Dwyer & Michaels

Here's your daily look at 'Today in Rock History' featuring: Amy Poehler is 48. She was Leslie Knope on "Parks & Recreation." The former Mr. Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony, is 51. Mickey Rourke is 67. AND B.B. King was born on this day in 1925. Today in 1979, RAP MUSIC EXPLODED ONTO THE SCENE, with the release of the Sugar Hill Gang's "Rapper's Delight". Today in 1984, "Miami Vice" premiered, starring Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas as Crocket and Tubbs. And for a hot minute--we all dressed as those two doofuses

We were just talking about College Gameday coming to Ames for the CyHawk game. And then this happened.

Here's your daily look at 'Today in Rock History' featuring: Ludacrisis 42. He's Tej in the fast and furious movies. Styx guitarist, Tommy Shaw is 66. Grateful Dead drummer, Mickey Hart is 76. AND today in 2001, at 8:46 A.M. and 9:03 A.M., two hijacked planes were crashed into the World Trade Center. Two other suicide flights crashed at the Pentagon and in the woods of Pennsylvania.

A total of 2,792 people died in the World Trade Center attacks; 184 innocent people died in the Pentagon attack (including those on the plane), and 40 died in the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania. Never Forget.

Here's your daily look at 'Today in Rock History' featuring: Adam Sandler is 53. Iron Butterfly singer, Doug Ingle is 73. Kentucky Fried Chicken genius, Colonel Sanders was born on this day in 1890. Today in 1850, California ("The Golden State") became the 31st state in the Union. Today in 1884, St. Louis frankfurter vender/genius Antoine Feuchtwanger stopped giving away a white glove with each frank. Instead, he put them in long buns . . . creating the FIRST HOT DOG.

Here's your daily look at 'Today in Rock History' featuring: Country singer, Jake Owen is 38. Jack Black is 50. Jason Priestley from 90210 is 50. Today in 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. declared "I Have A Dream!" to 250,000 people in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. In 1964, after a show in New York, The Beatles supposedly went backstage with Bob Dylan and Smoked Reefer For The Very First Time. AND today in 1989, the Motley Crue album "Dr. Feelgood" . . . featuring their jams "Kickstart My Heart", "Without You", and "Dr. Feelgood" . . . was released.

Dwyer sure does have a lot of hangups when it comes to dining out.

Here's your daily look at 'Today in Rock History' featuring: Glen Matlock from the Sex Pistols is 63. Alex Lifeson from Rush is 66. Pee-Wee Herman, a.k.a. Paul Reubens, is 67. Sergeant Slaughter is 71. Today in 1965, The Beatles hung out with Elvis Presley for three hours at Elvis' Beverly Hills mansion. Elvis says he doesn't remember the meeting--that's gotta be like four guys riding in a pickup truck, and then asking the pick-up if it remembers the ride... AND today in 1990, the great Stevie Ray Vaughan and members of Eric Clapton's entourage died in a helicopter crash in East Troy, Wisconsin leaving Alpine Valley. RIP

Here's your daily look at 'Today in Rock History' featuring: Mother Teresa was born on this day in 1910. Chris Pine is 39 and Macaulay Culkin is 39 as well. No Doubt's drummer, Adrian Young is 50. Garbage singer, Shirley Manson is 53. Today in 1970, JIMI HENDRIX made his last public appearance, at England's Isle of Wight Pop Festival. He shared top billing with Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, and Richie Havens. Jimi would die less than a month later. The dragon doesn't chase itself!

Stopping by the studio before World Series of Drag Racing at Cordova International Raceway.

Here's a look at the award-winning Friday version of 'Today in Rock History' featuring: Lead singer of The Strokes, Julian Casablancas is 41. Shelley Long is 70. Rick Springfield is 70. Rudy Ruettiger is 71. Keith Moon was born on this day in 1946 and River Phoenix was born today in 1970. Today in 1962, John Lennon and Cynthia Powell married in a secret ceremony in Liverpool. In 1972, "Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)" by The Looking Glass,hit #1 on the pop chart.