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Wrecked Czech @czechwreck.bsky.social · 4h

Cover Of The Day:

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"Stomp The Tumbarumba" # 23 Australian charts, 11/2/1963 (Johnny Devlin)

Bonkers cover by the Hoodoo Gurus, a b side of their 1991 single, "Miss Freelove".

Stomp The Tumbrarumba

YouTube video by Hoodoo Gurus - Topic

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Wrecked Czech @czechwreck.bsky.social · 4h

Today, in Musical History:

November 2nd, 2023: Apple Records release what will, hopefully, be the final Beatles record: "Now And Then".

The song was built from an unfinished 1977 John Lennon demo, and AI was used to "clean up" his vocal, and add 1995 guitar from George Harrison.

Just too creepy.

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Wrecked Czech @czechwreck.bsky.social · 5h

"The crimes of extreme civilization are certainly more atrocious than those of extreme barbarism." - Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, novelist, short-story writer, poet, and literary critic, b. 1808, Saint-Sauvier-le-Vicomte, Normandy, France

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Wrecked Czech @czechwreck.bsky.social · 5h

Today in History, November 2nd:

1927: Steve Ditko, creator or co-creator of Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, The Question, The Creeper, and a buttload of other comic book legends, b. Johnstown, PA

Wrecked Czech @czechwreck.bsky.social · 5h

Cover Of The Day:

November 1st, 1980: "Ace Of Spades", (Motorhead) # 15 UK
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the Yawpers, the b side to their 2017 single "Mon Dieu"

Yawpers - Ace Of Spades (45 Rip)

YouTube video by Ras Tucky

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Wrecked Czech @czechwreck.bsky.social · 1d

Today, in Musical History:

November 1st, 1968: Apple Records releases the first solo album by any of the Beatles: George Harrison's film score to a psychedelic movie, "Wonderwall", directed by Joe Massot

Wrecked Czech @czechwreck.bsky.social · 1d

"The world has always gone through periods of madness so as to advance a bit on the road to reason." - Hermann Broch, writer, b. 1886, Vienna, Austria-Hungary

Wrecked Czech @czechwreck.bsky.social · 1d

Today in History:

November 1st, 2023: Two ISS astronauts lose a toolbag during a spacewalk 200 miles above the Earth.

The bag and its contents are expected to have burned up in our atmosphere by now.

Wrecked Czech @czechwreck.bsky.social · 2d

Today, in Musical History, October 31st:

2011: Lou Reed and Metallica release one of the most perplexing albums ever put out by TWO major artists, let alone ONE: "Lulu".

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Lou Reed & Metallica: The View (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Metallica

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Wrecked Czech @czechwreck.bsky.social · 2d

"RARRRHHH ! GRRRR ! AWHOOOOOO !!!" - Michael Landon, b. 1936, Forest Hills, NY

Wrecked Czech @czechwreck.bsky.social · 2d

Today ion History, October 31st:

1926: Harry Houdini dies from perotonitis, which he developed after a Jesus-freak McGill University student attacked him without warning while Houdini lay on a couch, resting from a broken ankle, punching Houdini in the stomach as hard as he could, multiple times.

Wrecked Czech @czechwreck.bsky.social · 3d

Today, in Musical History, October 30th:

1944: Aaron Copland's ballet, "Appalachian Spring", premiers, in Washington DC

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Aaron Copland - Appalachian Spring Suite (original version for 13 instruments) 1970

YouTube video by Sohan Kalirai

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Wrecked Czech @czechwreck.bsky.social · 3d

"The ideal varies, but its enemies are always the same." - Jean Rostand, Biologist, science historian and philosopher, b. 1894, Paris, France

Wrecked Czech @czechwreck.bsky.social · 3d

Today in History, October 30th:

1938: Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater SEVERELY underestimate of the gullibility of the listening public.

Wrecked Czech @czechwreck.bsky.social · 4d

Today, in Musical History, October 29th:

2021: The War On Drugs release their 5th album, "I Don't Live Here Anymore"

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The War On Drugs - Occasional Rain [Official Audio]

YouTube video by The War On Drugs

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Wrecked Czech @czechwreck.bsky.social · 4d

"One of the privileges of the great is to witness catastrophes from a terrace." - , French novelist, diplomat, and playwright, b. 1882, Bellac, Haute-Vienne, France

Wrecked Czech @czechwreck.bsky.social · 4d

Today in History, October 29th:

1977: A Belgian travel agency sues the Sex Pistols, claiming that the cover art for their "Holidays In The Sun" single infringed copyright on one of the agency's travel brochures.

The Pistols' label, Virgin, caved. Wusses.

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Belgian Travel Agency Sued SEX PISTOLS 45 Years Ago - TURN UP THE VOLUME

Great 7″ singles/sleeves/vinyl On 14 October 1977 – 45 years ago – the SEX PISTOLS released their fourth single HOLIDAYS IN THE SUN. A couple of weeks later, on 29 October a Belgian travel service too...

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Wrecked Czech @czechwreck.bsky.social · 5d

Today, in Musical History, October 28th"

1971: John Lennon, Yoko Ono, the Plastic Ono Band, and the Harlem Community Choir record "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" at Record Plant studios, NYC

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The Story Behind John Lennon & Yoko Ono's Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

YouTube video by Parlogram

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Wrecked Czech @czechwreck.bsky.social · 5d

"The less talent they have, the more pride, arrogance and vanity they have. These fools, however always find other fools to applaud them." - Desiridus Erasmus, philosopher, classical and humanist scholar, and a leading light of the northern Renaissance, b. 1466, Rotterdam, Bergundian Netherlands

Wrecked Czech @czechwreck.bsky.social · 5d

Today in History, October 28th:

1965: The Gateway Arch, in St. Louis, is completed.

East St. Louis, across the Mississippi River, immediately announces plans for a 2 mile-tall statue of a man holding a croquet mallet.

Wrecked Czech @czechwreck.bsky.social · 6d

Today, in Musical History, October 27th:

1982: Prince, with the Revolution releases his fifth album, "1999".

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Prince - 1999 (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Prince

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Wrecked Czech @czechwreck.bsky.social · 6d

"All God's children are NOT beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable." - Fran Liebowitz, b. 1950, Morristown, NJ

Wrecked Czech @czechwreck.bsky.social · 6d

Today in History, October 27th:

1954: Godzilla is unleashed on the world, premiering in Nagoya, Japan, starting the longest running film franchise in history.

(The Americanized version, with Raymond Burr inserted, came out 2 years later, Stick with the original. It's no kiddie monster movie.)

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Wrecked Czech @czechwreck.bsky.social · 6d

Today, in Musical History, October 26th:

1984: Emotionally-unstable 19-year-old John McCollum kills himself while listening to Ozzy Osbourne's "Suicide Solution".

Sad. But, 2 years later, his hysterical parents try to sue Ozzy for all of their son's mental issues - and are laughed out of court.

Wrecked Czech @czechwreck.bsky.social · 7d

"One must never compromise with tyrants. I vote for the death of the tyrant." - Georges Danton, lawyer, Minister of Justice, and a prime mover in the French Revolution and establishment of the First French Republic, b. 1759, Arcis-sur-Aube, France.

(Robespierre still had him guillotined.)