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August 25, 1975 –Bruce Springsteen’s third album Born to Run was released on this date. The stunning success of Born To Run was tempered by the fine print on Springsteen’s contract with his manager, Mike Appel, which gave Appel a degree of control over who Bruce worked with. They sued each other in 1976, andContinue reading “Born to Run dropped”

August 25, 1986 –WEA Records released Paul Simon’s award-winning Graceland album on this date. At first, Simon considered the word “Graceland” a placeholder title until he could come up with something better – maybe something that had to do with Africa. After a while, he realized the title wasn’t going away, and he got comfortableContinue reading “Graceland dropped”

August 25, 1994 – ABC TV introduced everyone to Angela Chase and the students at Liberty High School when My So-Called Life starring, Claire Danes, Jared Leto and Wilson Cruz, aired on this date. Although he wound up being a series regular, Jordan Catalano was only supposed to appear in the pilot episode. Jared LetoContinue reading “My So-Called Life premiered”

August 25, 1972 –American International Pictures released another film in the blaxploitation vein, Blacula, starring William Marshall, on this date. The film was popular in the U.S., debuting at #24 on Variety’s list of top films. It eventually grossed over $1 million, making it one of the highest grossing films of 1972.

August 24, 1989 –Pete Rose was suspended from baseball for life for gambling on this date. Unfortunately, Pete may never get into the Hall of Fame but the Cincinnati Reds did put up a statue of him outside the stadium a couple of years ago.

August 24, 1981 –Rolling Stones Records released the 16th British and 18th American studio album by The Rolling Stones, Tattoo You, on this date. The Rolling Stones were getting ready for a contractual world tour and the band was barely speaking to one another by late 1980. To promote their worldwide American Tour 1981/European TourContinue reading “Tattoo You dropped”

August 24, 2006 –The planet Pluto was reclassified as a “dwarf planet” by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on this date. Pluto’s status was changed due to the IAU’s new rules for an object qualifying as a planet. The other planets have been picking on Pluto ever since. (Damn you, Neil deGrasse Tyson!) And soContinue reading “Pluto gets downgraded”

August 24, 1979 – NBC-TV introduced the girls of Eastland School, an all-girls boarding school in Peekskill, New York, to audiences when The Facts of Life premiered on this date. The pilot Rough Housing may have been the very first children’s program on network television to discuss gender confusion and sexual identity crises among youth;Continue reading “You take the good, you take the bad…”

August 24, 1966 –One of the quintessential films of the 60s, Alfie, opened in the US on this date. Several well-known actors (including Richard Harris, Laurence Harvey, James Booth, and Anthony Newley) turned down the title role, due to the then taboo subject matter of abortion. Despite having played Alfie on Broadway, Terence Stamp categoricallyContinue reading “Alfie premiered”

August 23, 1968 –The Youth International Party designated Pigasus as their choice of candidate for U.S. President on this date. The boar hog was introduced at a press conference outside the Chicago Civic Center, with the slogan “They nominate a President and he eats the people. We nominate a President and the people eat him.“Continue reading “Back when candidates were US Prime”