On August 13, 1999 at Foxwoods Casino the opening notes of "Friends of Mine" began playing and while it sounded familiar I initially couldn't identify it until Nick's keys kicked up a notch and Simon walked on stage in a cowboy hat. During the pause between the first 4 verses and the next 4, Simon eerily said, "This is not a nice song." As Simon went through the lyrics, he got to the verse: "Running cold, the water's running cold", he then improvised by saying, "I'll be the first to admit", and then continuing the next verse "It's time that you were told, I think you're growing old". At the time he was 40, Nick was 37 and Warren was 42.
The woman who allegedly opened fire at YouTube’s headquarters in a suburb of San Francisco, injuring three before killing herself, was apparently furious with the video website because it had stopped paying her for her clips. Police in California named the shooter as Nasim Najafi Aghdam. Aghdam was “upset with the policies and practices of YouTube”, San Bruno police chief Ed Barberini said at a press conference on Wednesday. “This appears to be the motive for this incident.” No evidence had been found linking her to any individuals at the company where she allegedly opened fire on Tuesday, he said. Police gave her age as 39 but her brother said she would have turned 38 on Wednesday. Two of the three shooting victims from the incident were released from the Zuckerberg San Francisco general hospital on Tuesday night. A third, a male in his 30s, is currently in “serious condition”, a hospital spokeswoman said Wednesday morning. A fourth victim had been injured, but not shot,...
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