On March 1, 1953, after an all-night dinner with interior minister Lavrenty Beria and future premiers Georgi Malenkov, Nikolai Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev, Josif Stalin, truly Evil Bastard, did not emerge from his room the next day, having probably suffered a stroke that paralyzed the right side of his body. Although his guards thought itContinue reading “Bizarre ironies of History –”
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The problem is all inside your head …
February 9, 1976 –Paul Simon’s song, 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover, hits number 1 on this date. Paul Simon has never gotten around to listing the other ways to leave but poking around the internet, I have discovered the other 45 ways: 6. Post her nude pics, Dick. Next up – 50 ways toContinue reading “The problem is all inside your head …”
Find a good spot on the couch
Some of you may actually be watching the Super Bowl later today. According to the Hass Avocado Board, more than 763 million pounds of avocados were shipped into the U.S. last week. Of this amount, 98–99 percent were sourced from Mexico, and about 1 percent came from the Dominican Republic. Surprisingly, this year 0 percentContinue reading “Find a good spot on the couch”
Please don’t blame me for the ear worms
Today is National One Hit Wonder day. Listen to only one or two of them at a time. Unbelievable -EMF EMF was led by their guitarist Ian Dench, who is also their primary songwriter, although the entire band was credited on this track. Dench was in a band called Apple Mosaic, who had a contractContinue reading “Please don’t blame me for the ear worms”
Canada – our neighbor to the North
As always, your friends from the ACME Corp would like to salute our friends in Canada on Canada Day. Canada is the second-largest nation in the world. It is not part of the United States – (it’s the U.S.‘ nicer sister, not dissing Mexico, the U.S.’ feistier sister.) A little jewel sitting at the topContinue reading “Canada – our neighbor to the North”
It was quite an evening.
May 29, 1913 –Imagine, if you will, you live in Paris and that after a hard day of not working and drinking heavily (it’s what most of the idle rich did in Paris at the time, in between bouts of sodomy, while they waited around for Marcel Proust to finish writing that damn book heContinue reading “It was quite an evening.”
Thomas Andrew Lehrer
April 9, 1928 –“If, after hearing my songs, just one human being is inspired to say something nasty to a friend or, perhaps, to strike a loved one, it will all have been worth the while.” — Tom Lehrer On this day in 1928, Tom Lehrer — singer-songwriter, satirist, pianist, and mathematician — was born.Continue reading “Thomas Andrew Lehrer”
Instant Karma got us for the first time
February 12, 1970 –The BBC program Top of the Pops aired a performance clip of John Lennon’s single Instant Karma! on this date, which was taped just the day before. John Lennon wrote and recorded this song in one day, which was either January 26 or 27, 1970, depending on the source. It was unusualContinue reading “Instant Karma got us for the first time”
Very sorry for the ear worm
January 17, 1976 –Barry Manilow scored his second US No.1 single with I Write The Songs, which was written by The Beach Boys Bruce Johnson, on this date. Manilow was originally reluctant to record this song, saying to Arista Records chief Clive Davis, “This ‘I Write The Songs’ thing Clive, I really don’t want toContinue reading “Very sorry for the ear worm”
Got My Mind Set On You topped the charts
January 16, 1988 –George Harrison hits #1 with Got My Mind Set On You, becoming the act with the longest time between #1 hits – it was 24 years since Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth). When George Harrison conceived the Cloud Nine album, he looked for a producer who could carry someContinue reading “Got My Mind Set On You topped the charts”
The Haus of Dcaligari 