Weirdness

Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Rent-A-Hater?

http://www.nytimes.com/live/gay-pride-parade-updates/jewish-group-with-hired-protesters-opposes-the-parade/



Anniversary of the Tunguska Event

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event

Happy Birthday Lights Out! (the TV show)

Premiered on this date in 1946.


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041037/


Happy Birthday Flo Ballard!

http://www.biography.com/people/florence-ballard-17170010

Happy Birthday N.O.W.!

Founded on this date in 1966.

http://now.org/

Happy National Ice Cream Soda Day!

Yum!

Happy Go For A Stroll Downtown Day!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx06XNfDvk0


Happy National Meteor Watch Day!

https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/meteor-watch-day/


Monday, June 29, 2015

Darwin wins in the long run...

The stupid can't reproduce...

http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/spanish-boy-diphtheria-dies


I don't envy folks who try to learn English...

http://www.tickld.com/x/90-of-people-cant-pronounce-this-whole-poem-you-have-to-try-it


Mini-Muffins for Captain Worf

https://www.sweetesbakeshop.com/wewantworf/


Happy Birthday Oriana Fallaci!

http://www.giselle.com/oriana.html


Happy Birthday Ray Harryhausen!

http://www.rayharryhausen.com/


Happy National Hug Day!

http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/June/hugholiday.htm

Sunday, June 28, 2015

An interview with Frank Ferrante about An Evening With Groucho

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY_q8_84Exc&app=desktop

I've see Ferrante's show - it is FANTASTIC!  I cannot recommend it too highly.  If you are a fan of Groucho, or want to be, it is Essential.

http://www.eveningwithgroucho.com/

To Boldly Go..

http://money.cnn.com/2015/05/26/news/star-trek-enterprise-headquarters/index.html?sr=fbmoney052615startrek0100story

Given Chinese quality control and corruption, it will be interesting to see if this thing lasts longer than the original three year series....

Happy Birthday to Where The Action Is!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0240305/

Premiered on this date in 1965.

Today is the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots of 1969

http://www.civilrights.org/archives/2009/06/449-stonewall.html


Happ;y Birthday Gilda Radner!

http://www.biography.com/people/gilda-radner-9450459


Hapy Birthday Mel Brooks!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000316/

Today is Wolr War One Commemoration Day

http://www.history.co.uk/this-day-in-history/June-28


Happy Paul Bunyan Day!

http://www.punchbowl.com/holidays/paul-bunyan-day

Saturday, June 27, 2015

Bibliotherapy

http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/can-reading-make-you-happier?mbid=social_facebook_aud_dev_kwjunsubreadingnewtherapy&kwp_0=20736

An interesting technique. 


(Thanks for the link, Doug!)

Happy National Flash Fiction day!

http://nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/

Happy Birthday Dark Shadows!

Premiered on this date in 1966.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059978/

http://darkshadows.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_Shadows_Wiki

Happy Birthday Bob Keeshan!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0444828/bio


Happy Birthday Helen Keller!

http://www.biography.com/people/helen-keller-9361967


Happy Smokey The Bear Day!

http://www.smokeybear.com/vault/story_main.asp


Anniversary of the Attack of the Fruita Vampire!

http://cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/co-vamp/

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/woman-says-vampire-in-road-caused-crash

Friday, June 26, 2015

A mysterious book - The Rohonc Codex

http://www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-ancient-writings/ancient-text-baffled-researchers-indecipherable-rohonc-020160


Happy Birthday Peter Lorre!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000048/


Happy Birthday Colin Wilson!

http://www.colinwilsonworld.co.uk/Pages/default.aspx


Today is International Day in Support of Victims of Torture Day

https://www.un.org/en/events/torturevictimsday/


Happy Forgiveness Day!

http://www.cute-calendar.com/event/forgiveness-day/14357.html

Thursday, June 25, 2015

RIP Patrick Macnee

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-33279566

The Sword of Goujian

http://www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-other-artifacts/goujian-ancient-chinese-sword-defied-time-003279

An amazing find.

