SITE DESIGNED AND EDITED BY JONATHAN L-"WHERE THE MUSIC HITS THE FAN!"™ ©2004-2007 *Please note that all advertisements on my website are affiliates. When you support them-you are supporting me. Thank you. options To View 50 MYSPACE BANDS I discovered-click here-then click on Jan. 07 March 30      Nora Jones She was born Geetali Norah Jones Shankar in New York City on this day in 1979, she was destined for greatness right from the start. Her father was legendary Indian musician, Ravi Shankar, and her mother, Sue Jones, was a dancer whose love of music left its ever lasting impression on her gifted spirit. Jones burst upon the pop music scene with her auspicious debut album, Come Away With Me, released by Blue Note Records in 2002. The album of original compositions - having sold almost 10 million copies in the U.S. and over 20 million worldwide - swept the Grammy Awards in 2003 and established her as the 'genuine article', unquestionably destined for a long and influential career. Two years later Jones followed up with Feels Like Home, another engaging and heartfelt album that, like her first, was the per- fect blend of originals by Norah and other members of the band. Feels Like Home debuted at #1 on the Billboard charts, eventually selling over 4 million units in the U.S. and over 10 mil- lion worldwide. Her third album, Not Too Late, was released in January, 2007 to both critical and public acclaim. According to Jones, it is her most personal album to date, having been written entirely by her and her bassist and songwriting partner, Lee Alexander. Further flesh- ing out her creative artistry, Norah Jones will star in acclaimed director Kar Wai Wong's My Blueberry Nights (2007), along with Jude Law, Natalie Portman, and Rachel Weisz. But despite this recent foray into the world of cinema, she insists that the movie is a welcome diversion only and that music will always be her first love. Birthday's today: Lindsay Parker, MC Hammer, Piers Morgan, Julie Richardson, Celine Dion, Tracy Chapman, Lene Lovitch, Grady Little, Eric Clapton, Paul Riser, Graeme Edge (Moody Blues), Warren Beatty, Astrid Gilberto, Sarah Bryce Foster, Jim Dandy (Black Oak Arkansas), Mark Consuelos, Jessica Cauffiel, Peter Marshall Q of THE WEEK: "YOUR WORST JOB EVER" ends today (scroll down page for all of the two weeks of responses) *a new Q begins Monday April 2. Marie Atlanta Georgia www.myspace.com/reezzie MARIE SAYS: I was juggling college at night, work during the day and raising 3 children as a single parent somewhere in between there! Well, I was trying to hold out on jumping into a full time permanent position until I could graduate but I was offered a job with the state Catholic Diocese School Board, as a secretary. I would have full medical and about 5.00 more an hour which at the time I was living on food stamps and living in a trailer with no health insurance. So I jumped on it and I got along great with all the state superintendents because I had computer database and Microsoft office skills they new no- thing about. All went well until this lady that had been there for 35-years started to get jealous of me and when our supervisors left for a trip she harassed me con- stantly and wouldn't allow me to train her like I was told to do. I tried to be compassionate about how I made her feel and she just got worse, so I said fine do it yourself and started to walk out her office when she grab my arm and tried to pull me back to listen to her bitch some more. I got away from her went to my desk packed up my shit and announced I could no longer work in these conditions because there was no one around to control her! I walked right out that door and never looked back and I learned then that some jobs just are not worth the bitching! Jules United Kingdom www.myspace.com/julesrools JULES SAYS: My first job, working as a office junior for a free newspaper that got its revenue on advertising. There was no coffee machine, I was it basically. That was bad enough but I was also expected to file back copies of rival news- papers and got bitten by paper mites. Nice! If that wasn't bad enough, another female boss took over a year into my job and bullying was her game. Me being the youngest and most vunerable in the office, she used to do things like walk up to my desk in front of my young, but older than me collegues and slam her cup down and say "COFFEE!!". Consequently she got it "frothy". Yep, I spat in it and watched her drink it...sweet! C-Rod Charlottesville Virginia www.myspace.com/crod66 C-ROD SAYS: The worst job ever? Well, all of them really. I mean think about it, who really wants a job? Unless you're lucky enough to be able to do what you love as a job, such as singers or actors, and that doesn't happen to many of us. No one grows up aspiring to work at Walmart, do they? Or wait tables? So I say all of them! So I should be happy now as I have no job, and I am, but the paycheck really sucks! March 29     Elle MacPherson Born Eleanor Nancy Gow in 1963 in Killara, Sydney, Australia. One of the world's top models. She was "discovered" at the age of eighteen while vacationing in Aspen, Col- orado, and was promptly signed to the Click modeling agency. One of the models who own the Fashion Cafe in New York City, along with Claudia Schiffer and Naomi Campbell. Elle claims she put on over 20 pounds in weight so that she would have a figure more in the tradition of a model of the day, for the film Sirens (1994). Son, Arpad Flynn Busson born in New York, New York, USA. Father is Arpad "Arkie" Busson, a Swiss financie on February 14, 1998. Home was robbed. Money and photographs were stolen. Ransom was held for photographs. Elle and  her husband worked with FBI and they caught the thieves. One of the thieves claimed that he was the father of Elle's baby. Became eng- aged to her partner of six years, French-Swiss financier Arpad Busson, in the Bahamas on January 9, 2002. They were still not married. Gave birth to her second child, a son na- med Aurelius Cy Andre (February 4, 2003). Busson and Elle split in 