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June 27, 1971 –After only three years in business, rock promoter Bill Graham closes the “Church of Rock and Roll“, the Fillmore East in New York (on Second Avenue near East 6th Street,) on this date. The final concert was billed as three acts (The Allman Brothers Band, The J. Geils Band, Albert King) andContinue reading “The Fillmore East closed”

Hard to believe but for about 1.1 million students (and their exhausted families) the 2022/ 2023 school year is finally over. (Enjoy what you can of summer – the 2023/ 2024 fully ‘in class‘ school year is scheduled to begin 72 days from today, on September 7, 2023.Unless another public health crisis comes along)

June 27, 1966 – The first broadcast of Dark Shadows aired on ABC-TV on this date. For more than a year and a half the characters of Dark Shadows used almost every possible phrase to refer to Barnabas Collins (“He’s not alive!” “He’s one of the undead.” “He walks at night but he ain’t alive.“)Continue reading “Dark Shadows premiered”

June 27, 1949 –Guardian of the Safety of the World, private citizen-scientist Captain Video and his Video Rangers, premiered on the Dumont Network on this date. During the Vietnam War, American soldiers who were taken as Prisoners of War by the North Vietnamese were often interrogated and asked whom the American military leaders were. Reportedly,Continue reading “Hello, Captain Video!”

June 26, 1819 –W.K. Clarkson of New York received a patent for what was then called a velocipede (even though Denis Johnson of London had patented his velocipede in December 1818.) Unfortunately, the patent record was destroyed by fire, so the actual design is not known.

June 26, 1964 –The Beatles third studio album, A Hard Day’s Night was first released in the United States by United Artists Records on this date and on July 10, 1964 in the UK by Parlophone. In contrast to the band’s first two albums, all thirteen tracks were written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney,Continue reading “A Hard Day’s Night album went on sale”

June 26, 1981 –The Columbia Pictures’ comedy, Stripes, directed by Ivan Reitman and starring Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Warren Oates, P. J. Soles, Sean Young, and John Candy opened in the US on this date. According to Ivan Reitman, during the scene where the recruits receive their basic training haircuts he did not tell theContinue reading “Stripes premiered”

June 26, 1987 –The truly silly yet likeable Mel Brooks film, Spaceballs, starring Mel Brooks, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman, Daphne Zuniga, Dick Van Patten, and Joan Rivers went into general release on this date. The Millennium Falcon from the Star Wars saga makes a cameo appearance in this movie. Take a close lookContinue reading “Spaceballs opened”

LEON is NOEL spelled backwards. Christmas is but a mere six months away. Kids, now that most of you are out of school and are once again allowed to freely roam in polite society, you had better take a quick check of the whole naughty/ nice thing and see how you haven been doing.

Today is the NYC 53rd annual Gay Pride parade, (rain or shine) making it’s way in some direction (they’ve changed the route yet again) this afternoon, actually commemorates the Stonewall riots, which launched the gay-rights movement. The official theme for 2023 is “Strength in Solidarity,” announced amidst a backdrop of increased attacks against members ofContinue reading “Remember the first one was not a parade but a protest”