This Day In History

Aug 27 1967
While The Beatles are away in Bangor, Brian Epstein is found dead in his home. Officially, the cause of death was accidental overdose of sleeping pills, but many believe it was suicide. He was becoming increasingly depressed over his lack of involvement with the Beatles and also his personal turmoil caused by trying to keep his homosexuality a secret.



Aug 27 1968
TV newsman Dan Rather gets beaten up in front of cameras on the floor of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The reporter is trying to interview a delegate being dragged off the floor when the bruisers suddenly turn on the Rather. "He lifted me right off the floor and put me away. I was down, the breath knocked out of me, as the whole group blew on by me... In the CBS control room, they had switched the camera onto me just as I was slugged."



Aug 27 1979
The IRA assassinates Louis Earl Mountbatten by placing a bomb on his yacht off the coast of Ireland. Mountbatten was the Queen's cousin, a war hero, and one of the most respected people in England.

Aug 27 1990
Blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan is killed when his Bell 206B helicopter crashes into a man-made ski hill near Elkhorn, Wisconsin.

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Aug 24 1812
The White House and other public buildings in the District of Columbia are torched by the British.

Aug 24 1981
Mark David Chapman sentenced to 20 years for killing Beatle John Lennon.

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Aug 22 1992
FBI sniper Lon Horiuchi fires a rifle shot that kills unarmed Vicki Weaver, at the Ruby Ridge standoff. Horiuchi claimed he was trying to shoot another man in the back. The FBI also killed Weaver's fourteen year old son Sam, and the son's dog.

Aug 22 1995
David Gahan, lead singer of rock group Depeche Mode, was hospitalized after trying to commit suicide by slashing his wrist. Gahan was found in his Hollywood home with a two-inch slit in his wrist.

Aug 22 2001
A star circus performer known as Smiley the Clown was convicted of molesting and sodomizing his teenage assistant. Smiley AKA Christopher Bayer was convicted of third-degree sodomy, sexual abuse and endangering the welfare of a young clown. The boy's father became suspicious that Bayer might clowning around with his son and subsequently installed a hidden camera which captured the clown in the act.

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Aug 15 1969
Woodstock begins on Max Yasgur's farm in upstate New York. Tickets are $18 for three days of counterculture musical acts, including Jimi Hendrix, The Who, and Sha-Na-Na.

BOINGO ALIVE

Awesome CD...Great versions of some of my faaaaavorite OB songs!

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Jul 3 1971
Jim Morrison is found dead of an apparent heart attack in his Paris apartment bathtub. That's what he wants us to think, anyway.

Jul 3 1988
Mistaking it for a F-14 fighter plane, the American warship USS Vincennes shoots down Iran Air flight 655, killing all 290 people aboard. Despite his country's having recklessly downed a passenger airliner while operating inside Iran's territorial waters, Vice President George Bush declares a month later: "I will never apologize for the United States of America, ever. I don't care what the facts are."

Jul 3 1989
Television actor Jim Backus, known to millions as Thurston Howell III from Gilligan's Island, dies in Los Angeles of Parkinson's disease.

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Jun 5 1968
Seconds after Senator Robert F. Kennedy is shot dead by Sirhan Sirhan in a Los Angeles hotel, witnesses wrestle the Palestinian to the ground and grab his smoking .22-caliber revolver. Sirhan later claims to have been acting unconsciously, possibly the result of hypnotic brainwashing.

Jun 5 1975
During the Wish You Were Here recording sessions, Syd Barrett just happens to wander into Abbey Road studio while Pink Floyd are mixing "Shine On You Crazy Diamond," a song written about Barrett. At first, none of Syd's former bandmates recognizes the fat, bald lunatic who is compulsively brushing his teeth.

Jun 5 1986
A 52-year old man in Auburn, Washington dies after taking an Excedrin capsule laced with cyanide. This is the first of two Excedrin deaths.

Jun 5 1998
Reuters and ABC News both erroneously report the death of Bob Hope, after Arizona congressman Bob Stump announces the comedian's demise on the floor of the U.S. Congress. This is to the great surprise of Bob Hope himself, who was eating breakfast at the time.

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May 18 1980
The body of Ian Curtis, lead singer of dirge band Joy Division, is discovered hanging in the kitchen by his wife. Curtis killed himself on the eve of Joy Division's U.S. tour. His surviving bandmates go on to form New Order.

May 18 1980
After a 5.1 magnitude earthquake in Washington state, 57 people are killed in an avalanche of volcanic mud in the eruption of Mount St. Helens. The volcano spews out 200 million cubic yards of of pumice, ash, and debris which covers 24 square miles of the valley below.

Singer Teena Marie Dies

There are reports that R&B singer Teena Marie died on Dec. 26, 2010.

There were several messages on Twitter reporting the Teena Maria death and some media outlets have confirmed the death of the Motown star.

