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Coming to you live from Deeping St. Magma, County Gloamshire ...

Today is:
National Cousins Day, National Drive-Thru Day, & National Tequila Day !!!

Classical B-Days:
1917 Robert Farnon, Canadian classical & light music composer/conductor
1950 Johannes Jansson, Swedish composer

Rock/Folk B-days:
1944 Jim Armstrong, Irish rock guitarist [ Group(s): Them ]
1949 Graham Lear, British-Canadian session and touring rock drummer [ Group(s): Gino Vanelli/Santana/REO Speedwagon ]

WRR 101.1 FM ― MotD:
James Henry Fillmore: "Rolling Thunder" march

WWotD/GWotD:
mereswine ― (n.) a dolphin; a porpoise.

QotD:
"The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny..." ― Isaac Asimov

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Coming to you live from Deeping St. Magma, County Gloamshire ...

Today is:
International Balloon Dog Day, National Take Your Poet To Work Day, & National Hot Dog Day!!!

Classical B-Days:
1827 Wilhelm Kalliwoda, Bohemian-German pianist/composer/kapellmeister/music teacher
1873 Louis Zimmermann, Dutch violinist/composer/1st concert master of Concert

Rock/Folk B-days:
1947 Brian May, British rock guitarist [ Group(s): Queen ]
1948 Keith Godchaux, American pianist/singer [ Group(s): Grateful Dead ]
1952 (Larken) Allen Collins, American southern rock guitarist/songwriter [ Group(s): Lynyrd Skynyrd ]

WRR 101.1 FM ― MotD:
George Gershwin: "Strike Up the Band" march

WWotD:
blateration ― (n) chatter; babbling.

QotD:
“I'll take the spokes from your wheelchair and a magpie's wings
and tie 'em to your shoulders and your feet.
I'll steal a hacksaw from my dad and cut the braces off your legs
and we'll bury 'em tonight in the cornfield."
― lyrics from "Kentucky Avenue" by Tom Waits

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Coming to you live from Deeping St. Magma, County Gloamshire ...

Today is:
National Tattoo Day, National Peach Ice Cream Day, & National Wrong Way Corrigan Day!!!

Classical B-Days:
1853 Francesco Fanciulli, American-Italian composer
1939 Ma Shui-long, Taiwanese classical composer

Rock/Folk B-days:
1949 (Terence) "Geezer" Butler, English rock bassist [ Group(s): Black Sabbath ]
1952 Chet McCracken, American drummer [ Group(s): The Doobie Brothers ]

WRR 101.1 FM ― MotD:
John Philip Sousa: "El Capitan" march

WWotD:
affuage ― right to cut wood in a forest for a family fire.

QotD:
“Madness takes its toll. Please use exact change." ― courtesy of Valerie 'Razorbabe' Terrell [TH]

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Coming to you live from Deeping St. Magma, County Gloamshire ...

Today is:
International Rock Day, National Barbershop Music Appreciation Day, & National Beans 'N' Franks Day!!!

Classical B-Days:
1884 John Francis Larchet, Irish arranger/composer/musical director
1952 Alla Pavlova, Russian contemporary classical composer

Rock/Folk B-days:
1942 (Jim) "Roger" McGuinn, American folk-rock guitarist/singer-songwriter [ Group(s): The Byrds ]
1942 Stephen Jo Bladd, American drummer [ Group(s): J Geils Band ]

WRR 101.1 FM ― MotD:
John Philip Sousa: "The Minnesota March"

WWotD:
acrasial ― ill-tempered.

QotD:
“And the man in the rain picked up his bag of secrets, and journeyed up the mountainside, far above the clouds, and nothing was ever heard from him again, except for the sound of tubular bells." ― Mike Oldfield

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Coming to you live from Deeping St. Magma, County Gloamshire ...

Today is:
World Population Day, National State Fair Food Day, & National Blueberry Muffin Day !!!

Classical B-Days:
1888 Johanna Beyer, German-American pianist/composer
1914 Ahti Sonninen, Finnish composer

Rock/Folk B-days:
1946 John Lawton, British rock singer [ Group(s): Uriah Heep ]
1959 Richie Sambora, American guitarist [ Group(s): Bon Jovi ]

WRR 101.1 FM ― MotD:
John Philip Sousa: "Right-Left" march

WWotD:
snooter ― to harass, bedevil; to snub (only in P.G. Wodehouse).

QotD:
“Mistakes are the portals of discovery." ― James Joyce

Personal Commentary/Observation
Took the next step closer to retirement yesterday. It's Summer Enrollment time when you can change your benefits options for the upcoming academic year (Sep. 2023 - Aug 2024). For the first time since I can remember I made changes. In light of my upcoming retirement, I dropped several pointless items given I'm done at the end of December, like STD, LTD, Opt. Life ... none of which I'll need for the next 5 months. Yep - it looks like retirement is really happening.