2005. Checked into the Meadows Clinic in Arizona, which offers treatment for psychological conditions and addictions. She was suffering from postnatal depression after the birth of her second child in February, October 2003. Was ranked #7 in Channel 5's "World's greatest super- model". Birthday's today: Jill Goodacre, Lucy Lawless, Jennifer Capriati, Teo Filo Stevenson, Kurt Thomas, LaToya Jackson, Eric Idle, Nancy Kwan, Diane Kay, Michael Brecker, Julie Goodyear, John McLaughlin, Perry Farrell (Jane's Addiction, Porno For Pyros), Christopher Lambert, John Major, Vangelis, Terrance Hill, Earl Campbell, Willem Ruis Q of THE WEEK is almost over. One day to go (scroll down page for all responses) Mike Phoenix Arizona www.myspace.com/themulletmike MIKE SAYS: The worst job I ever had was as a busboy at the Ramada Inn in downtown Phoenix. One day they wanted me to pull the seats off in all the booths to clean out the dead mice under every booth. It was sick. Some of those mice had been laying dead for days under the seats that everyone sits on in the restaraunt. I refused and walked off the job. Linda Pittsburgh Pennsylvania www.myspace.com/youraudienceawaits LINDA SAYS: Your readers will probably find this unbelievable, but I've never had a job I didn't like. I will say that when I took a job as a waitress many years ago, I was at first terrified by the prospect of keeping so many people happy... customers, managment, kitchen crew, etc. When I relaxed and learned that you simply cannot please all of the people all of the time, I just did my best, and I did make a lot of money, which was the reason I took the job in the first place. If I had quit during that initial nervous period, a lot would have been lost. I would never have realized that making money is largely a matter of being the best person you can be in every situation, and not worrying about what you cannot do. I wish more young people knew this. The musicians and artists I work with sometimes give up too soon when they face the difficult parts of the business. Bosses and venue owners are not ogres simply because they want to have things a certain way. I believe that the entertainment business and the artist can coexist, IF...neither disrespects the integrity of the other. Integrity is necessary for both parties, and unfortunately it is sometimes true that one or the other lacks that quality. I have found business AND artist to be "tied" in the occasional lack of integrity. WAIT...I just thought of the job I dislike the most: telling someone "you need to work on the development of your personal integrity." It's hard, but often necessary and essential for a mentor to be able to say this. Thankfully, my mentor once said it to me and I have been working on my in- tegrity every day since. Although I cannot always be the good person I expect myself to be, trying is like exercising the soul which may be as beneficial as exercising the body. So, this is a lengthy attempt to answer a more straightforward question. I am glad you asked it, because I had never asked the question of myself...and my answer was a suprise to me. I learn something new every day. Dennis Huff Las Vegas Nevada www.myspace.com/dennishuff DENNIS SAYS: Worst Job I ever had - I lived in Indiana for a few years, and worked in a brickyard. Literally stood on hot, flat train-like cars with bricks fresh out of the kiln. My job was to break them apart WITH MY HANDS!, and grab them 6 or 8 at a time and stack them into a machine that binds them and sends them outside to the trucks. Between myself an 11 other suckers, we moved 1.5 million bricks per week. WITH OUR HANDS! I love my job (now radio) more and more everytime I think of that. Ha! Cheers! March 28    Julia Stiles Already critically acclaimed for a number of youthful film roles, it's just a matter of time before fresh-faced blonde Julia Stiles reaches the height of heights as a new tier of adult talent starts hitting the screen. Born Julia O'Hara Stiles on today, 1981, in New York City. At age 11, she made her debut as a child actress with the experimental off-Broadway La MaMa Theatre. Her passion grew and by the next year was performing professionally and working in commercials. A bright, precocious student, she was seriously considered for the child vampire role of Claudia in Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994) but lost out in the end to Kirsten Dunst. She continued training at New York's Professional Children's School and, at 15, made her cinematic bow with I Love You, I Love You Not (1996) with Claire Danes. Next featured as the daughter of Harrison Ford in The Devil's Own (1997), her breakout role came on TV with the hard-hitting mini-movie "Before Women Had Wings" (1997). Moving into mainstream roles by the millennium, Julia co-starred with the popular Matt Damon in The Bourne Identity (2002). Voted one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in 2001. One of Teen People Magazine's "25 Hottest Stars under 25" (2002). Has dated the Prince of Denmark in two movies, Hamlet (2000) and The Prince & Me (2004). Is a die-hard New York Mets fan. After a 39-minute rain delay and dressed with a Mets cap, Julia Stiles threw out the opening pitch at Shea Stadium during the Memorial Day game of the New York Mets vs. Arizona Diamondbacks on May 29, 2006. Currently filming "The Bourne Ultimatum". Birthday's today: Heather Chase, Luke Walton, Diane Wiest, Ken Howard, K.C. Jones, Alf Clausen, Meagan Smith, Vince Vaughn, Reba McEntire, Rick Barry, Nikki Sanderson, Angelo Garcia (Menudo), Ged Grimes (Danny Wilson), Conchita Ferrell, Bernice King, Samuel Ramey, Shannon Mitchell, Brian Jones (Rolling Stones R.I.P.), Curt Hennig (R.I.P.) More of THE Q of THE WEEK: "WORST JOB EVER" (scroll down for all responses from this and last week) Jane Leicester United Kingdom www.myspace.com/janiewinks JANE SAYS: Hi Jonathan. My worst job was when I was 14. I did a cleaning job after school to earn extra money. That in itself was not so bad except I had to clean men's toilets.  