A nice article explaining the fake band, The Grass Roots

https://bestclassicbands.com/grass-roots-band-feature-12-20-18/?fbclid=IwAR1XYcBlfAt_lbvo7acb4mxrVq7Rrabhyihjr4QSFm-CcrMLOmQnwGgJQmE

Success against the U-boats

https://time.com/5772665/uboat-wargames/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social-share-article&utm_content=20200129&fbclid=IwAR0lEeeUjwEueEzqfFr69x5AszCPwA55DZTLw7vcQLmiaZ36AlEB5VombJg

An interesting tidbit from WWII.

Happy Birthday Tallulah Bankhead,!

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

Happy National Hot Chocolate Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-hot-chocolate-day-january-31/

Happy Birthday Alan Lomax!

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

Happy Birthday Percy Helton!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0375887/

Happy Birthday John Agar!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000730/

Happy Birthday Suzanne Pleshette!

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

Happy Birthday Johnny Rotten!

http://www.johnlydon.com/

Happy Birthday Tapestry!

Released on this date in 1971.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapestry_(Carole_King_album)

Happy Dick Martin!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Martin_(comedian)

Happy Birthday Steve Marriott!

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

Happy Birthday Marty Balin!

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

Anniversary of the Beatles last performance

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles%27_rooftop_concert

Happy Calves Head Day!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calves%27_Head_Club

Happy National Croissant Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-croissant-day-january-30/

Happy Birthday to The Muppet Show!

Premiered on this date in 1976.


https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074028/

Happy Birthday Lighthorse Harry Lee!

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

Happy Birthday Thomas Paine!

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

Happy Birthday Dr. Stragelove!

Premiered on this date in 1964.


https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057012/

Happy Birthday Andrew Loog Oldham!

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

Happy Birthday to The Raven

Published on this date in 1845.

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48860/the-raven

Happy National Cornchip Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-corn-chip-day-january-29/

Happy Birthday W.C. Fields!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._C._Fields

RIP Jack Burns

https://thelaughbutton.com/news/comedian-jack-burns-best-known-for-his-comedy-duos-with-george-carlin-and-avery-schreiber-has-passed-away-at-86/?fbclid=IwAR02m2v6Rh2TOaFkpo6gO_zuV5b129gp4hNcgHqWulI6taq8tqRaL_CuL4I

Happy Birthday Elijah Wood!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000704/

Happy Birthday Sarah McLachlan!

https://www.sarahmclachlan.com/

Happy National Kazoo Day!

https://www.nationalkazooday.com/

Today is Holocaust Memorial Day

https://www.hmd.org.uk/
https://www.ushmm.org/information/exhibitions/online-exhibitions/special-focus/international-holocaust-remembrance-day

Happy Brithday Lewis Carroll!

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lewis-Carroll

Happy Thomas Crapper Day!

https://www.farmersalmanac.com/thomas-crapper-story-31372

Happy Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day!

https://sealedair.com/bubble-wrap-appreciation-day

Just discovered this site devote to medieval history (mostly in Europe)

https://www.medievalists.net/category/books/

Happy Birthday Babylon 5!

Premiered on this date in 1994.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105946/

Happy Birthday Paul Newman!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000056/

Happy National Spouse's Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-spouses-day-january-26/

Today is the Manitou Springs Fruitcake Toss!

https://www.visitcos.com/events-calendar/annual/fruitcake-toss/

Happy Birthday Blair Witch Project!

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0185937/

Premiered on this date in 1999.

Happy Birthday MASH!

Premiered on this date in 1970. 


https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066026/

Happy National Irish Coffee Day

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-irish-coffee-day-january-25/

Anniversary of the Battle of Mengo

https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/mengo-hill.htm

One of my fave battles!

Happy National Seed Swap Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-seed-swap-day-last-saturday-in-january/

Witch Bottle found near Williamsburg

https://wtvr.com/2020/01/22/witch-bottle-virginia/?fbclid=IwAR3bI9eXbVZRVhbgtKpleb2GC4LZ5Q5BcWaaYbKvK7JvcMNkPCESyokkhmk

Happy Birthday Stephanie Romanov!

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

Happy Birthday Ray Stevens!

https://raystevens.com/

Happy Birthday Klaus Nomi!

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

Happy Birthday Warren Zevon!

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

Happy Paul Pitcher Day!

https://breathinginbooksblog.wordpress.com/2018/01/26/paul-pitcher-day-and-watching-the-weather-the-conversion-of-st-paul/

Happy Birthday John Belushi!

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

Happy Birthday Neil Diamond!

https://www.neildiamond.com/

Happy National Beer Can Appreciation Day!

https://nationaltoday.com/national-beer-can-appreciation-day/

Happy Eskimo Pie Patent Day!

https://www.checkiday.com/5a5f9d029aa0fb44e2ec976255c54459/national-eskimo-pie-patent-day

Happy Birthday Benjamin Lincoln!

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

The cutting edge of service animals

https://www.koco.com/article/just-an-experiment-man-tries-to-pass-his-beer-off-as-a-service-animal/30632872

A Cheech & Chong Horror Movie?

https://movieweb.com/cheech-and-chong-horror-movie-script/?fbclid=IwAR2AAO49aU_KAlt1ZlvEBjpQCj9YpeuwIwUSHqNNLEjiZT6pDdqymhX1KWg

RIP John Karlen

https://amarketnews.com/2020/01/23/john-karlen-death-obituary-abc-serial-dark/?fbclid=IwAR1zmvzBSMRrcs-iv3H29OQRzbE14g9UCBshK2lWNRLduIRUmOMJ5uPPY4w

Happy Birthday Max Weinberg!

https://www.maxweinberg.com/

Happy Birthday Richard Dean Anderson!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000760/

Happy National Handwriting Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-handwriting-day-january-23/

Happy National Pie Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-pie-day-january-23/

Happy national Reading Day!

http://national-reading-day.org/

RIP Terry Jones

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-51209197?fbclid=IwAR3FsjhUdF54_vKOwRfGKQq3TgALiBfBRGzbK34QwNA-y6tfa93TMi1O-rE

Happy Birthday Rachael Harris!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006713/

Happy Birthday Sam Cooke!

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

Happy Birthday Linda Blair!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000304/

Happy Birthday Robert E. Howard!

http://www.rehfoundation.org/a-short-biography/

Happy Birthday Wolfman Jack!

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

Happy Birthday Alferd Packer!

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

Mr Hamburger Helper!

Happy Birthday Ethan Allen!

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

Happy Birthday Edwin Starr!

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

Happy Birthday Richie Havens!

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

Happy National Hugging Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-hugging-day-january-21/

Happy National New England Clam Chowder Day!

https://www.punchbowl.com/holidays/new-england-clam-chowder-day

Conjecture on where the characters from Dark Shadows ended up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaxfjC3u8Oc&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR05AZovBnpPdfs6rCTuzQ7Jsx_7T20Yo4ZuZotboHmhXRfx-5dGFqce780

RIP Robert Parker

https://www.fox8live.com/2020/01/19/barefootin-singer-robert-parker-passes-away/?fbclid=IwAR00xhRZtcmX6Dpfr4yZ3pm6h1PIEMA2ZzaPurh3juoMXlmLoQKWN1TSaBk

Anniversary of the Fincastle Resolutions

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

Happy Birthday Arte Johnson!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0424527/

Happy Birthday Robert Morris!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Morris_(financier)

Anniversary of The Crisis

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

Happy Birthday Lead Belly!

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

Happy Birthday DeForest Kelley!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001420/

Happy Birthday George Burns!

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

Happy Birthday to Meet The Beatles!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meet_the_Beatles!

Happy King Day!

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

"Happy" Blue Monday!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Monday_(date)

Anniversary of the Battle of Golden Hill in 1770

"First blood" in the American Revolution.

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

Happy Birthday Shawn Wayans!

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

Happy Birthday Richard Lester!

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

Happy Birthday Dewedy Bunnell!

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

Happy Birthday Phil Everly!

https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/everly-brothers

Happy National Popcorn Day!

https://www.popcorn.org/Facts-Fun/National-Popcorn-Day

Happy Birthday Janis Joplin!

https://janisjoplin.com/

Happy Birthday Edgar Allan Poe!

https://www.poemuseum.org/who-was-edgar-allan-poe

https://poets.org/poet/edgar-allan-poe?gclid=CjwKCAjw44jrBRAHEiwAZ9igKBkEThEfiyA_XQ5oP2CgJf-87_KtahltBPOmwFwKIy4Nc_6uAJGlUBoCgC8QAvD_BwE

Happy Birthday Oliver Hardy!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001316/

Happy Birthday David Ruffin!