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Coming to you live from Deeping St. Magma, County Gloamshire ...

Today is:
World Chocolate Day, National Dive Bar Day, & National Day of Rock n' Roll !!!

Classical B-Days:
1710 Arvid Niclas von Höpken, Swedish nobleman/soldier/composer
1860 Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer/conductor

Rock/Folk B-days:
1940 Ringo Starr, British drummer/vocalist/songwriter/actor/activist/knight [ Group(s): The Beatles ]
1948 Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt, American rock guitarist [ Group(s): Iron Buterfly ]

WRR 101.1 FM ― MotD:
Kenneth J. Alford: "The Mad Major" march

WWotD:
psilology ― (love of) empty talk.

QotD:
“A painting is never finished ― it simply stops in interesting places." ― Paul Gardner, painter

Personal Commentary/Observation
I stumbled across the first season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds available for free on Pluto TV. I have to say, that after the unimpressive outings that were ST:Voyager and ST:Enterprise I have been very pleasantly surprised with ST:SNW. I always loved the original "Glass Menagerie" pilot episode that featured Christopher Pike. It is kind of nice to see a bit of his history/back story. It may be that the critics hated it, but so far I have found it quite exciting and very reminiscent of ST:TOS. It's almost worth purchasing Paramount+ just to keep up with this series. (Having said that, CJB is not at all interested if it is not ST:TOS or :TNG.)

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Coming to you live from Deeping St. Magma, County Gloamshire ...

Today is:
National Workaholics Day, National Apple Turnover Day, & National Graham Cracker Day !!!

Classical B-Days:
1879 Wanda Landowska, Polish-French harpsichordist
1952 Michael McNabb, American contemporary instrumental and electroacoustic composer

Rock/Folk B-days:
1943 Robbie Robertson, Canadian-Native American singer-songwriter/rock guitarist/soundtrack composer [ Group(s): The Band ]
1950 Michael Monarch, American rock guitarist [ Group(s): Steppenwolf ]

WRR 101.1 FM ― MotD:
Guy Earl Holmes: "Winter Sports" march

WWotD:
enturbulate ― to disturb; to harass.

QotD:
“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers." ― Charles W. Eliot (1834-1926)

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Coming to you live from Deeping St. Magma, County Gloamshire ...

Today is:
World Food Truck Day, National Corvette Day, & International Asteroid Day !!!

Classical B-Days:
1818 Edward John Hopkins, British chorister/organist/composer
1921 Gordon Reynolds, English organist/master of the Choristers at the Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace

Rock/Folk B-days:
1951 Stanley Clarke, American Grammy Award-winning jazz-fusion bassist [ Group(s): Return to Forever ]
1953 Hal Lindes, American-English rock guitarist/film score composer [ Group(s): Dire Straits ]

WRR 101.1 FM ― MotD:
Edwin Franko Goldman: "Boy Scouts of America" march

WWotD:
harbouration ― a collection (of unpleasant things?)

QotD:
“Some of the most deeply held things are sourceless -- or, rather, one can no longer remember where one first heard them. They are like the radiation left over from the Big Bang -- general, constant, and unplaceable." ― Thomas Cahill, How the Irish Saved Civilization

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Coming to you live from Deeping St. Magma, County Gloamshire ...

Today is:
National Paul Bunyan Day, National Parchment Cooking Day, & International CAPS LOCK Day !!!

Classical B-Days:
1887 Boleslav Vomácka, Czech composer/critic/musicologist
1902 Richard Rodgers, American composer, mostly for theater/1st EGOT

Rock/Folk B-days:
1945 Dave Knights, British rock bassist [ Group(s): Procol Harum ]
1951 David “Frankie” Toler, American drummer/percussionist [ Group(s): Allman Brothers ]

WRR 101.1 FM ― MotD:
William Lockwood Huff: "The Squealer" march

WWotD:
curple ― the hind-quarters or rump of a horse.

QotD:
“Midway along the journey of our life I woke to find myself in a dark wood, for I had wandered off from the straight path.” ― Dante Alighieri

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Coming to you live from Deeping St. Magma, County Gloamshire ...

Today is:
National Canoe Day, National Coconut Day, & National Chocolate Pudding Day !!!

Classical B-Days:
1823 Frederick Bowen Jewson, Scottish composer
1933 Claudio Abbado, Italian conductor

Rock/Folk B-days:
1961 Terri Nunn, American singer [ Group(s): Berlin ]
1969 Colin Greenwood, English musician [ Group(s): Radiohead ]

WRR 101.1 FM ― MotD:
Samuel Barber: "Commando March"

WWotD:
scurryfunge ― a) to scrub, scour; b) to wriggle about.

QotD:
“A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to and did.” ― John Burroughs, American naturalist and nature essayist