What do Celine Dion, Babs Streisand and the Tubes' terrifying Fee Waybill have in common?

They all help pay off David Foster's three ex-wives. How do I know this? Because while you were out gallavanting Friday, having the time of your young, fruitful lives, I was working.

C-3PO dishes the dirt! A chat with Anthony Daniels, the man behind the golden mask

 

"Mark Hamill and I would go through lines in the car and I remember saying, 'How can you say this drivel with a straight face?' And he said, 'Well, look at what you have to say.' I said, 'But I have a mask on. None of my friends know I'm in this movie.' Some of the lines were absolutely wince-making. We were all wrong. George was all right." READ ON, YOUNG JEDIS! 

You want more hate mail? You got it.

 

Today's game of "Sean Sucks!" comes courtesy of Scot, who tells me where to go -- specifically, last night's Allman Brothers show. As for Kiss, well, he's apparently not a fan.

I’m an avid reader of the Times and believe it is by far the best paper in the state, maybe even the country.

With that said, I wanted to express my shock in reading your article in today’s paper about the Kiss concert. There is not one paragraph in today’s or yesterday’s paper about our local celebrity band playing their 40-year tour: one of the greatest bands of the past four decades and local boys to top that off.

The Allman Brothers Band.

I enjoy reading your articles even when I disagree with your critiques, but boy did you blow this one. Last night's ABB show has to be in the top 3 or 4 of all time and definitely the #1 ABB concert out of countless shows I’ve attended. Trucks and Haynes were pure all night with some of the wickedest licks you’ve heard in your life. Copies of the live CD are available. Maybe you can clean the BS makeup out of your damaged ears and listen to some real music.

You preferred watching a carnival act over one of the greatest bands of all time?

I think the winter months in Syracuse altered more than a few of your brain cells...
 

Review: Kiss at the St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, Oct. 21, 2009

 

Behold, the unfurled Loch Nessian tongue of Gene Simmons! If you want more, come lick it up RIGHT HERE. There's also a kickass photo gallery RIGHT HERE.

Photo by calm, cool, collected Times star Dirk Shadd

Taylor Swift to play St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa on March 4, 2010

 

Taylor Swift -- the sly Nashville siren who has the uncanny ability to make smart men do dumbass things (see West, Kanye and Schnitt, Todd "MJ") -- is bringing her superpowers to Tampa's St. Pete Times Forum on March 4, 2010. She'll be joined by BFF Kellie Pickler and Gloriana. Tickets go on sale Oct. 30 at 10 a.m. Go to ticketmaster.com for more info. In related Swift news, she'll host Saturday Night Live on Nov. 7. I'll bet you a fat wad of cash they get Kanye to appear, too. Oh, the hijinks that will ensue...

Hate Mail (sealed with a KISS)

 

Today's letter comes from a gentleman in Odessa, Fla. He wasn't a big fan of my interview with KISS. (READ) Oh well. At the very least, I really could use some divine mercy.

Mr. Daly:

It is shameful how music columnists such as yourself either naively or corruptly endorse the tired old act of knights in satan's service band.  It is hard to gauge the amount of corrupted children and adults left in the wake of these demons, and apparently, you are included. 

Yes, evil has been a force in many media outlets for many years, it is just so much easier in the form of dark rock and roll, which this vulgar group viciously displays.  How sad that you must promote this profane garbage to the readers of this paper.

May God have mercy on your soul.

Photo: Getty Images

Questions for...C-3P0?

The Stuck in the '80s team of Daly and Spears will be chatting up Anthony Daniels aka C-3PO on Thursday. How cool is that? Eat it up, nerds!

On Nov. 1, at the St. Pete Times Forum, a multimedia 'splosion called "Star Wars: In Concert" will combine an 86-piece symphony, a three-story hi-def video screen showing "the saga" plus narration by Daniels. For tickets and a totally dorktastic preview, go to http://starwarsinconcert.com/.

So...WHO HAS QUESTIONS FOR C-3P0?  

Live Review: Metallica, St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, FL, Oct. 3

 

I need a beer and a hearing specialist. You READ; I'll drink.

Photo: Times star Willie J. Allen Jr., who was pretty damn awesome all night. Thanks for everything, Willie!
 

Metalhead Mama to meet Metallica tonight at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa

Hey gang, Metallica's reps at Warner Bros. confirmed yesterday that James Hetfield and the boys would like to meet-and-greet 85-year-old fan Margaret Priebe -- aka the Internet's newest viral sensation! -- backstage tonight. How cool is that? Hopefully, I can sneak backstage too and watch the whole thing go down. Here's the latest update...

At 85, she rocks -- to Metallica

"I like Metallica — there's nothing wrong with them," says Margaret Priebe, who knows she's likely to be the only person at Saturday's concert born during the Coolidge Administration. "People think I'm weird. But I'm sorry, I like it loud." ROCK 'N' READ RIGHT HERE.

Photo: Douglas R. Clifford, of the mighty St. Pete Times