The worst part was knocking on the door and hoping that they did not turn around whilst still doing their thing - so to speak. lol   When you are 14 it can be very traumatic, so this was definately the worst job for me. lol Jane x Tanya Santa Clara California www.myspace.com/dakotagurl20 TANYA SAYS: Worst job I've ever had is a split. I worked at a radio station taking cold call survey questions. Boring but the kicker was the chick I worked with. Hillbilly, large and in charge Marge who wore cut off jeans and liked to put her legs up and you would get a flash of the scary unknown fleshy parts inside her cut off jeans. She was obnoxious and stinky as well. I collected my first paycheck and left. The other was working for Costco. The managers would crack me up because they had the "KEY" and had to go to the registers to fix voids etc. Again, I collected my first paycheck and left.   I went back to the Costco where I worked about 3 years later and one of the managers recognized me and asked what time was my shift. Strange. Erica  Leeds United Kingdom www.myspace.com/spockwilson ERICA SAYS:  Hiya. I have had many bad jobs. the worst has got to be working 12 hour night shifts in a plastic injection moulding factory, making those plastic trays you get fruit and veg in in supermarkets. You had to get the waste plastic off a massive roller at the back of the line, that involved many massive electric shocks and very nasty cuts from the sharp edges. I bloody hated that job. That was followed by the fish cake packing job. Fish cakes without bread crumbs have the worst texture ever - totally nauseating. I only did these jobs when I was at University to earn money, but some people would argue that teaching is the worst job people could ever do. Well, compared to those two, its not! Debby Phoenix Arizona www.myspace.com/phoenixlivingdeadgirl DEBBY SAYS: Working the customer service phones for the California Toll Roads. I had to sit in an office and answer phone calls from angry people telling me they didn't go through the toll road without paying when a picture of their license plate was taken catching them in the act. I was made to listen to them call me every name in the book and couldn't hang up on them. The worst part of it was it wasn't supposed to be my job. I was just supposed to be the person you talked to when you updated your account. We'd have 40 to 60 people waiting on line to talk to us at a time, and my manager Arlene would think that was a good time to call and see if I was answering the phones correctly. She'd also come up behind me when I was obviously on the phone with a customer, tap me on the shoulder, and ask if I were answering calls. I almost became an alcoholic over that job. March 27    Mariah Carey Mariah was born in Huntington, Long Island, New York in 1969. Her parents are Patricia Hickey (Irish-American) and Alfred Roy Carey (African-American/Venezuelan). Mariah attended Greenlawn's Harborfields High School. In June of 1990 Mariah made her debut with "Mariah Carey" which entered at #73, but on August 4 1990 it reached #1. Her 1990 self-titled debut album went multi-platinum and spawned an extraordinary four conse- cutive #1 singles: "Vision of Love," "Love Takes Time," "Someday" and "I Don't Wanna Cry", and led to Grammy Awards for Best New Artist and Best Female Vocalist. Her 1993 album titled Music Box went ten-times platinum. On September 30th 1995, she made music history. Her single "Fantasy" from her 1995 Daydream album debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, making her the first female artist to accomplish a number one debut in the U.S. Beauty mark just below her mouth is a trademark.The only female artist (and third artist or group ever) to have 17 #1 songs on the US Billboard Hot 100 charts. Founder of Camp Mariah, a serene escape located in Fishkill, New York for inner-city youth to embrace the arts, introduce career opport- unities, and build self-esteem.  Named one of People Magazine's '25 Most Intriguing People of 2001'. Virgin Records bought out her $80 million contract for $28 million. The primary reason being the failure of her Glitter (2001) album and film. Voted in at #36 in FHM's Sexiest Girls of 2002 poll, American edition. Named #28 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement. Was married to Tommy Mottola. She has also been acting, and remains one of the biggest pop stars in the world. Birthday's today: Stacy Ferguson (Black Eyed Peas), Susan Oliver, Quentin Tarentino, Shaun Cassidy, Jennifer Grey, Dave Koz, Kerri Ann Darling, Tom van der Leegte, XuXu, Jennifer Lasky, Kristen Aldridge, Emily Ann Lloyd, J.P. Steur, Tom Sullivan, Jann Arden, Clark Datchler (Johnny Hates Jazz), Randell Cunningham, Lorelei Lanford, Corey Page Q of THE WEEK continues. Scroll down for all responses Cyndi Bristol Connecticut www.myspace.com/cexyfariegirlcyndi CYNDI SAYS: My worst job would have to be when I was 15, working in the Tobacco fields of Simsbury, CT. I had to catch the bus at 6am from my home town Bristol, CT. The work was really dirty and smelly. The tobacco leaves were sticky and it stuck on your fingers and was hard to wash off. We were in the hot sun all day long too. Then as the summer went on and most of the leaves were picked, we worked in the hot barns and strung the leaves with huge loud machines onto the string and long sticks. There were alot of 'challenging people' there also to to get along with! Would never want to go back to those days! Cyn~ Michele London England www.myspace.com/cosmicangels MICHELE SAYS: I once did a temping job...it was, so I was told, cleaning old peoples private houses. We got lots of tea, cakes and chats! But a few weeks in, we were told that the company had got a contract to do dead body cleans. I had watched a documentry about it and thought it wouldn't be so bad. It's where someone has died in their own home and had gone unnoticed for a few days. Well, the one and only dead body clean I did was of someone who had been dead for 12 days. This was in the town where I live in Northamptonshire. Describe why it was so