Go AGGIES!!!

We’re looking forward to Friday’s game between NMSU and Michigan State. Tip off is 5:20 pm. Be sure to catch all the action on KDBC-4 (Comcast Cable 3)

Today is Lips Appreciation Day, a day to do something nice for your lips. Today is Freedom of Information Day, when he nation's libraries celebrate the people's right to know.

The 101 number one song of the day was written and recorded by someone who seemed destined for superstardom in 1967 until something happened that changed everything. It was without a doubt his year. One of his songs, Respect, was taken to the top by Aretha Franklin. Another song he co-wrote with Arthur Conley that actually used his name within - reached number two (Sweet Soul Music.) And finally, the British pop weekly newspaper Melody Maker published their annual reader’s poll on September 23, 1967 and named him male vocalist of the year which ended Elvis Presley’s eight year run. Then tragedy struck. It was on December 7, 1967 when his private plane crashed in a lake in Madison, WI killing him and his band. All before most of America really knew who he was. On March 16, 1968 a song he’d recorded shortly before his death reached number one making it the nation’s first posthumous number one song and it’s today’s 101 number one song of the day for Otis Redding – “Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay.”

One pair of jeans are truly fit for a geek. WTFJeans were created with dweeby techies in mind by Sanja Rastovac and Pedja Puselja, who wanted to design comfy denim that fit every nerd’s needs. There’s a special pocket for an iPhone lined with micro- fiber that protects the cell from being scratched, eliminating the need for a case. The jeans also come equipped with a memory stick pocket, and back pockets placed in such a way that “your ass stands out in a crowd,” enhancing a dork’s chances of getting “groped.” Rastovac says the jeans were made for geeks like herself who “don’t go anywhere without their mobile phones and gadgets.” The team worked with a fashion designer to create the dream jeans – but they’re only making 1,000 pairs. Since nerds are online all day, they’ll probably sell fast. Oh, and Geek jeans also come with extra padding around the crotch area to protect a geek’s jewels from bullies.

A woman in Korbach, Germany, heard someone climbing up to her second story balcony after midnight and called the police. The man tried to run, but police tackled him. It turned out to be her boyfriend, who was trying to climb up to her balcony with wine and flowers to surprise her. But he also had an outstanding warrant, so they hauled him to jail. ---He did end up having sex that night, but not the way he planned.

Restaurants in New York City are already having to cope with bans on smoking and trans fats. Now, State Assemblyman Felix Ortiz of Brooklyn is pushing a bill to ban restaurants statewide from using any salt in any form in their food. He claims people eat too much salt, and banning it would save billions in health care costs. But restaurants are in revolt. One chef said there's a difference between excess salt and banning salt entirely, and the bill would destroy the restaurant industry by making every dish as tasteless as hospital food. ---They could still use pepper...Oh wait, that might burn people's tongues. Better ban that, too.

Lawyers for Phil Spector filed a 148-page brief asking an appellate court to throw out his murder conviction, on grounds of judicial error and prosecutorial misconduct. They claim it was impermissible under the law to call five women who all testified that they were threatened with guns by Spector, because it improperly persuaded the jury to convict him "based on his bad character and evil propensities." ---Hey he could have been convicted on bad hair alone!

Phil Spector