I never got the whole Elvis worship thing either, I wonder if we would feel the same if he were alive today. Now don't get me wrong if he's your cup o' tea and you thought he was great that's your deal. Bu some people are to put it lightly,,,,,,,,,,,,obsessed with the guy. Yes he is and probably always will be the king of rock n' roll and changed Americana forever but I have never understood the obsession with him. Perhaps I'm missing something.
James J. Hill, the Empire Builder, dies in St. Paul. A man of enormous influence, he moved to St. Paul in 1856 from his native Ontario, began work in the shipping business, and became owner of the Great Northern Railway and Northern Pacific Railroad Companies. His interests were widespread: he helped develop the Iron Range, had a fleet of ships on the Pacific Ocean, pushed for modern farming techniques in the Northwest, and helped float the bonds that supported the democracies of Europe against the Central Powers in World War I.
I think this should now be called - THE DAY AFTER IN HISTORY Thread
This one is for THX :)
June 1st, 1950 ---- Graham Russell of the musical group                                             Air Supply
                                                  was born in England.
On June 14, 1951, the U.S. Census Bureau dedicates UNIVAC, the world's first commercially produced electronic digital computer. UNIVAC, which stood for Universal Automatic Computer, was developed by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly, makers of ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic digital computer. These giant computers, which used thousands of vacuum tubes for computation, were the forerunners of today's digital computers.
During the American Revolution, the Continental Congress adopts a resolution stating that "the flag of the United States be thirteen alternate stripes red and white" and that "the Union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation." The national flag, which became known as the "Stars and Stripes," was based on the "Grand Union" flag, a banner carried by the Continental Army in 1776 that also consisted of 13 red and white stripes. According to legend, Philadelphia seamstress Betsy Ross designed the new canton for the Stars and Stripes, which consisted of a circle of 13 stars and a blue background, at the request of General George Washington. Historians have been unable to conclusively prove or disprove this legend.
Fathers' Dayfollowed on June 19, 1910 in Spokane, Washington. In 1924, President Calvin Coolidge showed support of this becoming a national holiday. However, it wasn't until 1966 when President Lyndon Johnson officially proclaimed Fathers' Day
actually if i remember right, the paper said his original tag line was "what's cookin'". no doubt this was changed when yosemite sam was introduced, and his response would likely be "you are".
Maybe I am being prejuduced but I still think the original "toons" were better than anything today, Any Loony Tunes cartoon or most of the older ones are still better than any of the new ones TV today.
(Except for the Simpsons and South Park but I don't consider them "toons" they are toons for adults.)
BTW,.......Conjunction junction, what's your function ?........Time for timer. I am a bill and I'm only a bill, and I sit here on capitol hill.........
Dang, makes me want to put my p.j's on and eat some king vitamin.
I got it out a book I'm reading called "Ghosts of Tsavo" about a brutal, mysterious breed of maneless man-eating lions in east Africa.
That was a message sent out by a telegrapher around 1900 in a station called Kiama on the East Africa Railway. One particular lion in the vicinity had killed and eaten a signalman, a stationmaster, a brakeman and the driver of the pumping station.
As he was tapping out the telegraph to Nairobi, the lion was trying to tear the corrugated iron plates off the roof to get at the telegrapher.
Thirty-seven years ago on the last weekend in July, Bob Dylan plugged in an electric guitar, and, members of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band opened his set at the Newport Folk Festival with a high-volume version of "Maggie's Farm."
Next weekend he returns to the Newport Folk Festival for the first time since then.
"Rick, I am curious...First, Beavis and Butthead were every bit as "Vulgar"(in the true sense of the word), as South Park, don't you think? "
Yes, but I didn't have to endure little Stanley gathering everyone together at the end of the show and saying "here's the point, now." Also, the creators of Beavis and Butthead didn't place themselves in the middle of some free speech discussion, which seems to be a re-occuring theme in South Park. Like I said, they weren't that pretentious.
"Also...Do you mean that South Park does or doesn't have redeeming social values?"
It tries; but it's forced. So when the kids try to make some kind of point, it comes off ham-handed and out of place. If they want to be vulgar, they should be just honestly vulgar. I can live with that. It would probably be funny, because the creators seem to be clever. I guess it's funny watching Chef and knowing it's Isaac Hayes. It seems like an odd thing for him to do.
