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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.....and there are some very interesting stories about the music of the day.....1963, UK music weekly The NME reported that The Beatles could score their first US hit with 'From Me To You' as the single was 'bubbling under' on the charts at No.116
If you'd lived on Merseyside you'd have felt the buzz and it was an exciting time. Gerry and the Pacemakers were possibly the most popular of the groups because the Beatles had travelled but it was great going to the Cavern and the Iron Door to see the groups arriving and getting their gear through the fans and onto the stage. Very often other groups would be passing on the way to their gigs and they would make sure the fans knew who they were.
My first brush with the groups was with a group called the Lynx. Yes. The name was taken from the toilet cistern and was probably a pretty appropriate name as we weren't the best. I had a harmonica solo which we threw in at the relevant times to take up twenty minutes!
However, I saw the discos coming and I got myself a Bedford Van to take me round under the pseudonym of Duke Bok's Mobile Disco. I did put myself about and I had regular gigs all around Merseyside and down to Wales and up to Southport.....but all this is for my book!
Today, I've had my swim and it is a little fresher when the sun is not about. I had a quick lesson to deliver and how would you explain that rough is pronounced 'ruff' -English is certainly a bizarre language.
Watching the Indignados on the Spanish TV makes me wonder about the money situation. Surely most of it is digital and, therefore, not really seen. The unseen has become the obscene and I think there is a lot of kidology involved in what we are being told. Just as one problem seems to have been solved viz the American situation up flares Italy, hitherto a relatively strong economy, with Spain and Portugal back in the frame. If people can sit at their computers and hack into the phones then I'm sure it is easy to hack into the stock markets and confuse the figures. This is where I would now be looking. If Nick Gleason managed to fool everyone then there is the chance of complicity somewhere with or without the Forex game being played at homes everywhere in the world.
Remember I told you to watch out for Piers Morgan. I think he's a slippery fellow and I wouldn't be surprised if he has a hotline to Murdoch. I repeat. Watch this space.
HEALTH MESSAGE:
1. If walking/cycling is good for your health, the postman would be immortal.
2. A whale swims all day, only eats fish, drinks water and is fat.
3. A rabbit runs and hops and only lives 15 years.
4. A tortoise doesn't run, does nothing ...yet lives for 450 years.
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A glass of wine
Description:
To my friends who enjoy a glass of wine..
And those who don't and are always
Seen with a bottle of water in their hand.
As Ben Franklin said:
In wine there is wisdom,
In beer there is freedom,
In water there is bacteria.
In a number of carefully controlled trials,
Scientists have demonstrated that if we drink
1 litre of water each day,
At the end of the year we would have absorbed
More than 1 kilo of Escherichia coli, (E. Coli) - bacteria
Found in feces.
In other words, we are consuming 1 kilo of poop.
However,
We do NOT run that risk when drinking wine & beer
(or tequila, rum, whiskey or other liquor)
Because alcohol has to go through a purification process
Of boiling, filtering and/or fermenting.
Remember:
Water = Poop,
Wine = Health
Therefore, it's better to drink wine and talk stupid,
Than to drink water and be full of Poo..
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Events 4th August1735 - Freedom of the press was established with an acquittal of John Peter Zenger. The writer of the New York Weekly Journal had been charged with seditious libel by the royal governor of New York. The jury said that "the truth is not libellous." Fair enough
1753 - George Washington became a Master Mason. All rise
1914 - Britain declared war on Germany in World War I. The U.S. proclaimed its neutrality. Britain was tied in by treaties
1922 - The death of Alexander Graham Bell, two days earlier, was recognized by AT&T and the Bell Systems by shutting down all of its switchboards and switching stations. The shutdown affected 13 million phones. A fitting tribute
1944 - Nazi police raided a house in Amsterdam and arrested eight people. Anne Frank, a teenager at the time, was one of the people arrested. Her diary would be published after her death. An interesting tale
1949 - An earthquake in Ecuador destroyed 50 towns and killed more than 6000 people. Dreadful
1954 - The uranium rush began in Saskatchewan, Canada. I'd never heard of this
1957 - Florence Chadwick set a world record by swimming the English Channel in 6 hours and 7 minutes. I'll bet she was tired
1957 - Juan Fangio won his final auto race and captured the world auto driving championship. It was his the fifth consecutive year to win. Bearing in mind the popularity of Stirling Moss who never won the title
1958 - Billboard Magazine introduced its "Hot 100" chart, which was part popularity and a barometer of the movement of potential hits. The first number one song was Ricky Nelson's "Poor Little Fool." This appears on today's podcast
1972 - Arthur Bremer was found guilty of shooting George Wallace, the governor of Alabama. Bremer was sentenced to 63 years in prison.
1983 - New York Yankee outfielder Dave Winfield threw a baseball during warm-ups and accidentally killed a seagull. After the game, Toronto police arrested him for "causing unnecessary suffering to an animal." Seagulls can be very aggressive
1984 - Carl Lewis won a gold medal in the Los Angeles Olympics. Great athlete
1987 - The Fairness Doctrine was rescinded by the Federal Communications Commission. The doctrine had required that radio and TV stations present controversial issues in a balanced fashion. Who decides the balance is right?
