Journey tribute in Glee season finale
posted by Jas, 03/23/2010
At the 2010 Paley Festival, producer Ryan Murphy said that there will be a tribute to Journey in the season finale of Glee
And don’t stop believin’: another icon who’s become closely associated with the series will also get a tribute show. “Steve Perry from Journey came by the set yesterday,” revealed Murphy. “We’re gonna do a big Journey tribute to him on the show in the season finale.”
Steve denies claims about racial slur
posted by Jas, 03/23/2010
Steve was in the news last week, he talked to Rolling Stone magazine and denies Sarah Silverman's claims about racial slur.
In an interview with Playboy set to hit newsstands tomorrow, comedian Sarah Silverman responds to questions about her provocative brand of humor by telling a story about how “the onetime lead singer of a very popular band from the 1980s” came up to her after a show and said, “You’re my favorite comedian. You have the best nigger jokes.” Silverman didn’t outright name Journey’s Steve Perry, but she added, “I’ll just say this: After that, I stopped believin’,” a poke at the band’s classic “Don’t Stop Believin’.”Was she joking? In an interview with Rolling Stone yesterday, Perry took Silverman’s accusation very seriously, adamantly denying he ever used “the n-word” after meeting her backstage at a comedy show. “I’m really shocked. She was so friendly and so nice,” Perry tells RS. “I don’t understand why she would go there, it’s so bizarre. I don’t use that word, are you kidding? That’s so derogatory.” Perry admits he met Silverman on a pair of occasions “a long time ago” after being “amazed at her ability to make people actually laugh at every racial slur and every ethnic group she could possibly come up with,” but insists Silverman’s recollection of their meeting is just another episode concocted by the controversial TV star for comedic effect.
Perry tells RS, “I walked up to her after the show and I said, ‘I can’t believe that somehow you seem to be getting away with all these slurs and the n-word, I just can’t believe how you’re doing this,’ and I looked at my friend and I said, ‘I can’t believe how she’s getting away with this,’ and she looked at me and kind of smiled. It wasn’t like I was condemning her or condoning her, it was just that I can’t believe how somehow creatively she was making everybody in that club of all colors and all ethnic backgrounds laugh. That’s what it was.”
Despite the accusation, Perry still marvels at Silverman’s ability to walk the dangerous line of political correctness with her comedy. “You’ve gotta see her show because she uses every ethnic slur known to man that historically has been very unforgivable,” Perry says. “I’m Portuguese, that’s the only ethnic background she left out, but maybe after this article she’ll come after me now.”
Happy Birthday Steve
posted by Jas, 01/22/2010
Hey it's that time of the year again, it's Steve's birthday today! Happy Birthday Steve! and as always he has posted his once a year message to his fans at FanAsylum, yay!. Also note that I'm going to revamp the site because the server was hacked twice last year, if you see weird things on the site the next few weeks (or months depending on my free time), just ignore it and I'm sorry for the inconvenience.
Oh my, my…I can’t believe another year has flown by faster than the year before. Yes, this year I will come clean and finally tell you that I am turning 57. Or….is it 58? Well….at this age.…denial can be your best friend!!! It’s been brought to my attention that I’m receiving well wishes for my birthday from many of you. Thank you all so very much! In previous years many of you have made donations to wonderful causes for my birthday on my behalf. For that, I am very grateful.In light of recent events in Haiti, this year I decided to donate to Oxfam America. Should you feel inclined to do the same, I respectfully request that you click on the logo below and make whatever contribution you feel comfortable with. I am sure that any amount will be greatly appreciated.
Happy 2010 to all of you.
Sincerely,
Steve Perry
Hope For Haiti Telethon and more ways to help
posted by Jas, 01/22/2010
George Clooney and Wyclef Jean are staging a global telethon to raise money for the Haiti earthquake survivors, the event will air commercial-free across ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, CNN, BET, the CW, HBO, MTV, VH1 and CMT on Friday, January 22, at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Hope for Haiti Now will begin accepting donations at 12:00 p.m. ET/9:00 a.m. PT on Friday. Go here for more ways to send your donations and other events scheduled for Haiti relief