First, and probably most importantly, Barack Obama is sworn in this nation's 44th, and first African America president, making the white house black, and proving we are capable of progress.
A woman in Texas decapitated and dismembered her three and half week-old baby boy. The woman ate parts of the baby, including the brain, claiming the devil told her to do it. The police found her with a self inflicted chest wound, and her throat partially slashed. She is being charged with capital murder.
Pittsburgh Steelers win Super Bowl XLIII.
New York Yankees win World Series.
Los Angeles Lakers win NBA Championship
Pirates made international news when they held an American cargo ship captain hostage. Three of the four pirates were fatally shot by US navy snipers, and the fourth was taken into custody.
The Icelandic government and banking system collapsed. No one outside of Iceland noticed.
Rage Against the Machine take the Christmas number one slot in the United Kingdom with Killing in the Name, after a massive Facebook campaign.
The H1N1 virus breaks out, commonly referred to as the "swine flu" and is deemed a global pandemic.
Blink 182 reunion tour. Talks of a new album.
Congolese rebel leader Laurent Nkunda was captured by Rwandan forces after crossing over the border into Rwanda. The first trial at the International Criminal Court was held. Former Union of Congolese Patriots leader Thomas Lubanga was accused of training child soldiers to kill, pillage, and rape.
Following more than a quarter-century of fighting, the Sri Lankan Civil War ends with the total military defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near L'Aquila, Italy, killing nearly 300 and injuring more than 1,500.
The longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century, lasting up to 6 minutes and 38.8 seconds, occurs over parts of Asia and the Pacific Ocean; it is figured to be the most widely observed total eclipse in human history.
John Frusciante announces his second departure from the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Michael Jackson died. World wide grief. Within an hour of the official statement of his death, I started receiving text forwards of MJ jokes. Online, reactions to the event cripple several major websites and services, as the abundance of people accessing the web addresses pushes internet traffic to potentially unprecedented and historic levels.
Farrah Fawcett and Billy Mays also died.
2009 was a terrible year for new music, but there were a few gems.
Them Crooked Vultures-self-titled
Say Anything-self-titled
Paramore-Brand New Eyes
KSM-Read Between the Lines (personally, i don't much care for this, but the guitar player is from palmdale and used to play with leila, so that's pretty cool.)
Black Eyed Peas-The E.N.D. (again, not really a fan, but the album makes for good entertainment.)
Taking Back Sunday-New Again
Dethklok-Dethalbum II
Between The Buried and Me-The Great Misdirect
2009 music releases that were really disappointing
The Used-Artwork
The Dead Weather-Horehound (I don't really know what I was expecting. It is Jack White after all. ugh)
Jonas Brothers-Lines, Vines, and Trying Times. Paranoid. and some live album. (Now, don't get me wrong. I wasn't looking forward to anything the Jonas Brothers did, and thus could not have been disappointed, but the fact that they had THREE SEPARATE releases in ONE YEAR and there's not a single bit of it that I can stand is somewhat troubling. TOOL, one of the greatest bands ever, only puts out an album maybe every 5 years. I guess my point is, I wish the JoBros would spend a little more time on their music. There is absolutely no doubt that these three...um...guys...have talent. I would just like to see that be allowed to breathe, which would probably start with getting out from under Disney's oppressive thumb. I feel like there's a lot of potential for really good mid-90's pop punk or really good mid-90's alternative rock there. anywhere, there's my 2 cents on that.)
Green Day-21st Century Breakdown
Dead By Sunrise-Out Of Ashes
Bands that reformed in 2009 (that no one cares about)
Phish
Creed
Limp Bizkit (original line up)
Cold
Matchbook Romance
Films Released in 2009
The Unborn (wtf)
Notorious
Friday the 13th (meh)
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
Watchmen
I Love You, Man (great)
Adventureland (great)
17 Again (good)
X-men Origins: Wolverine (meh)
Star Trek
Angels and Demons
Terminator Salvation
The Hangover (good)
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Public Enemies
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Fuuny People (funny...but kinda weird)
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (...and knowing is half the battle!)
