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April 29, 2016 –Jimmy Fallon and Paul Rudd create a shot-for-shot remake of the Styx video for Too Much Time On My Hands on this date. The video has special memories for many in Generation X, as it was in heavy rotation when MTV went on the air in 1981. Rock revisionists have questioned theContinue reading “Jimmy and Paul really had too much time on their hands”

April 28, 1985 –The first single from Bryan Ferry’s album Boys and Girls, Slave To Love, was released on this date. The album, Boys and Girls, featured many brilliant guitarists, including Dire Straits’ Mark Knopfler, Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour, Chic’s Nile Rodgers and Bryan Adams‘ guitarist Keith Scott.

April 28, 1975 –Former Beatle Ringo Starr appeared NBC-TV’s The Smothers Brothers Show performing his No No Song with hosts Tom and Dick Smothers, on this date. Later that evening, Tom Snyder interviewed ex-Beatle John Lennon on The Tomorrow Show on April 8, 1975. The show was broadcast on this date At the time, noContinue reading “A couple of lads were on TV today”

April 28, 1978 –John A. Alonzo’s film about a radio station with a motley collection of DJs, FM, starring Michael Brandon, Eileen Brennan, Alex Karras, Cleavon Little, Martin Mull and Cassie Yates went into general release in the US on this date. The film is often believed to be the inspiration for the sitcom WKRPContinue reading “Kick off your high heel sneakers, it’s party time”

April 28, 2009 –A TV commercial for the UK car insurance company, Swiftcover featuring Iggy Pop was ruled as misleading by the Advertising Standards Authority. In the ad, Iggy was seen exclaiming that he had an insurance policy with Swiftcover but the company did not cover musicians at the time of the ad being shown.Continue reading “Iggy tells a fib”

April 28, 1967 –Muhammad Ali refused to be inducted into the army because of religious reasons on this date, and was stripped of his boxing titles and sentenced to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine for draft evasion. The conviction was eventually overturned by the Supreme Court

April 27, 2001 –I can think of younger days when living for my life … The Bee Gees performed audience and viewer requests for tunes from their long career in a concert at New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom on the A&E series, Live By Request, on this date.

April 27, 1971 – CBS executives finally sobered up and the last episode of Green Acres aired on this date. This was to have been the pilot for a proposed spin off featuring Elaine Joyce as Carol. Oliver and Lisa only appear briefly in the beginning as an excuse to introduce Carol and the pilot.Continue reading “Good Bye Green Acres”

April 27, 1969 –Joe Cocker made his first U.S. TV appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, on this date. Together with the Grease Band, Cocker performed a cover of Dave Mason’s Feelin’ Alright. The song would end up being a two-time charting hit for Cocker — in 1969 and again in 1972. Cocker included aContinue reading “Joe Cocker’s first time”

Today is Arbor Day. The holiday is celebrated on the last Friday of April  – The first Arbor Day took place on April 10, 1872 in Nebraska. It was the brainchild of Julius Sterling Morton (1832-1902), a Nebraska journalist and politician originally from Michigan.  Throughout his long and productive career, Morton worked to improve agriculturalContinue reading “The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn”