"Test Pilot In Shock" October 3, 1959 #History #OTD #1950s

October 3,1959 and How Well Do You Know Your Music? at Vintage Edmonton: http://www.vintageed... #yeg #edmonton #alberta #1950s

"Expect 100,000 At Game" October 3, 1959 #History #OTD #WorldSeries

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"N.Y. East Side Risks $10,000 On His Voice" October 2, 1923 #History #OTD #NewYorkCity #1900s

October 2,1923 and it's the World's Basketball Championship at Vintage Edmonton: http://www.vintageed... #yeg #edmonton #alberta #1920s

"Start Transplanting One Million Refugees" October 2, 1923 #History #OTD #1920s

Whoa. From what I've seen it was tiny and would've burned up in our atmosphere, but I haven't seen any confirmation of that. If true we were in no danger.

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Best thing Fagen has ever done

George Romero’s NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD was released on October 1, 1968. “THEY WON’T STAY DEAD!”

The world has lost its most powerful advocate for nature and hope. Yet many remain who will continue her legacy and I know she will continue to inspire generations more.

Yes

"Football Fatalities Begin" October 1, 1900 #History #OTD #NFL #NCAAF

October 1,1900 and it's The Meteorological at Vintage Edmonton: http://www.vintageed... #yeg #edmonton #alberta #1900s

"Strike Causes Three Deaths" October 1, 1900 #History #OTD #1900s

Unseen photos and personal items once owned by Vivian Maier, the nanny who was discovered to be a prolific photographer, are currently being auctioned. trib.al/qxAVN2M

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Phee waited til that Unrivaled check cleared to air shit out and I love it. She beating them at their own game. I hope the rest of the league stands with her as they go into a lockout, and don’t budge til they get the respect they deserve.

I'm listening to Hammy call the Guardians-Tigers playoff game while I do backyard cleaning and it's perfect meditation, I must say

good prompt: movies that shaped my understanding of the medium. No order. - Stranger Than Paradise (Jarmusch) - The Nutty Professor (Lewis) - Written on the Wind (Sirk) - Close Encounters (Spielberg) - The Crowd (Vidor) - Pierrot le fou (Godard) - The Red Balloon (Lamorisse) - Z (Costa Gavras)

“Take my neighbor… please. He was watching George Lopez instead of Young Sheldon.”

This is one of the reasons I'n a recluse

Now to be fair, The Jungle by Upton Sinclair and The Iron Heel by Jack London were the ones to radicalize me, but I'm an old dude

"McCartneys' 9 Dogs Disturbing Neighbors" September 30, 1972 #History #OTD #PaulMcCartney

September 30,1972 and the Oilers Are Ready To Play at Vintage Edmonton: http://www.vintageed... #yeg #edmonton #alberta #1970s #Oilers

"Mexican Mobsters In Narcotics War" September 30, 1972 #History #OTD #Cartels #1970s

This was when the whole Super Joe Charboneau legend in Cleveland really got going

Was going through the Montreal Gazette archives the other night and came across this ad in the September 29, 1947 edition:

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Yes Yes Yes

"Football Scores" September 29, 1947 #History #OTD #CFL

September 29,1947and it's Coming Sunday Nite at Vintage Edmonton: http://www.vintageed... #yeg #edmonton #alberta #1940s

"Ready To Meet The Dodgers" September 29, 1947 #Hitory #OTD #MLB

Very strange. Mist all the way from the Kent borders into London until the train gets to Bermondsey where it just lifts like going through a tunnel to reveal beautiful blue sunny skies

Yeah baby

Ahem

The Last Poets/Gil Scot-Heron/Gylan Kain/Lightnin’ Rod/Felipe Luciano, etc. all have their place alongside radio jocks like Jocko Henderson, Jack The Rapper & Pigmeat Markham’s 1968 song “Here Comes The Judge”

soooo much of bc's 1958 centennial celebrations format was pinched from the alberta and saskatchewan jubilees just a few years earlier...

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Some early morning jams through the miracle of headphones. 🤘

Morning in Eastwood

'Harvard Pupil, Aged 13, Dubbed A Ruth At Bat" September 28, 1920 #History #OTD #FrederickSantee

Eight Men Out did them justice, if not legal justice for Shoeless Joe Jackson. Heartbreaking and heartwarming end to the movie. youtu.be/cMxPAkZgoy0

September 28,1920 and it's a Shocking Story at Vintage Edmonton: http://www.vintageed... #yeg #edmonton #alberta #1920s

"8 White Sox Players Indicted By Grand Jury" September 28, 1920 #History #OTD #WhiteSox1919 #MLB

A walk-off HBP to get into the playoffs is a pretty good moment for the Guardians here, no lie

Re: Portland. The Replacements misbehaved so badly there they wrote a song as an apology, the fine outtake "Portland" m.youtube.com/watch?v=z-UE...

[July 21st, 1980] Terry Fox, a one-legged runner, received a hero's welcome in Kitchener during his Marathon of Hope to raise funds for cancer research. Thousands cheered and donated as he ran through the city, with organizers and volunteers praising his efforts.

Nice!!!!