Beavis and Butthead used to make points, but it was done with more subtlety. The closest thing to preachy came at end of a Christmas show.
"The world sucks," Butthead said. "But without Christmas, it would probably suck worse."
I don't know how it happens but we always seem to get off topic but it's kind of funny.
As long as we are talking T.V.
I don't get to watch much T.V at all anymore which is o.k but have you ever noticed that when you do it's one of the same three episodes you've seen over and over. You are told that they've made 14 new episodes but everytime you get excited to sit down and watch a show you like, you turn it on only to find out that you've seen that one ? I swear they only make 2 new episodes a year. anyway, seems that way to me, end of rant.
I am a little late with this day in history but this one won't be in the history books
...I am still alive---8 years ago on August 3rd @ 9:05 am (technically Wednesday so not really late by the day), I was run over by a car and lived (obviously) with a broken collarbone and twisted&bruised body :(
I don't understand the fascination with Elvis. To me his music and his acting were mediocre. Of course, it may have been the best of the lot back in the '50's.
I think his music suffered from poor management, not a lack of talent on his part. He could have almost been remembered as a breakthrough blues singer. His early music borrowed heavily from the blues, from his Mississppi roots.
Well, the man had a tremendous voice and had a tremendous influence on our culture. Of that, there is no doubt. His voice was passable. His influence on the culture was that it did little harm. What real value is there in pop stars? Its entertainment, that's all. People like you, fold, seem to give it more meaning than it actually has.
I am not a "puckerbut" as you put it. :) But let me say I appreciate his music. I also appreciate his talent. When I say I don't get the fascination with him perhaps because I wasn't around during his heyday. Now that being said I wouldn't argue at all his impact on music. He was probably the most influential person on rock and roll. I like his music but i've heard it so many times growing up that it loses it's meaning to me. So when I say I don't get it I mean I don't get the people who dress up like him every year and descend on Beal St. on the anniversary of his death. Or the people who are sure they've seen him down at the bowling alley. That's the stuff I don't get. The hero worship stuff that is. Music is a personal thing that's why i've never gotten the whole Michael the "freak" Jackson thing either and I was young in his heyday. Perhaps I'm an ol' romantic and have always loved Jazz, big band, and of course other forms of rock n'roll. I like alot of the new "alternative" stuff too. Heck I like anything really except opera or rap and some top 40 stuff. The rest i'll like and listen too.
I never got the whole Elvis worship thing either, I wonder if we would feel the same if he were alive today. Now don't get me wrong if he's your cup o' tea and you thought he was great that's your deal. Bu some people are to put it lightly,,,,,,,,,,,,obsessed with the guy. Yes he is and probably always will be the king of rock n' roll and changed Americana forever but I have never understood the obsession with him. Perhaps I'm missing something.
John F Kennedy would have turned 80 today
On May 29 in 1916
James J. Hill, the Empire Builder, dies in St. Paul. A man of enormous influence, he moved to St. Paul in 1856 from his native Ontario, began work in the shipping business, and became owner of the Great Northern Railway and Northern Pacific Railroad Companies. His interests were widespread: he helped develop the Iron Range, had a fleet of ships on the Pacific Ocean, pushed for modern farming techniques in the Northwest, and helped float the bonds that supported the democracies of Europe against the Central Powers in World War I.
http://www.mnhs.org/
I guess I should have known that one, eh THX? Oooops. Don't get me started on St. Paul history again! I don't have time for it!
fine. go get the girls from school and come back to us :)
See? I didn't have time to tell you all that yesterday was BOB HOPES 99th Birthday! WoW! How does that make YOU feel?
I think this should now be called - THE DAY AFTER IN HISTORY Thread
This one is for THX :)
June 1st, 1950 ---- Graham Russell of the musical group
                                            Air Supply
                                                  was born in England.
This will be a day in history for the fire at Buckingham Palace on the Jubilee Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Queen Elizabeths reign. :(
http://www.historychannel.com/today/
On June 14, 1951, the U.S. Census Bureau dedicates UNIVAC, the world's first commercially produced electronic digital computer. UNIVAC, which stood for Universal Automatic Computer, was developed by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly, makers of ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic digital computer. These giant computers, which used thousands of vacuum tubes for computation, were the forerunners of today's digital computers.
http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/today/0614.html
During the American Revolution, the Continental Congress adopts a resolution stating that "the flag of the United States be thirteen alternate stripes red and white" and that "the Union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation." The national flag, which became known as the "Stars and Stripes," was based on the "Grand Union" flag, a banner carried by the Continental Army in 1776 that also consisted of 13 red and white stripes. According to legend, Philadelphia seamstress Betsy Ross designed the new canton for the Stars and Stripes, which consisted of a circle of 13 stars and a blue background, at the request of General George Washington. Historians have been unable to conclusively prove or disprove this legend.