bad! Ummm...ok! You could see where the person had laid for those 12 days. The place was covered in maggots, flys, splatt- ers of blood, hair and body liquids. No-one else on the team could clean up the hair but me as they would retch when they tried to scrape it up. The body liquids were a browny red and the smell was something else. It had 4 notes to the smell. One of wet hair (like wet dog), one very sweet and sickly smell, one was like a dirty unwashed person smell and the other one smell of shit (I've a sensitive sense of smell!). This could all be smelt through the anti toxic mask...gurgh! The mans relatives were outside so it wasn't as though you could joke or scream to get you through the clean either. After we did that clean, it was lunchtime. I can recommend anyone wanting to lose weight to go do a dead body clean as you really don't feel like eating afterwards! I left that temping job the next week. **Being a medium, I tuned in to see how this person had died before we got to the job. We were only told it was male and had been there for 12 days. I got that he had an epiletic fit, smacked the back of his head as he fell and had whacked his head so hard, it caused him to die....and that's exactly what caused his death...poor sod...he was only 42! JONATHAN: Hmm, I think my mistake was to edit this in right after I ate breakfast Michele. ;-(   Jen Colorado www.myspace.com/ddevils7daughter JEN SAYS: My worst job. I have had a few. But the one that I always remember was working in a Nursing Home in Lakewood, Co as a nurses aide when I was 16. It totaly sucked, because I think I was the only one there that cared enough about the patients to spend time with them. I sat by so many beds for hours on end while they past away. Families were to busy to come, didn't care or they didn't have any family. Death doesn't bother me. It is just a new beginning, but the way these people felt dying alone was horrible. Of course the work left little to be desired also. Skumlove Hollywood California www.myspace.com/skumlove SKUMLOVE SAYS: Selling toner at a telemarketing company was the worst. Lasted 2 days.   I also worked for a company called www.guitarpartsdepot.com.   Started out pretty cool, but then they got shady and when I got the flu for a week, they fired me and denied me my unemployment. Then after I left they tried to get my bass played who worked there to quit Skumlove and promised him a raise. WHAT PUNKS! March 26     Keira Knightley Will always be best known for her role as 'Elizabeth Swann' in all of the "Pirates Of The Caribbean" films. The third installment is in post-production now. Keira was born in 1985 in Teddington, Middlesex, England. The daughter of actor Will Knightley and playwright Sharman Macdonald. After she requested an agent at the age of three, her parents allo- wed her to work on productions in her summer holidays. Her first role was at the age of 9, in Moira Armstrong's A Village Affair (1994). However, Knightley's first high profile role came in 1999, as Sabe, Decoy Queen to Natalie Portman's Queen Amidala in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999). Since then she has completed an impressive ar- ray of films including The Hole (2001), but is probably best known for her role of tomboy footballer Jules Paxton in Gurinder Chadha's Bend It Like Beckham (2002). Personally I thought she rocked in "Domino" as bounty hunter 'Domino Harvey'. Was voted #1 in New Woman magazine's 50 Most Beautiful Celebs 2004. Voted #18 in FHM 100 Sexiest Women 2005. Named #53 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2005 list. The Daily Mirror named her "Actress of the Year in December 2005. Named #9 on MAXIM magazines "Hot 100" list of 2006.Named #5 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement.  Let's just say, for someone this young, Keira will be around a long long time. Birthday's today: Teddy Pendergrass, Martin Short, Amy Smart, Kenny Chesney, Leeza Gibbons, Vickie Lawrence, Ronnie McDowell, Marcus Allen, Heidi Zeigler, John Stockton, Curtis Sliwa, Erica Jong, Alan Arkin, Steven Tyler (Aerosmith) Q of THE WEEK: Continues from last week "THE ABSOLUTE WORST JOB YOU HAVE EVER HAD?"     What and where?   Describe why it was so bad! (*Thanks to reader Mariska) Jay  London England www.myspace.com/bluejaykay JAY SAYS: Hey there Jonathan. Hahaha, my first ever job was the worst and I was happy when they sacked me!   I was 15 going on 16 and the job was a fill in during the summer holidays before I was due to start my first year at a technical college.   I got a job with a bridal boutique which was owned by a Jewish family, a husband and son business in which both their wives also worked, and all four of them acted like they were boss but none of them agreed with the other what I should be doing in my working hours. One person would tell me to do something then another came along and told me to stop and do something else, then the first person would come back and have a go that I hadn't finished the job he/she told me to do.   Everyone from the postie to customers told me I was too good for the job. Little did my bosses know that I intended to work with them for only a month then quit to go to college.   The one perk of the job was snacking on sugar coated almonds (no it wasn't allowed)...suffice to say I don't particularly like sugared almonds anymore. have fun Jay xXx Glitter Dallas Texas www.myspace.com/black03cobra GLITTER SAYS: Hi sweetie. The worse job I ever had was working for 2 construction companies and one was old school and one was computerized and I was the Office Manager. One boss was kewl but had no balls to back me up, and the other boss was a total *ss. He literally harrassed me on a daily basis from locking me in, lipping me off, using foul language to the point where after 6 years I told him "I QUIT" and needless to say he tried to fight me in the unemployment office, but I won and got a year and a 1/2 of pay so needless to say my 6 years paid off and he got stiffed. They are still in trouble on an account basis and revenue, so no bad wishes to anyone but what goes around comes around. Glitter Keren Stroud United Kingdom www.myspace.com/kezisyours KEREN SAYS: My worst job was a job I took for the money. Contracts manager for a company that built fibreglass water tanks. My salary increased by £6k, but god what a mistake taking the job. They basically told me so many lies in the interview, and when I started I soon found out, I was travelling 25 miles there and then back again. Starting at 8am finishing at 5. Except I was working through lunch and working til 6. After a few weeks I was feeling sick driving to work. I hated it that much in the short few months I was there, they got through 4 man- agers on the shop floor, and the company was in dire straits!!!   