• Jazz musician Dave Brubeck attended the University of the Pacific, and occasionally he returned there to perform. One day, while he was there, a student said to him, "Where did you meet your wife?" This was the perfect place to ask Mr. Brubeck that question because he pointed to a door located to the left of the stage and answered, "Coming through that door." At a later performance at the University of the Pacific, Mr. and Mrs. Brubeck received a very nice surprise. A dean of the university revealed a plaque that stated, "Dave Brubeck and Iola Whitlock started their musical life coming through this door." Because of that, the two left their archives to the University of the Pacific.
• Musicians have an advantage over ordinary people: creativity in proposing. Electronic one-man band Martin Dosh proposed to his wife, Erin, by singing a song to her: "I Think I'm Getting Married." From an early age, he knew that he liked music. When asked what he wanted to be when he grew up, he replied that he wanted to be a singing carpenter.
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• When Marshall Mathers, now better known as rap singer Eminem, was in the 4th grade, a 6th-grade bully named D'Angelo Bailey frequently tormented him. Eventually, D'Angelo attacked young Marshall so fiercely that Marshall ended up in the hospital with a cerebral hemorrhage. Later, Eminem wrote and performed a rap song titled "Brain Damage" about the attack. In it, he attacked D'Angelo - with words and rhymes - so fiercely that D'Angelo sued him for $1 million in a defamation suit. The judge ruled against D'Angelo, pointing out that Eminem had clearly exaggerated in his rap song and that what he sang was obviously not to be taken seriously. For one thing, Eminem wrote that D'Angelo had attacked him so fiercely and injured him so badly that his brain had fallen out of his head. The judge, Deborah Servitto, wrote a 10-stanza rhyme that delivered her decision. It included these lines: "It is therefore this court's ultimate position, that Eminem is entitled to summary disposition." By the way, the name Eminem comes from his initials: M'n'M, short for Marshall Mathers.
• This will come as a surprise to absolutely no one, but creative people have creative ideas. For example, rapper Hollywood Holt suffered a mishap in Vancouver when he was struggling out of a pair of tight jeans and cut his arm severely when it went through a window. No fool, he got to a hospital fast, but even so the doctors talked about a possible amputation. Mr. Holt says, "I was seriously thinking about this sh*t, while I was laying out in pain: 'If my hand gets cut off, I'm gonna build some sort of cool prosthetic ape-man-style hand.' And I woulda seriously built that."
• As a little girl, Ernestine Schumann-Heink used to sing with great volume. One day, she was practicing her singing and really belting out the tune. The little boy of the rope-maker who lived nearby came running and gave her a glass filled with liquid and asked her to drink it. When she asked what it was, the little boy said, "My mother says you must have an awful stomachache because you are screaming so loud! She says that you should drink this and then go right away to bed."
• Willie Nelson's friend Zeke Varner suffered from back pain, so he went to a doctor for some pain pills. The doctor showed him the available pills for pain, saying that the red pills offered the best pain relief, but that they were very addictive. Mr. Varner replied, "Doc, I am seventy years old. I am addicted to nicotine, alcohol, caffeine, and a dozen other things. What's one more?"
The Black Sea is a body of water and marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean between Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Western Asia. It is supplied by a number of major rivers, such as the Danube, Dnieper, Southern Bug, Dniester, Don, and the Rioni. The watersheds of many countries drain into the Black Sea beyond the six that immediately border it.
English-language writers of the 18th century often used the name Euxine Sea to refer to the Black Sea. Edward Gibbon, for instance, calls the sea by this name throughout The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. During the Ottoman Empire period, the Black Sea was called either Bahr-e Siyah or Karadeniz, both meaning "the Black Sea" in Ottoman Turkish.
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The Black Sea is supplied by several rivers, one of which is The Danube.
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The Black Sea. Nobody seems to know for sure why it is called that instead of Euxine?
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The Euxine Sea is commonly known as the Black Sea, a place I know only on a map. Would love to see it live…someday.
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I hexed the Orange Horror Clown's Tulsa rally on behalf of Bart and, well, I'd say Bart is probably looking on giddy about the red ass tRumpelthinskin got
I hear he's trying to rally the reich wing in Arizona tomorrow. Maybe some
fellow BartCoppers want to hex him along with me?
Hex on thee!
Hex On Thee!!
HEX ON THEE!!!
