On this day in 1956: John Lydon was born in London.
Today’s soundtrack: NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS, HERE’S THE SEX PISTOLS and Public Image Limited’s METAL BOX
Today’s book club: ROTTEN: NO IRISH, NO BLACKS, NO DOGS
Today’s screening: THE FILTH AND THE FURY
Today’s butter commercial: http://tinyurl.com/4sj4nb
Today’s quote: “Love is two minutes and fifty-two seconds of squelching noises.”
Today’s ill-advised tattoo: http://tinyurl.com/7xvwlop
I just found out that today is National Croissant Day!
Today’s sandwich: ham and cheese croissant
Today’s favorite snack: the pretzel croissant from City Bakery
Today’s mildly NSFW ill-advised tattoo: http://tinyurl.com/6m4s8bt
Tip o’ the Hat to: Miss Maura Johnston (maura.tumblr.com)
On this day in 1969: The Beatles with Billy Preston played their lunchtime rooftop gig on top of the Apple building, #3 Savile Row in London. Lasting for just over 40 minutes, it was the last time The Beatles performed live.
Today’s screening: http://tinyurl.com/bm3rlg for the concert
Today’s quote: “I’d like to say ‘thank you’ on behalf of the group and ourselves, and I hope we passed the audition!” —John Lennon
Today’s ill-advised tattoo: http://tinyurl.com/7rfscns
On this day in 1941: King Tubby was born in Kingston, Jamaica.
Today’s effects: echo, reverb, and delay
Today’s soundtrack: So many to choose from. I’ll start with KING TUBBY MEETS THE UPSETTER AT THE GRASS ROOTS OF DUB
Today’s quote: “King Tubby truly understood sound in a scientific sense. He knew how the circuits worked and what the electrons did. That’s why he could do what he did” — Mikey Dread
On this day in 1978: The Doobie Brothers guest star on an episode of ABC’s WHAT’S HAPPENING!!
Today’s bootlegger: Rerun
Today’s screening: http://tinyurl.com/dygxrb
Today’s ill-advised tattoo: http://tinyurl.com/6rlgk6c
On this day in 1993: André the Giant died in his sleep due to congestive heart failure.
Today’s Eighth Wonder of the World: André the Giant
Today’s screening: THE PRINCESS BRIDE
Today’s book club: ANDRE THE GIANT: A LEGENDARY LIFE
Today’s fun fact: As a child, André’s next-door neighbor was Samuel Beckett.
Today’s world record: André drank 119 12 oz. beers in 6 hours
Today’s sweet trick: http://tinyurl.com/835u4oa
Today’s ill-advised tattoo: http://tinyurl.com/79fx6fx
Meeting him as a kid was a formative moment of my youth.
RIP Mr. The Giant.
On this day in 2011: Charlie Louvin passed away at the age of 83.
Today’s soundtrack: The Louvin Brothers’ SATAN IS REAL and TRAGIC SONGS OF LIFE
On this day in 1941: Neil Diamond was born in Brooklyn.
Today’s soundtrack: “I’m a Believer,” “A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You,” “Sweet Caroline,” “Solitary Man,” “Holly Holy,” “Cherry, Cherry”… and the list goes on.
Today’s cheese-fest: “America,” “Song Song Blue,” “Forever in Blue Jeans,” “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers,” “I Am… I Said”… and the list goes on.
Today’s screening: NEIL DIAMOND PARKING LOT, THE JAZZ SINGER
Today’s quote: “Songs are life in 80 words or less.”
Today’s ill-advised tattoo: http://tinyurl.com/8yzrd3ezzz
On this day in 1989: Salvador Dalí died of heart failure.
Today’s screening: UN CHIEN ANDALOU, SPELLBOUND, DESTINO and the Maysles Brothers’ SALVADOR DALÍ ’S FANTASTIC DREAM.
Today’s clock: melted
Today’s quotes: “I don’t do drugs. I am drugs.”
“The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.” -Salvador Dalí
Today’s ill-advised tattoos: http://tinyurl.com/7g3aejf, http://tinyurl.com/89eu5pp, http://tinyurl.com/6offj7u
On this day in 1953: Jim Jarmusch was born in Cuyahoga Falls, OH.
Today’s screening: DOWN BY LAW and DEAD MAN
Today’s soundtrack: The Del-Byzanteens
Today’s secret society: The Sons of Lee Marvin
Today’s quote: “When I left Ohio when I was 17 and ended up in New York and realised that not all films had the giant crab monsters in them, it really opened up a lot of things for me.”