R&B legend Ronald Isley tweeted:
"Sorry guys, yes Teena Marie has passed away.."
WDAS, a classic R&B and soul station in Philadelphia, is also reporting that Teena Marie is dead:
"We regret to inform you that Music Legend Teena Marie has died at the age of 54."

WDAS has also reported on air that Teena Marie passed away on Dec. 26.

V103 Chicago has also reported that Teena Marie died.
For what it's worth, the Teena Marie wikipedia page has her date of death as Dec. 26, 2010

However, The death of Teena Marie has yet to be confirmed on the singer's official website. There are other reports on Twitter that the Teena Marie is not dead and there are no mainstream reports on the death of the soul legend.

Born Mary Christine Brockert, Teena Marie was known as a protege of late funk artist Rick James, whom she had met while working as a singer, songwriter, and producer at Motown Records. She was also known as one of the first Caucasian performers to make a name in R&B.
Among her big hits were "Square Biz," "Behind the Groove" and "I Need Your Loving." While most of her big hits came in the late 70s and early 90s, Teena Marie continued recording and performing well into the 21st century.

North Korea Campaigned for Eric Clapton Performance, Cable Reveals

(CNN) -- One of the diplomatic cables published by WikiLeaks reveals that North Korean officials suggested the U.S. government make arrangements for rock icon Eric Clapton to perform in Pyongyang as a way of building "good will" between the countries.

The suggestion was relayed to the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, through an intermediary whose name was redacted from the document.

"Arranging an Eric Clapton concert in Pyongyang could also be useful, [the intermediary] said, given Kim Jong-Il's second son's devotion to the rock legend," the cable begins. "As Kim Jong-Il's second son, Kim Jong-chol, is reported to be a great fan, the performance could be an opportunity to build good will."

Representatives for Clapton did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Sunday.

The 2007 cable, titled "[Redacted] Shares Ideas on DPRK Interaction," deals with North Korean relations with South Korea, the United States, and Korean-Americans wishing to meet with their relatives still in the country. It makes no reference to the North Korean nuclear program.

The intermediary advocated for greater U.S. government involvement in "facilitating the reunification of Korean-American families divided by the Korean War."

The cable mentions two groups -- Compatriots United and the Los Angeles-based Pyongtong -- that arrange such reunions but often have difficulties dealing with the North Korean bureaucracy.

The document says Compatriots United has arranged "thousands of reunions," but it is under the control of North Korea's Overseas Compatriots Committee. That committee, the cable claims, "extorts a tremendous amount of money from desperate families to arrange the visits."

According to the cable, the intermediary told U.S. diplomats that "North Korea would not run such an exploitative system if the United States government were involved in the process. There is a reluctance, he said, for Korean-Americans to pursue family reunions because they do not want to divulge their personal information to the DPRK and they do not want the North Koreans to milk them for money before, during and after the reunion."

"The [United States government] could at least volunteer to serve as a conduit for correspondence between these families and North Korea to prevent the DPRK from learning the home addresses and bank accounts of participants. The DPRK might be willing to accept this structure because it badly wants a relationship with Washington," the cable reads.

The intermediary also described the frustrating process for any outsiders to get things done in North Korea.

"It is necessary to get the DPRK's various institutions to cooperate. Each institution seems to have veto power, but none has the power to push anything forward. ... The only organizations that can really deliver are the military, which does not talk to anybody, or the Red Cross."

Bryan Ferry Debuts New Album 'Olympia' At Intimate London Gig

I LOVE Roxy Music & Bryan Ferry.... =] =]

GigWise- Bryan Ferry debuted his new solo album at an intimate gig in London last night.

The Roxy Music frontman played five tracks from 'Olympia' during the private gig at art dealership Phillips de Pury & Company.

Ferry, who was surrounded by images of the album's Kate Moss-featuring cover, was accompanied by his full band, as well two backing dancers.

He kicked off his set with first single 'You Can Dance', before playing 'Shameless' and current single 'Heartache By Numbers'.

Ferry spoke sparingly, expect to thank those who had helped him record the album, which was released this week.

He then surprised the already-excited crowd by closing his performance with his classic hit, 'Let's Stick Together'.

Roxy Music - Avalon (Live)

Roxy Music - More Than This

My Vinyl Collection

The following are all the vinyls I've collected so far (I like to keep track of where I found them, also)..

