Thursday 28 July 2011 - I don't like Mondays
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“You see things; and you say, ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say, ‘Why not?’”
George Bernard Shaw
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- Today's Podcast is a great journey with the story of the day's music down the tunnel of time to light up your ears.....Here's a fact you might not have read....
1979, 'I Don't Like Mondays' gave The Boomtown Rats their second UK No.1 single. Bob Geldof wrote the song after reading a report on the shooting spree of 16-year-old Brenda Ann Spencer, who fired at children playing in a school playground across the street from her home in San Diego, California. She killed two adults and injured eight children and one police officer. Spencer showed no remorse for her crime, and her full explanation for her actions was "I don't like Mondays, this livens up the day."
Doesn't this seem weird that this event should occur at the same time of the year as this dreadful event we have just experienced in Norway? Every day I am reading about what happened down the years on a particular day and there are some weird strands of either Astrological significance or outrageous coincidence.
Yahoo are making improvements on their server and so everything is behind schedule today and yesterday as the work progresses. I hope it's soon back to normal.
ERC EUROPEAN RUGBY CUP LTD has announced Fixtures for next European Rugby Tournaments HEINEKEN CUP and AMLIN CUP
Spanish Champions LA VILA will represent Spain in the European AMLIN Rugby Cup
The draw is
SATURDAY 12th NOVEMBER
16.00 LA VILA - AGEN FRANCE
FRIDAY 18tH NOVEMBER
19.45 SALE SHARKS ENGLAND - LA VILA
SATURDAY 10TH DECEMBER
16.00 LA VILA - BRIVE FRANCE
THURSDAY 15th DECEMBER
20.00 BRIVE FRANCE - LA VILA
SATURDAY 14TH JANUARY
16.00 LA VILA - SALE SHARKS ENGLAND
FRIDAY 20TH JANUARY
20.00 AGEN FRANCE - LA VILA
QUARTER FINAL 7 April
SEMIFINALS 28 April
FINAL 19 May
Difficult draw for LA VILA.The Club is working very hard to do it the best possible justice.
The players start training next Monday 1st August, under guidance Mark Hewitt, best coach of the year selected by the other spanish coaches
The Club is looking for sponsors for the European Cup. Talks with GENERALITAT VALENCIANA and DIPUTACION ALICANTE.
TV High lights SKY SPORTS, EURO SPORTS 2
Full games Canal 9 TV
Special Crisis Prices for the league and Kings Cup- 5 euros per game. 40 euros per season.
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Thursday
28 | 22 °CPartly Cloudy
Friday
29 | 22 °CClear
Events1540 - King Henry VIII's chief minister, Thomas Cromwell, was executed. The same day, Henry married his fifth wife, Catherine Howard.He made the rules up as he went along
1794 - Maximilien Robespierre was sent to the guillotine. He was a leading figure in the French Revolution. Sacre Bleu
1821 - Peru declared its independence from Spain. Adios amigos
1865 - The American Dental Association proposed its first code of ethics. Something to get their teeth into
1914 - World War I officially began when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Yes but it was Pronzip's fault and he was a Serbian
1945 - A U.S. Army bomber crashed into the 79th floor of New York City's Empire State Building. 14 people were killed and 26 were injured. Was this deliberate?
1965 - U.S. President Johnson announced he was increasing the number of American troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000. That was a huge number
1976 - An earthquake northern China, killed at least 242,000 people. Dreadful event and the UK had a drought in this year
1982 - San Francisco, CA, became the first city in the U.S. to ban handguns. Good
1991 - Dennis Martinez (Montreal Expos) pitched the 13th perfect game in major league baseball history.
1998 - Serbian military forces seized the Kosovo town of Malisevo. This has been going on for donkey's years
1998 - Monica Lewinsky received blanket immunity from prosecution to testify before a grand jury about her relationship with U.S. President Clinton. I wonder why?
2006 - Researchers announced that two ancient reptiles had been found off Australia. The Umoonasaurus and Opallionectes were the first of their kind to be found in the period soon after the Jurassic era. How does this help us?
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Events July 28th1954, The first press interview with 19-year-old Elvis Presley was published in the 'Memphis Press- Scimitar'. I'll bet there wasn't the interest shown that would eventually follow
1956, Gene Vincent made his first appearance on national TV in the US on The Perry Como Show. Vincent had released ‘Woman Love’ the previous month, but it was the B-side, ‘Be-Bop-A-Lula,’ that eventually made the top 10. The song had been purchased from a fellow hospital patient when Vincent was recovering from leg injuries. A demo of the song made its way to Capitol Records as part of an Elvis sound-alike contest and a re-recorded version gave Vincent a hit.I still sing the song-love it!
