#WhatsHappening for June 24, 2018

Good Sunday afternoon, friends and neighbors. Hope you're all having a fantastic weekend and staying cool! Thanks to a very annoying headache that seems to be vacillating between tension and migraine- along with just a general malaise- I'm spending my Sunday watching season two of Luke Cage. I'm still enjoying the series, but- much like season one- I'm finding the widespread use of a certain racist pejorative unpleasant, and it's coming from quite a few characters I'd think would be averse to its usage.

I'm not sure if you guys know what I do during the week as my "regular" job, but I work in the sign industry. I've had a hand (literally) in every facet of the business- from back in the day when signs were painted plywood to today's digital signs (think the modern scoreboards at your local ballpark/stadium) and pretty much everything in between.

And, as I'd be the first to tell you, I'm far from perfect.That said, I don't recall ever fucking one up like this. I feel sorry for everybody involved- from the designer to the installer, because they all went home with their asses sore after the boss saw this one. Then again, patrons were probably so busy grumbling about over-priced, mediocre food that they didn't even notice the goof.

Don't forget to join us this Saturday for a star-spangled edition of Saturday Night Karaoke, live and loud at the Iron Horse Tavern in Historic Downtown Norcross. We start the party at 10pm.

A source "close to the family" has told Billboard Joe Jackson has been hospitalized in Las Vegas, battling a terminal cancer. TMZ says the oft-maligned father of one of pop's best known family of musical giants is resting and surrounded by his wife, "some" of his children, and grandchildren.

After five years of trying, Kenny Rogers has finally sold his Atlanta-area home for just shy of $2.4 million. 

Rogers bought the six-bedroom house in 2012 and had initially asked nearly $5 million for the property, which includes eight full bathrooms, four half-baths, 10 fireplaces, a double-island, eat-in kitchen, a conservatory, a game room with full bar, a movie theater with stadium seating, and 13,000 square feet of space. Oh yeah, there's a one-bedroom/one-bathroom apartment above the garage for visitors or live-in staff, too.

No word on whether bad plastic surgery was included in the deal

Birthdays today include: Mario Calire of The Wallflowers (45); Glenn Medeiros (48); Curt Smith of Tears For Fears (57); Andy McCluskey of O.M.D. (59); Astro of UB40 (61); Jeff Cease of The Black Crowes (61); John Illsley of Dire Straits (69); Jeff Beck (74); and Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac (76). #MusicalBirthdays