Kate Pierson at Bette Midler's Hulaween 2009

Watching Whoopi Goldberg

excerpted from Huffington Post
...Other notable costumes included NYRP's executive director, Drew Becher, as a renassiance lord, tights and all, Katie Couric as Kate Gosselin (hilario), Martha Stewart as...a root? (still not quite sure), adorable, soulful Australian singer Sia as a bunny or back-up dancer for the Flaming Lips, Gloria Gaynor as a pirate, and The B52's Kate Pierson went as Annie Oakley.


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Berlin Wall Remembered

Excerpted from Online Athens:
The fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov. 9, 1989, was a momentous event.


East Germans danced atop the Berlin Wall with their West German neighbors as the longstanding dividing line came crashing down in a televised celebration 20 years ago this week.

In Athens, University of Georgia football coach Ray Goff (remember him?) prepared his Bulldogs for what ended up as a rousing 17-10 victory over the Florida Gators.

The same year, Rolling Stone magazine readers voted The B-52s' "Love Shack" the top song of 1989.

Filmed just up the road in Atlanta, "Driving Miss Daisy" won the 1989 Oscar for Best Picture.

Gas was $1.20 a gallon for regular; you could buy a Ford Festiva (remember those?) at Trussell Ford-Mazda for $5,498.

B-52s play free concert at Tropicana field after baseball game 8/15/2009

http://blogs.tampabay.com/80s/2009/08/b52s-dance-this-mess-around-at-tropicana-field.html

B-52s in Lima, Peru, Kate Pierson interview

B-52s in Peru

Living in Peru interviews the band. B-52's Make Lima Their 'Love Shack'
The B-52's performed in Lima
B-52's members interested in Peruvian food and music
The B-52's admire Peruvian soprano Yma Sumac