A nice interview with Lewis Black

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/06/23/lewis-black-endorses-bernie-sanders-tells-bill-cosby-to-f-himself.html

Anniversary of the worldwide broadcast of All You Need Is Love in 1967

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7NmUS7UWNQ

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_You_Need_Is_Love


Happy Birthday to The Omen!

Premiered on this date in 1976.  It's all for you, Damian!


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075005/


Happy Birthday Tony Bourdain!

http://anthonybourdain.tumblr.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Bourdain

Happy Birthday Carly Simon!

http://www.carlysimon.com/


Anniversary of Virginia's ratification of the Constitution in 1788.

https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Virginia_Ratifying_Convention


Wednesday, June 24, 2015

A nice article about the stars & bars, and the biggest asshole in DC

http://www.thenation.com/blog/210761/confederate-flag-washington-football-team-and-owners-who-love-them




Progress

http://www.theonion.com/article/non-denominational-terrorist-organization-welcomes-50742


A nice interview with Diana Rigg

http://www.avclub.com/article/diana-rigg-avengers-mrs-peel-game-thrones-and-matc-220834

A little bigfoot in Southern Pennsylvania?

http://blog.pennlive.com/wildaboutpa/2015/06/second_annual_albatwitch_festi.html

Caring...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/anesthesiologist-trashes-sedated-patient-jury-orders-her-to-pay-500000/2015/06/23/cae05c00-18f3-11e5-ab92-c75ae6ab94b5_story.html?hpid=z3


RIP Don Featherstone

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/24/business/don-featherstone-inventor-of-the-pink-flamingo-in-plastic-dies-at-79.html?_r=0


Anniversary of Kenneth Arnold sighting flying saucers in 1947

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Arnold_UFO_sighting

The beginning of the modern era of UFO stories and studies.

Happy Birthday Arthur Brown!

http://www.arthur-brown.com/


Happy Birthday Ambrose Bierce!

http://donswaim.com/

Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Beatlemania - The Indian Perspective

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxxi6LZ3Jv0


A nice interview and review of DC Rollergirls

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW83KsxkoNQ&feature=youtu.be
Fun Stuff!


(Thanks for the link, Ed!)

Happy Golowan!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golowan_Festival

Happy Birthday Stuart Sutcliffe!

http://www.beatlesbible.com/people/stuart-sutcliffe/

Happy Birthday Joss Whedon!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0923736/

Happy National Women In Engineering Day!

http://www.wes.org.uk/nwed

Monday, June 22, 2015

My Cousin Rob's Hot Rod

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfKYU-Xat3A
A wonderful video featuring my cousin Rob's hot rod in several shots.  Look for the red car with black highlights starting at 21 seconds. 

The Onion Understands the way the major media never will

http://www.theonion.com/article/south-carolina-refuses-remove-confederate-flag-cap-50725

Them!

http://io9.com/these-ants-took-over-the-world-and-we-just-noticed-1712998011?utm_campaign=socialflow_io9_facebook&utm_source=io9_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

A great article about how the airlines hate us

http://www.bizjournals.com/bizjournals/blog/seat2B/2015/06/why-are-the-airlines-provoking-the-rage-of-road.html
And I hate them right back.  It's not just flying, it's the whole process that I hate.  The cab drivers trying to rip me off, (2 out of the past six rides); the buggy computer self-check in machines; the TSA parasites and thugs, the tiny seats and overcrowding.  I hate it all. And so, for the past several years, my wife and I have a simple set of rules:
1.  For a trip up to 500 miles - we drive.
2.  For a trip between 500-1000 miles, we think long and hard before considering flying over taking the car.

That pretty much covers the Eastern third of the United States.  Beyond that distance, we bite the bullet and get on a plane.  We just don't have enough paid leave to spend half of it driving.  But come retirement, all bets are off.

Too True...

http://www.tpnn.com/2015/06/21/the-last-rebels-25-things-we-did-as-kids-that-would-get-us-arrested-today/#.VYdy2W_owdM.facebook


On Lovecraft and his virulent racism

http://geekuallyyoked.com/?p=582
An excellent article by one of the great comedians within the Mythos.

