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[IceWizard]

25 Jun 2017


Global Beatles Day

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise

About Global Beatles Day

It was in the year 1960, on a foggy island found Nor-Norwest of Spain that music history changed forever. Four young proto-gods came together to form what would be one of the most influential rock bands to ever come out of England, if not the entire world. We’re speaking, of course, of the Beatles. Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John Lennon, and Ringo Starr. These four boys came together to change the world one song at a time.

While they started their career like most musical groups, playing cheap dive clubs all over their home town of Liverpool, their manager was an artisan of his craft and helped guide them to rise to their potential. Their explosion in popularity came on the heels of their first hit song “Love Me Do”, and love them we did, it didn’t take long before the entire world was caught up in Beatlemania.

Global Beatles Day celebrates the huge influence they brought to the world, not just with their musical sounds, but with the values they professed and believed in. Throughout their entire career they promoted the idea that we could all live in a peaceful world, built on the ideas of truth, love, and reaching beyond the boundaries of current human consciousness. Through their music they instigated changes in the ways people express themselves, fashion trends, sex, art, and the embracing of the imagination.


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Log Cabin Day



Back in the early days of the world, people built homes out of strong and sturdy logs. Carefully notched together and sealed in-between with a caulking agent like mud or clay, Log Cabins were sturdy and reliable, and could stand the test of time. Admittedly, you’d have to change the roof out every so often, but ultimately there was nothing like them. They were especially popular in the frontier days of the American migration west, and seven of the American Presidents were born in them. Log Cabin Day celebrates the history of the Log Cabin and commemorates this most humble of homes.

History of Log Cabin Day

Log Cabin day was originated by the Log Cabin Society (go figure) in corroboration with the Bad Axe Historical society. Each year people go out to help preserve historical log cabins so that they can be maintained for the future and hold on to the artifacts and memories that make them so important. So important to the American History and idea of humility is the Log Cabin that the Whigs, American Colonists who supported the American Revolution, used it as the symbol of William Henry Harrisons campaign to show that he was a simple man of the people.

Log Cabins go back a lot further than just the America’s though, anywhere there were tall sturdy timbers the Log Cabin became a mainstay of habitation. The Wood Museum in Trondheim displays multiple forms of log cabin, fourteen in total. But Log cabins appeared all over the northern reaches of Europe in an incredibly range of styles. Sometimes the outside was even hewn flat so that siding could be put on, and occasionally the interior was given the same treatment to make the way for wallpaper, lath, or plaster. Log Cabins are just that versatile, no wonder they’re still a loved form of home to this day.

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June 25 Birthdays




George Michael - (1963 - 2016) (53)




Ricky Gervais - 56




Carly Simon - 72




Sonia Sotomayor - 63




June Lockhart - 92




Jimmie Walker - 70




Anthony Bourdain - 61







June 25th

2010: Rush received their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Their star is located at 6752 Hollywood Blvd.

2008: Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley & Ramones bassist C.J. Ramone made appearances during Pearl Jam’s concert at Madison Square Garden. Frehley played on a rendition of Kiss’ “Black Diamond” & Ramone played on a rendition of The Ramones’ “I Believe in Miracles”.

2004: David Bowie cut short a performance at the Hurricane Festival in Germany complaining of chest pains & was hospitalized. What was originally thought to be a pinched nerve in his shoulder turned out to be a blocked artery that required emergency angioplasty. Bowie cancelled his remaining scheduled tour dates for 2004.

2003: Ozzy Osbourne was accused of fathering a six year old child out of wedlock by a woman who wanted an undisclosed monetary out of court settlement. Osbourne revealed that this was impossible since he had a vasectomy in 1986.

1993: Bruce Springsteen appeared on the final episode of Late Night with David Letterman where he performed “Glory Days”.

1988: Van Halen’s eighth album OU812 their second album with Sammy Hagar reached number one on the Billboard 200 Album Chart for the first of four weeks.

1984: Patti Scialfa joined Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band four days before the start of Springsteen’s tour in support of Born in the U.S.A.

1983: Kiss performed the last concert in makeup until 1996 at Morumbi Stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

1977: Pink Floyd set a then-record for largest number of tickets sold for a one-act concert when 83,000 fans attend Cleveland’s Municipal Stadium on their Animals tour.



Birthdays:

Ian McDonald - Keyboardist for Foreigner born in 1946

David Paich - Keyboardist for Toto born in 1954