On this day in 1966: “Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn’t argue about that; I’m right and I will be proved right. We’re more popular than Jesus now; I don’t know which will go first - rock ‘n’ roll or Christianity. Jesus was all right but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It’s them twisting it that ruins it for me.” -John Lennon
Today’s disciples: Thick and Ordinary
On this day in 1964: At 8:00 PM EST, CBS’ ED SULLIVAN SHOW takes to the airwaves to broadcast the Beatles’ first US television appearance. Nearly 73 million watch as the Beatles perform to 703 screaming teenage fans. 50,000 requests were sent for tickets.
Today’s set list: “All My Loving,” “Till There Was You,” “She Loves You,” “I Saw Her Standing There,” and “I Want to Hold Your Hand”
Today’s message to America (under John’s image): “Sorry, girls, he’s married.”
Today’s telegram: “Congratulations on your appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show and your visit to America STOP We hope your engagement will be successful and your visit pleasant STOP Sincerely Elvis and the Colonel.”
Today’s quote: “I’ve heard that while the show was on there were no reported crimes, or very few. When The Beatles were on Ed Sullivan, even the criminals had a rest for ten minutes.” —George Harrison
Today’s ill-advised tattoo: http://tinyurl.com/7y6o86o
Very sorry to hear of Don Cornelius’s suicide.
Today’s train: The Soooouuuuuuuuullllll Train
Today’s screening: SOUL TRAIN and TAPEHEADS (where Don played the record executive, Moe Fuzz)
Today’s closing quote: “… and you can bet your last money, it’s all gonna be a stone gas, honey! I’m Don Cornelius, and as always in parting, we wish you love, peace and soul!”
RIP Funk Soul Brother
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 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.”
On this day in 1972: “I’m gay… and always have been, even when I was David Jones.” -David Bowie in the Melody Maker
Today’s soundtrack: “Boys Keep Swinging”
Today’s alternate quote: “It’s true—I am a bisexual. But I can’t deny that I’ve used that fact very well. I suppose it’s the best thing that ever happened to me.” — David Bowie in Playboy (1976)
Today’s ill-advised tattoo: http://tinyurl.com/6pyefpu
