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September 3, 1928 –In San Francisco, Philo Farnsworth demonstrates a television system featuring his Image Dissector camera tube to the press for the first time. The system delivered 20 pictures per second, enough to convince the eye it was looking at motion rather than a series of stills. The San Francisco Chronicle lauded the achievementContinue reading “Farnsworth demonstrates his new fangled invention”

September 3, 1964 –The Animals charted No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with their hit The House Of The Rising Sun, on this date. 1) The song is about a brothel in New Orleans. “The House Of The Rising Sun” was named after its occupant Madame Marianne LeSoleil Levant (which means “Rising Sun” inContinue reading “The House Of The Rising Sun topped the charts”

September 2, 2005 –If you ever need the definition of ‘deer in the headlights‘ moment, just watch Mike Meyers in this clip. On NBC’s Concert for Hurricane Relief, Kanye West stated that “George Bush doesn’t care about black people”. The comment went out live on the US east coast, but was cut from a tapedContinue reading “Speaking truth to power … Kanye style”

September 2, 1950 – Here is one of my favorite non Bug Bunny Looney Tunes; the classic Daffy/ Porky outing, The Ducksters, was released on this date. On the game show Porky Pig wins: 1. The Rocky Mountains2. A 17 – Jewel half Nelson3. The La Brea Tar Pits4. The Rock of Gibraltar5. 600 gallonsContinue reading “If your eagle’s hands are dirty, we’ll wash them clean….”

September 2, 1949 –Carol Reed’s adaptation of Graham Greene’s post war thriller, The Third Man, starring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Trevor Howard, and Orson Welles, opened in London of this date. During the shooting of the film, the final scene was the subject of a dispute between Graham Greene, who wanted the happy ending ofContinue reading “The Third Man premiered”

September 1, 1938 – Frank Capra bounced back from the disastrous reviews of Lost Horizon, released the previous year, with You Can’t Take It with You, which opened in NYC on this date. Shortly before filming began, Lionel Barrymore lost the use of his legs to crippling arthritis and a hip injury. To accommodate him,Continue reading “You Can’t Take It with You premiered”

September 1, 1902 –Le Voyage dans la Lune (A Trip to the Moon), written and directed by Georges Méliès, assisted by his brother Gaston, considered to be the first science fiction movie, was released on this date. After finishing work on the film, Georges Méliès intended to release it in America and thereby make lotsContinue reading “A Trip to the Moon premiered”

September 1, 1995 –After twelve years of building, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum opened in Cleveland, by the Lake Erie waterfront, on this date. The organization was established in 1983 by a group of leading figures in the music industry — including Atlantic Records cofounder Ahmet Ertegun and Jann Wenner, theContinue reading “The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum opened”

September 1, 1983 – Island Records released the eighth studio album by singer and songwriter Tom Waits, Swordfishtrombones, on this date. Swordfishtrombones moves away from conventional piano-based songwriting towards unusual instrumentation and a somewhat more abstract and experimental rock approach.

September is the ninth month of the year, which is why its name is derived from the Latin Septem, meaning seven. (We have previously addressed this problem last month; see August, the Sixth Month.) On the French Revolutionary calendar, September is known as Vendémiaire (vintage,) and in Dutch, September is “the begining of autumn“, Hertmaand.Continue reading “It tries its best to have us forget summer.”