#WhatsHappening for February 28, 2017

Hey, hi, howdy kids. Hope you're all having a fantastic day.

Okay, so I don't remember the song or anything, but I just about peed myself laughing at the lyric "Fuck this on your biscuit." I've made it my new catchphrase. That's some highbrow lyricism right there.

I've said it before, but it could use repeating: There aren't many things I won't say over the mic.

Coming to one of my karaoke shows is like going to a Sam Kinison show- with more profanity and less screaming (and probably less funny, too). Of course, I do try to remain cognizant of where the gig is. In a bar, you are going to hear adult commentary. In somewhere like a restaurant, I tend to keep things more PG (okay, PG-13).

The point is, a bar is an adult establishment. And censorship isn't something I'm prone to. There are some exceptions, though. I don't allow racial slurs or homophobic slurs.

Feel free to curse like a fucking sailor, though!

How did I not realize Liberty Media owns Sirius/XM? And here I'd pledged not to give any money to support the Braves!

The Retro Futura tour returns to the US this summer for 24 dates in July and August.

Howard Jones is the headliner, with The English Beat, Men Without Hats, Modern English, Paul Young, Annabella Lwin of Bow Wow Wow, and Katrina of Katrina and the Waves.

The tour kicks off July 18 in LA and includes a July 28 show at Chastain here in Atlanta.

Ever used a Neti Pot or Neti Rinse? They're gross as hell, but work (kind of). It's terribly disconcerting, though, to be at work some four hours after using it and having water run out of your nose.

Wowsa.

So, didn't watch the Oscars (and haven't seen any of the winners, either, that I know of), but- if Emma Stone needs to be disciplined for her part in the wrong Best Picture winner being announced, I would like to formally volunteer to do so.

Representatives for U2 haven't responded to requests for comments after a British songwriter filed a lawsuit claiming that Bono stole one of his songs for the band's 1991 album Achtung Baby.

Paul Rose says U2 lifted elements of his song Nae Slappin for their song The Fly- claiming they heard his song from on a demo tape he'd given to studio executives.

The suit, filed in federal court, seeks songwriting credit and $5 million in damages and lawyer's fees.

California memorabilia dealer Moments in Time has listed the 1996 BMW 750iL that Tupac Shakur was killed in for sale on its website.

Shakur was riding in the car with Death Row Records co-founder Suge Knight when he was shot during a drive-by attack in Las Vegas in September 1996. Shakur died six days later.

It's amazing what people will pay for.

Birthdays today include: Jason Aldean; Pat Monahan of Train; Cindy Wilson of The B-52's; Ian Stanley of Tears For Fears; Phillip Gould of Level 42; Eddie Manion of Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes; Ronnie Rosman of Tommy James & The Shondells; and Donnie Iris of Wild Cherry. #MusicalBirthdays

#WhatsHappening for February 25, 2017

Good Saturday morning, chirruns. Hope you all made it through the work week unscathed.

Come see us tonight!

Billboard headline: Why Jay Z Deserves to Be the First Rapper In the Songwriters Hall of Fame

Allow me to point out a few reasons I disagree:

"50 g's to the crap shooter,

niggas can't fade me"- Can't Knock The Hustle, the lead track on his debut album (and let's not forget Ain't No Nigga on the same set).

"About to redefine rap mami, either I'm

the illest nigga doing it or these niggaz is losin it"- You Belong To The City, lead track on his second album (which also includes a track called Real Niggaz).

Some other song titles: 

Nigga What, Nigga Who (Originator '99)

Jigga My Nigga

Is That Yo Bitch?

Nigga Please

Bitches & Sisters

Niggas In Paris

That's My Bitch

Look, I've said this many times: I get it. I'm not his target audience. And I fully realize that some of my favorite songwriters have written some garbage.

I also get that I, too, have been guilty of the spread. How?

I have used both of those words. And I meant them in their most vitriolic and insulting ways- though, believe it or not, it was exceedingly rare there was anything racially related. I stopped when I realized that A) it was ignorant of me and 2) I realized there was a normalization going on- people were using the words as throw-away, no-big-deal kind of things.

Which accomplished the same kind of thing that is happening with in country right now- people become immune to the underlying hatred involved. That's sad.

Lionel Richie has postponed his All The Hits Tour until the summer.

In a statement released yesterday, Richie said his "recovery from a knee procedure will not have me 100 percent ready to start the tour" and doesn't want to disappoint his fans. He added that he waslooking "forward to being back onstage so we can all be 'Dancing on the Ceiling' together again."

Fans who have already purchased tickets will be able to use them for the rescheduled dates- which should be announced soon.

Logan hits the screen next week and it was announced quite some time ago that it would be Hugh Jackman's last time playing the character- but Patrick Stewart has added that it will be his last time in the role of Charles Xavier.

Stewart told a SiriusXM Town Hall that Logan would be his final movie of the series.

"I was so moved by it, much more moved than I had been the first time of seeing it. ...(At) one point (Hugh) reached out, and he took my hand in those last few minutes, and I saw him go (wipes tear from eye) like this, and then I realized I had just done the same thing."

"Then, the movie ended… and we were going to be taken up on stage, but not until the credits were over. So, we had some time to sit there and, as I sat there I realised there will never be a better, a more perfect, a more sensitive, emotional, and beautiful way of saying au revoir to Charles Xavier than this movie. So, I told (Hugh) that same evening, 'I'm done too. It’s all over.'"

Foo Fighters have confirmed the rumors: They will headline Glastonbury Festival 2017.

The band had long been favorites to headline this year after having to pull out of their 2015 headline slot after Dave Grohl broke his leg.

The band will play the Pyramid Stage on the Saturday night of this year’s festival.

From the I Don't Really Give A Shit, But It's Evidently A Big Deal pile:

Beyonce has evidently dropped out of Coachella. Organizers say no refunds.

Birthdays today include: Daniel Powter; Justin Jeffre of 98 Degrees; Mike Peters of The Alarm; Dennis Diken of The Smithereens; and Stewart Wood of Bay City Rollers. #MusicalBirthdays