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

Happy Birthday Cary Grant!

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

Happy Birthday Peter Mark Roget!

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

Happy Pooh Day!

http://www.holidayscalendar.com/event/winnie-pooh-day/

Happy Thesaurus Day!

https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/fun/thesaurus-day

Happy National Peking Duck Day!

https://www.punchbowl.com/holidays/peking-duck-day

The story of "haint blue"

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-haint-blue-means-to-descendants-enslaved-africans?utm_source=Atlas+Obscura+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=50d5016c0a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_01_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f36db9c480-50d5016c0a-64536349&mc_cid=50d5016c0a&mc_eid=9337bd4ceb

It's so easy to feel superior in America

https://god.dailydot.com/flat-earthers-jessica-meir/?fbclid=IwAR29iC3b9TVmpVYZzy3I2Aa4HNe5Wp2y__OR5pJRHo_xuXDd_3Le6caPCFs

Happy Birthday Hugh Mercer!

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

Happy National Hot Buttered Rum Day!

https://nationaltoday.com/national-hot-buttered-rum-day/

Happy Birthday Jim Carrey!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000120/

Happy Birthday Ben Franklin!

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

Hap;y Kid Inventors Day!

https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/kid-inventors-day/

Dunwich Horror movie on the way?

https://nerdist.com/article/richard-stanley-dunwich-horror-lovecraft/?fbclid=IwAR0eEsSiCfv2j7-DVdfSdf2VzChvUe9PATiv7KPPYH-eZdjXNoFvRgraV2Y

Happy Birthday John Carpenter!

https://theofficialjohncarpenter.com/

Happy Birthday Shadow Chasers!

Premiered on this date in 1986.

https://www.shadowchasers.org/

Happy National Nothing Day

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-nothing-day-january-16/

Happy Publishers Day!

https://www.checkiday.com/8811adf5c10c6f5a4376bdea75cc9e9a/book-publishers-day

Happy International Hot & Spicy Food Day!

https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/international-hot-and-spicy-food-day/

A great article and history about the Patti Smith/Bruce Springsteen song, Because The Night

https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8462017/patti-smith-because-the-night-40th-anniversary-oral-history?fbclid=IwAR3b3H37fQPzSGs5wrWRISUVYNC6KPG0AXYtAkXBz6aAPgnreamvZ9AaPf4

An interesting cave near Steamboat Springs, Colorado

https://www.outtherecolorado.com/bizarre-find-in-deadly-cave-near-colorado-ski-hill/?fbclid=IwAR0aokkrN7jGkb5nfpWsCilopd7vyr_bm39MMxniXCtBkYyq1xTJFADP4-I

Have been to this town a couple of times over the years, but never heard of this. 

Happy Birthday Vanishing Point!

Premiered on this date in 1971.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067927/

Happy Birthday Chuck Berry!

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

Happy National Strawberry Ice Cream Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-strawberry-ice-cream-day-january-15/

Happy Birthday Hugh Mercer!

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

Happy Birthday Martin Luther King, Jr.!

https://thekingcenter.org/about-dr-king/

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

Occult and other non-mainstream audio recording library online

http://www.openculture.com/2018/02/a-big-archive-of-occult-recordings.html?fbclid=IwAR0tGeZMT_cc10L9jHJ4B0h5uIfdWVHqtAMIBZnsXAs1HiyzUu7zQW5L-tg

Regimentation and wussification...

https://www.stack.com/a/how-america-killed-play-and-what-we-can-do-to-bring-it-back?fbclid=IwAR2rvNLRo3lcagPr0j5jLT53Tst7bF9xs08Df36A0yxkOJPKJhK2hxOa0so

Happy Ratification Day!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratification_Day_(United_States)

Happy Birthday William Whipple!

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

We're #1! We're #1!

https://patch.com/virginia/burke/s/gz9y4/washington-dc-is-most-bed-bug-infested-city-in-us-orkin?utm_source=alert-breakingnews&utm_medium=email&utm_term=going-green&utm_campaign=alert

Pet Dogs & Schizophrenia

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/canine-corner/202001/do-pet-dogs-affect-the-risk-schizophrenia-in-humans

Fascinating, it the data holds up.

Happy Make Your Own Dreams Come True Day!

https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/fun/make-your-dreams-come-true-day

Happy Birthday Clark Ashton Smith!

http://www.eldritchdark.com/

Happy Birthday Rip Taylor!

