Monday, August 01, 2011

WTF of the Day - Fan Gives Dolly...Real Baby

I picked up on a story this week that made my jaw drop and my legs cross. While this snippet comes from Fox News, don't be a bitchy hater, it's totally worth it:

"Country music legend Dolly Parton has revealed in an interview, gaining global attention Wednesday, that a “loony” fan once left a baby on her doorstep.

The 65-year-old, who is on her “Better Day” world tour, told Chicago’s Windy City Times she was shocked by the incident, which occurred after she penned her famous 1974 track “Jolene.”

“Years ago, when I first started being a big star, I had fans that were fanatical. It was when ‘Jolene’ was a big hit,” said Parton.

“We came home one day and there was a baby in a box at our gate with a note in it. The note said, ‘My name is Jolene, my momma has left me here and she wants you to have me.’ Of course, we all freaked out!”

“It wasn’t like it was a kitten or a puppy dog. It was a baby named Jolene!”

Parton, who is due to play in Chicago on Thursday, said she contacted Human Services about the abandoned child and never knew what happened after authorities took the youngster away."

The country star has concerts scheduled in England, Europe, US and Australia over the next four months, in support of her 41st studio album “Better Day.”

So before girls were dropping infants in prom bathroom stalls, they were finding the biggest, most-comforting chichis on the block and dropping them on the door. Didn't she have a gate? Did the mom scale the gate with an infant? Hmmm, perfect chichis make people do weird things.

If you happen to be an adopted 40-something woman named Jolene, this goes out for you, baby.

Song of the Day - Love Songs

Perhaps everyone but me has already XO'd Brandi Carlile, but she's new to me and I'm in love. I haven't heard such haunting melodies since my first brush with Neko Case's "I Wish I Was the Moon" made a woman outta me; nor been so swept away since listening to Karla Bonoff's "Restless Nights" album. In any case, she's amazing and hopefully you'll fall for her too. This song devoured me, and I listened to it for two hours on my trip back. I heard she's going to be at The Slowdown, run don't walk.

Available on iTunes and Amazon, but as iTunes is a d-bag I can no longer find the direct link buried in the: tell a friend email.