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May 29, 1957 –On November 3, 1954, Japan released Gojira (Godzilla), the greatest fever dream and anti nuclear proliferation film ever made. On April 26, 1956, an American version of the film, Godzilla, King of the Monsters, was released. It had 40 minutes of the original excised (mostly the content dealing with World War IIContinue reading “Try to follow along –”

May 29, 1988 –The story of Jan Scruggs‘ effort to build the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, To Heal A Nation, aired on NBC TV, on this date. Although the role is credited as “Senator Bob Mathias,” the character portrayed by Laurence Luckinbill was actually a Republican member of the US House of Representatives representing California forContinue reading “To Heal A Nation premiered”

May 29, 1913 –Imagine, if you will, you live in Paris and that after a hard day of not working and drinking heavily (it’s what most of the idle rich did in Paris at the time, in between bouts of sodomy, while they waited around for Marcel Proust to finish writing that damn book heContinue reading “It was some night at the opera”

If you didn’t get a chance to catch the sunset last night, don’t worry – Manhattanhenge happens again tonight at 8:12 pm EDT, (It might be cloudy though,) and then again on July 12 and 13.

May 28, 1982 –Roxy Music release their eighth and final album, Avalon, on this date. Avalon was Roxy Music’s most successful studio album. It stayed at number one on the UK Albums Chart for three weeks, and stayed on the chart for over a year.

May 28, 1953 –Walt Disney’s first animated 3-D cartoon in Technicolor, Melody, premiered on this date Originally there was going to be an entire series of Adventures in Music shorts but in fact, only one other was made: the Academy Award-winning Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom.

May 28, 1999 –The definitive Rom Com, Notting Hill, directed by Roger Michell, and starring Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant, Rhys Ifans, Emma Chambers, Tim McInnerny, Gina McKee, and Hugh Bonneville, opened in the US on this date. During the birthday dinner scene, Anna Scott is asked how much she made on her last film, andContinue reading “Notting Hill premiered”

May 28, 1990 –The short-lived summer replacement, (which was actually very funny,) The Dave Thomas Comedy Show, debuts on CBS-TV, on this date. There were only five episodes shot but the show had a lot of his friends and Second City pals on the show, with each show featuring a big name guest star. TheseContinue reading “The Dave Thomas Comedy Show premiered”

May 28, 1930 –The premiere Art Deco skyscraper in New York City,the Chrysler Building, had it’s opening ceremony, on this date. Standing 1,047 feet (319 meters) high, it was briefly the world’s tallest building before it was overtaken by the Empire State Building in 1931. With the construction of One World Trade Center, it wasContinue reading “The Chrysler Building”

It’s the start of Manhattanhenge time again (today and tomorrow.) For all of you Illuminati conspiratorialists, ponder the fact that many of Hip Hops multi-millionaire performers are New Yorkers. Also consider that the two times of Manhattanhenge happens to correspond with Memorial Day and Baseball’s All Star break. Manhattan’s grid was originally proposed in 1811,Continue reading “Get outside and see it (if you can.)”