Non-Musical history for today: 1864 – During the American Civil War, Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launched an assault on Atlanta. This was called the Battle of Jonesborough. It lasted all of one day. Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for August 31. Recorded in the Omniverus Podcast Studios at Liberty Plaza. Leave comments at tim@beeswaxvinyl.com or 336-422-NUMB (6862). Tune…
Non-Musical history for today: 1967 – Thurgood Marshall was confirmed as the first African American Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He served until his retirement in 1991. Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for August 30. Recorded in the Omniverus Podcast Studios at Liberty Plaza. Leave comments at tim@beeswaxvinyl.com or 336-422-NUMB (6862). Tune into Camel City Radio. On Camel…
Non-Musical history for today: 1958 – United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Anyone else think it's a bad idea to have planes going that fast hanging out around the Rocky Mountains? Just me? Okay then. Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for August 29. Recorded in the Omniverus Podcast Studios at Liberty Plaza. Leave comments at tim@beeswaxvinyl.com or 336-422-NUMB…
Non-Musical history for today: 1609 – Henry Hudson "discovered" Delaware Bay. Again, the area was full of natives. How do you discover a bay as huge as this right next to the Atlantic Ocean...? Suspect, I say. Suspect. Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for August 28. Recorded in the Omniverus Podcast Studios at Liberty Plaza. Leave comments at tim@beeswaxvinyl.com or 336-422-NUMB (6862).…
Non-Musical history for today: 2016 – Cookie, an Australian Major Mitchell's cockatoo (a pink cockatoo) and the oldest recorded parrot (hatched in 1933), died. Cookie was 83. Dang! Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for August 27. Recorded in the Omniverus Podcast Studios at Liberty Plaza. Leave comments at tim@beeswaxvinyl.com or 336-422-NUMB (6862). Tune into Camel City Radio. On Camel City Radio, it's…
Non-Musical history for today: 1980 – After John Birges, Sr. planted a bomb at Harvey's Resort Hotel in Stateline, Nevada, the FBI inadvertently detonated the bomb during its disarming. There were no injuries or deaths but about $18M worth of damage. Birges and a group of friends disguised themselves as photocopy installers and crafted a photocopier that was rigged with TNT. Birges had lost…
Non-Musical history for today: 1875 – Captain Matthew Webb became the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 21 hours and 45 minutes. It makes me tired just thinking about it. Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for August 25. Recorded in the Omniverus Podcast Studios at Liberty Plaza. Leave comments at tim@beeswaxvinyl.com or…
Non-Musical history for today: 1950 – Edith Sampson became the first black U.S. delegate to the United Nations. She conceded that Black people did not have equal rights in America, but she said "I would rather be a Negro in America than a citizen in any other land." Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for August 24. Recorded in the Omniverus Podcast Studios…
Non-Musical history for today: 1305 – Sir William Wallace was executed for high treason at Smithfield, London. From what I've read, the Braveheart thing wasn't how things went down back then. He was a great soldier and leader, but it most likely didn't happen like the film says it did. Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for August 23. Recorded in the Omniverus…
Non-Musical history for today: 1902 – The Cadillac Motor Company was founded. AND Theodore Roosevelt became the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile. I'm pretty sure it wasn't a Cadillac...? Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for August 22. Recorded in the Omniverus Podcast Studios at Liberty Plaza. Leave comments at tim@beeswaxvinyl.com or 336-422-NUMB (6862).…