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June 10, 1989 –De La Soul’s debut album, 3 Feet High and Rising, peaks at #24 on the Billboard 200 chart. On the same day, Me, Myself and I hits #1 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

June 10, 1953 –Arguably, one of the worse films ever (save those of auteur Ed Wood), Robot Monster was released upon an unsuspecting public, on this date. Released to negative critical response and weak box-office, the title was quickly changed to Monster From Mars. The film, however, illustrates clearly that the monster is from theContinue reading “Robot Monster premiered”

June 10, 2007 – The final episode of (what could arguably have been the greatest television series ever broadcast) The Sopranos aired on this date. I’m not even going to comment upon what actual happened in the last few moments of the broadcast. Coincidence or not, Italian Businessman John Gotti died on this date inContinue reading “People are still debating the ending”

June 10, 1991 – The last episode of the second season of Twin Peaks: Beyond Life and Death aired on ABC TV on this date. In the 2014 book Reflections: An Oral History of Twin Peaks by Brad Dukes, Jules Haimovitz (who was the president and COO of Spelling Entertainment while Twin Peaks was on)Continue reading “Twin Peaks: the series finale (for the first time)”

Today is National Black Cow Day – Everybody grab a root beer float today and run around to celebrate. Especially if you add bourbon to the drink. What day isn’t a good day to play a Steely Dan song.

Today is International Archives Day. Don’t worry about how to celebrate the holiday correctly, the various Congressional, Senate and Independent committees already has all the information you might need. So you can just go about your business; They’re already on the case. Take it from your doctor and check out Archives.gov (or Archive.org); just aboutContinue reading “Sometimes, you don’t know what you’re looking for until you find it.”

June 9, 1947 –Another of Orson Welles‘ (The patron saint of Independent film makers) mangled studio films The Lady from Shanghai was released on this date. Orson Welles’ original rough cut of this picture ran 155 minutes (the released version ran 92 minutes). Numerous cuts made by Columbia Pictures executives included a shortening of theContinue reading “The Lady from Shanghai premiered”

June 9, 1934 –90 years ago today, an American legend made his first appearance on the silver screen. The Silly Symphony short The Wise Little Hen debuted; it’s star, resplendent in his trademark sailor jacket and cap. Since then, he has appeared in over 450 films in more than 200 languages, held lead roles inContinue reading “The Wise Little Hen premiered”

June 9, 1945 – The last appearance of a ‘nude‘ Tweety and before his famous pairing with Sylvester, , opened in the US on this date. Tweety rides on the back of a classic Vaudeville style horse in a salute to the popular radio drama The Lone Ranger.

June 9, 1978 –The Rolling Stones‘ 14th British and 16th American studio album, Some Girls, was released on this date. The album cover was a parody of a newspaper ad for wigs, but the women wearing the wigs were celebrities like Raquel Welch, Lucille Ball, and Farrah Fawcett. They had to remove the famous womenContinue reading “I’ve been holdin’ out so long …”