In the end liquidators were called in and I lost my job. But the relief of the long hours and drive and job I hated was immense! Yasamin Tempe Arizona www.myspace.com/mylittlejubjub YASAMIN: aaack!! Working for a major health care company here in the "Valley", until they were bought out by the other largest health care company, which followed by laying off half the staff, only to rehire at much cheaper wages. It was really sad. I hated it. Big business blows! Yasamin March 23    Keri Russell Keri was born in 1976 in Fountain Valley, California and raised in Mesa, Arizona and Denver, Colorado. Keri began her career on the Mickey Mouse Club in 1991. She stayed with the show until 1993. After leaving "MMC" (1989) (where she, along with her fellow castemates recorded an  album, she moved to LA to pursue an acting career. Keri's br- eakthrough role came in 1998 where she played "Felicity Porter" on the WB's popular series "Felicity" (1998). In 1999, Keri won her first Golden Globe award for her role in "Felicity" (1998) in which she continued until the show ended in 2002. Keri pursued a movie career starring alongside Mel Gibson in We Were Soldiers (2002) and Joan Allen in The Upside of Anger (2005). In 2004, Keri made her Broadway debut in "Fat Pig" along- side Andrew McCarthy and Jeremy Piven.Read for the part of Lois Lane for Superman Returns (2006), but lost to Kate Bosworth. Currently serving as a model and spokesper- son for Cover Girl cosmetics. Wed Shane Deary at the Harrison restaurant in NYC's West Village on Valentine's Day, 2007, before ten immediate family members. Announced that they are expecting their first child together this summer. Birthday's today: Amanda Plummer, Poe, Louie Anderson, Ric Okasek (Cars), Katie Piel,Hiroyoshi Yamamoto, Moses Malone, Rebecca Corry, Nicholle Tom, Jason Kidd, Anna Bocci,Yasmeen Ghauri, Gail Porter, Chaka Khan, Mike Remlinger, Anna Moret, Patricia Richardson, Jennifer and Michelle Steffin, Marti Pelow NEW Q of THE WEEK: "THE ABSOLUTE WORST JOB YOU HAVE EVER HAD?"       What and where? Describe why it was so bad! (*Thanks to reader Mariska) Alba Bama San Jose Costa Rica www.myspace.com/changingforthebetter ALBA SAYS: My worst job was when I was 18 years old as a Manager of a Pizza place. It was a nightmare because the owner, a 30 year old married guy started to act nasty with me (Sexual Harassment) and I was too young to be able to deal with that so I quit the job after 2 months there. What a jerk! I still hate him! Hugs Dear Jonathan! Traci Northern Ireland www.myspace.com/tracithepout TRACI SAYS: I was a kitchen porter once when I was in my 20's and it sucked! Needed money and my friend ran the kitchens so I took the job. Needless to say I only stuck it for a few weeks as I can't wash dishes without havin' to wear rubber gloves and the uniform just wasn't my colour! ha ha ha DJ Toni Ton Ton New Zealand www.myspace.com/tonitonton DJ TONI TON TON SAYS: Hi Darlin'. Oh, I remember one night I had to dj at a very rough club in Napier. I went early to get the feel of the place and a dj friend I knew was playing. He put on Pseudo Echo, and within seconds 200 people threw bottles at him. He leapt from the dj box and ran for cover, and gone for the hills. The boss turned to me and said you're on!! You gotta be joking I thought? Nervously I ran up and changed the music to Michael Jackson. The crowd roared and I was an instant hit. It was packed full of gangsters and drunkards. I quit at the end of the night. God, it was the worst night ever. Dare to be a DJ and live to tell the story! March 22    Reese Witherspoon Now a HUGE star, Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Reese was introduced to the entertainment industry at a very early age. At age 7, she began modeling. This led to appearances on several local television commercials. At age 11, she placed first in a Ten-State Talent Fair. She was born in 1976. In 1990, she landed her first major acting role in Robert Mulligan's The Man in the Moon (1991). Her role as a 14-year old tomboy earned her rave reviews. Roles in bigger films such as Jack the Bear (1993) and A Far Off Place (1993) followed shortly after. Her breakthrough role came as Elle Woods in the 2001 comedy Legally Blonde (2001). That movie was a huge box-office smash and established Reese as one of the top female draws in Hollywood. The next year, she scored a follow-up hit with Sweet Home Alabama (2002) which went on to gross over $100 million dollars at the box office. In 2006, she took home the best actress Oscar for her role as June Carter Cash in the Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line (2005). Named one of People Magazine's "25 Most Intriguing People of 2001". Named one of E!'s "Top 20 Entertainers" that same year. Was named one of the 50 Most Beautiful People by People Magazine in 2002. She appears in Entertainment Weekly's Most Powerful List sitting at #22. Ranked #1 on E!'s Holly- wood's Hottest Blondes (2003). Named 'Favorite Female Film Star' by People Magazine (2004). The year she won her Oscar for Walk the Line (2005) her husband Ryan Phillippe appeared in the movie that won "Best Picture": Crash (2004).Named #40 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement. Named #34 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement. Currently