compiled all of these stats so that we can compare scores, winning pct., etc. Here are your top ranked teams. Enjoy!

Johnny and Ginger Solve Another Mystery!


I don’t even know why we claim that we solve mysteries. I guess the mystery this time was, “What were the Centennial Cafe and the Laurel Hill Cemetery like?” Anyhow, the Centennial Cafe really did have a great breakfast, and yes, Ginger really did not feel comfortable in the graveyard, but she pulled through. The people at the Centennial Cafe were wonderful, but the people who worked at the cemetery were kind of weird and not very friendly. The only guy that was nice to us got chewed out by his boss for answering our questions. If you go, just keep to yourself. Anyhow, if you want to learn more about the Laurel Hill Cemetery, click here. To learn more about the history of the Centennial Cafe, click here. And if you have any mysteries you need solved, let us know!

PREVIOUSLY: Johnny and Ginger solve the Mystery of the Basement Hole.

Johnny and Ginger go into a creepy underground tunnel.