Inglourious Basterds (awesome)
District 9
Halloween II
Zombieland (awesome)
New Moon
Saw IV (really? jigsaw died 2 movies ago. knock it off, already.)
Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (fucking terrible.)
Ninja Assassin
Sherlock Holmes (awesome.)
Monday, December 28, 2009
Sunday, December 20, 2009
1953!
This week, 1953!
Jackie Cochran became the first woman to break the sound barrier. She was flying a F-86 Sabrejet over Rogers Dry Lake in the Mojave desert in Southern California.
Joseph Stalin suffered a stroke after an all-night party, paralyzing his right side.. He died a few days later after 31 years of Soviet leadership. He was replaced by Nikita Khrushchev.
In 1953, The 25th Academy Awards are held. This was the first one televised. Ever since, the awards ceremony has been rigged, and clothing, money, and influence have been held in a higher regard than artistic ability or talent in the film industry.
Hussein bin Talal in crowned King of Jordan. His family claims to be direct descendants of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad.
The North Sea flood of 1953 killed 1,835 people in the southwestern Netherlands, 307 in the UK, and several hundred at sea. 133 people killed in the Irish Sea were claimed to have died because of the North Sea flood, but I think the Irishmen drowned in something else.
The very first Corvette was built in 1953 in Flint, MI.
Hugh Hefner published the first issue of Playboy. It sold 55,000 copies at 50 cents each. Sweet titties.
TV Guide begins publication with pocket-size weekly program listings and has a circulation of 1.5 million by year's end.
Country Singer Hank Williams died at age 29 of a heart attack in the back seat of his Cadillac in West Virgina while on tour. Hank recorded more than 40 hit records, including 11 that went to number one on the Country chart.
James L. Kraft, processed cheese pioneer, died in Chicago at the age of 78. Later that year, Kraft Foods introduces Cheese Whiz. A survey of American housewomen showed 1,304 possible uses for the product. The chief market will be in Puerto Rico, where Cheez Whiz will be combined with mayonnaise and Spam to create La Mexda.
The Denny's restaurant chain has its beginnings in Danny's Donuts, opened at Lakewood, CA, by entrepreneur Harold Butler.
The IBM 650 computer is introduced. Also called the Magnetic Drum Calculator, it is the first computer to be manufactured in large numbers.
The first meeting of Narcotics Anonymous was held in 1953.
A Hurricane in Southeast Asia kills over 1,000 people.
Harry S. Truman announces the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb.
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower approves a top secret document, saying the US arsenal of nuclear weapons must be maintained and expanded to counter the Communist threat.
Alleged Communist Charlie Chaplin leaves the US. The Justice Department warns him that any attempt to reenter the country will be challenged.
Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay become the first men to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
Cambodia gains independence from France.
The FCC approves color television. The first color television sets go on sale for over $1,000.
Matchbox Cars are introduced by the English firm Lesney Products & Co., whose toys are accurately detailed and small enough to be carried about in yellow match boxes.
German Volkswagens go on sale in Britain for the first time.
Ian Fleming publishes his first James Bond novel, Casino Royale in the United Kingdom.
a few films that were released in 1953:
The War of the Worlds
Aurat
Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2th century
House of Wax
It Came From Outer Space
Abbott and Costello meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Peter Pan
Titanic
Pony Express
Invaders From Mars
The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd
Tumbleweed
Jackie Cochran became the first woman to break the sound barrier. She was flying a F-86 Sabrejet over Rogers Dry Lake in the Mojave desert in Southern California.
Joseph Stalin suffered a stroke after an all-night party, paralyzing his right side.. He died a few days later after 31 years of Soviet leadership. He was replaced by Nikita Khrushchev.
