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January 13, 1962 –Television: A medium. So called because it’s neither rare nor well done. Ernie Kovacs was killed in an automobile accident when he lost control of his Chevrolet Corvair station wagon while turning fast. Crashing into a power pole at the corner of Beverly Glen and Santa Monica Boulevards, he was thrown halfwayContinue reading “Ernie Kovacs”

Bunkies, the folks at ADS are going to use a vulgarity and I am merely going to quote them: According to the American Dialect Society – “enshittification” was chosen as Word of the Year (2023)  in its annual vote. It was the 34th anniversary of the society’s original Word of the Year vote in DecemberContinue reading “Oh those cunning linguists.”

The Asian Lunar New Years is 27 days away. Valentine’s Day is 32 days away. Mardi Gras is 31 days away. And today is Old New Years Eve (Old Style Calendar.) Feel free to forget it’s ‘Dry January‘

It’s a perfect day to celebrate National Hot Tea Day. So have a cuppa.

January 12, 1991 –Australian new wave group Divinyls hits #1 on the Australian ARIA chart, #4 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, and #10 on the UK charts with their song I Touch Myself on this date. This was certainly not the first song to touch on the subject of masturbation, but it wasContinue reading “In honor of Christina Amphlett, everyone should touch themselves”

January 12, 1992 –“… My instructor was Mr. Langley, and he taught me to sing a song. If you’d like to hear it I can sing it for you.” The HAL (Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic Computer) 9000 computer became operational in the HAL plant in Urbana, Illinois, on this date in the film, 2001, A SpaceContinue reading “This is when the AI revolution began”

January 12, 1969 –Led Zeppelin‘s debut album was released in the US on this date. It was recorded over just 36 hours at Olympic Studios in Barnes, London, costing the band just £1,782. Most of the tracks were performed ‘live’ in the studio, with very few overdubs added. The groundbreaking heavy rock LP spent moreContinue reading “The first time we were Dazed and Confused”

January 12, 1981 – Aaron Spelling’s glitzy soap opera Dynasty, starring John Forsythe, Linda Evans and Joan Collins debuted on ABC-TV on this date. John Forsythe (Blake Carrington) is the only actor to appear in all 220 episodes of the series. Joan Collins and John Forsythe did not get along. Ironically, she got along fineContinue reading “Dynasty premiered”

January 12, 1971 –The first episode of All In The Family made television history by broadcasting the sound of a toilet flushing on this date. This is not, however, the first time a toilet tank is seen on television. That honor goes to Leave It to Beaver premiere episode, Captain Jack back in 1957.

January 11, 1980 –The Pretenders eponymous album Pretenders debuted on this date in the UK. In the UK, three singles were released before the album appeared. The first was a cover of The Kinks song Stop Your Sobbing, which was released in January 1979 and reached #34 in March 1979. Kid followed in June, goingContinue reading “The Pretenders burst onto the scene”