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

Happy Birthday Jinx Dawson!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coven_(band)

Almost creating life (by my definition)

https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/scientists-create-a-lifelike-material-that-has-metabolism-and-can-self-reproduce?rebelltitem=6#rebelltitem6

Fascinating.  My definition of life is based on two necessities:  1)It must be able to take energy/sustenance from outside itself; 2)It must be able to reproduce consistently.
We're getting close...

Illuminatus Trilogy to be a TV show?

https://checkersaga.com/the-illuminatus-trilogy-tv-series-in-the-works/1521/

Happy Birthday John Hancock!

https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/john-hancock

Happy Birthday Hullabaloo!

Premiered on this date in 1965.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0167612/

Happy National Curried Chicken Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-curried-chicken-day-january-12/

Happy National Hot Toddy Day!

https://nationaltoday.com/national-hot-toddy-day/

Happy Birthday to The Night Stalker!

Premiered on this date in 1972.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_Stalker_(1972_film)

Happy Birthday Marc Blucas!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0089456/

Happy Birthday , George Zucco!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0958345/

Happy Birthday Alexander Hamilton!

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

Happy Birthday Big Man!

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

Happy Burning the Clavie Day!

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

Happy Wolf Moon!

https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/moon/wolf.html

Nice article about Oxon Hill Manor and John Hanson

https://jay.typepad.com/william_jay/2012/09/ghouls-on-the-hill-the-story-of-oxon-hill-manor-the-addison-family-and-john-hanson.html?fbclid=IwAR03PBXnpj2U2IJ_OmJ0uAwO7HLOJFAyhOSLTrFDRiHWkTlqp5Yp4Hk50T8

A fun little film about Marx Toys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7yHV6m9MzI

RIP Buck Henry

https://deadline.com/2020/01/buck-henry-dead-saturday-night-live-the-graduate-get-smart-1202825337/?fbclid=IwAR3iIFrUNeKPDfJ_KsGWVh_OHxkdN1yo3jJ3vgYuedlLhRvxFUYxmBNCcaw

Happy Birthday David Johansen!

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

Happy National Static Electricity Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-static-electricity-day-january-9/

Hppy Birthday Gypsy Rose Lee!

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

Happy Birthday Joan Baez!

http://www.joanbaez.com/home/

Happy Birthday Jimmy Page!

https://www.jimmypage.com/

Happy Birthday Lee Van Cleef!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001812/

Happy Birthday Bob Denver!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001134/

Happy National Apricot Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-apricot-day-january-9/

The return of Firefly?

https://www.thewrap.com/fox-open-firefly-revival-limited-series-tim-minear/

I doubt it, there's been talk before, and nothing happens.

Nice article on why horror hosts are a good thing for the whole genre

https://comicbook.com/horror/2019/03/06/horror-hosts-elvira-joe-bob-briggs-return/

Happy National Bubble Bath Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-bubble-bath-day-january-8/

Happy Birthday Amber Benson!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0072435/

Happy Birthday Michelle Forbes!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000405/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

Happy Birthday Roy Kinnear!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0455702/

Happy Birthday S.L.MacGregor Mathers!

http://www.kheper.net/topics/Hermeticism/Mathers.html

Happy Birthday Little Anthony!

https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/little-anthony-imperials

Happy Birthday Elvis Presley!

https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/elvis-presley

Happy Birthday Robby Krieger!

http://robbykrieger.com/

Happy Birthday Graham Chapman!

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

Happy Birthday David Bowie!

https://www.davidbowie.com/home

A new take on some UFO abduction stories

https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2019/12/simulated-alien-abductions-the-cia-a-hot-hooker-and-secret-experiments/

Death Date of Paul McCartney - 1967

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

Happy Birthday Butterfly McQueen!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0574335/

Happy Birthday Israel Putnam!

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

Happy Birthday to The Avengers!

Premiered on this date (in the UK) in 1961.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054518/

Happy Birthday Charles Addams!

https://charlesaddams.com/

A nice article about Clark Ashton Smith

https://25yearslatersite.com/2020/01/03/clark-ashton-smith-a-dark-sci-fi-gem/?fbclid=IwAR22BDZeDpFznAirnKYZ62M3J-VpwlQI0lzlQBzNeWlWhVbmeudQevmwjmA

One of my favorite fantasy authors.