These giant computers, which used thousands of vacuum tubes for computation, were the forerunners of today's digital computers.
and what's scary is that your typical modern (digital) wristwatch has more computing power than they did.
Oh man, I remember when I got my first digit wrist watch. It was so cool. I must have been about 9 years old.
I haven't owned one since.
Fathers' Dayfollowed on June 19, 1910 in Spokane, Washington. In 1924, President Calvin Coolidge showed support of this becoming a national holiday. However, it wasn't until 1966 when President Lyndon Johnson officially proclaimed Fathers' Day
WATERGATE BURGLARS ARRESTED:
http://www.historychannel.com/cgi-bin/frameit.cgi?p=http%3A//www.historychannel.com/perl/print_book.pl%3FID%3D35808
http://www.comm.uiuc.edu/spike/deepthroat/
Since I am good at 'the day after in history'
yesterday is history so...
Allison Wonderland - (PFID:13d385) - 01:01pm Jun 17, 2002 PST (# 3519 of 3523)
"Jackie and Trent are proud to present their latest production:
Bridget Annika Tooley
Born: June 16, 2002 at 3:13p.m.
7lbs. 1oz., 19 1/4 inches long
She may have been born in New York City, but she's going to be raised
in Minnesota!!!
Jackie and Trent"
CONGRATULATIONS...I am so happy for you
HRH Prince William Arthur Philip Louis
bugs bunny was born on this day in 1940.
Do you think when he was born he looked up and said "What's up Doc?"
actually if i remember right, the paper said his original tag line was "what's cookin'". no doubt this was changed when yosemite sam was introduced, and his response would likely be "you are".
Maybe I am being prejuduced but I still think the original "toons" were better than anything today, Any Loony Tunes cartoon or most of the older ones are still better than any of the new ones TV today.
(Except for the Simpsons and South Park but I don't consider them "toons" they are toons for adults.)
BTW,.......Conjunction junction, what's your function ?........Time for timer. I am a bill and I'm only a bill, and I sit here on capitol hill.........
Dang, makes me want to put my p.j's on and eat some king vitamin.
Dang, makes me want to put my p.j's on and eat some king vitamin.
Good times! Good, good times!
I can't watch South Park any more. It's vulgar, and then it tries to be preachy.
Beavis and Butthead were better and funnier. No pretense. No redeeming social value.
Rick, What is your new tag line if I may ask ?
I got it out a book I'm reading called "Ghosts of Tsavo" about a brutal, mysterious breed of maneless man-eating lions in east Africa.
That was a message sent out by a telegrapher around 1900 in a station called Kiama on the East Africa Railway. One particular lion in the vicinity had killed and eaten a signalman, a stationmaster, a brakeman and the driver of the pumping station.
As he was tapping out the telegraph to Nairobi, the lion was trying to tear the corrugated iron plates off the roof to get at the telegrapher.
The movie "Ghost & The Darkness" was like that, which was supposedly based on fact.
Thirty-seven years ago on the last weekend in July, Bob Dylan plugged in an electric guitar, and, members of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band opened his set at the Newport Folk Festival with a high-volume version of "Maggie's Farm."
Next weekend he returns to the Newport Folk Festival for the first time since then.
Big story on Dylan in today's New York Times.
"Rick, I am curious...First, Beavis and Butthead were every bit as "Vulgar"(in the true sense of the word), as South Park, don't you think? "
Yes, but I didn't have to endure little Stanley gathering everyone together at the end of the show and saying "here's the point, now." Also, the creators of Beavis and Butthead didn't place themselves in the middle of some free speech discussion, which seems to be a re-occuring theme in South Park. Like I said, they weren't that pretentious.
"Also...Do you mean that South Park does or doesn't have redeeming social values?"
