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I remember setting up my wonderful and beautiful niece Nicole’s very first email account for her in the 90′s. She asked for the user name “AaronFan”. Her first crush was Aaron Carter. How sweet. I didn’t really know who he was at the time, but I eventually learned. Many teen idols fade after a year or two. Aaron hasn’t really ever gone away.

Aaron Charles Carter was born on December 7, 1987 in Florida and was pushed into show business shortly after. He started singing in the band Dead End when he was seven. Do little kids really want to do that? I wonder about young celebrities. Are they there because they want to be or are they there because mom and dad want them there? Anyway, Aaron made his first solo appearance when he got to open for his brother’s band in 1997. He was nine.

AARON CARTER TIDBITS

• Is a big Bruce Springsteen fan.
• Has dated actress Hilary Duff.
• Younger brother of Backstreet Boy member Nick Carter.
• Has a twin sister (Angel).
• Got a scuba diving certificate at age 8.
• Has dated Lindsay Lohan.
• Very talented and can play many different instruments.
• Was engaged when he was 12. Okay, maybe he was a bit older but not much. He broke it off a few days later. Good choice.

Aaron is also an actor, having appeared in such TV shows as Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, Family Affair, and 7th Heaven. He has appeared on Broadway in the musical Seussical. Some of Aaron’s movies include Fat Albert and Popstar. I actually watched Popstar which Aaron had a starring role in. I didn’t watch it to see Aaron. I watched it to see a former love of mine, Leif Garrett. Leif played the janitor. Fitting.

I watched Aaron on Dancing with the Stars last year. He and his partner finished fifth. I felt bad for him because he tried so hard and I could see the disappointment in his eyes each time the judges critiqued him. I’ve been in that situation. Not with dancing, but with my music. I would try so hard but never knew exactly what my teacher wanted. There are some things that are hard to teach/explain. I applaud Aaron for his hard work on that show. Maybe it’s an age thing. I don’t know. I just remember always feeling bad for him because he worked so hard and it seemed like the judges were always putting him down. Balls.

I believe Aaron is hard at work on some new music. He seems to have done so much already in life and he’s barely just 20. I hope he doesn’t get burned out and I hope he’s doing what he truly wants to do, not what others want him to do. He’s a talented guy and hard working. I expect we’ll be hearing about this “kid” in the future.

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Welcome to my 11th review of The Partridge Family. This episode is titled “This is My Song” and originally aired on December 4, 1970. It’s about when Keith can’t come up with any new songs. He’s going through a dry spell. He’s all panicked and stuff because the group has to record a live album in two weeks. Talk about pressure! Poor Keith. Anyway, Danny tries to help out by writing songs. Yeah, right. Danny’s songwriting skills consist of copying. He first comes up with Born Free and Moulin Rouge before copying Keith’s song. Once again, the episode features the awesome Danny Bonaduce. BTW, this is one of the few episodes not to have any guest stars.

The show opens with Reuben on the sofa snoring very loudly. Why is he there? Shirley is reading on the sofa next to him and scratching the family dog, Simone. (He disappeared after the first season.) Laurie and Danny are watching TV (Moulin Rouge). Keith walks in with his shaggy doo and Reuben (who is now awake thanks to Danny) jumps on him about a new song. They have a live record date in ten days and Keith is supposed to write a song. Since Keith is going through a dry spell, Danny decides to help by “knocking out a couple of songs”. Is that anything like knocking out a transvestite?

Danny has thought of a great new song. He calls Reuben over (and away from his date with Bonnie Kleinschmidt) and asks Laurie to write the song down while he sings it to her. Reuben and Laurie realize that what Danny is humming is the song from the movie they watched last night (Moulin Rouge). Susan Dey actually sings in this scene and sounds great. I wonder why she never made an album. If Danny Bonaduce can put out an album….. I’m just saying.

Danny comes into Shirley’s bedroom to whistle his newest song for her. It turns out to be Born Free. Why he so stupid?

Keith finally has an idea for a new song and excitedly rushes into his room to work on it. The rest of the house is asleep except for Shirley who tells him not to stay up too late. Keith continues to pound out his new song on the guitar all the while Danny is in the next room taking it all in. The walls are apparently very thin and Danny is able to steal Keith’s song, but Danny doesn’t know it’s Keith’s song. He’s asleep! He’s learning Keith’s song by osmosis.

