On April 22, 1970, 20 million Americans took to the streets, parks, and auditoriums to demonstrate for a healthy, sustainable environment in massive coast-to-coast rallies. Thousands of colleges and universities organized protests against the deterioration of the environment. Happy Earth Day! Groups that had been fighting against oil spills, polluting factories and power plants, rawContinue reading “We are on Earth to take care of life.”
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Saboteur premiered
April 22, 1942 –One of Hitchcock’s brilliant World War II efforts (and with his first all-American cast), Saboteur, opened in Washington D.C. on this date. The shot of the ship on its side toward the end was an actual shot of the ocean liner S.S. Normandie, which had caught fire and capsized at its pierContinue reading “Saboteur premiered”
Maude was there once last time
April 22, 1974 – Maude and Walter finally leave Tuckahoe, New York and moves to Washington D.C. when she was elected as a congresswoman during the last episode of Maude, Maude’s Big Move, aired on CBS TV on this date. The producers of Maude liked the idea of a show centered around a new CongressionalContinue reading “Maude was there once last time”
A big night on SNL
April 22, 1978 –The Blues Brothers (John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd) make their debut on Saturday Night Live, on this date, later becoming the first characters from the show to get their own movie. Steve Martin performs King Tut on the same Saturday Night Live episode, popularizing goofy Egyptian dancing. The song, which portrays theContinue reading “A big night on SNL”
The finale of WKRP in Cincinnati
April 21, 1982 – The DJs at WKRP spun their last platter when the final episode of the original WKRP in Cincinnati series, Up and Down the Dial aired on CBS TV on this date. The show was famous for playing music of up-and-coming bands. Many artists have said that their music being on theContinue reading “The finale of WKRP in Cincinnati”
Julie and Dick In Covent Garden
April 21, 1974 –The music and comedy special starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke, with Carl Reiner, Julie and Dick In Covent Garden, first aired on ABC-TV on this date. The program was directed by Blake Edwards, (Julie Andrews’ husband). Edwards also directed Andrews in The Tamarind Seed that year.
All by Myself went on sale
April 21, 1975 –Teenagers everywhere have themselves a good cry when Eric Carmen’s song, (a mash-up of his own song, Let’s Pretend and Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Opus 18,) All By Myself entered the charts on this date. When he wrote this, Carmen thought the Rachmaninoff music was in theContinue reading “All by Myself went on sale”
Try not to eat all the candy at once
Happy Easter everybody! We’ve spoken about Ishtar before: there is an ancient story about Tammuz (also known as Attis, Osiris, Dionysus, Adonis, Orpheus or Jesus – you’ll get the idea) who was born of a virgin, died, was reborn. He was the lover of Ishtar. The festival associated with Tammuz began as a day ofContinue reading “Try not to eat all the candy at once”
The air is breathing
Today commemorates the first recorded ‘on purpose‘ LSD trip taken by Albert Hofmann, on this date in 1943, (Hoffman ‘accidentially‘ dosed himself three days previously.) If you are going to celebrate the holiday, remember to titrate your trip correctly.
The stillness of the tomb
Today is Holy Saturday; it’ s also known as the Great Sabbath, Black Saturday, or Easter Eve. (You kids today are soft; we used to have to fast the entire day today.) Today is the last day of Lent – you have one more day of having to give up something (or one could haveContinue reading “The stillness of the tomb”