one of America's hottest actress's. Birthday's today: William Shatner, Stephanie Mills, Jessica Darling, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jeremy Clyde (Chad and Jeremy), Bob Costas, Serge (Saska and Serge), Glen Campbell. Lena Olin, Randy Hobbs (McCoys), George Benson, Matthew Modine, Keith Relf (Yardbirds), Dax Griffin, Pete Wyle, M. Emmet Walsh, Suzzane Sulley (Human League), Kim Yun-Jung, Laurie Sargent (Face To Face), Pieter Christiaan, Fran Sheehan (Boston), Pat Robertson, Jon Hassell, Wolf Blitzer, Brian Shaw, May Britt, Marcus Camby, Shawn Bradley NEW Q of THE WEEK: "THE ABSOLUTE WORST JOB YOU HAVE EVER HAD?" (scroll down to see all the responses) Tamera Memphis Tennessee www.myspace.com/ladyl33ta TAMERA SAYS: I've always been good about keeping a steady job, but the worst one I had was as a customer service rep for one of the major cell phone providers. I completed 6 of the 8 weeks of training before I finally threw in the towel. What made it so bad was NOT the company...it was the cust- omers. I mean, hello? How can you not know what plan you're on and how many minutes you have? How is it so fricking difficult to read your bill? Do you not know how to control your children and their friends to keep them from downloading wallpapers and ringtones? You say they sent more text messages than your plan allows? GROUND THEIR SPOILED ASSES!!! TAKE THE PHONE AWAY AND LOCK IT UP!!! If they're 13 or 14 years old, their grades suck, what the hell are they even doing with a cell phone anyway???!!!??? The straw that broke the camel's back for me, was some snooty English lady (nothing against my brit friends) that called me stupid and asked if I even graduated from High School. I informed her that I did and even had completed some college. She continued to put me down, and kept me in tears, for at least another 15-20 min's before my supervisor took over. The customer service rep is there to help. That's what they get paid for. They are not there for you to yell at because you did something stupid... like drop your cell in the sink full of water, lost your cell at the club, or your kid called Pakistan 5 times and talked for an hour each time!!! Thank you Jonathan and Mariska!!! Finally I've had to the chance to publicly complain about my worst job!!! Pjamela@kwss Scottsdale Arizona www.myspace.com/pjamelas PJAMELA SAYS: Hi Jonathan. The worst job I ever had was a "perfume model" at a major department store in Scottsdale. Not only was I bored to tears, I simply didn't like the smell of the product I was promoting. For whatever reason it made me nausous even though it was/is a very popular fragrance!! Sure, the money was good at $15 bucks an hour ~ easy right ? Standing around the cosmetic counter greeting people, but I always knew that for the most part, customers just didn't want to check out the perfume. I was reluctant because my belief is that perfume is a personal accent to discover without the help of a salesperson pitching it...spraying it...wasting it...flaunting it....all of that just eliminates the intimacy of fragrance. Thanks for the trip down memory lane...xo Pjamela Wendy United Kingdom www.myspace.com/wendymary WENDY SAYS: Hmm! All of them!! Probably the worse one was when I was working in a ladies evening hire shop. It was called Cinderella's and I felt like Cinderella. Stood amongst the beautiful floaty ballgowns all day. Problem was the boss had the hots for me and I spent most of my time dodging his advances and his foul breath. Yuk. The customers were mainly very upper crust and spoke to me as tho I was far beneath their notice.   The nice part of it was the students who came in just to try on the dresses. But when the boss came in, he'd shoo them all away, and I'd be left with the dowager duchesses.   It was also very hard sell, and I crossed swords with the boss on many occasions cos I refused to tell someone they looked wonderful in some- thing totally ghastly just to make a sale.   I also had problems getting my wages. I'd have to wait outside the shop on a Friday night for the boss to turn up outside in his Lambourghini and hand them to me out of the car window. Lol What a job that was. Sometimes he didn't even turn up and I'd be standing there in Cardiff, middle of the city propping up a damn lamp post for an hour amidst curious glances from passers by. Say no more. Worse job ever. Yeah...had to be that one. I jacked it in eventually cos he kept ringing me at home in the middle of the night to try and persuade me to date him. I did get a good wardrobe full of nice dresses out of him tho. He was so keen to get me into a relationship, he gave me huge discounts on the dresses. March 21     Laura Allen The dynamite 'Julia Mallory' of "Dirt" was born in 1974 in Portland, Oregon. Grew up on Bainbridge Island, Washington. Attended Wellesley College as a Sociology major and graduated in 1996. She worked with the NYPD as a dom- estic violence counselor before pursuing acting. Middle child of three sisters. Older sister is Jenny and younger is Lindsay. Appeared in Mona Lisa Smile (2003), set in the 1950s at Wellesley College. Coincidentally, she graduated from Wellesley in 1996. Laura and her fiancé Bruce Weyman were married at the Relais Palazzo del Capitano in Pienza, Italy on September 23, 2006. You will also know the petite 5'4" blonde from her role as 'Lily Moore Tyler' on the incredible show "The 4400" (one of my favorite shows currently-set to begin it's third season later this summer.) Birthday's today: Rosie O' Donnell, Matthew Broderick, Timothy Dalton, Anna Bolling, Guy Chadwick (House Of Love), Vanessa Branch, Vivian Stanshall, Rachel MacFarlane, Brad Hall, Lara Naszinsky, Kassie Wesley, Rosemary Stone (Sly And The Family Stone), Gemma Catlin, Wei Wang, Anne-Sophie Briest, Shawon Dunston, Jennifer Lyn Jackson, Roger Hodgson (Supertramp), Peter Banks (Genesis), Marie -Christine Barrault, Cynthia Geary, Ananda Lewis, Jean Marie Hon, Tom Flores, Chris Candido (R.I.P.) NEW Q of THE WEEK: "THE ABSOLUTE WORST JOB YOU HAVE EVER HAD?" (scroll