Happy Birthday Tim Russ!

http://www.timrusswebpage.com/site/Welcome.html

Happy Birthday Bruce Campbell!

http://www.bruce-campbell.com/

Happy Birthday Howard Kaylan!

http://www.howardkaylan.com/

Happy Birthday Peter Asher!

http://peterashermusic.com/

Happy Birthday Todd Rundgren!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Rundgren

Happy National Onion Rings Day!

http://www.food.com/food-holidays/onion-rings-day-0622
Yum!

Sunday, June 21, 2015

Dragon Boat

http://www.hammacher.com/Product/Default.aspx?sku=18718&promo=SummerSupplement2015
I so would have loved having one of these in grade school.  Hell, I'd love having one, now!

Happy Birthday Nils Lofgren!

http://www.nilslofgren.com/

Anniversary of the assassination of Chaney Goodman & Schwerner

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_civil_rights_workers%27_murders

Happy Birthday Ray Davies!

http://www.raydavies.info/www/main.php?content=news

Happy Birthday Berke Breathed!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Breathed

Happy Baby Boomers Recognition Day!

http://boomerslife.org/baby_boomers_recognition_day.htm

Happy World Humanist Day!

http://iheu.org/humanism/world-humanist-day/

Happy Solstice!

http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/june-solstice.html

Neat illustrations from an old occult text

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/the_devil_and_his_servants_demonic_illustrations_occult

Happy Fathers Day!

I hope everyone has a great day.  And I hope you have the type of relationship with, or as, a Father to enjoy it even more.

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Scandal

http://www.showbiz411.com/2015/06/20/rock-hall-scandal-as-one-third-of-nominating-committee-dismissed
I'm not going to go and double check, but I believe that the following aren't in the Hall, yet should be, in my opinion:

Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers
Shirelles
Shangri-Las
Ronettes
Darlene Love
Dionne Warwicke
Barbara Lewis
Marvelettes
Mary Wells
Parliament/Funkadelic
Last Poets
Brooke Benton
Tina Turner
Chaka Khan
Pointer Sisters
Dave Clarke 5
Gerry & The Pacemakers
Chad & Jeremy
Peter & Gordon
Sonny & Cher
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood
Chicago
Guess Who
Moody Blues
Yes
Emerson Lake & Palmer
Jam
Link Wray
Dick Dale
Turtles
Paul Revere & The Raiders featuring Mark Lindsay
Carly Simon
Phil Ochs
Spanky & Our Gang
Association
America
Seals & Crofts
Jackie DeShannon
Jim Croce
Neil Diamond
J. Geils Band
X
Troggs
Warren Zevon
Herman Hermits
Monkees
Canned Heat
Deep Purple
Gil Scot Heron
Brian Eno
Graham Parker
Go Gos
Bangles
Stooges
MC5



Happy Anniversary to The Bowman Body!

A legendary local Ghost Host - who premiered on this date in 1970.

http://www.bowmanbody.com/

Saturday, June 20, 2015

Anniversary of the Born To Run photo shoot 1975 by Eric Meola

https://www.snapgalleries.com/oyp/revisited/

Happy Birthday Patricia Quinn!

http://patriciaquinn.co.uk/

Happy Birthday Martin Landau!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001445/


Happy Birthday Errol Flynn!

http://www.inlikeflynn.com/

Happy Birthday Brian Wilson!

http://www.brianwilson.com/


Happy Birthday Audie Murphy!

http://www.audiemurphy.com/

Happy Birthday Wolfe Tone!

http://www.ireland-information.com/articles/wolfetone.htm


Happy Birthday William Richardson Davie!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Richardson_Davie

A Patriot.

Happy National Vanilla Milkshake Day!

http://www.hopkinsfarmcreamery.com/

Happy American Eagle Day!

https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/american-eagle-day/

Anniversary of the Norfolk Rising

http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Documents/robert_ket_and_the_norfolk_risin.htm



Friday, June 19, 2015

RIP Phil Austin

http://firesigntheatre.com/media/media.php?member=Austin

I am very bummed out by this.  No more Nick Danger....

Happy Birthday Ann Wilson!

http://www.heart-music.com/articles.html?tag=ann+wilson

Happy Birthday Elaine "Spanky" McFarlane!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanky_and_Our_Gang

Happy Birthday Alan Cranston!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Cranston

The only American to be sued by hitler!

