#WhatsHappening for February 13, 2016

Good Saturday morning, kiddios. Hope you've had a good week- 'cause we plan on wrapping it up with a blast at Saturday Night Karaoke, rocking the house at theIron Horse Tavern tonight from 10om-1am.

My thoughts exactly, kid.

I think the Grammy awards show is tomorrow night. I'm just as excited for it as I was for the Super Bowl.

As in, not even a little. I swear, the disconnect in my brain seems to increase exponentially every day. Not only do I not recognize an overwhelming majority of the names I see when I scan the trade magazines, when I seek them out for a sample, they just sound like noise.

Get off my lawn.

Coldplay's Super Bowl halftime show has boosted their album, A Head Full of Dreams, to the top of the charts in the UK. The latest set from the morose songsters jumped from #10 to the top spot of the this week's album chart on the other side of the pond, giving the band seven straight chart topping discs.

Bruce Springsteen has a new work on the way- an autobiography. The memoir, entitled “Born to Run”, will hit booksellers September 27.

Springsteen has been working on the book since 2009, shortly after the he and the E Street Band performed at the Super Bowl halftime show. Publishing rights have been sold in nine countries.

In a excerpt from the book, Springsteen said “writing about yourself is a funny business. But in a project like this, the writer has made one promise, to show the reader his mind. In these pages, I’ve tried to do this.”

Publisher Simon & Schuster says the book will trace how Springsteen’s early life in Freehold, N.J. And the “personal struggles” that inspired him to become a musician- as well as the of the E Street Band's evolution.

Simon & Schuster's Jonathan Karp said “readers will see their own lives in Bruce Springsteen’s extraordinary story, just as we recognize ourselves in his songs.”

I'm not a fan of elections.

Don't get me wrong- the republican system of government (read up- the United States is not a democracy) is fantastic, but the overwhelming amount of horseshit that's heaped upon voters in the run up to election day is just a ginormous mind-fuck of the people.

My biggest beef? Campaign speeches/debates/whatever don't ever seem to tell you anymore about the candidates. Instead- they always seem to be about why the other candidate is wrong, evil, incompetent, or whatever.

Why not offer a plan to overhaul the education system when you're addressing a group of teachers?

How about a plan to continue economic growth when you're talking in front of autoworkers?

MY CANDIDATE IS AWESOME!!!

Serve up some solid ideas about reforming social programs when you're talking to the “average Joe/Jane”?

But no- insults, out of context sound bites, and even flat-out lies. That's what we get.

Not substance. Not vision. And we sure as hell seem lacking in smarts.

Investigate your candidate. Investigate the other candidates. Discover what the real answers are. Don't rely on the evening news to give them to you. Yes, there's bound to be bias wherever you get your research- but the more you know, the more intelligent your choices will be.

And the better off we'll all be when we all make informed choices.

I forgot what my point was.

Katy Perry, Elton John and Andra Day have signed on for a March 2 benefit show at Radio City Music Hall in support of Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton.

Ms. Clinton announced the concert on Twitter yesterday. The $125 ticket price goes to the Hillary Victory Fund.

The other major Democratic hopeful, Bernie Sanders, has his fans, too. The Red Hot Chili Peppers' held a recent benefit for the candidate in LA, and Jackson Browne, BonnieRaitt, Steve Earle, Killer Mike, Cobra Starship's Gabe Saporta, Thurston Moore, Ben Folds and more have lined up to perform in support of the New Hampshire Senator.

On the Republican side, Donald Trump supporters include Kid Rock, Loretta Lynn, and Azealia Banks.

Marco Rubio touts Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds in his corner, while Jeb Bush has Toby Keith on his side.

Birthdays today include: RobbieWilliams; Robert Harrell of 3 Doors Down; Freedom Williams of C&C Music Factory; Les Warner of The Cult; HenryRollins; Mark Fox of Haircut 100; Peter Hook of New Order; Ed Gagliardi of Foreigner; Peter Gabriel; Peter Tork of The Monkees. #MusicalBirthdays