down to Monday March 19 for all responses so far) Michelle Hendricks United Kingdom www.myspace.com/michellehendricks MICHELLE SAYS: Hi Jonathan. The worst job that I ever did was when I was 18 and took a summer job in a crisp man- ufacturing factory. I just didn't fit in and had the Mickey taken out of me constantly by the older more streetwise girls. The job itself was a nightmare! Crisp packets would shoot out from an overhead device and I had to catch them and pack them in the appropriate box. I got quite good at this until one day when crisps came shooting out without a bag and all over the place. (They swept them up and put them back in the fryer, I swear! I don't eat that particular brand any- more...lol!) I just remember thinking I'd be glad when summer ended. Never again!!!! But, it paid for my holiday in Tenerife!!! PimpZtress Rah Washington D.C. www.myspace.com/thepimpstress RAH SAYS: Worst job? Telemarketer. I was to call up people and tell them they WON! Then describe to them how they had to send $ (a butt-ton) for the tickets and bla bla bla. I actually SOLD one of these packages to an old man who said he didn't have that much in his account, but if I could wait until his social security check to come in he could send it, as that is what he lived on. I felt so terrible! After three days (of people cursing at me and hanging up on me) and only the one sale on the third, I never came back. I never even came back to pick up my check. I didn't want their filthy money. THAT JOB SUCKED! :) xo -RaH Candy S Alaska www.myspace.com/candysstuff CANDY SAYS: I worked at a catering business called Smokey O's. The owner of the company rented a room for his business in a slaughter house. My entertainment for the day was watching cows and pigs being shot in the head and then skinned. One particular day I watched a bull get shot 5 times because the first 4 couldn't kill him. Another day I got completely emotional when a beautiful chocolate brown cow came in for slaughter. She was shaking and crying. You could smell the blood everywhere. Needless to say I don't eat beef or pork anymore. March 20    Theresa Russell This well known face was born in San Diego, California in 1957. Her birth name is Theresa Paup. Began modelling at age 12. Studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Institute in Hollywood. In 1986 Russell won the National Association of Theater Owners Award as "The Star of Tomorrow". According to the liner notes to Pete Townshend's album "Scoop 3," she was the inspiration for The Who song "Athena" (originally titled "Teresa"). Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the "100 Sexiest Stars" in film history (#58) in 1995. Theresa has appeared in over 50 television and movie roles. Plays 'Mrs. Marko' in the upcoming "Spider-man 3" this summer. Birthday's today: Jane March, Holly Hunter, Ashley Moore, John de Lancie, Tanya Boyd, Jimme Vaughn (Fabulous Thunderbirds), Slim Jim Phantom (Stray Cats), Richard Drummie (Go West), Mookie Blaylock, John Wetton (Asia), Yuka Nomura, Guy Perry (Motels), Carl Palmer (Emerson, Lake and Palmer), Carl Risinger, Bryan Genesse, Norman Tome, Jerry Reed, Hal Linden, William Hurt, Bobby Orr, Pat Riley, Fiona Wade, Fred "Mr. Rogers' Rogers. NEW Q of THE WEEK: "THE ABSOLUTE WORST JOB YOU HAVE EVER HAD?"     What and where? Describe why it was so bad! (*Thanks to reader Mariska)   Gloomy Phoenix Arizona www.myspace.com/missgloomygirl GLOOMY SAYS: I worked a telemarketing job once in 1989 as a second job. I had never worked on the phone before, let alone making cold calls. I went through orientation, and the job sounded easy enough. I got assigned my desk and my phone list. Every single name on my list was completely unpronouncable. I think they pulled out the section of the phonebook that only included Asian last names. I was cussed at in more than one Asian language that night. I lasted 4 hours and I quit. Tori South London England www.myspace.com/liverpool_fc_no1 TORI SAYS: The worst job I had was in a factory opening envelopes and putting stuff into them. Very boring. Work loads of paper cuts and crap pay for 40 hours a week starting at 8am and finishing at 4pm. Barbara Abereenshire Scotland www.myspace.com/165399604 BARBARA SAYS: This is an easy one.. I didn't even have to think about it. The worst job I ever had was when I was a student. I was a clown at kid's birthday parties. If you have to ask why this was my worst job?...well..... March 19    Rachel Blanchard The TV and film actress was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1976. Rachel attended Havergal college, an all girls school in Toronto. After high school she went on to attend Queens university in Kingston, Ontario Canada. She later dropped out, however, when she got offered the role of Cher in the "Clueless" (1996) TV series. To prepare for her role as Cher, Rachel actually did go to some high schools in L.A. where she was surprised to find out that the scene was somewhat like the movie portrayed. Rachel is an avid ho- ckey fan, and also enjoys rockclimbing. She is a vegetarian and has a brother and sister. Hair was dyed red for film "Road Trip" (2000) because the producers wanted her to have a different look from Amy Smart. Voted in at #37 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Girls of 2002 poll, UK edition. She has worked with both the London-twins. With Jason London in The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999) and with Jeremy London in "7th Heaven" (1996). Has a pet dog, a bull terrier named Wilbur because it looks like the pig in Charlotte's Web (1973). Birthday's today: Bruce Willis, Glenn Close, Ashley Head, Simmone Mackinnon, Rick Mirer, Billy Sheenen (Mr. Big), Ricky Wilson (B-52's), Myung-Wha Chung, Derek Longmuir (Bay City Rollers), Renee Taylor, Paul Atkinson (The Zombies), Liam Jewell, Phyllis Newman, Ruth Pointer (Pointer Sisters), Nadine Kirschon, Shelly Burch, Denny Albee, Alaina Castro, Philip Roth, Terry Hall (Colourfield) NEW Q of THE WEEK: "THE ABSOLUTE WORST JOB YOU HAVE EVER HAD?"   