1960, Cliff Richard and the Shadows were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Please Don't Tease', the singers third UK No.1. The song was chosen for release by a poll of Cliff's fans.Great song gives me lots of memories-Cliff at his best
1964, On their second visit to Sweden, The Beatles played two shows at an ice hockey arena, the Johanneshovs Isstadion, Stockholm. During the first show, both Paul McCartney and John Lennon received mild electrical shocks from ungrounded microphones. Supporting acts included The Kays, The Moonlighters, and The Streaplers.Shocking story!
1966, James Brown appeared at The Apollo Theatre in New York City.My musical hero
1966, Chris Farlowe and the Thunderbirds were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with the Mick Jagger and Keith Richards song 'Out Of Time'.Great song. Those Rolling Stones wrote some great songs
1969, Police in Moscow reported that thousands of public phone booths had been vandalised after thieves were stealing parts of the phones to convert their acoustic guitars to electric. A feature in a Russian youth magazine had shown details on how to do this. This is the danger of communications
1973, Chicago went to No.1 on the US album chart with 'Chicago IV', the group's second US No.1.
1979, 'I Don't Like Mondays' gave The Boomtown Rats their second UK No.1 single. Bob Geldof wrote the song after reading a report on the shooting spree of 16-year-old Brenda Ann Spencer, who fired at children playing in a school playground across the street from her home in San Diego, California. She killed two adults and injured eight children and one police officer. Spencer showed no remorse for her crime, and her full explanation for her actions was "I don't like Mondays, this livens up the day." Isn't it weird that this is so near the date that we had this terrible event recently in Norway?
1982, Queen played the second of two nights at Madison Square Garden, New York City. 1990, Elton John started a five-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Sleeping With The Past', his fifth No.1 album.
1991, Almost 100 arrests were made after an estimated 2,000 Youths rioted after a MC Hammer concert in Penticon, Canada.You can't touch this?
1996, Marge Ganser from The Shangri-Las died of breast cancer. The group scored over ten hits during the 60's including the 1964 US No.1 'Leader Of The Pack.' Very sombre hit song
2000, Five and Queen were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'We Will Rock You', the classic Queen song was only a B-side in 1977 and this new version featured boy band Five and Queen guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor.Good way to grab a younger audience
2003, The wine Sir Cliff Richard made from his Algarve estate started a UK supermarket battle. Fans were asking all the stores when the wine would go on sale with the Tesco chain saying they would be the first, but the Waitrose shops had been selling the £8.49 a bottle red for the last week. Days of wine and Waitroses?
2004, American soul singer George Williams from The Tymes died of cancer. Had the 1963 US million seller ‘So Much in Love’ and the 1975 UK No.1 single 'Ms Grace'.This was released on the changed RCA label in UK
2008, Amy Winehouse was rushed to hospital after she started to have fits at her home in Camden North London. A spokesman said it appeared the singer had suffered a reaction to medication she was taking to help her off hard drugs. This was the signal that she needed the help that was necessary for survival. She lasted just 3 short years and died on 23rd July 2011
Born on this day1935, Simon Dee (Cyril Nicholas Henty-Dodd), British TV and radio presenter, hosted a twice-weekly chat show 'Dee Time' during the 1960’s, with musical guests including Jimi Hendrix and Lulu.
1938, George Cummings, steel guitar, Dr Hook, (1972 US No.5 & UK No.2 single 'Sylvia's Mother' plus 9 other US Top 40 hits).
1945, Rick Wright, keyboards, vocals, Pink Floyd, (1973 US No.1 & UK No.2 album 'Dark Side Of The Moon', spent a record breaking 741 weeks on the US chart. 1979 UK and US No.1 single ‘Another Brick In The Wall, (part 2)’. Pink Floyd have sold over 200 million albums worldwide). Wright died on 15th Sept 2008 aged 65 from cancer. Wright appeared on the group's first album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, in 1967 alongside Syd Barrett, Roger Waters and Nick Mason.
1949, Peter Doyle, singer, The New Seekers, (1972 UK No.1 & US No.7 single 'I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing'). Doyle died on 13th October 2001.
1949, Simon Kirke, drums, Free, (1971 UK No.2 & US No.4 single 'All Right Now'). Bad Company (1974 UK No.15 single 'Can't Get Enough').
1949,Steve Took, percussion, T Rex, 1971 UK No.1 single 'Hot Love', plus over 20 other UK Top 40 singles'). Took died on 27th October 1980.
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