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February 24, 1969 –Twentieth Century-Fox adaptation of the novel and play, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, directed by Ronald Neame and starring Maggie Smith and Pamela Franklin, premiered in London on this date. According to Pamela Franklin, even though they were eighteen, she and the other young girls were asked not to eat theirContinue reading “An early Maggie Smith classic”

February 24, 1975 –Led Zeppelin release their sixth album Physical Graffiti on this date. It’s a double album featuring eight new songs, and songs left over from their previous albums Led Zeppelin III, Led Zeppelin IV and Houses Of The Holy. Featuring an intricate die-cut cover of a New York City brownstone, the album goesContinue reading “Physical Graffiti went on sale”

February 24, 1973 –The song, Killing Me Softly with His Song by Roberta Flack topped the charts on this date. Robert Flack heard Lori Lieberman original version of the song on an in-flight tape recorder while flying from Los Angeles to New York. She loved the title and lyrics and decided to record it herself.Continue reading “You can’t keep a good song down”

Today is the Yuan Xiao festival, also called Lantern Festival. The Lantern Festival is the first full moon night of the new Lunar year calendar. This is the 15th day of the Lunar Festival; it marks the end of the New Year celebrations, marking the return of spring and symbolizing the reunion of family. ThereContinue reading “How high will your lantern go?”

February 23, 1980 –The Queen’s song Crazy Little Thing Called Love hit the No. #1 spot on the Billboard Charts on this date. Freddie Mercury acknowledged that perhaps his limited talent on the guitar helped shape the song: “‘Crazy Little Thing Called Love’ took me five or ten minutes. I did that on the guitar,Continue reading “Crazy Little Thing Called Love topped the charts”

Tomorrow is Lantern’s Day and it marks the end of the Lunar New Year holiday. The day before the Lantern Festival, the Lantern Display stages are built in the open square in the front of temples. People bring their decorated lanterns to the display stage for the competition. Some lanterns might take more than aContinue reading “You can do it – one more day to go”

February 23, 1950 –A nearly forgotten Alfred Hitchcock film, Stage Fright starring Marlene Dietrich, Jane Wyman, Richard Todd, and Michael Wilding, opened in New York City on this date. In an extraordinary move for the normally controlling director,  Alfred Hitchcock provided Marlene Dietrich an exceptional amount of creative control for this movie, particularly in howContinue reading “Stage Fright premiered”

February 23, 1967 – The Star Trek episode A Taste of Armageddon first airs on NBC, on this date. In it, the Enterprise visits a planet fighting a war with its neighboring planet via computers. In his memoir, Beam Me Up, Scotty, James Doohan described Gene Lyons (Ambassador Robert Fox) as being “out of hisContinue reading “The TOS Star Trek A Taste of Armageddon premiered”

It’s also National Margarita Day. Margarita, in spanish it means Daisy Remember, we’ve just come off a three-day weekend – celebrate responsibly.

Today is the 13th day of the Lunar New Year. All of the festival food should probably be done by now. Most people just want to eat something simple on this day. Some people eat vegetarian foods to cleanse their digestive system (remember yesterday was Diarrhea Day.) This day is dedicated to the General GuanContinue reading “Concentrate on making your lantern”