Keep up the bloggy goodness
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CBS begins the night with a RERUN'NCIS', followed by a RERUN'FBI', then a RERUN'FBI: Most Wanted'.
Scheduled on a FRESHStephen Colbert are John Bolton, Noah Cyrus, and Billy Ray Cyrus.
Scheduled on a FRESHJames Corden, OBE, are Will Ferrell, Billy Porter, and Phoebe Bridgers.
NBC starts the night with a FRESH'America's Got Talent', followed by a FRESH'World Of Dance'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Fallon are Lin-Manuel Miranda, Kenya Barris, and Michael Stipe & Big Red Machine.
Scheduled on a FRESHSeth Meyers are Chelsea Handler and Andrew Rannells.
On a RERUNLilly Singh (R 10/23/19) are Justin Hartley and Lea Michele.
ABC opens the night with a RERUN'The Conners', followed by another RERUN'The Conners', then a RERUN'black-ish', followed by a RERUN'mixed-ish', then a FRESH'The Genetic Detective'.
On a RERUNJimmy Kimmel (from 5/20/20) is Patton Oswalt.
The CW offers a FRESH'DC's Stargirl', followed by 'Louie Anderson: Big Underwear'.
Faux has a RERUN'Hell's Kitchen', followed by a RERUN'Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours To Hell & Back'.
MY fills the night with Rupert's social disinformercials.
AMC offers the movie 'White House Down', followed by the movie 'Gladiator'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - In Purgatory's Shadow
[7:00AM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - By Inferno's Light
[8:00AM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - Dr. Bashir, I Presume
[9:00AM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - A Simple Investigation
[10:00AM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - Business as Usual
[11:00AM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - Ties of Blood and Water
[12:00PM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - Ferengi Love Songs
[1:00PM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - Soldiers of the Empire
[2:00PM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - Children of Time
[3:00PM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - Blaze of Glory
[4:00PM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - Empok Nor
[5:00PM] A FEW GOOD MEN
[8:00PM] TOP GUN
[10:30PM] TOP GUN
[1:00AM] FOOTLOOSE
[3:30AM] REAL GENIUS (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Million Dollar Listing LA', another 'Million Dollar Listing LA', followed by a FRESH'Million Dollar Listing LA', then a FRESH'Watch What Happens: Live'.
IFC -
[6:00A] The Three Stooges
[6:30A] Dark Shadows
[9:00A] Spider-Man 3
[12:00P] That '70s Show
[12:30P] That '70s Show
[1:00P] That '70s Show
[1:30P] That '70s Show
[2:00P] That '70s Show
[2:30P] That '70s Show
[3:00P] Parks and Recreation
[3:30P] Parks and Recreation
[4:00P] Parks and Recreation
[4:30P] Parks and Recreation
[5:00P] Parks and Recreation
[5:30P] Parks and Recreation
[6:00P] Parks and Recreation
[6:30P] Parks and Recreation
[7:00P] Parks and Recreation
[7:30P] Parks and Recreation
[8:00P] Parks and Recreation
[8:30P] Parks and Recreation
[9:00P] Parks and Recreation
[9:30P] Parks and Recreation
[10:00P] Parks and Recreation
[10:30P] Parks and Recreation
[11:00P] Parks and Recreation
[11:30P] Parks and Recreation
[12:00A] Parks and Recreation
[12:30A] Parks and Recreation
[1:00A] Spider-Man 3
[4:00A] Major League II (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[6:00am] gomer pyle, u.s.m.c.
[6:30am] gomer pyle, u.s.m.c.
[7:00am] gomer pyle, u.s.m.c.
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[10:00am] monk - Mr. Monk Takes Manhattan
[11:00am] monk - Mr. Monk & The Panic Room
[12:00pm] monk - Mr. Monk & The Blackout
[1:00pm] monk - Mr. Monk Gets Fired
[2:00pm] monk - Mr. Monk Meets The Godfather
[3:00pm] monk - Mr. Monk And The Girl Who Cried Wolf
[4:00pm] monk - Mr. Monk And The Employee Of The Month
[5:00pm] monk - Mr. Monk And The Game Show
[6:00pm] monk - Mr. Monk Takes His Medicine
[7:00pm] monk - Mr. Monk And The Red Herring
[8:00pm] monk - Mr. Monk Vs. The Cobra
[9:00pm] monk - Mr. Monk Gets Cabin Fever
[10:00pm] monk - Mr. Monk Gets Stuck In Traffic
[11:00pm] monk - Mr. Monk Goes To Vegas
[12:00am] monk - Mr. Monk And The Election
[1:00am] monk - Mr. Monk And The Kid
[2:00am] silver bullet
[4:00am] the andy griffith show
[4:30am] the andy griffith show
[5:00am] the andy griffith show
[5:30am] the andy griffith show (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has the movie 'The Mummy', followed by the movei 'Law Abiding Citizen'.