In 1953, The 25th Academy Awards are held. This was the first one televised. Ever since, the awards ceremony has been rigged, and clothing, money, and influence have been held in a higher regard than artistic ability or talent in the film industry.
Hussein bin Talal in crowned King of Jordan. His family claims to be direct descendants of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad.
The North Sea flood of 1953 killed 1,835 people in the southwestern Netherlands, 307 in the UK, and several hundred at sea. 133 people killed in the Irish Sea were claimed to have died because of the North Sea flood, but I think the Irishmen drowned in something else.
The very first Corvette was built in 1953 in Flint, MI.
Hugh Hefner published the first issue of Playboy. It sold 55,000 copies at 50 cents each. Sweet titties.
TV Guide begins publication with pocket-size weekly program listings and has a circulation of 1.5 million by year's end.
Country Singer Hank Williams died at age 29 of a heart attack in the back seat of his Cadillac in West Virgina while on tour. Hank recorded more than 40 hit records, including 11 that went to number one on the Country chart.
James L. Kraft, processed cheese pioneer, died in Chicago at the age of 78. Later that year, Kraft Foods introduces Cheese Whiz. A survey of American housewomen showed 1,304 possible uses for the product. The chief market will be in Puerto Rico, where Cheez Whiz will be combined with mayonnaise and Spam to create La Mexda.
The Denny's restaurant chain has its beginnings in Danny's Donuts, opened at Lakewood, CA, by entrepreneur Harold Butler.
The IBM 650 computer is introduced. Also called the Magnetic Drum Calculator, it is the first computer to be manufactured in large numbers.
The first meeting of Narcotics Anonymous was held in 1953.
A Hurricane in Southeast Asia kills over 1,000 people.
Harry S. Truman announces the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb.
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower approves a top secret document, saying the US arsenal of nuclear weapons must be maintained and expanded to counter the Communist threat.
Alleged Communist Charlie Chaplin leaves the US. The Justice Department warns him that any attempt to reenter the country will be challenged.
Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay become the first men to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
Cambodia gains independence from France.
The FCC approves color television. The first color television sets go on sale for over $1,000.
Matchbox Cars are introduced by the English firm Lesney Products & Co., whose toys are accurately detailed and small enough to be carried about in yellow match boxes.
German Volkswagens go on sale in Britain for the first time.
Ian Fleming publishes his first James Bond novel, Casino Royale in the United Kingdom.
a few films that were released in 1953:
The War of the Worlds
Aurat
Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2th century
House of Wax
It Came From Outer Space
Abbott and Costello meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Peter Pan
Titanic
Pony Express
Invaders From Mars
The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd
Tumbleweed
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
1984
Ronald Reagen was reelected President of the United States by a landslide. ha.
On July 20th, 1984, a man in San Ysidro, CA, shot 36 people in a McDonald's, killing 20 of them. Maybe he didn't like his happy meal prize?
The summer Olympic games were held in Los Angeles in 1984. LA was the only city to bid on hosting the Olympics that year. President Reagen officially opened the games. The Olympic torch was carried on foot across the US, from New York to California by a shit-ton of people, most notably, O.J. Simpson. The '84 games set records for most in attendance, 5.8 million people, and most medals award to a single country, 83 for the US. The USSR boycotted the Summer Games in retaliation of the US boycott in 1980.
Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust in Chicago went under, with total assets of $40 billion. Until WaMu dropped trou and shit all over everybody in 2008, this was the biggest bank fail in US history.
Hulk Hogan wins the World Wrestling Federation Championship from the Iron Sheik, in New York's Madison Square Garden. Hulkamania is born.
In Manhattan, Bernhard Goetz, the Subway Vigilante, shot 4 black youths. Goetz fired an unlicensed revolver 5 times at 4 young men who he perceived as having intent to mug him. He seriously wounded three of the men, and left the 4th a paraplegic. Goetz surrendered to the police several days later, and was charged with attempted murder, assault, reckless endangerment, and several gun crimes. A jury of his peers found him not guilty of all charges except illegal firearm possession.