An interesting article about the source of folklore about the Green Man

https://www.tor.com/2019/12/27/inventing-folklore-the-origins-of-the-green-man/?fbclid=IwAR3QWtoTsTVH_4qMn4NWhdU7etYrL9yJ46zW_MJ1wy4G0o7cIPKRWYCFEas

Happy Birthday Aron Eisenberg!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0251969/

Happy Birthday Rowan Atkinson!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000100/

Happy Birthday Syd Barrett!

http://www.sydbarrett.com/

Happy Birthday Gustav Dore!

https://www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-dore

Happy Birthday Sherlock Holmes!

http://www.sherlock-holmes.co.uk/bio/bio_one.htm

Happy Cuddle Up Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-cuddle-up-day-january-6/

Happy National Bean Day!

https://www.anasazibeans.com/

Happy National Shortbread Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-shortbread-day-january-6/

Happy Plough Monday!

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

Happy Handsel Monday!

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

Nice article and review of a new edition of the King In Yellow

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-secret-chambers-of-the-heart-robert-w-chambers-and-the-king-in-yellow/?fbclid=IwAR0EE1i6wGEsDf_kCw4Hu2th1neUaFfck1jIqcRU2sE3XRmlhIi6ZBkA53U

Sidewalk glass grids

https://www.kqed.org/news/11791667/what-are-those-grids-of-glass-in-the-sidewalk-and-why-are-they-purple?fbclid=IwAR20I092Guev1m5HHTOV1Yac91Hy2MKPVYLbNUI36PR5gJAAPMfdisRCx-4

A neat footnote to urban history.

(Thanks for the link, Christy!)

Happy Birthday Mark Tatulli!

https://www.marktatulli.com/

Happy Birthday Sam Phillips!

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

Happy Birthday George Reeves!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001660/

Happy Birthday Stephen Decatur!

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

Happy Birthday Zebulon Pike!

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

Happy Birthday Robert Duvall!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000380/

Happy Birthday to Greetings From Asbury Park!

Released on this date in 1973.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greetings_from_Asbury_Park,_N.J.

Happy National Bird Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-bird-day-january-5/

Happy Twelfth Night!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelfth_Night_(holiday)

Happy Birthday to The Doors album!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Doors_(album)

Happy Birthday Michael Stipe!

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

Happy National Spaghetti Day!

http://www.holidayscalendar.com/event/national-spaghetti-day/

Happy National Trivia Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-trivia-day-january-4/

Happy Birthday Sterling Holloway!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001359/

The Archive of Contemporary Music is in danger

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/03/nyregion/Archive-of-Contemporary-Music-NYC.html?fbclid=IwAR2iBauyijTNNV3dOtxK8xVVGZas5HgUQTdPcd9QPA1aIb9UL-U4exc_AEY

Fascinating collection.  The book "Volume", mentioned in the article was an essential reference in the early days of punk and post punk music.

Happy Birthday Sergio Leone!

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

Happy Birthday George Martin!

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

Happy Birthday Stephen Stills!

http://www.stephenstills.com/

Happy Festival of Sleep Day!

https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/fun/festival-of-sleep-day

Interesting article on the advantages of reading from books

https://www.mic.com/articles/99408/science-has-great-news-for-people-who-read-actual-books?utm_campaign=mic&utm_content=1577798727&utm_medium=owned&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR3nbBds3Y5Xigjw771HlH5Cx_cBSpg-yWE_3_IrhuCDCTnaRVTRLagsldo

Happy National Oatmeal day!

Happy Birthday El Kabong!

Premiered on this date in 1960.

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

Happy Birthday Glenn Brenner!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Brenner
The only person who could get me to watch a sports newscast.

Happy Birthday Baxter Black!

https://baxterblack.com/

Happy Birthday Christine Lavin!

https://christinelavin.com/

Happy National Science Fiction Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-science-fiction-day-january-2/

300 Days Until Halloween!

Happy Birthday Fractured Flickers!

Premiered on this date in 1963.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056756/

Happy Birthday Esteban Maroto!

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

Happy Birthday Anthony Wayne!

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

Happy Birthday Betsy Ross!

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

Happy Birthday Paul Revere!

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

Happy Birthday Country Joe McDonald!

https://www.countryjoe.com/

Happy Feast of Fools!

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Feast-of-Fools

Happy First Foot!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-foot

Happy New Year!

Let's hope it's a good one....