Happy Mass Market Paperback Book Day!

http://www.overthemoonbookstore.com/

Beginning of month of Messidor in French revolutionary calendar

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messidor

Happy Juneteenth!

http://www.juneteenth.com/history.htm

Thursday, June 18, 2015

http://www.blastr.com/2015-6-16/here-are-star-trek-characters-michael-dorn-wants-back-his-proposed-captain-worf-series

Zimbabwe Wins!

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/06/11/_zimbabwe_formally_ends_local_dollar_currency.html?wpisrc=obinsite

I don't believe that any other state in history has issued a $100 trillion note.  Well done, Mugabe!

Movie about Groucho is on the way

http://deadline.com/2015/06/rob-zombie-groucho-marx-oren-moverman-raised-eyebrows-my-years-inside-grouchos-house-1201446496/

I think that the book it's based on was very good. 

Happy National Dump The Pump Day!

http://www.apta.com/members/memberprogramsandservices/advocacyandoutreachtools/dumpthepump/Pages/default.aspx

Happy Birthday Linda Thorson!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0861771/

Happy Birthday Paul!

http://www.paulmccartney.com/intro/

Happy International Sushi Day!

Yum!

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

The Candidates

http://reason.com/blog/2015/06/17/americas-strangest-presidential-candidat

A nice interview with Tommy James

http://www.rebeatmag.com/gettin-together-with-tommy-james-onstage-online-and-on-the-big-screen-part-two/


Happy Watergate Day!

http://watergate.info/chronology/brief-timeline-of-events


Happy Bunker Hill Day!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bunker_Hill


Happy National Eat Your Vegetables Day!

https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/eat-your-vegetables-day/

Yum!

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

RIP Blaze Starr

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/obituaries/bs-md-ob-blaze-starr-20150615-story.html#page=1


(Thanks for the link, Ed!)

Happy Birthday to Them! (the film)

Premiered on this date in 1954.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047573/

Happy Birthday to The Monterey Pop Festival!

From this date in 1967.

http://montereyinternationalpopfestival.com/festival/


Happy Birthday Stan Laurel!

http://www.laurel-and-hardy.com/

Monday, June 15, 2015

John Cleese and Eric Idle are going on tour!

http://cleeseandidle.com/tourdates/index.html

Tee Hee!

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/milwaukee_resident_messes_with_airline_passengers

Happy Birthday to Unknown Pleasures!

Joy Division releases this wonderful album on this date in 1979.

\https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unknown_Pleasures

Happy Birthday Black Adder!

Premiered on this date in 1983.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084988/

Happy Birthday to The Legend of Hell House!

Premiered on this date in 1973.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070294/

Happy Birthday Jim Varney!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001815/

Anniversary of the Pig War of 1859

http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/fiction/pigwar.aspx

Happy Birthday Harry Nilsson!

http://www.harrynilsson.com/

Happy Birthday Arlington National Cemetery!

http://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/


This is as close to "Sacred Ground" that I get.  For visitors to DC, I always recommend this in my top 5 locales to check out, particularly the Tomb of the Unknowns.

Happy National Lobster Day!

http://www.punchbowl.com/holidays/national-lobster-day

Happy Magna Carta Day

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta

Sunday, June 14, 2015

Nice artilce on Yeats' occult tools while in The Golden Dawn

http://www.dailygrail.com/Essays/2015/2/See-William-Butler-Yeatss-Magical-Golden-Dawn-Tools-and-Private-Journals

Happy Birthday to the U.S. Army!

Established on this date in 1775, with George Washington as its Commander.

http://www.army.mil/

Happy Pop Goes The Weasel Day!

http://nationaldaycalendar.com/days-2/national-pop-goes-the-weasel-day-0-june-14/

Happy Birthday robert La Follette, Sr.!

http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-035/?action=more_essay

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_M._La_Follette_Sr.


