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January 30, 1931 –Charlie Chaplin’s City Lights (A Comedy Romance in Pantomime) opened at Los Angeles Theater on this date. The episodic film includes a complete musical soundtrack and various sound effects – but no speech or dialogue. Charles Chaplin invited Albert Einstein and his wife Elsa to join him at the Los Angeles premiereContinue reading “City Lights premiered”

January 30, 1988 –INXS‘ single from their fourth album Kick, Need You Tonight, reached No. 1 on the Billboard Charts on this date. It is the only INXS single to reach No. 1. The song segues seamlessly into the next track on the album, a poem Andrew Farriss wrote and put to music called Mediate.Continue reading “All you’ve got is this moment”

January 30, 1987 – Woody Allen’s warm remembrance of the Golden Age of Radio, Radio Days premiered on this date. When the Uncle goes next door to confront the communists, the man screaming about the plight of the “worker” is Larry David, who can be seen in a long shot.

January 30, 1969 – At a free concert at their Apple corporate headquarters in London, The Beatles made their last-ever public appearance as a group on this date. < The performance, filmed for the documentary Let It Be, was eventually halted when police arrived after neighbors complained about the racket. (Once again, I strongly encourageContinue reading “The mop tops went out for a breath of fresh air”

Two households, both alike in dignityIn fair Verona, where we lay our sceneFrom ancient grudge break to new mutinyWhere civil blood makes civil hands unclean.From forth the fatal loins of these two foesA pair of star-cross’d lovers take their lifeWhose misadventured piteous overthrowsDo with their death bury their parents’ strife William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo andContinue reading “Then I defy you, stars!”

Before settling on the Seven Dwarfs we know today, Disney also considered Chesty, Tubby, Burpy, Deafy, Hickey, Wheezy, and Awful.

January 29, 2000 –The PBS series In the Spotlight presented Steely Dan, showcasing selections from Two Against Nature, their first new studio recording in more than 20 years, on this date. This is the Home Version of Steely Dan’s PBS In The Spotlight Special, with additional documentary footage, (I didn’t think anyone would complain.)

January 29, 1981 –Dolly Parton’s theme song for the film 9 to 5 went to No. 1 on the Billboard Charts on this date. In a 2009 interview with 60 Minutes, Parton talked about the unlikely inspiration for this song: her fingernails. She had very long, acrylic nails, and discovered that when she rubbed themContinue reading “9 to 5 topped the charts”

January 29, 1964 – Introducing us to saving our precious bodily fluids and the rule about no fighting in the War room, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb was released in the United States, on this date. George C. Scott was reputedly annoyed that Stanley Kubrick was pushingContinue reading “We’ll meet again …”

January 28, 1995 –TLC started a four week run at No.1 on Billboards singles chart with Creep, the group’s first US No.1 hit. The song made No.6 in the UK the following year. The trio had mixed feelings about the adulterous relationship portrayed in the lyrics. Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins thought the subject was an importantContinue reading “The 22nd of loneliness …”