Television is one of those inventions that initially showed great promise of being of potential benefit to humankind but, in the end, did nothing of the kind.
Television is a medium because anything well done is rare.
Fred Allen
Television is chewing gum for the eyes.
Frank Lloyd Wright KILL YOUR TV
Or blow it up
On this day in history:
0164 BC -- Judas Maccabeus restored the Temple in Jerusalem. 1386 -- Timur of Samarkand sacked Tbilisi 1676 – Astronomer Ole Rømer presented the first quantitative measurements of the speed of light. 1783 – The first untethered hot air balloon flight. 1877 -- Thomas Edison announced the creation of the phonograph 1894 -- The Japanese captured Port Arthur. The lessons to be learned weren't until during WWI. 1905 -- Albert Einstein's paper on the relationship between energy content and inertia was published. 1910 -- Brazilian Sailors rebelled (The Revolt of the Lash). 1918 -- The Lwow pogrom took place. 1920 -- "Bloody Sunday" in Dublin. 1922 -- Rebecca Latimer Felton became the first female US Senator 1927 -- Striking coal miners were slaughtered with machine guns by state police in the Columbine Mine massacre. 1953 -- The "Piltdown Man" skull was revealed to be a hoax. 1959 – Alan Freed was fired from WABC radio over allegations concerening payola. 1964 -- The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge opened. (Giovanni da Verrazzano beat Hudson and all those folks, but ...) 1967 – General William Westmoreland said: "I am absolutely certain that whereas in 1965 the enemy was winning, today he is certainly losing." 1969 -- The first permanent ARPANET link was set up between UCLA and SRI 1983 -- The US criminal war against Grenada ended. 1986 -- Oliver North fired up the shredder 2002 -- NATO invited Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia to join & help restart the cold war. 2013 -- The Euromaidan began in Ukraine.
Some people who were born on this day:
It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere
~~ Voltaire
1694 -- Voltaire, historian, playwright, and philosopher, friend of Frederick the Great. 1852 -- Francisco Tarrega, guitarist and composer 1861 -- Tom Horn, police officer and murderer, not a prototype, but an exemplar for sure. 1902 -- Isaac Bashevis Singer, author and playwright 1904 -- Coleman Hawkins, saxophonist and clarinet player 1940 -- Dr. John, singer, songwriter and pianist; gris-gris man as well 1948 -- Lonnie Jordan, singer, songwriter, keyboardist and guitarist (War) 1965 -- Bjork, bjork
Some people who died on this day:
The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.
~~ Robert Benchley
1695 -- Henry Purcell, organist and composer 1938 -- Leopold Godowsky, pianist and composerv 1945 -- Robert Benchley, humorist, newspaper columnist, and actor 1953 -- Larry Shields, clarinet player and composer (Original Dixieland Jass Band) 1970 -- C. V. Raman, physicist and academic, Raman effect, Raman scattering 1986 -- Jerry Colonna, singer, songwriter, comedian, trombonist and actor; ya gotta be kidding 1999 -- Quentin Crisp, actor, author, and illustrator 2002 -- Hadda Brooks, singer, songwriter, and pianist 2006 -- Robert Lockwood, Jr., guitarist 2010 -- Margaret Taylor-Burroughs, painter and author, co-founded the DuSable Museum of African American History 2011 -- Anne McCaffrey, author, dragon rider 2012 – Austin Peralta, pianist 2013 – Bernard Parmegiani, composer 2017 – David Cassidy, TV actor, pop singer, songwriter, and guitarist
Some Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such: National Adoption Day (US) World Television Day So, like, adopt a TV ?
Today's Tunes
Francisco Tarrega
Coleman Hawkins
Doctor John
Lonnie Jordan
Bjork
Henry Purcell
Leopold Godowsky
Larry Shields
Jerry Colonna
Hadda Brooks
Robert Lockwood, Jr.
just for grins: (This ought to eat up the whole morning)
Ok, it's an open thread, so it's up to you folks now. So what's on your mind?
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