July 7th
Syd Barrett, Robert Downey Sr, Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Eggers, Jim Gaffigan, Veronica Lake, Ringo Starr, Mia Zapata
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BORN (HAPPY BIRTHDAY): Eszter Balint, Bérénice Bejo, Reggie Rock Bythewood, Billy Campbell, Marc Chagall, George Cukor, Jonathan Dayton, Vittorio De Sica, Shelley Duvall, Robert Eggers, Jim Gaffigan, Akiva Goldsman, Eve Hewson, Nina Hoss, Hamish Linklater, Hank Mobley, Stanley Nelson, Sarah Pidgeon Anthony B. Richmond, Doc Severinson, Will Sheff, Vonda Shepard, Ringo Starr, Cree Summer, Jeff Vandermeer
DEAD (R.I.P.): Syd Barrett, Carl Boenish, Robert Downey, Arthur Conan Doyle, Hazel Irene Drew, Norman Foster, Ub Iwerks, Veronica Lake, Fred Neil, Henri Nestlé, Peace Pilgrim, Flora Robson, Dore Schary, Leon Shamrov, Johanna Spyri, Mia Zapata
DEEP THOUGHTS: A man wakes up and looks at his clock. It is 7:07 am. He gets out of bed, goes downstairs and glances at his calendar. It says it is July 7, the seventh day of the seventh month. As he steps outside he notices Bus #7 going by. He walks to a coffee shop and orders a coffee and a bite to eat and the bill comes to $7.77. The man thinks "hmmmm... all these sevens... I think the universe is trying to tell me something." So feeling that maybe this is his lucky day, the man cuts out early from work and goes to the race track. He reads the racing schedule and sees that in the seventh race horse #7 is called "Lucky Universe". The man can't believe it. He runs up to the teller and bets all his money on the horse. The horse came in seventh.
EAT ME: Chocolate, Macaroni, Strawberry Sundae
GAMER: Truth or Dare
HOLIDAY: Global Forgiveness Day, Tell the Truth Day
HOROSCOPE: Most firearm accidents occur in the home. Avoid becoming a statistic by getting shot repeatedly at work.
HOW-TO: Forgive, Tell the Truth
JOKE: What do you get it you ask a politician to tell 'the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth'? 3 different answers - In US Presidential History: Washington could not tell a lie, Nixon could not tell a truth... and Trump can not tell the difference - The Truth About The Beatles: John was the brain. Paul was the heart. George was the spirit. Ringo was the drummer.
THE ONION: Ringo Starr Announces 26th Beatles Album With New Backing Band
PLAYLIST (ALBUMS OF THE DAY): Syd Barrett: The Madcap Laughs (1970), The Beatles: Help!/Rubber Soul (1965), Okkervil River: Black Sheep Boy (2005), Ringo Starr: Look Up (2025)
The Budos Band: Budos Band II (7/7/2007), Jimmy Cliff: The Harder They Come (7/7/1972), Eric B and Rakim: Paid in Full (7/7/1987), Kings of Leon: Youth and Young Manhood (7/7/2003), Barry Manilow: Barry Manilow (7/7/1973), M.I.A.: Maya (7/7/2010), David Lee Roth: Eat ‘Em and Smile (7/7/1986), The Stooges: Fun House (7/7/1970), Styx: The Grand Illusion (7/7/1977), Dwight Yoakam: Hillbilly Deluxe (7/7/1987)
Check out the Daily Playlist… Dig it! - Syd Barrett, The Beatles, Ringo Starr
Check out the Big Beat with Rascal PHX Station, Check out the Big Beat with Rascal PHX Chill Station
READ: The Atlantic, Boomer’s Destroyed America, Civil Discourse: The Week Ahead
RELIGULOUS: How to Challenge MAGA’s Biblical Authoritarianism
SHITASS: Jessica Hahn, Theodore McCarrick, Jeff Smith, Mary Surratt
SIGNIFICANT DIGITS: 82 Texans - Gov. Hot Wheels has a real mess on his hands. Thoughts and Prayers…
SPORT: Mexico beats USA - Ha!
STREAM: Bicycle Thieves (Criterion/HBO Max), Nosferatu (Prime), Such Brave Girls (Hulu), We Want the Funk! (Kanopy)
A Hard Day’s Night (7/7/1964)
George Cukor Film Festival - The Philadelphia Story, Gaslight, My Fair Lady, The Women, Holiday, A Star is Born, Born Yesterday, Dinner at Eight, Adam’s Rib, Camille, Lust for Life, Pat and Mike
Vittorio De Sica Film Festival - Bicycle Thieves, Umberto D., Shoeshine, Two Women, The Children are Watching Us, Miracle in Milan, A Brief Vacation, Marriage Italian Style, The Roof, Sunflower, The Garden of Finzi-Continis, Yesterday Today and Tomorrow, Indiscretion of an American Wife
Robert Downey Film Festival - Putney Swope, Chafed Elbows, No More Excuses, Greaser’s Palace, Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight, Babo 73, Hugo Pool, Up the Academy - Robert Downey: Moment to Moment, Sr.
Robert Eggers Film Festival - The Lighthouse, Nosferatu, The Northman, The Witch
WELLNESS: Are seed oils actually bad for your health?
HISTORICAL CONSCIOUSNESS: 2022 - Boris Johnson resigns. Cue “Yakety Sax”. 2021 - Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated by a squad of gunmen at his home in Pétion-Ville. His wife, First Lady Martine Moïse, is also shot and critically wounded. 2016 - Five police officers were killed by at least two gunmen in Dallas. Six other officers and a civilian were also injured. The shooting occurred at the end of a protest against police killings in the aftermath of the shooting deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. It was the most significant loss of life of U.S. law enforcement in a single event since the September 11 attacks. 2005 – A series of four explosions occurs on London's transport system, killing 56 people, including four suicide bombers, and injuring over 700 others. 2000 - James Brown allegedly swung a steak knife at an electric company repairman who showed up at Brown’s residence in South Carolina. Brown called him “you son-a-bitch white trash” - no charges were filed against Brown. 1953 – Ernesto "Che" Guevara set out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador. 1946 – Howard Hughes nearly died when his XF-11 reconnaissance aircraft prototype crashed in a Beverly Hills neighborhood. 1937 – The Marco Polo Bridge Incident provides the Imperial Japanese Army with a pretext for starting the Second Sino-Japanese War. 1928 – Sliced bread is sold for the first time. Apparently, this is the greatest thing ever. 1907 – Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City. 1865 - Four people were hanged in Washington, D.C., after being convicted of conspiring with John Wilkes Booth to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln.
“When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” Arthur Conan Doyle
“Raising kids may be a thankless job with ridiculous hours, but at least the pay sucks.” Jim Gaffigan
"Peace and love. Peace and love." Ringo Starr
