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The Daily F Bomb, Friday 8/30/13

Interrogatories

What were you into before it was cool? Is it still cool?

Is your local weather doing what it should be doing this time of year?

Have you ever read any classic horror, such as Frankenstein or Dracula?

Do you find it easier to remember things that just happened, or things that happened long ago? Quick, what day is it?

I haven’t asked this lately – what song is going through your head right now (or if none, the most recent)?

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On This Day

In 1835, the city of Melbourne, Australia was founded.

In 1836, the city of Houston, Texas was founded.

In 1905, legendary baseball player Ty Cobb made his major league debut.

In 1956, the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway opened to traffic.

In 1965, Bob Dylan’s Highway 61 Revisited was released.

In 1967, the Senate confirmed Thurgood Marshall as the first African-American (maybe the only one, considering Clarence Thomas) Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

In 1984, the Space Shuttle Discovery took off for the first time.

In 1989, mean rich person Leona Helmsley was found guilty of income tax evasion. She insisted only “little people” pay taxes. When the Kochs are crowned Kings of the USA, I expect she will be canonized.

In 1993, CBS debuted The Late Show With David Letterman.

Born on This Day

1589 – Abraham Govaerts, Flemish painter (d. 1626)

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1657 – Philipp Peter Roos, German painter (d. 1706)

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1727 – Giovanni-Domenico Tiepolo, Italian painter (d. 1804)

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1734 – Gaetano Gandolfi, Italian painter (d. 1802)

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1748 – Jacques-Louis David, French painter (d. 1825)

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1812 – Agoston Haraszthy Hungarian-American traveler, writer, and winemaker, founded Buena Vista Winery (d. 1869)

1828 – Pierre Tetar van Elven, Dutch cityscape painter (d. 1908)

1852 – Julian Alden Weir, American painter (d. 1919)

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1855 – Evelyn De Morgan, English painter (d. 1919)

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1860 – Isaac Levitan, Russian painter (d. 1900)

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1871 – Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand-English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1937)

1880 – Nikolai Astrup, Norwegian painter (d. 1928)

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1884 – Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)

1893 – Huey Long, American politician (d. 1935)

1896 – Raymond Massey, Canadian actor (d. 1983)

1898 – Shirley Booth, American actress (d. 1992)

1906 – Joan Blondell, American actress (d. 1979)

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1908 – Fred MacMurray, American actor (d. 1991)

1908 – Léonor Fini, Italian artist (d. 1996)

1918 – Ted Williams, American baseball player (d. 2002)

1919 – Kitty Wells, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2012)

1926 – Daryl Gates, racist Los Angeles police chief (d. 2010)

1929 – Guy de Lussigny, French painter (d. 2001)

1930 – Warren Buffett, American businessman and philanthropist

1935 – John Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Mamas & the Papas) (d. 2001)

1939 – Elizabeth Ashley, American actress

1939 – John Peel, English radio host and producer (d. 2004)

1943 – Robert Crumb, American illustrator and writer

1943 – Jean-Claude Killy, French skier

1944 – Molly Ivins, fabulous and much-missed Texan journalist (d. 2007)

1946 – Peggy Lipton, American actress

1951 – Timothy Bottoms, American actor

1953 – Horace Panter, English bass player (The Specials and General Public)

1958 – Martin Jackson, English drummer (Swing out Sister, Magazine, The Chameleons, The Freshies, and The Durutti Column)

1963 – Michael Chiklis, American actor

1971 – Lars Frederiksen, American guitarist and singer (Rancid and UK Subs)

1972 – Cameron Diaz, American model and actress

1973 – Lisa Ling, American journalist

1974 – Aaron Barrett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Reel Big Fish, The Scholars, and The Forces of Evil)

1982 – Andy Roddick, American tennis player

1986 – Ryan Ross, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Panic! at the Disco and The Young Veins)

Died on This Day

526 – Theodoric the Great, Italian ruler (b. 454)

1483 – Louis XI of France (b. 1423)

1907 – Richard Mansfield, American actor and manager (b. 1857)

1908 – Giovanni Fattori, Italian Realist painter (b. 1825)

1928 – Franz Stuck, German painter (b. 1863)

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1938 – Max Factor, Sr., Polish-American make-up artist and businessman, founded the Max Factor Company (b. 1877)

1961 – Charles Coburn, American actor (b. 1877)

1963 – Guy Burgess, English-Soviet spy (b. 1911)

1979 – Jean Seberg, American actress (b. 1938)

1981 – Vera-Ellen, American actress (b. 1921)

1985 – Taylor Caldwell, English-American novelist (b. 1900)

1991 – Jean Tinguely, Swiss painter and sculptor (b. 1925)

1995 – Sterling Morrison, American guitarist and singer (The Velvet Underground) (b. 1942)

2003 – Charles Bronson, American actor (b. 1921)

2006 – Glenn Ford, Canadian-American actor (b. 1916)

Today is

International Day of the Disappeared

National Toasted Marshmallow Day

National Frankenstein Day

International Whale Shark Day

National Holistic Pet Day


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26 comments

  1. Floja Roja

    What was I into before it was cool? I asked this just because it seems to be part of the Hipster Lament. Within the crowds that I ran in as a teen and young adult, lots of things were cool, and we did discover lots of things before they were cool. But I think everyone has something like that, whether it be some fashion, some music, some author. My best friend’s mom used to discover all this great music that later become “cool,” and usually within about a year everyone knew who the artist was. I went on to do the same, because I read the music press and would go buy recommended stuff unheard (I picked up, for instance, the first singles by The Cure and The Pretenders). Is it still cool? I’d say nothing that fits that category for me is still cool. I haven’t been on any cutting edges for a long time. Ooh, maybe that means I’m dull!