A-

ABC- How to Be A.. Zillionaire!
(Sally's Place, Westport, CT)

Peter Allen- It Is Time for Peter Allen- live 2 record set
(Goodwill, Milford, CT)

Asia- Asia
(Goodwill, Norwalk, CT)

B-

Joan Baez- Any Day Now
(Goodwill, Milford, CT)

Lucille Ball in Wildcat- Musical
(Goodwill, Milford, CT)

Bananarama- The Greatest Hits Collection
(Sally's Place, Westport, CT)


Blast Off (Compilation by K-Tel Records)
(Goodwill, Norwalk, CT)

Blondie- Eat to the Beat
(Tag sale, Milford, CT)

Blondie- Autoamerican
(Tag sale, Norwalk, CT)


Blue Oyster Cult- Agents of Fortune
(Goodwill, Norwalk, CT)



C-

Carly Simon- Torch
(Goodwill, Norwalk, CT)

Kim Carnes- Mistaken Identity (featuring Betty Davis Eyes)
(Johnny's Records, Darien, CT)

Chicago- 17
(Goodwill, Norwalk, CT)

The Cure - The Head On The Door
(Johnny's Records, Darien, CT)

D-

Duran Duran- Rio
(Joseph, Gift)

Duran Duran- Seven and the Ragged Tiger
(Joseph, Gift)

E-

The English Beat- What is? The English Beat
(Albany, NY Record Shop)

Erasure- Circus
(Sally's Place, Westport, CT)

Eurythmics- Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
(Sally's Place, Westport, CT)

F-

A Flock of Seagulls- A Flock of Seagulls
(Albany, NY Record Shop)

Footloose- Motion Picture Soundtrack
(Goodwill, Norwalk, CT)

G-

Art Garfunkel- Angel Clare
(Goodwill, Milford, CT)


The Go Go's- Beauty and the Beat
(Goodwill, Norwalk, CT)

H-

Heart- Dreamboat Annie
(Rhinebeck, NY Thrift Shop)

J-

Jefferson Starship- Spitfire
(Rhinebeck, NY Thrift Shop)

Billy Joel- Glass Houses
(Tag Sale, Norwalk, CT)


Billy Joel- 52nd Street
(Tag Sale, Norwalk, CT)


Billy Joel- An Innocent Man
(Tag Sale, Norwalk, CT)

Billy Joel- The Nylon Curtain
(Tag Sale, Norwalk, CT)

Billy Joel- Piano Man
(Tag Sale, Norwalk, CT)

Howard Jones- Dream Into Action
(Goodwill, Norwalk, CT)

Howard Jones- One to One
(Goodwill, Norwalk, CT)

J-

Journey- Escape
(Goodwill, Norwalk, CT)

L-

Live Aid- Do They Know It's Christmas?
(This N- That, Thrift Shop- Poughkeepsie, NY)

M-

Missing Persons- 4 Song LP
(Goodwill, Milford, CT)

N-

New Order- Power, Corruption and Lies (2009 Release)
(Johnny's Records, Darien, CT)

O-

Oingo Boingo- Nothing to Fear
(Joseph, Gift)

Oingo Boingo- Skeletons in the Closet
(Joseph, Gift)

Oingo Boingo- Weird Science- 12" Version
(Joseph, Gift)

P-

Peter, Paul, and Mary- Moving
(Goodwill, Norwalk, CT)

The Police- Ghost in the Machine
(Goodwill, Norwalk, CT)


The Pretenders- Learning to Crawl
(Sally's Place, Westport, CT)

Q-

Queensryche- Queensryche
(Goodwill, Norwalk, CT)

R-

The Rolling Stones- Some Girls
(Tag Sale, Norwalk, CT)

Diana Ross- 20 Golden Greats
(Albany, NY Record Shop)

S-

Simple Minds- Alive and Kicking
(Joseph, Gift)

Simple Minds- The Amsterdam EP


Simple Minds- Live in the City of Light
(Joseph, Gift)


Simple Minds- Sparkle in the Rain
(Joseph, Gift)


Simple Minds- Songs and Fascination
(Joseph, Gift)

Simple Minds- Themes for Great Cities (Defininitive Collection '79-81)
(Joseph, Gift)

Rod Stewart- Blondes Have More Fun
(Goodwill, Milford, CT)

Stray Cats- Built For Speed
(Goodwill, Norwalk, CT)

The Styx- Pieces of Eight
(Rhinebeck, NY Thrift Store)

T-

Talking Heads- More Songs About Buildings And Food
(Johnny's Records, Darien, CT)


Talk Talk- It's My Life
(Goodwill, Norwalk, CT)

James Taylor- Hard Times
(This N- That, Thrift Shop- Poughkeepsie, NY)

Tears For Fears- The Hurting
(Johnny's Records, Darien, CT)


Tears for Fears- Shout US & UK Remix Versions
(Joseph, Gift)


Tears for Fears- Songs from the Big Chair
(Joseph, Gift)

Thompson Twins- Into the Gap
(Saratoga, NY Record Shop)

Tom Tom Club- Tom Tom Club
(Albany, NY Record Shop)

Tom Tom Club- Pleasure of Love
(Albany, NY Record Shop)


Toto- Toto
(Johnny's Records, Darien, CT)

U-

Ultravox- Ultravox
(Johnny's Records, Darien, CT).

X-

Xanadu- The Motion Picture Soundtrack
(This N- That, Thrift Shop- Poughkeepsie, NY)

XTC- Skylarking
(Rhinebeck, NY Thrift Shop)

Y-

Yaz- Upstairs at Eric's
(Rhinebeck, NY Thrift Shop)