#WhatsHappening for February 8, 2018

Hey kids, happy Thursday. Is it just me or is this week just freaking dragging?

Bruno Mars says the NFL should "celebrate (the) incredible Hip Hop Artist(s) from Atlanta Next year" at the Super Bowl's Halftime show in the city. He went on to suggest a few artists he thought would be a good fit.

Personally, I have no real opinion on who should perform, since nobody's ever gonna come close to Prince's show- although they've got a shot at doing the show in the rain if the top's open, since it's broken and doesn't close like it's supposed to. Way to spend that $1.5 billion!

Or a fuckton. This is just one section of the 4 mile parade.

Speaking of the Super Bowl, the city of Philadelphia said they weren't planning on releasing any crowd size numbers for today's victory parade, but I think we're safe in saying "a shitload."

It's out of this world.

Don't forget to join us for Saturday Night Karaoke this week at the Iron Horse Tavern.

The family of late 3 Doors Down guitarist Matthew Roberts has filed suit against an Alabama doctor they say contributed to Roberts' opioid addiction before he OD death.

The lawsuit claims that the doctor "began prescribing high levels of opioids to the musician in 2006 and continued doing so until days before he died." Rite Aid was also named in the suit, as the family said pharmacists failed to report Roberts' suspected drug abuse.

Billboard headline: "Meghan Trainor Tells James Corden She Has Two Videos On the Way and They Involve Sexy Slo-Mo"

I guess that means she's not in either of them.

I guess, when you're Quincy Jones' age, and have enjoyed the career success he has, you're well past the point of giving fucks. In a new interview with Vulture, Jones once again offers his "take no prisoners" approach to answering questions, telling them- among other things- that Michael Jackson was "as Machiavellian as they come," to the point of stealing "a lot of songs" and denying keyboardist Greg Phillinganes his share of royalties for his part of writing Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough.

Jones said his first impression of the Beatles was that "they were the worst musicians in the world" and that he still thinks rap is "a bunch of four-bar loops... it's the same phrase over and over and over again. The ear has to have the melody groomed for it; you have to keep the ear candy going because the mind turns off when the music doesn’t change. Music is strange that way. You’ve got to keep the ear busy."

You can read the entire conversation here.

Birthdays today include: : Dave "Phoenix" Ferrel of Linkin Park (41); Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo of Daft Punk (43);

Will Turpin of Collective Soul (47); Vince Neil of Mötley Crüe (57); Sam Llanas of the BoDeans (57); Tom Rush (77); and composer extraordinaire John Williams (86). #MusicalBirthdays