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Second Chance

My fave song o' the moment, by Liam Finn:

bobinrob on 07.29.07 @ 22:43 PM NZST [link]

Happy Weekend

This song expresses how I feel - have a great weekend and enjoy Joy!

bobinrob on 07.27.07 @ 22:49 PM NZST [link]

Don't Join Any Club

People, I watched this episode of Extras last night and couldn't stop laughing:

I'm going to have to buy the two series I think - so great.

bobinrob on 07.24.07 @ 17:20 PM NZST [link]

23 July 1967

Here's the front page of The Washington Post from the day I was born. A celebrity has died (and this is quite telling - the "celebrity" is the poet Carl Sandburg - what poet today would make the front page on their death?) An earthquake has hit Turkey. War. Racist police. Not too much different from today, except for the poet on the front page. Oh and the Senators are now the Texas Rangers.

Here's a guy's diary from the day I was born.

The Grateful Dead and Big Brother & the Holding Co. played the Straight Theater in San Francisco.

There was a giant riot in Detroit. 43 people died, and parts of the city were destroyed.

Number one in fiction was The Eighth Day by Thornton Wilder.

Number one in non-fiction was The New Industrial State by John K. Galbraith.

The number one song in the country was "Windy" by The Association:

Hey, how can you not like a song that features a recorder?

I was unable to find the top movie at the time, although The Gnome-Mobile had just been released, so surely that was the tops, right?

Went and saw Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix today (and Happy Birthday to Daniel Radcliffe, who shares the same birthday with me), and then ate at a restaurant I had really been looking forward to, but my meal and margarita were not very good, so I was disappointed. Simon's meal looked good, though, and Sunday we had gone bowling and out to eat with Simon's family and my seafood risotto was VERY good, so I can't really complain.

bobinrob on 07.23.07 @ 18:52 PM NZST [link]

I'm Ready To Play Today

I just finished reading The Science of Hitting by Ted Williams and John Underwood, and I recommend it for any baseball fan. You don't have to be currently playing the game to get something out of the book, just an enjoyment of baseball. Ted Williams LOVED hitting, and it shows on every page. It makes you want to go get a bat and start swinging!

Here he is in action:

And in keeping with our 1967 theme, here are the baseball events for that year:

World Series - St Louis Cardinals over Boston Red Sox; Bob Gibson MVP

Most Valuable Player - Carl Yastrzemski, AL/Orlando Cepeda, NL

Cy Young Award - Jim Lonborg, AL/Mike McCormick, NL

Rookie of the Year - Rod Carew, AL/Tom Seaver, NL

Carl Yastrzemski was American League Triple Crown batting winner with a batting average of .326, 44 home runs and 121 RBIs.

Mickey Mantle and Eddie Mathews become the 6th and 7th members respectively of the 500 home run club

And on August 2 Pete Rose homers from both sides of the plate to lead Cincinnati to a win over Atlanta, his second time to do this

bobinrob on 07.20.07 @ 22:52 PM NZST [link]

We Hope You Will Enjoy The Show

Yes, Cynthia is correct, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band came out 1 June 1967, and is "the most important rock & roll album ever made" per Rolling Stone.

Why so much great music in 1967?

Anyway, here is the album cover come to life, for Cynthia:

bobinrob on 07.14.07 @ 14:26 PM NZST [link]

If You Wanna Find The Truth In Life Don't Pass Music By

As Beth reminded me, June 1967 was the date of the Monterey International Pop Festival - a three day concert, the first widely promoted rock concert in the world, which more than 200,000 people attended. Jimi Hendrix and The Who made their first major American appearances, and Otis Redding and Janis Joplin, singing with Big Brother & The Holding Company, made their first major public appearances.

I like this poster because it has a bellydancer on it.

Anyway, you know I gotta play a Texas girl, and here she is, Janis Joplin from the Monterey International Pop Festival, singing "Ball and Chain" - this is for you, Beth.

bobinrob on 07.11.07 @ 22:04 PM NZST [link]

A Jolly Rancher Is Not A Sprinkle

Quote O' The Day - "Weddings are wasted on the straight" - George, Men in Trees

Cynthia and KK have brought to my attention the Kwik-E-Mart haps. So you know what you have to do. Go to the nearest Kwik-E-Mart, snap some pics (bonus points if you get Apu!), have a Squishee, etc. Do all the things you know I would do if I were there. Then let me live vicariously through you. Go go go!

bobinrob on 07.10.07 @ 22:01 PM NZST [link]

Where Is The Sunshine?

Released in July 1967, Dionne Warwick singing "The Windows Of The World"

bobinrob on 07.07.07 @ 12:47 PM NZST [link]

Are You Going To San Francisco?

Yep, the summer of 1967 was the Summer of Love. And luckily for me, a lot of major news organizations have already done a little work. Such as:

Summer of Love 40 Years Later

Summer of Love +40

Summer of Love

I don't really have any memories of this, so I can't really comment. If anyone does remember, or was there, feel free to leave comments.

bobinrob on 07.05.07 @ 21:58 PM NZST [link]

Sock It To Me

So since me and a bunch of people I know are turning 40 this year, I thought I would highlight some important things that happened 40 years ago, in a variety of fields. It gives me a good idea of how far (and how not so far) we've come.

First up - Forty Years of 'Respect'

bobinrob on 07.02.07 @ 22:31 PM NZST [link]

I'll Go Mine