Tattoo artist Ryan Fitzgerald from Dayton, OH was hit with a $100,000 lawsuit last week by his ex-girlfriend Rossie Brovent. She claims that her boyfriend was supposed to tattoo a scene from Narnia on her back but instead tattooed an image of a pile of excrement with flies buzzing around it.
Apparently, Ryan found out that Rossie had cheated with a long-time friend of his, but instead of confronting her about it he acted like everything was normal and hatched a plan for revenge. Originally, Rossie tried to have Ryan charged with assault, but the ingenious tattoo artist had covered his bases by plying Rossie with wine and tequila shots and getting her to sign a consent form that stated the design was “at the artist’s discretion.”
No word from Rossie on whether the illicit night of passion with Ryan’s friend was worth it. Moral of the story? Never cheat on a tattoo artist.
George Harrison may have been known as “the quiet Beatle,” but his nickname had little to do with his songwriting contributions. Throughout his time in the Fab Four, the guitarist developed his own songwriting talents despite the strength of the Lennon-McCartney partnership, penning classic tracks like “Here Comes the Sun” shortly before the band broke up. It was clear that Harrison had been bubbling with ideas all along when, in 1970, he released the triple album “All Things Must Pass,” which went platinum six times and spawned two Top 10 singles, “My Sweet Lord” and “What Is Life.”
R.I.P. George. We’ll steal a line from you and just say, “All things must pass, all things must pass away.”
Sometimes I Love My School…
…when I have an assignment to find new music from a different country.
Art schools are fun.
I was introduced to the Swedish recording artist LALEH this morning. She has a unique voice, maybe because you can hear her accent, but nevertheless UNIQUE :) Look her up and take a listen. You won’t regret it!
Clear Channel Radio, which owns 850 stations in the US, fired dozens of local DJs last week. The company is in debt $20 billion, but claims that the lay-offs were not made to cut costs.
Clear Channel claims that the national radio shows pull higher ratings than the local radio shows they’ve replaced. The company says that the national shows are of better quality, and that the audience recognizes that.
I think Clear Channel is missing the fact that listeners form special bonds with radio personalities. I personally use to listen to Kiss FM’s morning show, in chicago, almost every morning. I have not listened to Kiss FM’s morning show since they got rid of drex about a year ago.
Clear Channel seems to think that it doesn’t matter if the radio host is in the same city or not, but if Kiss FM had gotten rid of Ryan Seacrest’s afternoon show instead (based in LA) I would still listen to the radio station in the afternoon.
I'm Denae :) I'm currently a student studying Arts, Entertainment and Media Management at Columbia College. I am constantly looking for new music, so if you have any suggestions, let me know :)