The country of Brunei gains it's independence from Great Britain.
The AIDS virus was first identified in 1984. this isn't very funny.
The first Apple Macintosh goes on sale. 4 months later, Apple Computer unveils its Apple IIc portable computer, beginning Apple's trend of making their own products obsolete with new products immediately after their release. This trend still continues to this day.
Sony and Phillips introduce the first commercial Compact Disc players.
Miss America, Vanessa Williams, surrenders her crown after nude photos of her appear in Penthouse Magazine. Sweet titties.
Margaret Thatcher's Brighton hotel bathroom is torn apart by an IRA bomb two minutes after she left it. Sure, Margaret. Sure.
500 people are killed in a fire and series of explosions at PEMEX petroleum storage facility in Mexico City. Why were there 500 people in a storage facility? They were mexican. maybe they lived there.
The very first MTV VMA's were held, and they still suck today.
Virgin Atlantic is born and Richard Branson became a household name.
a few movies released in 1984:
Ghostbusters
The Terminator
Karate Kid
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Gremlins
Bachelor Party
Children of the Corn
Dune
Johnny Dangerously
Footloose
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Revenge of the Nerds
Purple Rain
Star Trek III:the Search for Spock
On July 20th, 1984, a man in San Ysidro, CA, shot 36 people in a McDonald's, killing 20 of them. Maybe he didn't like his happy meal prize?
The summer Olympic games were held in Los Angeles in 1984. LA was the only city to bid on hosting the Olympics that year. President Reagen officially opened the games. The Olympic torch was carried on foot across the US, from New York to California by a shit-ton of people, most notably, O.J. Simpson. The '84 games set records for most in attendance, 5.8 million people, and most medals award to a single country, 83 for the US. The USSR boycotted the Summer Games in retaliation of the US boycott in 1980.
Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust in Chicago went under, with total assets of $40 billion. Until WaMu dropped trou and shit all over everybody in 2008, this was the biggest bank fail in US history.
Hulk Hogan wins the World Wrestling Federation Championship from the Iron Sheik, in New York's Madison Square Garden. Hulkamania is born.
In Manhattan, Bernhard Goetz, the Subway Vigilante, shot 4 black youths. Goetz fired an unlicensed revolver 5 times at 4 young men who he perceived as having intent to mug him. He seriously wounded three of the men, and left the 4th a paraplegic. Goetz surrendered to the police several days later, and was charged with attempted murder, assault, reckless endangerment, and several gun crimes. A jury of his peers found him not guilty of all charges except illegal firearm possession.
The country of Brunei gains it's independence from Great Britain.
The AIDS virus was first identified in 1984. this isn't very funny.
The first Apple Macintosh goes on sale. 4 months later, Apple Computer unveils its Apple IIc portable computer, beginning Apple's trend of making their own products obsolete with new products immediately after their release. This trend still continues to this day.
Sony and Phillips introduce the first commercial Compact Disc players.
Miss America, Vanessa Williams, surrenders her crown after nude photos of her appear in Penthouse Magazine. Sweet titties.
Margaret Thatcher's Brighton hotel bathroom is torn apart by an IRA bomb two minutes after she left it. Sure, Margaret. Sure.
500 people are killed in a fire and series of explosions at PEMEX petroleum storage facility in Mexico City. Why were there 500 people in a storage facility? They were mexican. maybe they lived there.
The very first MTV VMA's were held, and they still suck today.
Virgin Atlantic is born and Richard Branson became a household name.
a few movies released in 1984:
Ghostbusters
The Terminator
Karate Kid
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Gremlins
Bachelor Party
Children of the Corn
Dune
Johnny Dangerously
Footloose
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Revenge of the Nerds
Purple Rain
Star Trek III:the Search for Spock
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