Wednesday, July 03, 2024
Wednesday's podcast: An update from France with Rosine Ghawji
Wednesday's podcast:
An update from France with Rosine Ghawji
Desperado, why don’t you come to your senses?
Desperado, why don’t you come to your senses?: Maybe the desperate Dr. Jill will come to her senses and see the writing on the wall. In other words, no one told U.S. voters in 2020 that they were getting a “10am to 4pm” president. Terrorists and bad guys don’t work….
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Desperado, why don’t you come to your senses? - American Thinker https://t.co/B1XQVQgM4k
— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) July 3, 2024
1966: The Rolling Stones' "Aftermath" released in the US
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Great album. It included "Paint it black", a # 1 single. Also, "Lady Jane" later released as the B-side of "Mother's little helper". "Under my thumb" was not released as a 45 in the US but got a lot of airplay over the years.
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July 3, 1971: Jim Morrison died
According to news reports, he was found dead in the bathtub of his Paris apartment. He was 27.
As I recall. "Riders on the storm" was on the radio at that time.
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July 3, 1968: A super day for Luis Tiant
On this day in 1968, Cuban-born Luis Tiant was just awesome: 19 Ks in 10 innings as Cleveland beat Minnesota 1-0! A couple of weeks later, Tiant was the AL starter in the 1968 All Star game. He pitched 2 innings and gave up the game’s only run. The NL beat the AL, 1-0.
Tiant finished the 1968 season: 21-9, a 1.60 ERA, 264 strikeouts and 19 complete games. Unfortunately for Tiant, Denny McLain won 31 games that year and ran away with the AL Cy Young award.
Tiant’s excellent pitching put the Indians in 3rd place behind Detroit in the last season before divisions. Overall, Luis Tiant won 229 games, with a 3.30 ERA and 187 complete games.
On this day in 1968, he was awesome.
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The wonderful Seekers from Australia!
The Seekers are a folk group from Australia. They are Athol Guy, Judith Durham , Keith Potger and Bruce Woodley.
They were the first Australian band to have big success in the US and UK.
I love their sound.
A few years ago, The Seekers were reunited for a tour. However, Judith Durham has enjoyed a solo career as well.
I love their sound.
A few years ago, The Seekers were reunited for a tour. However, Judith Durham has enjoyed a solo career as well.
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We remember Brian Jones (1942-69)
Brian Jones, one of the original members of The Rolling Stones, was born on this day in 1942. He died July 3, 1969.
Jones was a very talented musician. He played sitar in "Paint it black" and the dulcimer in "Lady Jane". He also played the second guitar behind Keith Richards.
In June 1969, Brian Jones decided to quit the group. It was explained as differences over the group's musical direction. It may have been "differences" but Jones had terrible addiction problems. He was missing studio sessions and was completely unreliable.
A month later, or July 3, 1969, Jones was found dead in his swimming pool. His addictions apparently caught up with him.
Jones was a very talented musician. He played sitar in "Paint it black" and the dulcimer in "Lady Jane". He also played the second guitar behind Keith Richards.
In June 1969, Brian Jones decided to quit the group. It was explained as differences over the group's musical direction. It may have been "differences" but Jones had terrible addiction problems. He was missing studio sessions and was completely unreliable.
A month later, or July 3, 1969, Jones was found dead in his swimming pool. His addictions apparently caught up with him.
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We remember Cesar Tovar (1940-94)
Tovar was the Twins' leadoff hitter for several years. It was a lineup that started with Tovar and followed by Rod Carew, Tony Oliva, Harmon Killebrew and Bob Allison. Needless to say, they drove a lot of pitchers crazy.
In September 1968, Tovar played all 9 positions in a late season game.
He is a better remembered for hitting .281 for the Twins over 8 seasons and leading the league in hits in 1971 with 204. He had 195 in 1970.
Tovar broke up 5 no-hitters in his career, including twice in 1969 against Mike Cuellar and Dave McNally of the Orioles.
Tovar died in Venezuela in 1994.
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Have you replaced your LPs with CDs?
Back in '66, my parents bought a GE record player. It was a big deal for our family. It gave us an excuse to buy our first singles and LP.
The five singles, or 45s, were "Nowhere man" by The Beatles, "Sloop John B" by The Beach Boys, "At the scene" by The Dave Clark Five, "19th Nervous breakdown" by The Rolling Stones and "You are she" by Chad & Jeremy.
A few days later, we bought our first LP "Greatest Hits" by The Dave Clark Five. You can replace this one with the CD Box "The history of the Dave Clark Five".
I sold the 45s to a collector in Mexico. However, we still have the LP's.
Over the last few years, I have been replacing my old LPs with new CDs.
My first choices were:
1) "Rubber Soul" by The Beatles (US version). What else can you say about an LP that includes "Norwegian Wood", "Michelle", "Girl" and "In my life"? Add "I'm looking through you" and its almost perfect. The UK version, which included "Nowhere Man" was actually the first one released as a CD. Yet, they recently put out the US version, which is the one that I grew up listening to.
2) "High Tide and Green Grass" by The Rolling Stones. This is a collection of the Stones' 1964-66 hits. You can replace this one with a box set called "The London Years", which includes every single, including a lot of B-sides. Some of the Stones' B-sides were excellent, such as "We love you" (B-side of "Dandelion"), "Child of the moon" (B-side of "Jumpin' Jack Flash") and "Sad Day" (B-side of "19th Nervous Breakdown").
3) "First" by The Bee Gees. As the title indicates, this was the first US release. It included "New York Mining Disaster", "To love somebody" and "Holiday". It also includes "Turn of the century", which should have been released as a single.
4) "Horizontal" by The Bee Gees. This one sounds better on CD than just about any other pop album.
5) "This is The Moody Blues" (Double LP). Again, this one sounds great on CD. I love "Tuesday afternoon" and "Isn't life strange".
6) "Revolver" by The Beatles. I think that 1966 was the best Beatles' year. This one includes "Eleanor Rigby", "For no one" and the unusual "Tomorrow never knows". My favorite is still "Taxman"!
7) "Main course" by The Bee Gees. This is the LP that included "Jive Talkin" and the wonderful "Nights on Broadway". It also has two of the Bee Gees' best songs--"Come on over" and "Baby as you turn away".
There are others but I can't buy them all at once!
More on this later. It is an ongoing project!
The Battle of Gettysburg 1863 with Barry Jacobsen
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