Today is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

http://www.helpageusa.org/blogs/patricia-brownell-22746/marking-world-elder-abuse-awareness-day-older-peoples-rights-as-human-rights-715/?gclid=Cj0KEQjwhuqrBRCFuPz4ipOx5JIBEiQAZJ7F-h5o9zyRbR9gsltoRhKH1AeNrvsub0Z0GOH_JnmbsSAaAk1Z8P8HAQ

Happy Birthday Junior Walker!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior_Walker

Happy National Strawberry Shortcake Day!

Yum!

http://www.food.com/food-holidays/strawberry-shortcake-day-0614

Happy National Bourbon Day!

Yum!

http://www.asmithbowman.com/


Happy Flag Day!

http://www.usflag.org/flag.day.html

Saturday, June 13, 2015

A nice article about Christopher Lee

http://www.inquisitr.com/2165225/christopher-lee-horror-fans-mourn-a-legend-and-the-end-of-an-era/


Happy Birthday Basil Rathbone!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001651/

A new Lovecraftian collection of stories

http://www.pspublishing.co.uk/innsmouth-nightmares-hardcover-edited-by-lois-h-gresh-2750-p.asp

Happy Birthday Paul Lynde!

http://www.paullynde.info/

Happy Birthday Ben Johnson!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0424565/


Happy National Sewing Machine Day!

http://www.punchbowl.com/holidays/sewing-machine-day


Happy National Cucumber Day!

http://www.food.com/topic/cucumber

Yum!

Happy National Kitchen Klutzes of America Day!

http://www.food.com/food-holidays/kitchen-klutzes-of-america-day-0613

I'm a proud member...

Happy National Weed Your Garden day!

http://nationaldaycalendar.com/days-2/national-weed-your-garden-day-june-13/


Friday, June 12, 2015

Igor Smiles...

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/06/12/autopsy_tragedy_shipley_family_lawsuit_fails_in_new_york_court.html?wpsrc=slatest_newsletter&sid=5388d019dd52b8417a00396f
Besides the outrageousness of judges condoning organ thievery under the guise of high school wordplay, I can only ask when they became employed by Dr. Frankenstein?

Bravo!

http://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/scientists-mock-nobel-prize-winner-tim-hunt-distractinglysexy-twitter
You can always tell the dudes who can't get a date....

Anniversary of the murder of Medgar Evers

http://www.naacp.org/pages/naacp-history-medgar-evers


Anniversary of the Virginia Declaration of Rights in 1776

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Declaration_of_Rights

Happy Birthday Reg Presley!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reg_Presley


Happy National Jerky Day!

Yum!

Happy National Red Rose Day!

Happy World Wide Knit In Public Day!

http://www.wwkipday.com/


Happy Loving Day!

http://www.lovingday.org/


Thursday, June 11, 2015

Wuss America, Chapter 5,859....

http://reason.com/blog/2015/06/11/11-year-old-boy-played-in-his-yard-cps-t

I, and almost everyone I grew up with, if transplanted to today's society of nannies, busy bodies, government parasites, and worrywarts, would be taken away and our parents executed.  I cannot begin to recount how many hours I spent playing in my family's yard, or someone else's, with no one calling cops and social workers.  Where did all of these meddling  little hitlers come from, and why?

HonFest is this weekend in Baltimore

http://www.honfest.net/


Some funny BBC news captions

http://www.buzzfeed.com/patricksmith/joining-us-live-in-the-studio-is-this-hedgehog-for-some-reas?utm_term=4ldqpia
Neat-O!


(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

RIP Christopher Lee

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jun/11/christopher-lee-dies-at-the-age-of-93-dracula

We've lost a Giant.

Wuss America

http://abcnews.go.com/US/texas-kids-told-illegal-sell-lemonade-permit/story?id=31667943

We're now safe....

Happy Birthday to A Day At The Races!

Premiered on this date in 1937.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028772/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2


Happy Birthday True Grit! (the film)

Premiered on this date in 1969.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065126/?ref_=nv_sr_2


Happy Birthday Gene Wilder!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000698/


Happy Birthday Frank Beard!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Beard_%28musician%29


Happy Birthday Ronnie Van Zandt!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donnie_Van_Zant


Happy Birthday Joseph Warren!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Warren

A Patriot.

Happy International Yarn Bombing Day!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarn_bombing


Happy National Corn On The Cob Day!

