New url for Peach Buzz
Bookmark this new url for Peach Buzz.. We have moved to Wordpress!
Access Atlanta > Blog > Archives > 2007 > February > 19 > Entry
Rogue vehicle tickles fancy of Republican
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Over the weekend, Buzz reported that a giant mechanical elephant — built in 1947 and ridden by Dwight D. Eisenhower — was scheduled to hit the auction block at Red Baron’s Antiques on Roswell Road.
When we called Monday to see how the auction turned out, Red Baron’s Bob Brown told us, “There were quite a few bidders. There were three museums and a couple collectors and some live people.”
Before being sold, the elephant — which apparently doubles as a low-speed vehicle — was driven into the room amid laughter and pointing. The auction was driven up in $10,000 increments, and the elephant was eventually purchased for $175,000 (“plus the buyer’s premium,” Brown notes) by a private collector in Detroit.
“He bought it,” Brown said, “because he was a Republican.”
The elephant will be shipped to Detroit on a tractor-trailer.
Daddy goes to Texas
The South by Southwest music festival — held every March in Austin, Texas — is primarily known as a showcase for up-and-coming artists, a chance to get exposure and do business with music industry peeps who’ve flown in from New York and Los Angeles.
This year, however, Daddy a Go Go is crashing the party.
Daddy a Go Go is John Boydston, 48, a Dunwoody father and musician whose kid-oriented music has landed him a slot at this year’s festival. He’s playing with four other musicians, none of whom are over age 15.
“I’m practicing these guys really hard,” Boydston told Buzz on Monday. “I really am. We’re doing two-a-weeks.”
This will be a rare band gig for Boydston, who opted for SXSW credentials instead of the nominal fee offered to performing musicians.
“I’ve always played solo,” he said. “Always. Which means I’ve kind of karaoked myself, and I was never comfortable with that.”
The band will play Daddy a Go Go originals and cover tunes. Boydston said they’ve narrowed the covers down to material by Eddie Cochran and Jimi Hendrix.
We mentioned to Boydston that there was a bit of a generation gap between him and his sidemen, and he agreed.
“But if you average the ages,” he said, “it doesn’t make me look so old.”
Daddy a Go Go is scheduled to perform at an outdoor venue on March 17. Also on the bill will be the Sippy Cups and — in the headlining slot — the mighty Atlanta metal band Mastodon.
Stork report
Actress Bridget Moynahan, former girlfriend of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, is pregnant, and Brady is the father, Moynahan’s publicist said Monday.
The glamorous pair split up late last year after a three-year relationship. Brady, a two-time Super Bowl MVP, has since been seen with lingerie model Gisele Bundchen, and media outlets have reported the two are dating.
On Monday, Moynahan publicist Christina Papadopoulos said in a statement to The Associated Press that the actress “is over three months pregnant. Former boyfriend Tom Brady is the father.”
“Privacy and consideration is appreciated at this time,” the statement said. “No further comments will be made.”
News of the pregnancy was first reported by the New York Post on Sunday. The Post quoted Papadopoulos as saying the actress was feeling “healthy and excited.”
Messages left by The Associated Press with Brady’s agent, Donald Yee, were not returned Monday.
Patriots spokesman Stacey James told the AP, “I think it would be inappropriate to comment.”
Moynahan, 35, has appeared in films such as “Coyote Ugly” and “I, Robot” and the ABC television series “Six Degrees.” She grew up in Longmeadow, Mass.
Brady, 29, who has led the Patriots to three NFL titles, was named one of People magazine’s “50 Most Beautiful People” in 2002.
Overscene
Orlando Magic guard Grant Hill hanging out by the bar at Sugar Hill in Underground Atlanta while his wife, R&B singer Tamia, performed a sold-out show in support of her current independent CD “Between Friends.” (And here you were thinking every NBA player of his profile was at the All-Star Game in Las Vegas this past weekend.)
Quote of the day
“It’s eye candy for the audience, and I’m comfortable with that. And if I’m gonna go and wear a small top, let me play a character who’s also got a lot of integrity and is very smart, and sincere and empathetic, so that viewers are seeing that, too.” — JENNIFER LOVE HEWITT, actress, on the cleavage-friendly garb her character displays on the CBS drama “Ghost Whisperer”
Celebrity birthdays
Actor Sidney Poitier is 80. Jazz singer Nancy Wilson is 70. Singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie is 66. Guitarist J. Geils of the J. Geils Band is 61. Singer-bassist Walter Becker of Steely Dan is 57. Singer Ian Brown of Stone Roses is 44. Model Cindy Crawford is 41. Singer Brian Littrell of Backstreet Boys is 32. Actress Lauren Ambrose (“Six Feet Under”) is 29. Singer Rihanna is 19.
Contributing: Sonia Murray and news services
If you have a tip, call 404-526-2749. Or fax 404-526-5509. Or e-mail: buzz@ajc.com.
Permalink | |