TBS:
On a RERUNConan (from 6/10/20) is Sen.Cory Booker.
The 2021 Golden Globes will take place on Feb. 28 - about eight weeks before the 93rd Academy Awards.
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association made the announcement Monday morning. Just a week earlier, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that the 93rd Academy Awards telecast has been postponed by two months to April 25, 2021. Variety was the first to report in mid-May that the Academy was considering delaying the big night in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
The new date of Feb. 28 for the Globes was the original date for the 2021 Oscars, which was set in 2017. The new date means that the results of the Globes could influence Oscar nominations voting, as the process doesn't begin until a week later on March 5.
The Golden Globes have usually been held on the first Sunday of the calendar year as a kickoff to the Hollywood awards season. This year's edition was held on Jan. 5 with the HFPA announcing six days later that Tina Fey and Amy Poehler would host the 2021 ceremonies.
In another awards season shift last week, BAFTA moved the date of its 2021 Film Awards following the Academy announcement to April 11 - two weeks before the Oscars.
The performance was part of the 'Round Midnight Preserves livestream hosted by the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, which was put together to raise money for the Preservation Hall Foundation Legacy Relief Fund. The three-hour event also featured Dave Grohl and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band's take on "Come With Me to New Orleans," Elvis Costello delivering a solo acoustic rendition of "The River in Reverse," Jim James tackling My Morning Jacket's "Wonderful" and Irma Thomas singing "Time Is on My Side." The event culminated with everyone from the event uniting for the New Orleans standard "When the Saints Go Marching In" with Paul McCartney taking a rare turn on the trumpet.
The Preservation Hall Foundation Legacy Relief Fund was established to raise funds for musicians that have struggled to earn a living in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Foo Fighters recorded at Preservation Hall during the sessions for their 2014 LP Sonic Highways. "We loaded in all of our equipment to record this loud rock song," Grohl told Preservation Hall Artistic Director Ben Jaffe during a Q&A portion of the livestream. "I'm looking at all these beautiful paintings on the wall and these lightning fixtures and pews that had been there for decades. I'm thinking, 'We're going to bust this place.' It was exciting in that experiment."
A couple of years before Sonic Highways, Grohl and the surviving members of Nirvana came together with McCartney to record the new track "Cut Me Some Slack." Grohl and McCartney have played together a number of times since that historic session, but this new version of "When the Saints Go Marching In" is the first time that the Beatle brought his trumpet to the festivities.
With Hamilton on its way to Disney+, hardcore Hamilfans had a question about that PG-13 rating: What about the fucks?
On stage, Hamilton contains exactly three f-bombs, two of which had to be sacrificed to avoid an R rating, Lin-Manuel Miranda explained on Twitter. He even took it a step further and immediately quelled speculation about which fucks we'd have to give (up).
If you're keeping track, that means the remaining "fuck" is but a "fuuuuu-" cut off in "Say No to This" ("You see, that was my wife who you decided to fuuu-"). Enjoy explaining that one to the kids!
Beta-testing for Elon Musk's Starlink internet is slated to arrive this summer and users can now sign up with their email address and zip code on its official website. The SpaceX program aims to allow access to the Internet from virtually anywhere on earth and poor regions with no internet, slow connectivity or generally have expensive services can benefit from the commercial program.
As of now, the startup launched 500 satellites into earth's orbit this year, with the goal of providing Internet access to most of the world by 2021. In a Tweet, Musk said that Seattle and Germany would be the first to regions to get to trials with an official commercial launch in North America already in the works for late this year.
Starlink is designed to deliver high speed broadband internet to locations where access has been unreliable, expensive, or completely unavailable. Private beta testing is expected to begin later this summer, followed by public beta testing, starting with higher latitudes.
