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April 21, 1990 –Sinead O’Connor’s cover of Prince’s Nothing Compares 2U, went to No 1 on the Billboard Charts, on this date. The attention from the song hitting no. 1 had some deleterious effects on the singer. Sinead O’Connor claimed she hated the fame the song brought her, and she struggled with the commercialization ofContinue reading “Nothing Compares 2U topped the charts”

April 21, 1975 –Teenages everywhere have themselves a good cry when Eric Carmen’s song, (a mash-up of his own song, Let’s Pretend and Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Opus 18,) All By Myself entered the charts on this date. When he wrote this, Carmen thought the Rachmaninoff music was in theContinue reading “All By Myself went on sale”

April 20, 1916 – The Chicago Cubs played their first game at their new home at Weeghman Park (renamed Wrigley Field in 1926 after William Wrigley bought controlling interest in the Cubs), between themselves and the Cincinnati Reds, on this date. The Cubs besting the Reds 7–6 in eleven innings. This proved to be theContinue reading “The Cubs played their first game at their new home”

April 20, 1992 – The life and music of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, who died five months earlier following complications from AIDS, was celebrated in a star-studded concert, A Concert For Life, at London’s Wembley Stadium, on this date. Organized by Mercury’s bandmates, the event not only featured an array of luminaries (including Elton John,Continue reading “A Concert For Life”

April 20, 1981 –ABC unceremoniously aired the final episode of Soap, leaving many of the plotlines unresolved. Susan Harris, the creator of the series, went on to create The Golden Girls and Empty Nest, using many of the same actors who first appeared on Soap.

April 20, 1939 –During the 1939 World’s Fair, David Sarnoff, president of RCA, unveiled the first commercial publicly accessible television broadcast, on this date. In Flushing NY, Sarnoff proclaimed “Now we add sight to sound” and during the opening ceremonies of the fair on April 30th, FDR became the first president to ever be televised.Continue reading “Early TV broadcast in NYC”

Bunkies, if you or your kid cut school or work today, once again, lock up the snacks. They may come home with a case of the munchies. Be thankful though, they’re not out celebrating the anniversary of the birth of Klara Hitler’s bouncing baby little evil bastard named Adolf on this date in 1889, (smackContinue reading “There’s probably sales at you local CBD store today”

Today commemorates the first recorded ‘on purpose‘ LSD trip taken by Albert Hofmann, on this date in 1943, (Hoffman ‘accidentially‘ dosed himself three days previously.) If you are going to celebrate the holiday, remember to titrate your trip correctly. Demand Euphoria!

April 19, 1935 – James Whale’s brilliant sequel to Frankenstein, The Bride of Frankenstein, starring Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Elsa Lanchester, Ernest Thesiger, and Oliver Peters Heggie, premiered in the U.S. on this date. Boris Karloff protested against the decision to make The Monster speak, but was overruled. Since he was required to speak inContinue reading “The Bride of Frankenstein premiered”

April 19, 1990 – Folks got to start flying Sandpiper Air, out of Tom Nevers Field airport in Nantucket, Massachusetts, when Wings, starring Tim Daly, Steven Weber, Crystal Bernard, David Schramm, Rebecca Schull, and Thomas Haden Church, premiered on NBC TV, on this date. Tim Daly (Joseph Hackett), Steven Weber (Brian Hackett), Crystal Bernard (HelenContinue reading “Wings premiered”