Yum!

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Vote Cthulhu!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/06/09/the-shark-from-jaws-is-polling-better-than-all-of-the-2016-candidates/?tid=pm_pop_b


High Eels!

http://www.hakaimagazine.com/article-short/dr-eelgood

(Thanks for the link and title, John!)

Anniversary of the Liberty Affair

http://www.john-hancock-heritage.com/the-liberty-affair/

Another stepping stone to The Revolution.

Happy Birthday Howlin' Wolf!

http://www.howlinwolf.com/


Happy National Herb & Spice Day!

Yum!

https://www.penzeys.com/


Happy National Ice Tea Day!

http://www.uptontea.com/store/home.asp

Yum!

Tuesday, June 09, 2015

Bohemian Rhapsody on a fairground organ

http://www.wimp.com/rhapsody-organ/

People who block Metro's escalators

http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/capitalcomment/washingtonian-word/theres-a-word-for-the-people-who-block-the-metro-escalator.php

For those of you who visit DC, I will give two bits of advice when it comes to the subway system here:

1.  We never call it the subway, it is Metro.
2.  If you block the escalator's left hand side, we will murder you.  Quickly.  And there's not a court in the region who will consider it anything other than "self defense".  You won't be warned again...



RIP Jean Ritchie

http://www.folkways.si.edu/smithsonian-folkways-remembers-jean-ritchie-1922%E2%80%932015/article/smithsonian

Anniversary of Bruce signing to Columbia Records in 1972!

http://brucespringsteen.net/

http://www.backstreets.com/


Happy Birthday Lin Carter!

http://www.angelfire.com/az/vrooman/


Happy Birthday Johnny Depp!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000136/


Happy Birthday Jackie Wilson!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Wilson


The "Lost Beatle"

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/beatles-jimmie-nicol/

A sad story....

The Sex Pistols Credit Card

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BmHShEjAJA

http://m.virginmoney.com/virgin/credit-cards/rebellion/?source=OTH-MUL-00001-00360



My head is exploding right now...

Gnome Attack!

http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/Devon-woman-wakes-107-gnomes-house/story-26657979-detail/story.html
Aren't they supposed to repair her shoes, or something?

A new Night Gallery?

http://www.reellifewithjane.com/2015/06/rod-serling-night-gallery-reboot-john-noble-host/


Monday, June 08, 2015

Beer Price?

http://cheezburger.com/8503416064/drinking-beer-funny-dont-bother-trying-to-argue-with-the-pricing?ref=leftarrow&siteId=76
Amazing.  There's a story behind this menu item, I'm sure.

(Thanks for the link,Mathew!)

Happy National Best Friends Day!

http://www.punchbowl.com/holidays/best-friends-day


Vampire Ad

http://weekinweird.com/2015/05/27/creepsters-of-the-night-craigslist-ad-seeks-an-immortal-lesbian-vampire-for-immortality-purposes/

My next grill

http://weekinweird.com/2015/06/07/sale-ghoulish-grave-yard-grill-backyard-barbeques/


Anniversary of the unprovoked attack on the USS Liberty

http://www.gtr5.com/


Happy Birthday Keenen Ivory Wayans!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keenen_Ivory_Wayans


Happybirthday Nancy Sinatra!

http://www.nancysinatra.com/


Happy birthday James Darren!

http://www.jamesdarren.com/


Happy World Oceans Day!

http://www.un.org/en/events/oceansday/


Sunday, June 07, 2015

Happy Birthday El Dorado!

Premiered on this date in 1967.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061619/


Happy Birthday Tom Jones

http://www.tomjones.com/




Happy Birthday Nikki Giovanni!

http://www.nikki-giovanni.com/
One of my fave poets.

Happy Birthday Prince!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_%28musician%29


Happy National VCR Day!

https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/vcr-day/


Happy National Chocolate Ice Craem Day!

http://www.hopkinsfarmcreamery.com/


The coolest video I've seen in weeks

https://www.facebook.com/HuffingtonPost/videos/10152896176896130/?fref=nf

I love it when the scientific method is used to help people.  And now, you'll excuse me, I seem to have something in my eye....

