Non-Musical history for today: 2002 – Former US President Jimmy Carter arrived in Cuba for a five-day visit with Fidel Castro, becoming the first President of the United States, in or out of office, to visit the island since the Cuban Revolution. Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for May 12. Recorded in the Such-N-Such Media Studios at Liberty Plaza or Such-N-Such Media…
Non-Musical history for today: Son of Standard Oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, JDR Jr., died on this day in 1960. He was the one that built Rockefeller Center in NYC, where NBCUniversal is. Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for May 11. Recorded in the Such-N-Such Media Studios at Liberty Plaza or Such-N-Such Media Studio South. Leave comments at tim@beeswaxvinyl.com or 336-422-NUMB (6862).…
Non-Musical history for today: 1774 – Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette became King and Queen of France. Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for May 10. Recorded in the Such-N-Such Media Studios at Liberty Plaza or Such-N-Such Media Studio South. Leave comments at tim@beeswaxvinyl.com or 336-422-NUMB (6862). Tune into Camel City Radio. On Camel City Radio, it's hump day every day!
Non-Musical history for today: J. M. Barrie was born 163 years ago. He wrote Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up. He also, best I can tell, was the first to ever use the name Wendy. Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for May 9. Recorded in the Such-N-Such Media Studios at Liberty Plaza or Such-N-Such Media Studio South. Leave comments at…
Non-Musical history for today: 1886 – Pharmacist John Pemberton first sold a carbonated beverage named "Coca-Cola" as a patent medicine. Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for May 8. Recorded in the Such-N-Such Media Studios at Liberty Plaza or Such-N-Such Media Studio South. Leave comments at tim@beeswaxvinyl.com or 336-422-NUMB (6862). Tune into Camel City Radio. On Camel City Radio, it's hump day every…
Non-Musical history for today: 1915 – World War I: German submarine U-20 sank RMS Lusitania, killing 1,198 people, including 128 Americans. Public reaction to the sinking turned many former pro-Germans in the United States against the German Empire. Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for May 7. Recorded in the Such-N-Such Media Studios at Liberty Plaza or Such-N-Such Media Studio South. Leave comments…
Non-Musical history for today: 1889 – The Eiffel Tower was officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris. Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for May 6. Recorded in the Such-N-Such Media Studios at Liberty Plaza or Such-N-Such Media Studio South. Leave comments at tim@beeswaxvinyl.com or 336-422-NUMB (6862). Tune into Camel City Radio. On Camel City Radio, it's hump day…
Non-Musical history for today: 1862 – Troops led by Ignacio Zaragoza halted a French invasion in the Battle of Puebla in Mexico. It is for this reason and NOT Mexican independence that we celebrate Cinco de Mayo. Well, that and tacos. Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for May 5. Recorded in the Such-N-Such Media Studios at Liberty Plaza or Such-N-Such Media Studio South.…
Non-Musical history for today: 1415 – Religious reformers John Wycliffe and Jan Hus were condemned as heretics at the Council of Constance. Why is that important? Jan Hus and his Bohemian Reformation was the foundation of the Moravian Church of which Winston-Salem, NC, my hometown, was founded and still has a deep, rich culture of. Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for May…
Non-Musical history for today: 1957 – Walter O'Malley, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, agreed to move the team from Brooklyn to Los Angeles. Some Brooklynites have never stopped complaining about that. Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for May 3. Recorded in the Such-N-Such Media Studios at Liberty Plaza or Such-N-Such Media Studio South. Leave comments at tim@beeswaxvinyl.com or 336-422-NUMB (6862). Tune…