It tries; but it's forced. So when the kids try to make some kind of point, it comes off ham-handed and out of place. If they want to be vulgar, they should be just honestly vulgar. I can live with that. It would probably be funny, because the creators seem to be clever. I guess it's funny watching Chef and knowing it's Isaac Hayes. It seems like an odd thing for him to do.
Beavis and Butthead used to make points, but it was done with more subtlety. The closest thing to preachy came at end of a Christmas show.
"The world sucks," Butthead said. "But without Christmas, it would probably suck worse."
I don't know how it happens but we always seem to get off topic but it's kind of funny.
As long as we are talking T.V.
I don't get to watch much T.V at all anymore which is o.k but have you ever noticed that when you do it's one of the same three episodes you've seen over and over. You are told that they've made 14 new episodes but everytime you get excited to sit down and watch a show you like, you turn it on only to find out that you've seen that one ?
I swear they only make 2 new episodes a year. anyway, seems that way to me, end of rant.
Ditto Luv2Fly :)
I can get us back on topic....
Marilyn Monroe
I am a little late with this day in history but this one won't be in the history books
...I am still alive---8 years ago on August 3rd @ 9:05 am (technically Wednesday so not really late by the day), I was run over by a car and lived (obviously) with a broken collarbone and twisted&bruised body :(
Glad you are here :)
I believe, on this day in history 10 years ago, something called the "Mall of America" officially opened up for the first time.
:)
I believe, on this day in history 10 years ago, something called the "Mall of America" officially opened up for the first time.
And I was working there (at Camp Snoopy) that day. :( Ugh!
My old friend still is! double Ugh!
Today Julia Childs turn 90!
she is so funny
Every man has a flaming star
a flaming star up over his shoulder
and when a man sees his flaming star
he knows his time...his time has come
Elvis Presley, gone 25 years today.
I don't follow much of Elvis Presely, or his life, but a guy can feel bad, just the same.
I don't understand the fascination with Elvis. To me his music and his acting were mediocre. Of course, it may have been the best of the lot back in the '50's.
I think his music suffered from poor management, not a lack of talent on his part. He could have almost been remembered as a breakthrough blues singer. His early music borrowed heavily from the blues, from his Mississppi roots.
Toward the end, he was a cheesy Las Vegas act.
I don't understand the fascination with Elvis
the hips ;)
Well, the man had a tremendous voice and had a tremendous influence on our culture. Of that, there is no doubt. His voice was passable. His influence on the culture was that it did little harm. What real value is there in pop stars? Its entertainment, that's all. People like you, fold, seem to give it more meaning than it actually has.
THE LADY
I wonder what she thought
As she stood there, strong and tall.
She couldn't turn away,
She was forced to watch it all.
Did she long to offer comfort
As her country bled?
With her arm forever frozen
High above her head.
She could not shield her eyes
She could not hide her face
She just stared across the water
Keeping Freedom's place.
The smell of smoke and terror
Somehow reduced her size
So small within the harbor
But still we recognized...
How dignified and beautiful
On a day so many died
I wonder what she thought,
And I know she must have cried.
From your comment on how great he was.
Look out Elvis, here comes J-Lo
I have been told I do a good "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay."
I love Otis!
How's your "Loving by the pound"?
Got some loving
That I wanna give you, babe
Got it by the pound, girl
Yes I have, now, huh
Sorry, I don't know that one, J.T.
I've got a few CD's by Otis Redding but I know it's on the "Remember Me" CD.
Bill,
I am not a "puckerbut" as you put it. :) But let me say I appreciate his music. I also appreciate his talent. When I say I don't get the fascination with him perhaps because I wasn't around during his heyday. Now that being said I wouldn't argue at all his impact on music. He was probably the most influential person on rock and roll. I like his music but i've heard it so many times growing up that it loses it's meaning to me. So when I say I don't get it I mean I don't get the people who dress up like him every year and descend on Beal St. on the anniversary of his death. Or the people who are sure they've seen him down at the bowling alley. That's the stuff I don't get. The hero worship stuff that is. Music is a personal thing that's why i've never gotten the whole Michael the "freak" Jackson thing either and I was young in his heyday. Perhaps I'm an ol' romantic and have always loved Jazz, big band, and of course other forms of rock n'roll. I like alot of the new "alternative" stuff too. Heck I like anything really except opera or rap and some top 40 stuff. The rest i'll like and listen too.