1989 - Iranian President Hashemi Rafsanjani offered to assist end the hostage crisis in Lebanon. Good
1990 - The European Community imposed an embargo on oil from Iraq and Kuwait. This was done to protest the Iraqi invasion of the oil-rich Kuwait. It was justified
1991 - The Oceanos, a Greek luxury liner, sank off of South Africa's southeast coast. All of the 402 passengers and 179 crewmembers survived. Good
1993 - Stacey Koon and Laurence Powell, Los Angeles police officers were sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for violating Rodney King's civil rights.Good
1994 - Yugoslavia withdrew its support for Bosnian Serbs. The border between Yugoslavia and Serb-held Bosnia was sealed. A very turbulent area
1996 - Josia Thugwane won a gold medal after finishing first in the marathon. He became the first black South African to win a gold medal. Brilliant
1997 - Teamsters began a 15-day strike against UPS (United Parcel Service). The strikers eventually won an increase in full-time positions and defeated a proposed reorganization of the companies pension plan. Probably links to today's problems
2009 - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il pardoned two American journalists, who had been arrested and imprisoned for illegal entry earlier in the year. I suppose it will try to recall the favour
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4th August1958, Billboard introduced 'The Hot 100 Singles Chart', Ricky Nelson was at No.1 with 'Poor Little Fool'.This is a nice song
1962, The Rolling Stones played the first of 22 weekly shows at Ealing Jazz Club in Ealing, London. They were known as The Rollin’ Stones during this period. What's an apostrophe between friends?
. 1963, UK music weekly The NME reported that The Beatles could score their first US hit with 'From Me To You' as the single was 'bubbling under' on the charts at No.116.....a very exciting time
1963, The Beatles appeared at the Queen's Theatre in Blackpool. So many fans crowded around the theatre, blocking every entrance, that The Beatles had to go through a construction area, up and across some scaffolding to the roof of the theatre, from where they were lowered through a trap door.That's rock n roll
1966, The Troggs were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'With A Girl Like You', the group's only UK No.1 single.Yet it wasn't as good as Wild Thing
1967, A female Monkees fan stowed away on the bands plane between shows in Minneapolis and St Louis. The girl's father threatened to bring charges for transporting a minor across state lines. How could you blame Monkees?
1968, The second day of the two day Newport Pop Festival took place in Costa Mesa, California with Blue Cheer, Eric Burdon & The Animals, Grateful Dead, Illinois Speed Press, Iron Butterfly, Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service and The Byrds. Over 100,000 fans attended the festival.What a gig
1975, Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant and his wife were both badly injured when the hire car he was driving spun off the road and crashed on the Greek island of Rhodes. Plant smashed both his ankle and his elbow, and was not fully fit for the best part of two years. A forthcoming North American tour had to be cancelled. This was news to me
1984, Prince started a 24 week run at the top of the US album charts with 'Purple Rain', it went on to sell over 10 million copies. Good money
1990, During a US tour Janet Jackson collapsed on stage at a show in St Louis, suffering from an inner ear infection. Good performer
1990, Mariah Carey's started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Vision Of Love', her debut release. A No.9 hit in the UK. Wonderful singer
1996, Oasis played two sold out nights at Balloch Castle Country Park, Loch Lomand, Scotland to over 80,000 fans. Oasis roadie James Hunter was crushed to death between a fork-lift truck and a lorry during the bands two days shows. Tragic event
2000, Craig David scored his second UK No.1 single with '7 Days'. At the age of 19, he became the youngest male artist to score two No.1s since Donny Osmond in 1973. Fabulous song
2001, Dave Stewart married fashion photographer Anouska Fisz on a private beach on the French Riviera. Guest's included Elton John, Mick Jagger, Oasis boys Liam and Noel Gallagher and his former Eurythmics partner Annie Lennox. Good luck to them
2001, The News Of The World reported that Mariah Carey had hired a private eye to spy on her ex husband, record boss Tommy Mottola. Investigator Jack Palladino told the paper that Mariah believed her ex husband was conducting a smear campaign against the singer. Early hacking?
2002, Former Pop Idol contestant Darius started a two week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Colourblind.' This was a nice song
2002, Toby Keith was at No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Unleashed.Good country music
’ 2005, American blues singer and guitarist Little Milton died. Milton had suffered a brain aneurysm on 25th July 2005 and had lapsed into a coma. He signed to Sun records in 1953 and had the 1965 US No.25 single 'We're Gonna Make It'. He was a great soul singer
2007, US singer, songwriter Lee Hazlewood died of cancer, in his home near Las Vegas aged 78. Hazlewood wrote and produced many of Nancy Sinatra's most famous hits, including These Boots Were Made For Walkin', Jackson and Did You Ever? He also produced Duane Eddy and Gram Parsons and Something Stupid - the duet Nancy recorded with her father Frank in 1967. He was a very talented man and I think he might have lived in Spain at some time
Born on this day1901, Louis Armstrong, singer, bandleader, trumpet. Had many hits including the 1964 US No.1 'Hello Dolly!', 1968 UK No.1 'What A Wonderful World’ plus ‘When The Saints Go Marching In’, ‘Ain't Misbehavin’, and ‘We Have All the Time in the World.’ Died 6th July 1971.
1936, Elsberry Hobbs, The Drifters, (1960 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'Save The Last Dance For Me').
1940, Frankie Ford, (1959 US No.14 single 'Sea Cruise').
1940, Larry Knechtel, guitar, Keyboards, Bread, (1970 US No.1 & UK No.5 single 'Make It With You'). Died on 24th Dec 2009.
1943, David Carr, keyboards, The Fortunes, (1965 UK No.2 & US No.7 single 'You've Got Your Troubles')
1947, Klaus Schulze, Tangerine Dream, German instrumental group, (1974 UK No.15 album 'Phaedra').
1947, Paul Layton, The New Seekers, (1972 UK No.1 single 'I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing').
1951, Roy Flowers, Sweet Sensation, (1974 UK No.1 single with 'Sad Sweet Dreamer').
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