Music

28
Aug
2023

Last MONDAY in August

Today is the Summer Bank Holiday in England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Gibraltar, St. Helena, Isle of Man and probably some other places.

The Notting Hill Carnival coincides with this day every year. It began as a protest day in 1965 to express anger against bad living conditions by Caribbean immigrants, but it has become a carnival full of fun and entertainment. It is a very popular event and people from all walks of life and from different places participate in it, but it still maintains its Caribbean character.

Today is the birthday, in 1965, of Shania Twain, Canadian singer, (Eilleen Regina Edwards). Her 1997 album ‘Come On Over’, became the best-selling album of all time by a female musician in any genre, and the best-selling country album of all time selling more than 40 million copies worldwide. Twain has won 5 Grammy Awards and 27 BMI Songwriter awards and is sometimes referred to as “The Queen of Country Pop”, she is one of the most commercially successful artists of all time, having sold over 80 million albums. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJL4UGSbeFg


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Posted by Tom in eighties music, Humor, Music
25
Aug
2023

FRIDIDDYDAY!!

Today is the Day of Songun (meaning ‘military-first’. ‘Son’ meaning ‘First’ and ‘Gun’ meaning ‘Military’.), a public holiday in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. It marks Kim Jong-il’s inspection visit to the Seoul Ryu Kyong Su Guards 105th Armored Division of the Korean People’s Army on this day in 1960. This tank division was part of the main advance from Seoul to Taejon (Daejeon) during the Korean War, and the leaders visit to the unit is regarded as the start of the Songun revolutionary leadership by the North Korea government.

Songun, officially ‘Songun Politics’, prioritizes the military in all aspects of Korean society and has boosted the importance of the Korean People’s Army in politics, society and culture.

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Today is the birthday, in 1918, of American composer, pianist, conductor, Leonard Bernstein. His best-known work is the Broadway musical West Side Story, and he conducted the New York Philharmonic aged 25. Bernstein was the recipient of many honors, including seven Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, sixteen Grammy Awards, including the Lifetime Achievement, and the Kennedy Center Honor. He died on 14th October 1990 age 72. Here he both conducts and plays. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH2PH0auTUU

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Posted by Tom in classical, Humor, Music
24
Aug
2023

THOR’S DAY

Today is Flag Day in Liberia. It marks the 176th anniversary of the adoption of the Liberian flag in 1847. In July 1847, the Liberian Declaration of Independence was adopted, announcing the independence of Liberia from the United States. Just over a month later, the national flag of Liberia was adopted. The National Flag was designed and produced by a committee of seven ladies led by Mrs Susannah Lewis. These seven women were born in America.

The flag consists of six red stripes and five alternating white stripes, totaling eleven stripes with each representing one of the eleven Signers of the Declaration of Independence of Liberia. The blue field in the upper left corner of a rectangular form with a single white star in the centre of the blue field. The single star represents the freedom that formed the basis of Liberia and should shine forth across the rest of Africa – as Liberia was the only independent state on the continent of Africa at that time.

Ummm…

Today is the birthday, in 1941, of Ernest Wright from Little Anthony and the Imperials who had the 1958 US No.4 single ‘Tears On My Pillow’, which was The Imperials’ first million-seller. The song has been extensively covered, including a No.1 in the UK Singles Chart version by Kylie Minogue in January 1990. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxjQ3M_v7xc

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Posted by Tom in eighties music, Humor, Music, sixties and seventies
23
Aug
2023

When is WEDNESDAY? Today!!!

Today is the European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism, also known as Black Ribbon Day. It coincides with the date of the signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact on August 23, 1939, a non-aggression pact between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany which divided Romania, Poland, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia into Soviet and German spheres of influence.

BADA BING!!!!!

One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor.

Atheism is a non-prophet organization. 

I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, “Where’s the self-help section?” She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose. 

If a mute swears, does his mother wash his hands with soap? 

Is there another word for synonym? 

Isn’t it a bit unnerving that doctors call what they do “practice?” 

What was the best thing before sliced bread?  

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day. 

Headline… Local man paralyzed after eating 413 chicken nuggets. Me: So the limit is 412?

It was arraigny night in Georgia.

Dang… didn’t even have time to take down my decorations from the Jack Smith indictment.

We all know that one person that is the human version of a migraine.

I’m not saying your perfume is too strong. I’m just saying the canary was alive before you got here.

I’m just here to post stuff that I find funny. If that offends you, just know I find that funny also.

Today is the birthday, in 1942, of Roger Greenaway, singer, songwriter, member of David & Jonathan and the Kestrels. Best known for his songwriting collaborations with Roger Cook: ‘My Baby Loves Lovin’, (White Plains); ‘Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress’, ‘Gasoline Alley Bred’, (The Hollies); ‘You’ve Got Your Troubles’, (The Fortunes); ‘Melting Pot, Good Morning Freedom’ (Blue Mink); and ‘Something’s Gotten Hold of My Heart’ (Gene Pitney) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTcN4Mm4ZDI

Posted by Tom in Humor, Music, sixties and seventies
22
Aug
2023

TOOT TOOT TOOSDAY!!!

Today is the Qixi Festival (also known as the Qiqiao Festival) in China. It celebrates the annual meeting of Zhinü and Niulang in Chinese mythology. A celebration of romantic love, the festival is often described as the traditional Chinese equivalent of Valentine’s Day. The festival is derived from Chinese mythology: people celebrate the romantic legend of two lovers, Zhinü and Niulang, who were the weaver girl and the cowherd, respectively. The tale of The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl has been celebrated in the Qixi Festival since the Han dynasty.

The popular tale is a love story between Zhinü, the weaver girl, symbolized by the star Vega and Niulang, the cowherd, symbolized by the star Altair. Niulang was often abused by his sister-in-law. They eventually kicked him out of the house, and gave him nothing but an old cow. One day, the old cow suddenly spoke out, telling Niulang that there would be fairies bathing in the spring nearby that night. The fairy would stay there if she failed to go back to heaven before morning. In accordance with what the old cow said, Niulang saw those beautiful fairies in the spring, and fell in love with one of the beautiful fairies who was the heavenly weaver. In order to make her stay, he took her clothes that helped her to go back to heaven; this made her an ordinary earth woman without any power. Then they got married and had two children. The Emperor of Heaven, lit. ’The Jade Emperor’ found out about this and was furious, so he sent minions to escort the heavenly weaver back to heaven. Niulang was heartbroken. The old cow suddenly spoke out again, telling Niulang he could take his skin to make it into a flying coat to chase after them; and Niulang did. However, the Queen Mother of the West drew a Silver River (The Milky Way) in the sky and blocked his way. Meanwhile, the love between Niulang and the weaver moved the magpie, and so they built a bridge of magpies over the Silver River for them to meet. The Emperor of Heaven was also moved by the sight, and allowed this couple to meet on the Magpie Bridge. once a year on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. That was the origin of the Qixi Festival.

‘Just take the stairs’, they said.

for a friend…

Today is the birthday, in 1862, of Claude Debussy, one of the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxcHoICbJlM

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Posted by Tom in classical, Humor, Music