In detail, the company is promising one gigabit per second, at a latency of around 30 milliseconds. Comparatively, the average broadband speed in the UK is 64 megabits per second.
A U.S. federal appeals court on Monday blocked California from requiring that Bayer AG label its glyphosate-based weed killer Roundup with a cancer warning, handing the company a victory in its ongoing litigation over the product.
In his ruling, U.S. District Judge William Shubb called California's cancer warning misleading and said the state's label is not backed up by regulatory findings.
Regulators worldwide have determined glyphosate to be safe with the exception of the World Health Organization's cancer research arm, which determined the herbicide to be a "probable carcinogen" in 2015.
Shubb on Monday said that finding alone did not support California's requirement to label glyphosate products with the term "known to the state of California to cause cancer."
The ruling, which permanently bars California from requiring a cancer warning on glyphosate-based products, is separate from the wider litigation over whether Roundup causes a type of blood cancer.
The Federal Communications Commission on Monday said it rejected the request of a radio station in Mexico to continue broadcasting Mandarin Chinese language programs to southern California and ordered it to cease operations within 48 hours.
The FCC said the broadcast studio is used by Phoenix Radio, a company wholly owned by Phoenix TV, but not listed as an applicant. The FCC rejected the request as "deficient" but said the applicants - and Phoenix Radio - could refile the request.
In July 2018, to ensure continuity of service for XEWW-AM listeners, the FCC granted a temporary authorization to permit broadcasts pending FCC review. The following month, a group running a community radio station in southern California asked the FCC to deny the application, saying it might allow the government of the People's Republic of China to "provide its own propaganda programming."
Senator Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican, praised the FCC's decision to reject the bid.
Phoenix TV bills itself as the largest Chinese language television provider in the United States and Canada, transmitting programming to more than 200,000 subscribers on cable and satellite systems.
Every year, roughly one million tourists flock to Stonehenge, the iconic prehistoric monument in southwest England, to experience the eerie aura of this 5,000-year-old ritual site. Yet despite its immense popularity, Stonehenge still has a few mysteries up its sleeve: scientists have discovered huge underground shafts that may form the most massive prehistoric structure known in Britain.
A team of archaeologists found "new evidence for hitherto unknown features or monumental structures" about two miles northeast of Stonehenge, according to a study published on Sunday in the journal Internet Archaeology.
Thousands of years ago, people at this site dug out these large pits, which are about five metres deep (roughly three times the height of the average modern person) and 10 metres wide. They are arranged in a partial concentric ring with a diameter that stretches across more than a mile and encircles Durrington Walls, a settlement that dates back at least 4,000 years and which may have been the place where Stonehenge's builders resided.
The discovery "represents an elaboration of the monument complex at a massive, and unexpected, scale," according to the study, which was led by University of Bradford archaeologist Vincent Gaffney.
Gaffney and his colleagues were able to detect the remains of about 20 of these pits thanks to remote-sensing technologies like ground-penetrating radar and LiDAR that can non-invasively probe underground structures. These techniques revealed the shafts, each of which looks like "a disc of enhanced magnetic readings", according to the study.
Every year - from May through August in the Northern Hemisphere, and from November through February in the Southern Hemisphere - people at high latitudes report seeing noctilucent or night-shining clouds. We read at SpaceWeather.com this weekend that these beautiful clouds have now descended to their lowest latitude of the 2020 season so far: +44 degrees North in Bend, Oregon. Bend resident Roy Reynolds, who photographed the glowing clouds on June 18, 2020, told SpaceWeather:
I woke up at 3:30 a.m. to a very bright sky shining through the shades. I got up to take a look and was surprised to find noctilucent clouds. I live in Bend Oregon and since living here (18 years) have seen this only two other times. Beautiful.
Noctilucent clouds typically descend even lower after the summer solstice, according to Tony Phillips of SpaceWeather.com. If you're at a northerly latitude, now is a good time to watch for them!
What are noctilucent clouds? Noctilucent clouds form in the highest reaches of the atmosphere - the mesosphere - as much as 50 miles (80 km) above the Earth's surface. They're thought to be made of ice crystals that form on fine dust particles from meteors. They can only form when temperatures are incredibly low and when there's water available to form ice crystals.
Why do these clouds - which require such cold temperatures - form in the summer? It's because of the dynamics of the atmosphere. You actually get the coldest temperatures of the year near the poles in summer at that height in the mesosphere.
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