What and where? Describe why it was so bad! (*Thanks to reader Mariska) Mariska United Kingdom www.myspace.com/purpledazed MARISKA SAYS: I will take this opportunity to thank you Jonathan for allowing me to have selected this week's Q of the week. "Ok guys here's a quick synopsis of the last three months of my hellish life...as I know it. We all have our cross to bear and this one's mine. Firstly I got to work along side this woman, who is best described as the collegue from hell's mouth. She is a know it all. Stubborn as they come. Making up her own rules as she goes along. Nutter...goes around in an aggressive manner and egg shells are involved. ;( She has led a valued member of staff to walk out of his job. I'm following a close second. Thing is she complains about everyone and everything with whom she works along side. Even to the point of putting in a grievance against me.   (((((Which turned out to be unsubstanciated)))))...Feck I cry. Consequently I do not have the power to sack her! But she is now off work on sick leave. Enough said, she must terminal!!!! LOTTA LOVE .X. Sharyl Salt Lake City Utah www.myspace.com/VivianVelux SHARYL SAYS: I've never been fired. I guess I would say Old Navy, but not because it was that bad, but more because I was goth and working at Old Navy. lol Not good. Skyla Austin Texas/visiting England now www.myspace.com/isaidskyla SKYLA SAYS: WORST JOB I HAVE EVER HAD: Topless Dancing WHAT AND WHERE?: Day Shift Topless Dancer Expose Men's Club. Austin, Texas. The manager must have been a chubby chaser or a greedy ape because he hired girls who should have never even made it to the application process. He was paid $25 by each girl everyday so he just tried to get as many girls in as he could. They were wilder beasts and took over the day shift like a herd of locust. They would charge half as much for lap dances as the rest of us and would do just about anything for a dollar causing the original day shift to have our money cut in half. To keep us there, the management did not charge us for drinks so we just sat at the bar and got hammered daily as we watched these new girls make out with our customers that it took us years to build up an image with. Hundreds of dollars shattered and gone because some plus size "model" was willing to go home and do god knows what with a guy and we were not.  So being drunk every day and coming home with maybe gas money caused many fights at work. FIST fights! Violent and ugly we all sort of turned on each other. It was never like that before. There was plenty for everyone, you could actually talk to men when they came in and not feel like you had to do your best goofy stand up routine and hard sell or to back stab another dancer. Being drunk or on X everyday makes your body feel miserable and the bruises from the pole and stage seemed to take for ever to heal! Worried which customer is coming in and will you have to fight to sit with him. Wondering if or which of your colleges of years are switching to the dark side and doing more than dancing now. Knowing management is trying to keep it's head above water because they let these ugly girls in and all the men with money left because the place was an embarrassment and realized too late that most of the veteran team of dancers are gone and they are left with maybe 4 girls to hold the club if they fire the bad ones. Phew!!!!!! Rant over. I feel much better. I had to switch to the night shift but the hours of 4pm to 3am make you feel stir crazy after a while so I am just going to take a break for 3 months and see if it clears its self up. Steph (aka One Love) Cornwall, Ontario Canada www.myspace.com/stephinch STEPH SAYS: A couple years ago I worked at this dog grooming salon. It wasn't long after that I sort of regreted handing my resume in because my boss had such a high pitched voice!! It was terrible. She would scream at the dogs and it would be chaos. I ended up working there for I think two years, since my mom also worked there, I was payed under the table (for the first year). My boss took advantage of it and gave me very little money for the work I was doing. All in all, I preffered the dogs to my boss. If it wasn't for her, I don't think I would mind. Besides all that fur that would get stuck in my bra. ITCHY. I guess someone needs to do it. Peace, Steph Took a week off March 12-16 March 9   Linda Fiorentino Who could forget the raven haired beauty with that starred in 1995's movie "Jade". Born Clorinda Fiorentino in 1960 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Graduated from Wash- ington Township High School, in Sewell, New Jersey. Is a Graduate of Rosemont Co- llege, in Rosemont, Pennsylvania (just west of Philadelphia). She earned her Bachelor's Degree in Political Science from Rosemont College in Pennsylvania in 1980 at only 20 years old. After graduating college in 1980, she moved to the Hell's Kitchen section of New York City and worked as bartender at the Kamikaze Club with Bruce Willis. She has been an active photographer since 1987 and has studied it at the International Center of Photography in New York City. Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the "100 Sexiest Stars" in film history (#66) in 1995. Won her part in Men in Black (1997) in a poker game from Barry Sonnenfeld. Besides the part in Men in Black (1997), she won around $1200. "Marriage is a financial contract; I have enough contracts already." She is divorced. Birthday's today: Bow Wow, Brittany Snow, Martin Fry (ABC), Juliette Binoche, Mickey Gilley, Jeffrey Osborne, Sophie Ngan, Kato Kaelin, Jamie Lyn Bauer, Emmanuel Lewis, Isabella Hervey, Benito Santiago, Keely Smith, Ashley Chase, John Cale (Velvet Underground), Robin Trower (Procol Harum), Adele Roberts, Rick Steiner, Marty Ingels, William Kirby Cullen, Faith Daniels, Aaron Boone, Ornella Muti, Trevor Burton (The Move), Mark Lindsey (Paul Revere & The Raiders) 15 MORE MYSPACE BANDS/ARTISTS  I HAVE DISCOVERED, ALL THIS WEEK *All music should be sent to: Jonathan L c/o KUPD-FM,  1900 West Carmen, Tempe, Arizona 85283