    My local weather has finally settled into its normal pattern, which is a drag, because I was really enjoying those cooler than normal temperatures.

    I think that Dracula and Frankenstein are the only OLD classic horror I’ve read. I haven’t read much Poe or any Lovecraft. If King counts as classic horror, I’ve read tons of his stuff. Of the new stuff I just tend to avoid it. I have an acquaintance who writes it, John Skipp, and man, his stuff is so hopeless. I don’t need to be depressed!

    What was that question again? Oh yeah, I remember big things that just happened, but routine things I forget, right down to, “did I take that pill today?” I think my earlier memories seem clearer, but are they really? I know that today is Friday. Only because of this diary, though….

    Today’s earworm is David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance,” and I have no idea how it got there, since I haven’t heard it in ages. I suspect a word or phrase I heard last night before bed may have triggered it.

  2. anotherdemocrat

    It is really depressing that Andy Roddick is that young.

    What were you into before it was cool? Is it still cool?

    There were probably a few things in college where I did this, but that was a long time ago & I don’t even remember.

    Is your local weather doing what it should be doing this time of year?

    Sadly, yes.

    Have you ever read any classic horror, such as Frankenstein or Dracula?

    Frankenstein. Lots of Poe.

    Do you find it easier to remember things that just happened, or things that happened long ago? Quick, what day is it?

    I forget things equally.

    I haven’t asked this lately – what song is going through your head right now (or if none, the most recent)? U2, Rise Up (an extra on Joshua Tree expanded)

  3. Gee

    What were you into before it was cool? Is it still cool?

    Is your local weather doing what it should be doing this time of year?

    Have you ever read any classic horror, such as Frankenstein or Dracula?

    Do you find it easier to remember things that just happened, or things that happened long ago? Quick, what day is it?

    I haven’t asked this lately – what song is going through your head right now (or if none, the most recent)?

    I have no answers for questions 1-a and 1-b.

    The weather is pretty much on track.  We should be heading into lovely fall weather, but September can still be hot and humid.  So far, we’ve had a couple of cool days in August, but the rest have been pretty humid.

    Nope.  I’m a bit curious about Frankenstein, but I don’t know that I’ll ever read it.

    The “What day is it?” question is easy on a Friday.  Memory has faded a little in the long term and the short term.  People have been amazed at my long term memory, but it’s highly selective.

    All morning, the song that was going through my head was See, by the Rascals.  But now the last thing I heard in the car is stuck in there:  Bruce Springsteen’s Darlington County.

  4. Gee

    In 1993, CBS debuted The Late Show With David Letterman.

    If I recall correctly, according to a trivia-minded friend of mine, the first guest on that first CBS show was Bill Murray.

    There goes that selective memory again.

  5. Jk2003

    What were you into before it was cool? Is it still cool?

    Is your local weather doing what it should be doing this time of year?

    Have you ever read any classic horror, such as Frankenstein or Dracula?

    Do you find it easier to remember things that just happened, or things that happened long ago? Quick, what day is it?

    I haven’t asked this lately – what song is going through your head right now (or if none, the most recent)?

    Into before it was cool:  grey and white color scheme for my house, bacon, knitting, rain barrels

    Weather:  it’s too hot and we haven’t gotten good rain in a while.

    Classic horror:  yes, both above.  When I was a kid I remember watching The fall of the house of usher and loved it.

    Memories:  I’ve still got a pretty good memory for most things

    Song:  I don’t know how to spell it but its that Menomena song from the muppet show that I watched with the kids yesterday.

  6. Gee

    1995 – Sterling Morrison, American guitarist and singer (The Velvet Underground) (b. 1942)

    I meant to mention yesterday that Ingrid Bergman died on her birthday, which is the sort of thing you can learn here at Da Bomb.  What reminded me of that is that Sterling Morrison died two days after his birthday.

    As Ian Dury said, “All I want for my birthday is another birthday.”

  9. freedapeople

    What were you into before it was cool? Is it still cool? Nothing that I can think of

    Is your local weather doing what it should be doing this time of year? Yes, beautiful late summer weather. Sunny and comfortable.

    Have you ever read any classic horror, such as Frankenstein or Dracula? I read Frankenstein by Mary Shelly and found it a great read. Lots of social commentary in that one. And more tragedy than horror, imo.

    Do you find it easier to remember things that just happened, or things that happened long ago? Quick, what day is it? See subject line and question #1.

    I haven’t asked this lately – what song is going through your head right now (or if none, the most recent)?

  10. jlms qkw

    i was totally into actually kokopelli haunting grounds long before they were popular!

    no it is too hot.  

    carrie.  

    friday.  

    thriller.

  11. JanF

    What an excellent name: “Josh Earnest”!

    This: 🙁

       Baby boomers are redefining retirement, reports @TIME. It is now called: “Still fucking working” http://t.co/tZbwYv5Ixv

       – The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) August 30, 2013

    SFW … that will be me until I am at least 70.

    This Tweet Wins the Internets:

    Life is funny: one day you’re a nobody, the next you still are.

    – God (@TheTweetOfGod) August 29, 2013

    If I must say so myself, one of your hovers speaks to me … 🙂

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