#WhatsHappening for April 12, 2016

Hey, hi, howdy kids. How's your week so far?

Just a friendly reminder- don't forget to join us for Saturday Night Karaoke, live and loud at the Iron Horse Tavern this weekend. The fun runs 10pm-1am. Be there!

I'm glad to be a Springsteen fan- and even happier that he told North Carolina to get bent and cancelled his appearance there until the state pulls its collective head out of its collective ass and repeals their idiotic law preventing trans-gender people from using bathrooms of their current sex.

I'm sure they'll say it was "research."

I am not, however, a Jimmy Buffet fan. He's fucking terrible. He's also too chicken shit to cancel his shows in North Carolina. 

Bryan Adams, however, has joined Springsteen in protest- cancelling his shows in Mississippi- where a bill similar to North Carolina's was passed.

The absolute best of the "fuck yous" to North Carolina, though, comes from porn site Xhamster.

A California federal judge says the heirs of Spirit guitarist Randy Wolfe can move forward with their lawsuit that alleges Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" is a rip off of the 1968 instrumental titled "Taurus."

The order denies the defendants' motion for a summary judgment and says there is a triable issue of fact regarding whether Jimmy Page ever saw Spirit perform- and that enough similar protectable expression was demonstrated that should proceed to the jury.

Lawyers for Led Zeppelin had asked for the dismissal, in part, because Wolfe had once said in interviews that it was "fine" that "Taurus" was used and that "I'll let them have the beginning of Taurus for their song without a lawsuit."

The trial is set for May.

It was on this day in 1954 that Bill Haley and His Comets recorded "Rock Around the Clock" at Pythian Temple studios in New York City. The song is considered by many to be the song that put rock and roll on the musical map and was used over the opening titles for the film 'Blackboard Jungle' and has sold over 25 million copies.

Laurie Anderson will curate the tribute concert to her late husband, Lou Reed.

The event will be called ‘The Bells’ and will be held at New York’s Lincoln Center on July 30.

The line-up is yet to be revealed, but live music, film screenings, lyric readings, and an all-day broadcast of his music will be featured and the event will culminate in a concert featuring artists selected by Anderson.

Nope, nothing creepy here.

A 42 year old Hong Kong man has spent £35,000 to build a life sized robot Scarlett Johansson.

And you thought Japan was the capital of that kind of thing.

Birthdays today include: Nicholas Lofton Hexum of 311; Amy Ray of Indigo Girls; Art Alexakis of Everclear; Will Sergeant of Echo & The Bunnymen; Vince Gill; Alexander Briley of Village People; David Cassidy; John Kay of Steppenwolf; and Herbie Hancock. #Musical Birthdays