It's National Ding-a-Ling Day... I ain't touching it.
What else is there? Festival of Unmentionable Thoughts? Not sure about that either, in our perpetual and seemingly increasingly censorious society that could contain vastly more than multitudes. Once mostly matters prurient or heretical from a religious perspective it now includes damn near anything and everything, especially politics, economics and sociology. There are venues where anything arguably controversial is blocked, you know, like somebody's sig line that says "Peace, y'all" or somesuch.
How about 12 by 12 works out to 144 which is a gross which free associates to "the dozens" which, for those of a reasonable antiquity calls to mind stuff needing one of those CAUTION; NOT FOR THE UNDULY SENSITIVE type warnings:
OTOH mebbe da kine Sound Check Day
On this day in history:
1098 -- Crusaders of the 1st Crusade massacred the inhabitants of Ma'arrat al-Numan and then ate them. 1897 -- Brazil's first planned city was founded. 1901 -- Marconi received the first transatlantic radio signal 1917 -- Boys Town, a home for "wayward" boys, was founded in Nebraska. 1948 -- Fourteen Scots Guards slaughtered 24 unarmed Malayan civilians & burned their village 1963 -- Kenya gained its independence 1964 -- Jomo Kenyatta became the first President of Kenya. 1991 -- The Russian Federation became independent of the USSR. 2000 -- The Supremes released the Bush v. Gore decision
Some people who were born on this day:
“That which is not just is not law.”
~~ William Lloyd Garrison
1745 -- John Jay, jurist and politician 1805 -- William Lloyd Garrison, journalist and activist, founder of The Liberator 1806 – Stand Watie, Cherokee principal chief, signed Treaty of New Echota 1821 -- Gustave Flaubert, author and playwright 1863 -- Edvard Munch, painter and illustrator 1881 – Louise Thuliez, school teacher, author, World War I and II resistance fighter 1915 -- Frank Sinatra, singer, actor, and producer 1918 -- Joe Williams, singer and pianist (not Big Joe Williams) 1923 – Bob Dorough, musician, composer, and producer 1927 – Robert Noyce, inventor and businessman, co-founded the Intel Corporation 1928 – Helen Frankenthaler, painter and academic 1929 – Toshiko Akiyoshi, pianist and composer 1938 -- Connie Francis, singer and actress 1940 -- Dionne Warwick, singer 1943 -- Grover Washington, Jr., singer, songwriter, saxophonist, and producer 1944 -- Rob Tyner, singer, songwriter and bass player 1945 -- Tony Williams, drummer, composer, and producer 1953 -- Bruce Kulick, guitarist and songwriter 1957 -- Sheila E., singer, songwriter, drummer, and actress 1972 -- Hank Williams III, singer, songwriter and guitarist
Some people who died on this day:
There was no telling what people might find out once they felt free to ask whatever questions they wanted to.
~~ Joseph Heller
1889 -- Robert Browning, poet and playwright 1921 -- Henrietta Swan Leavitt, astronomer and academic, made Cepheid variables into standard candles 1951 -- Mildred Bailey, singer 1985 -- Ian Stewart, keyboard player and manager, co-founder of The Rolling Stones 1987 -- Enrique Jorrin, violinist and composer, cha cha dude 1996 -- Vance Packard, journalist, author, and critic 1999 -- Joseph Heller, novelist, short story writer, and playwright 2002 – Dee Brown, historian and author, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee 2006 – Alan Shugart, engineer and businessman, co-founded Seagate Technology 2007 -- Ike Turner, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer 2020 – John le Carré, author
Some Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such: Festival of Unmentionable Thoughts International Sound Check Day Green Monday National Ding-a-Ling Day
Today's Tunes
Ding-a-ling Day
Home for so-called "wayward" boys
Frank Sinatra
Joe Williams
Bob Dorough
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Connie Francis
Dionne Warwick
Grover Washington, Jr.
Rob Tyner
Tony Williams
Bruce Kulick
Shiela E.
Hank Williams III
Mildred Bailey
Ian Stewart
Enrique Jorrin
Ike Turner
Bonus tune(s): Tony Williams with Miles Davis Quintet
Ok, it's an open thread, so it's up to you folks now. So what's on your mind?
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