Happy Bloomsday! June 16, 1904 –If you notice English majors greeting one another joyously, saying “Yes – yes – yes!” they’ll titter. It will all be terrific fun for them. And here’s the reason why: Today is the date on which all the events depicted in James Joyce’s famous novel Ulysses take place — evenContinue reading “The longest way round is the shortest way home”
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Read your contracts carefully
June 16, 1997 –The Verve released Bitter Sweet Symphony in the UK on this date. The song lives up to it’s title: the song is a huge hit, but Mick Jagger and Keith Richards end up getting credits and royalties. The famous orchestral riff incorporates a sample from an obscure instrumental version of the 1965Continue reading “Read your contracts carefully”
When I was young, it’s seemed that life was so wonderful
June 16, 1979 –The Supertramp song Logical Song peaked at #6 on the Billboard Charts, on this date. To accentuate the “d-d-digital” line in the lyrics, the band borrowed a Mattel handheld electronic football game from an engineer named Richard Digby-Smith, who was working next door. This device, which predated Nintendo, provided an unusual sounding,Continue reading “When I was young, it’s seemed that life was so wonderful”
Psycho premiered
June 16, 1960 – Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho opened in New York on this date.< When the cast and crew began work on the first day, they had to raise their right hands and promise not to divulge one word of the story. Alfred Hitchcock also withheld the ending part of the script from his castContinue reading “Psycho premiered”
Haven’t seen it (but know about it)
June 16, 1952 –The first regularly scheduled episode of the TV comedy series, (which was a summer replacement for I Love Lucy,) My Little Margie starring Gale Storm and Charles Farrell debuted on CBS TV on this date. In an usual move, CBS aired a radio version of the series with the same cast concurrentlyContinue reading “Haven’t seen it (but know about it)”
It was pretty crappy outside today (but take heart!)
There are 200 days until New Year’s Eve! Reservations are still available – Plan accordingly
And now we had a flag
Please stand for the reading of this It was on this date in 1777 that the Stars and Stripes was adopted as the official flag of the United States of America. The first Flag Day observance was not held on the 100th anniversary of the adoption of the Stars and Stripes on June 14, 1877,Continue reading “And now we had a flag”
Sister Golden Hair topped the charts
June 14, 1975 –The band America’s single, (from their fifth album Hearts,) Sister Golden Hair went to No.1 on the Billboard singles chart, on this date. It was the group’s second No.1 George Martin, who was The Beatles producer, produced this track and the rest of the Hearts album (he started working with America onContinue reading “Sister Golden Hair topped the charts”
To Sir, with Love premiered
June 14, 1967 –One of the iconic films from the 60s, the British drama To Sir, with Love, starring Sidney Poitier opened in the US on this date. Based on the semi-autobiographical novel by E.R. Braithwaite and his experiences teaching in a tough secondary school in a poor area of post-war East London the film’sContinue reading “To Sir, with Love premiered”
Kind Hearts and Coronets premiered
June 14, 1949 – This truly dark comedy, Kind Hearts and Coronets, starring the ever present Alec Guinness, was released on this date. The scene where six members of the D’Ascoyne’s family, all played by Alec Guinness, are seen together, took two days to film. The camera was set on a specially built platform toContinue reading “Kind Hearts and Coronets premiered”
The Haus of Dcaligari 