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For those that celebrate, Happy Thanksgiving to all you cool, cool people!
November 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
#MusicHistory On this day, 1970, George Harrison released his brilliant triple album All Things Must Pass, his 1st solo work after the break-up of The Beatles in April that year. The album produced 3 hit singles: "My Sweet Lord", "What Is Life" & "Isn't It a Pity". It sold 7-million US copies.
November 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
"When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace."
- Jimi Hendrix

The legendary American guitarist, songwriter and singer, James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was born on this day, 1942 in Seattle, WA. He would have been 83 today.
November 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
"I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine."
- Bruce Lee

The legendary Hong Kong/American actor, director, martial artist, martial arts instructor & philosopher #BruceLee, was born on this day, 1940, in San Francisco, CA.
November 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
"You asked me if I ever stood up for anything. Yeah, I stood up for my life." - Tina Turner

The legendary Tina Turner, singer, songwriter, actress, was born on this day, 1939, in Brownsville, TN. Turner sold over 100M records worldwide & is one of the best-selling recording artists of all time.
November 26, 2025 at 2:32 PM
#FilmHistory On this day, 1987, Planes, Trains & Automobiles was released, starring Steve Martin as Neal Page & John Candy as Del Griffith. Inspiration came from director John Hughes, who once had a flight that was diverted from Chicago to Wichita, and it ended up taking him 5 days to get home.
November 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
#MusicHistory On this day, 1976, the legendary Canadian-American rock group The Band gave their final performance at at Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco on Thanksgiving Day in a famous gig called "The Last Waltz." Filmed by director Martin Scorsese, it was released as a documentary film in '78.
November 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
"You make music to move people and you don't get to pick who you move. You just don't. It's exclusionary and elitist and I just never felt that way about music, of all things. The great unifier."
- Mark Lanegan

The incredible Mark Lanegan, singer, songwriter & poet, was born on this day, 1964.
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
“I saw it written and I saw it say
Pink moon is on its way
And none of you stand so tall
Pink Moon gonna get you all.”
- Nick Drake

On this day in 1974, the legendary English singer & songwriter Nick Drake passed away in his sleep at the age of 26. Listen to his music & be in awe.
November 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Now to find a great Matchbox car for my own version!
November 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
"Simple music is the hardest music to play and blues is simple music." - Albert Collins

The legendary Albert Collins, American electric blues guitarist & singer, aka "The Ice Man", aka "The Master of the Telecaster", passed on this day, 1993 at 61. A major influence for Stevie Ray Vaughan.
November 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
November 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
"I won't be a rock star.
I will be a legend."
- Freddie Mercury

The legendary Freddie Mercury, British singer and songwriter, as well as lead vocalist and pianist of the rock band Queen, passed on this day, 1991 at age 45. He’s regarded as one of the greatest singers in the history of rock music.
November 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
#MusicHistory On this day, 1978, the legendary Chicago, IL jazz, R&B, soul, funk, disco, pop, Latin, and Afro-pop band, Earth, Wind & Fire, released their 1st greatest hits album: The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. 1. It is certified Quintuple Platinum in the US.
November 23, 2025 at 4:33 PM
#FilmHistory On this day, 1995, director Martin Scorsese released his epic crime drama, Casino. The film is based on the non-fiction book Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas by Nicholas Pileggi. The main character, Sam "Ace" Rothstein, played by Robert DeNiro, is based on Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal.
November 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
#MusicHistory On this day, 1968, The Beatles released their self-titled 9th album, famously called "The White Album." This double album featured 30-songs, but only 16 of those songs actually feature all 4 Beatles at once. It was the first Beatles LP to be released on the band’s own Apple Records.
November 22, 2025 at 2:43 PM
"Let us not despair but act. Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past - let us accept our own responsibility for the future."

- President John Fitzgerald Kennedy
(May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963)
November 22, 2025 at 1:57 PM
“Rock n’ roll as a genre is different from pop and hip hop: it is about bands, and that for me suggests brotherhood, family, friendship and community.”
- Steven Van Zandt

The great Steven Van Zandt, aka "Little Steven", American musician and actor, was born on this day, 1950 in Watertown, MA.
November 22, 2025 at 1:54 PM
"I've never tried to emulate anyone. I've never idolized people, I prefer instead to get off on attitudes."

- Michael Hutchence

The legendary Australian Michael Kelland John Hutchence, singer, songwriter, INXS frontman and co-founder, passed on this day, 28-years ago, in 1997 at the age of 37.
November 22, 2025 at 1:51 PM
A rather intense sunset tonite in my neighborhood.
November 22, 2025 at 4:15 AM
#MusicHistory On this day in 1983, Duran Duran released their 3rd album, Seven and the Ragged Tiger. It was the band's 1st & only UK #1 album. It also charted at #8 in the US, eventually going double platinum. Three massive hits released, "The Reflex", "Union of the Snake" & “New Moon on Monday."
November 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
#MusicHistory On this day, 1980, REO Speedwagon released their 9th album, Hi Infidelity, on Epic Records. The album was a massive hit in the US peaking at #1 on the Billboard 200, and spending 15 weeks at #1. It was the biggest selling record of 1981 and sold over 10-million copies in the US.
November 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
#WorldHistory On this day, 1694, François-Marie Arouet (aka Voltaire) was born in Paris, the Kingdom of France. Voltaire was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, satirist & philosopher, famous for his wit. He wrote plays, poems, novels, essays, histories, & scientific expositions.
November 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
#MusicHistory On this day 1975, Queen released their 4th album, A Night at the Opera. It was the most expensive album ever recorded at the time of its release. Cover features the band's logo, designed by Freddie Mercury, & the “Queen crest", which features the zodiac signs of the four band members.
November 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
#MusicHistory On this day, 1964, the legendary blues guitarist B.B. King recorded Live at the Regal at the Regal Theater in Chicago, IL. This masterpiece is widely heralded as one of the greatest blues albums ever recorded & one of the greatest live album in history.
November 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM