Today the music died...

[angelophile]

This day in 1959, a small plane carrying The Big Bopper (J.P. Richardson), Buddy Holly, and Richie Valens crashed near Mason City, Iowa, while en-route to a show in Fargo, North Dakota.

Also, in 1998 the tail of a U.S. marine tactical surveillance jet on a training mission severed a tram cable at a ski resort near Trento in northern Italy, sending 20 skiers nearly 300 feet to their deaths.

I'm not going near a plane today.

But speaking of flying, an airline related news story to kick off today's random links dump:

Passenger arrested with two live pigeons in his pants.

Top 50 movie deaths. Can' t agree with everything here (especially the top slot, whilst Major Kong and Tim Messenger languish in lower spots), but it makes for a good read.

100 iPhone wallpapers.

Christian Bale may have picked up a godawful transatlantic accent, but he still swears like a Brit.

Girl dies after swallowing three ecstacy tablets to evade police search. Guess who's to blame?

"Hang on lads, I've got a great idea . . .

And speaking of The Italian Job... boffins have got their heads together to try and work out how that literal cliffhanger could have been resolved.

First zombies in Texas and now flesh eating dinosaurs in Indiana.