Thursday, July 24, 2008

Good morning, Goo fans! What would Throwback Thursday be without a little music history? 43 years ago today, Bob Dylan released "Like A Rolling Stone", which was heralded as the greatest song of all time in 2004 by Rolling Stone magazine (no surprise there). Contrary to popular belief, Muddy Waters' own tune "Rollin' Stone" was the inspiration behind the name of a little band called the Rolling Stones, who the Goo Goo Dolls supported for a few shows in 1999.

Wow, it's a little early for six degrees of Goo, but there you go.

First up, for those of you heading out to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway this weekend to see the band, be safe and have a great time! Tickets are still available at $15 a pop since it's a qualification day, so if you're in the Indianapolis area, don't miss this event!

As part of our Summer of Swag, we're bringing back our Picture of the Week contest! You may have noticed it's been MIA for awhile, because...well...damn, who knows. But it's back! Send in your pictures to addmypic@absolutegoo.com to have your Goo Goo Dolls show pictures placed in our gallery and automatically be entered for the POTW (our acronym for the word-challenged) contest. We'll announce one winner every Monday, maybe two if we retrieve some really cool stuff from underneath the couch cushions, and you can win some cool swag just for sending your pictures in to our gallery! For more info, or a more entertaining spin on the same info, check out this post on the message board!

For today's Throwback Thursday installment, we have a brief interview with the Goos, circa 1995, when "Only One" was released and no one had ever heard of "Name." Click here to read it!

In honor of "Only One" being the first single released from "A Boy Named Goo", and in honor of our resident beer pong champion, here's a clip from the Jon Stewart show of "Only One" and a bonus of "Naked", because that's the best way to play beer pong, or so AG has convinced us.

Don't forget to check the message board for a heads up about Friday's World Chat! Mingle with Goo fans all over the world in a colorful world of text and smilies - you'll be glad you did!

Time to go, someone thankfully removed the caffeine I.V., back to the couch. Look, a magnet!

See you guys tomorrow!