Cut to the next morning while Danny is singing “his” new song to Laurie, Shirley, and Reuben. They compliment him and tell him how great he is. Keith comes running in from a morning jog looking like a cartoon character. When he hears Danny’s new song, he starts freaking out. He says it’s his song that he wrote last night. Nobody believes him because he sucks.

Shirley and Keith are in his room and realize how paper thin the walls are when they hear Danny and Chris laughing. Keith purposely writes a piece of crap song to see if Danny will steal it again.

Danny comes down to breakfast the next morning and is depressed because he wrote another song last night but it’s garbage. Keith plays the POS song on the guitar and Danny accuses him of even stealing his poo. Everyone laughs.

Cut to the live concert. Shirley is trying to make Danny feel better by telling him he made Keith’s song better. Uh huh. Keith introduces the song as a collaborative effort between himself and Danny. They sing the song, but it’s not David Cassidy’s voice. I guess this song was recorded with the pros before they knew David could sing. But wait! There’s about two lines in the bridge where Cassidy is singing. What the hell? Odd. Did they think nobody would notice?

Did Tracy have a speaking line at all in this show? The song they sang was a bossa nova with some syncopation (off the beat rhythms). Tracy nailed her part a couple times on the cowbell. I was impressed.

The tag of the show is Danny wanting to bring back the bunny hop. He thinks it would be nice if they all hopped off stage after the concert. Danny, why you so stupid?

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I think Susan Dey is beautiful. I never gave her a thought when I was a kid watching The Partridge Family. I was busy drooling over Jeremy Gelbwaks (Chris Partridge) and learning all of their groovy songs. Now that I’m an adult, I see that Susan Dey was a really beautiful girl.

Susan Dey was born Susan Hallock Smith on December 10, 1952 in Illinois. She was 17 when she got the job of Laurie Partridge on The Partridge Family. She was discovered modeling in New York when she was offered the job. During the filming of the pilot and some of the early episodes, she had to live with a guardian until she turned 18 (December 1970). She had no acting experience at all when she started on The Partridge Family.

In addition to Laurie Partridge, Susan Dey is also well known for her role as Grace Van Owen on the drama series L.A. Law. Her second big hit of her career ran from 1986 to 1992. She won a Golden Globe for her role and was nominated for numerous other awards.

Susan was not part of The Partridge Family reunion on The Today Show earlier this year. I think Danny Bonaduce made some smart ass comment but David Cassidy seemed sincere when he spoke into the camera and said he loved her. She had always kind of stayed out of the limelight. I can’t recall her ever being in trouble or in any kind of scandal. It’s odd that nobody seemed to know the reason why she didn’t do the reunion. Maybe she just didn’t want to.

Susan Dey was a beautiful young girl and went on to become a classy actress. She stayed out of trouble and kept her nose clean. Her last acting credit was in 2004 and she seems to have just disappeared since then. Maybe she’s off enjoying life with her husband. I find it VERY impressive that she had a successful acting career beginning at a young age and was able to leave Hollywood with no scandals or issues that plague so many of the child actors. I wish her the best and hope she’s happy in her life.

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As I sit here listening to my dog suck her ass (she needs her anal glands expressed), I’m inspired to write about Corey Feldman. Yeah, I know that’s mean and I’m going to hell. Whatever. Corey seems like an okay dude. He just seems to really like himself a lot or is so messed up that he pretends to like himself a lot. It’s one of those.

Corey Scott Feldman was born on July 16, 1971 in Los Angeles, California. His parents pushed him into commercials almost immediately. Okay, I don’t know if his parents pushed him into commercials. I’m just assuming. Corey was three when he started working. What three year old begs his parents to take him out on auditions?

He went from commercials to TV shows. He was on some groovy shows like Eight is Enough, Alice, Mork & Mindy, The Love Boat, One Day at a Time, Family Ties, and others. He also had roles in some of my favorite movies including The Goonies, Stand By Me…….um, yeah….I guess those are the only movies of his I liked. He and his best friend Corey Haim were really big in the late 80′s and made a ton of movies. I wasn’t into those. I was far too mature by then.