RIP Ronnie Gilbert

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/07/arts/music/ronnie-gilbert-folk-singer-for-the-weavers-dies-at-88.html?_r=1


Casting the first stone

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/cast_that_first_stone_with_the_jesus_slingshot


Happy Build A Scarecrow Day!

http://holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/July/buildascarecrow.htm


Saturday, June 06, 2015

I believe there's a horror movie plot here...

http://www.9news.com.au/world/2015/06/06/13/31/vampire-fish-rain-on-alaskan-town


Two Weeks until Monster Bash!

http://www.monsterbashnews.com/bash.html


Anniverary fo "Convoy"

The events in the song supposedly took place on this date...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3VN54M1OXA


Rock Around The Clock hits #1!

On this date in 1955.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgdufzXvjqw


Happy Butterfly Education & Awareness Day!

http://afbeducation.org/butterfly-conservation/butterfly-education-and-awareness-day/


Happy Birthday Damien Thorne!

Supposedly born on this date, (probably in 1966...)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075005/


Happy Birthday John Trumbull!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Trumbull

Happy Birthday Gary "U.S." Bonds!

http://www.garyusbonds.com/

Happy Birthday Levi Stubbs!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi_Stubbs

One of the great Motown performers.

Happy National Trails Day!

http://www.nationaltrailsday.org/


Happy Birthday Danny Strong!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0834960/


Happy Birthday Nathan Hale!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Hale

A Patriot.

Happy National Drive-In Movie Day!

http://www.stardrivein.com/


Happy National Doughnut Day!

http://voodoodoughnut.com/

Yum!

Today is the Anniversary of the D-Day Invasion

http://www.army.mil/d-day/
An amazing feat and victory.

Friday, June 05, 2015

Headline & Story of the Day

http://globalnews.ca/news/2036481/florida-man-arrested-after-dancing-to-hall-oates-on-sheriffs-suv-to-stave-off-vampires/


The New Age Meets Technology!

http://cheezburger.com/8498905088/funny-fail-pic-hippies-computer-crystal

This...Is....Rich....



(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)


Amazon's List of the Most Well Read Cities

http://patch.com/virginia/oldtownalexandria/did-seattle-knock-alexandria-1-most-well-read-city
A pity that my old hometown is now considered too small in population to qualify...

Happy Dead Duck Day!

http://www.improbable.com/2010/06/04/dead-duck-day-june-5/

Happy Birthday James Connolly!

https://www.marxists.org/archive/connolly/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Connolly


Anniversary of the Solemn League & Covenant document of 1774

http://www.westford.com/westford1775/1774_Covenant.html

Another important step towards the Revolution.

Happy Festival of Popular Delusions Day!

http://www.baldheretic.com/2012/06/04/happy-festival-of-popular-delusions-day


Happy National Fish & Chips Day!

Yum!

http://www.gofishdelaware.com/


Happy National Gingerbread Day!

Yum!

http://www.food.com/food-holidays/gingerbread-day-0605


Happy World Environment Day!

http://www.unep.org/wed/

Thursday, June 04, 2015

The Greenock Catman

http://weekinweird.com/2015/06/04/tracking-down-the-legendary-greenock-catman-scotlands-glowing-eyed-rat-eating-mystery/

A story that is apparently a mixture of fact, folklore, sadness, and the bizarre.

The cutting edge of criminal behavior.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/04/us/authorities-file-charges-over-loud-cheering-at-mississippi-high-school-graduation.html?emc=edit_th_20150604&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=60541474&_r=2

First of all, I love the quote that this celebratory behavior was “against the peace and dignity of the State of Mississippi.”.  Perhaps the only time that the words 'dignity' and 'Mississippi' have ever been used in the same sentence.  And secondly, the article missed the truly big story here:  someone graduated from high school in Mississippi....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7fgB0m_y2I


Happy National Cheese Day!

http://cheesetique.com/


Happy Birthday Gordon Waller!

http://www.peterandgordon.net/


Happy Birthday John Eager Howard!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Eager_Howard

A patriot.

