August 9th
Gillian Anderson, Sam Elliott, Jerry Garcia, Melanie Griffith, Robbie Robertson, Sharon Tate, Audrey Tautou
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BORN (HAPPY BIRTHDAY): Robert Aldrich, Gillian Anderson, Eric Bana, Kenya Barris, Betty Boop, A.I. Bezzerides, Kurtis Blow, Peter Bozic, Divine Brown, Sam Elliott, Melanie Griffith, Whitney Houston, Ashley Johnson, Juanes, Anna Kendrick, Michael Kors, Hoda Kotb, Tamara Kotevska, Rod Laver, Thomas Lennon, Dan Levy, Mack 10, McG, Fred C. Newmeyer, Adam Nimoy, Deion Sanders, Bill Skarsgård, Smokey Bear, Audrey Tautou, Pete Thomas, Lana Wilson
DEAD (R.I.P.): Martin Birch, Hieronymus Bosch, Hugo Boss, Michael Brown, Carl Davis, Jacques Deray, Abigail Folger, Al Freeman Jr., Wojciech Frykowski, Jerry Garcia, Frank Gifford, Haji, Hermann Hesse, Gregory Hines, Patricia Hitchcock, Franz Jägerstätter, Thierry Jonquet, Kurt Luedtke, Bernie Mac, Nick Markowitz, Joe Orton, Steven Parent, David Rakoff, Robbie Robertson, Jay Sebring, Dmitri Shostakovich, Mel Stuart, Sharon Tate - Jim Lovell (8/7/2025)
DEEP THOUGHTS: I ain’t scared of you motherfuckas!
HOLIDAY: Book Lover’s Day, World’s Indigenous People Day - Bowling Day (2025), Full Sturgeon Moon (2025), Garage Sale Day (2025)
HOROSCOPE: You will come face to face with your worst fears this week after standing in front of a bathroom mirror.
HOW-TO: Help Indigenous People, Read, Write a Book
JOKE: Bernie Mac
PLAYLIST: Neko Case: Live from Austin, TX (8/9/2007), Cream: Wheels of Fire (8/9/1968), Little Feat: Feats Don’t Fail Me Now (8/9/1974), Nouvelle Vogue: Nouvelle Vogue (8/9/2004), The Regrettes: How Do You Love? (8/9/2019), Minnie Riperton: Perfect Angel (8/9/1974), Mamie Smith and Her Jazz Hounds “Crazy Blues” (8/9/1920), Pete Yorn: Caretakers (8/9/2019) - The Band: Northern Lights - Southern Cross (1975), Kurtis Blow: America (1985), Elvis Costello and the Attractions: Get Happy!! (1980), Bob Dylan and The Band: The Basement Tapes (1975), Grateful Dead: American Beauty/Workingman’s Dead (1970) - Nick Drake: The Making of Five Leaves Left
Check out the Daily Playlist… Dig it! - The Band, Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Jerry Garcia, Grateful Dead, Robbie Robertson, Shostakovich
Check out the Big Beat with Rascal PHX Station, Check out the Big Beat with Rascal PHX Chill Station
PODCAST: This American Life (1996-2012)
READ: Henry David Thoreau: Walden (8/9/1854) - McSweeney’s: Texas Democrats Are Subverting Democracy by Preventing Us from Subverting Democracy, The Onion:: Kennedy Curse Sure Taking Its Sweet Time With RFK Jr.
RELIGULOUS: Hegseth boosts Christian nationalist
SCIENCE!: Full Sturgeon Moon
SHITASS: Chris Cuomo, Vivek Ramaswamy, Deion Sanders, Ted Stevens, Leigh Anne Tuohy, Raymond Washington
SIGNIFICANT DIGITS: Economic Blackout Day is Today
SPORT: In a time of intolerance, Phoenix Gay Flag Football League offers refuge
STREAM: A Hidden Life (2019), Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) - American Prince: JFK Jr. (CNN), CHAOS: The Manson Murders (Netflix), The Freshman (Criterion/HBO Max), I Saw the TV Glow (HBO Max), Look into My Eyes (HBO Max), Nosferatu (Prime) - Pivot
WELLNESS: Go Bowling
WORD: Ew
WTF?!: Dean Cain, Who Played Superman, Says He Is Joining ICE - Well, at least he finally got an acting job.
HISTORICAL CONSCIOUSNESS: 2023 - Maui on fire. 2023 - Musician Robbie Robertson died at the age of 80. 2019 – 220 million trees are planted in one day in India. 2014 – Michael Brown, an 18-year-old African American male in Ferguson, Missouri, was shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer after reportedly assaulting the officer and attempting to steal his weapon - which he didn’t, sparking protests and unrest in the city. 2004 - Trump Hotel and Casino Resorts filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. What a loser. Sad! 2000 - Nicholas Samuel "Nick" Markowitz was kidnapped and murdered at the age of 15 after a feud over drug money between his half-brother Benjamin Markowitz and Jesse James Hollywood. 1995 - Rock musician Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead died at age 53. 1986 - Queen ended their Magic European tour at Knebworth Park, Stevenage, England, with over 120,000 fans witnessing what would be Queen's last ever live performance. 1974 – As a direct result of the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon becomes the first President of the United States to resign from office. His Vice President, Gerald Ford, became president and then pardoned Nixon for everything. Mother. Fucker! 1969 – Followers led by Charles Manson murdered pregnant actress Sharon Tate, coffee heiress Abigail Folger, Polish actor Wojciech Frykowski, men's hairstylist Jay Sebring and recent high-school graduate Steven Parent. 1945 – World War II: Nagasaki is devastated when an atomic bomb, Fat Man, is dropped by the United States B-29 Bockscar. 35,000 people are killed outright, including 23,200-28,200 Japanese war workers, 2,000 Korean forced workers, and 150 Japanese soldiers. This was done 3 days after we killed tens of thousands of other people with another fucking atomic bomb… Holy fuck! This country has some goddamn blood on its hands! 1944 – The United States Forest Service used Smokey Bear for the first time. 1854 - Henry David Thoreau published "Walden," which described his experiences living near Walden Pond in Massachusetts. 1173 – Construction of the campanile of the Cathedral of Pisa (aka Leaning Tower of Pisa) begins; it will take two centuries to complete and then it will lean.
"Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil." Jerry Garcia
“I don’t know what’s worse: to not know what you are and be happy, or to become what you’ve always wanted to be, and feel alone.” Daniel Keyes
"The kind of people who always go on about whether a thing is in good taste invariably have very bad taste." Joe Orton