I watched Corey on the first season of The Surreal Life in 2002. Maybe it was the editing, but he didn’t come off as a great person to me. He seemed like kind of a dick and full of himself. I really liked the song he sang for his future wife. Not. He like grabbed her by the throat and screamed in her face. How romantic.

COREY FELDMAN TRIVIA
• Was married to Vanessa Marcil from 1989 to 1993.
• Was married to Susie Sprague from 2002 to 2009.
• Divorced both of his wives and his parents. Awesome.
• First acting role was in a commercial for McDonald’s Gift Certificates. I actually remember that.
• Is a vegetarian.
• He and Corey Haim were the two highest paid teen stars in the late 80′s.
• Has a son, Zen, with his ex-wife Susie. Zen was born in 2004.
• He married his first wife in Vegas but they never lived together. Odd.
• He and best friend Corey Haim were known as The Two Coreys.
• Says working on The Goonies was the fondest experience of his childhood.
• Was a heroin addict.
• Got paid $7,200 for his appearance in The Surreal Life.
• First TV appearance other than commercials was Eight is Enough.
• Landed his first TV series in 1979 with The Bad News Bears.

Some other interesting facts: My husband’s birthday is July 17, 1971. Corey Feldman’s birthday is July 16, 1971. My husband and I were married on October 31, 2002. Corey and his wife (now ex) were married on October 30, 2002. Corey’s middle name is Scott which is my husband’s name. And Lincoln and Kennedy each have seven letters in their name and were both shot in the head on a Friday in front of their wives.

It seems like Corey is trying to get it together which is admirable, but I think his youth (and drugs) messed him up. I also think there were people who maybe weren’t too nice and/or encouraging which scarred him. Hey, what do I know? I’m not a psychiatrist! I sell teen pinups! I leave you with a Corey Feldman quote: “I’m more than an actor. I’m an icon, an industry.” Well, big dick.

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I remember seeing these creepy men in my teen magazines. They kind of scared me. I was wondering why they were in my magazines. My magazines were filled with the loveliness of Leif Garrett, Scott Baio, Shaun Cassidy, Matt Dillon, and all those other handsome pretty boys. It seemed like the KISS guys should have been in monster magazines or something. And what was with the make up? I didn’t get that. I hate wearing make up. I can’t imagine having my face always covered in that goo. Gross. They always had to cover up when they went out because they didn’t want anyone to see them. Were they about music or a gimmick? Whatever. I guess it worked.

I did like some of the songs KISS did. I liked more of the pop smooth sounding stuff. I liked the song Beth which was co-written by drummer Peter Criss and was kind of written for his wife…..whose name was Lydia. I liked Rock and Roll All Nite (as sung by Joey Tribbiani on Friends) and I Was Made for Lovin’ You.

I remember when the members of KISS all came out with solo albums. I walked into my local K-Mart one day and the record section was decorated all in KISS stuff. I think this solo album thing was very highly publicized but kind of failed. The albums didn’t sell well and ended up in the bargain bin. I think Ace Frehley‘s sold the best, but my favorite was Paul Stanley‘s. I would listen to his cassette each night while I fell asleep in the summer of 1979 while staying with my grandpa in Turtle Lake, North Dakota. My favorite song on that cassette was “Hold Me, Touch Me”.

Gene Simmons kind of always freaked me out until I started watching his show Family Jewels on A&E. He’s a really cool guy. It’s weird, but I kind of love everything about him. I know a lot of that show is scripted, but he seems like a very mellow person. He’s a very hard worker and he’s obsessed with making money. Sounds just like me. I have new respect (had none before) for Gene Simmons after seeing his show.

I know there are many KISS fanatics out there. There are some fans who have everything ever made about KISS. They have the magazines, the posters, the dolls, the comic books, the pinball machine, the board games, the butt plugs. I made that last one up. I guess there could be worse obsessions than collecting KISS memorabilia.

There’s a lot of KISS history that I could go into with my blog, but I kind of just wanted to give you my opinion on them. They creeped me out in my teen mags, I liked some of their music, and I now love Gene Simmons. The end.

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