Anniversary of the Battle of Midway in 1942

The battle that determined that Japan would lose WWII.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Midway

Happy National Congnac Day!

http://us.remymartin.com/?utm_source=desktop&utm_medium=redirect&utm_campaign=brandsite

Yum!

150 Days Until Halloween!


Wednesday, June 03, 2015

For The Love Of Spock

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/adamnimoy/for-the-love-of-spock-a-documentary-film

A Kickstarter campaign for a documentary about Nimoy/Spock by his son.

An alternate version of the Stones' Brown Suger is to be released, featuring Clapton!

http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/06/the-rolling-stones-unearth-alternate-version-of-brown-sugar-featuring-eric-clapton-listen/

Fun stuff!


(Thanks for the link, Hannah!)

The cutting edge of tourism ambassadors

http://www.avclub.com/article/japan-officially-appoints-godzilla-its-tourism-amb-220271
Neat-O!

The Final Proof - We are a nation of idiots

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/in-the-loop/wp/2015/06/01/dont-drink-the-toilet-water-at-walter-reed/

Anniversary for the Ode To Billie Joe

The events in the song supposedly took place on this date.  One of the greatest story telling songs of all time, containing one of pop culture's great mysteries.  A Classic of Southern Gothic culture.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ode_to_Billie_Joe

Happy Birthday Leo Gorcey!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0329832/


Happy Birthday Suzi Quatro!

http://www.suziquatro.com/


Happy Birthday Curtis Mayfield!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Mayfield

Genius.  Essential.

Happy Birthday Josephine Baker!

http://www.cmgww.com/stars/baker/about/biography.html


Happy Jack Jouett Day!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Jouett
http://www.jouetthouse.org/

Happy National Egg Day!

Yum!

http://www.food.com/food-holidays/egg-day-0603


Tuesday, June 02, 2015

New MST3000 reissue on the way!

http://www.mst3kinfo.com/?p=20199


A remake of Big Trouble In Little China

http://io9.com/big-trouble-in-little-china-is-finally-getting-the-rema-1708431086

I pretty much agree with everything said in this article, (and I love the video clips presented).  Rather than a remake, I've always regretted that there wasn't a (short) series of Jack Burton, hauling cargo from adventure to adventure, and subculture to subculture (Italians in New York, Irish in Boston, Cajun/Creole in New Orleans, etc.)

There's still time to visit the Virginia Renaissance Faire

http://www.varf.org/


Isaac Asimov makes predictions for 2014

http://mentalfloss.com/article/54343/12-predictions-isaac-asimov-made-about-2014-1964


Happy Birthday Universal Studios - The Home of the Monsters!

Formed on this date in 1912.

http://www.universalstudios.com/


Happy Birthday Jewel Staite!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0821612/


Happy Birthday Morena Baccarin!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1072555/


Happy Birthday Alessandro di Cagliostro!

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/88360/Alessandro-count-di-Cagliostro


Happy Birthday Wayne Brady!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0103750/


Happy Birthday Martha Washington!

http://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/martha-washington/?gclid=Cj0KEQjw4qqrBRDE2K_z7Pbvjo8BEiQA39AImY5jKrUaS2Rm81Obh47Lm0LowKgUhlwSDBbeOoDacH8aAmhq8P8HAQ

Monday, June 01, 2015

A new single from Well Hung Heart!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85EfMRv2hes
One of my favorite new bands.  I really like these folks.


June is National Turkey Lovers Month!

Yum!

June is Nationall Fresh Fruit & Vegetables month

Yum!

http://www.centralmarketlancaster.com/


June is National Rose Month

http://thegardendiary.com/roses/national-rose-month/


June is National Accordian Awareness Month

Oh, we're aware...

http://www.ladyofspain.com/naam.html


Happy Birthday Rene Auberjonois!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Auberjonois


June is LGBT Pride Month!

https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/05/30/presidential-proclamation-lesbian-gay-bisexual-and-transgender-pride-mon


Happy Global Day of Parents!

http://www.un.org/en/events/parentsday/


Happy Birthday Sgt. Pepper!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgt._Pepper%27s_Lonely_Hearts_Club_Band


Happy Birthday Le Petomane!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_P%C3%A9tomane

One of the Immortals.