October 18th
Chuck Berry, Thomas Edison, Zac Efron, Letitia James, Barry Keoghan, Freida Pinto, Esperanza Spalding, Gwen Verdon
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BORN (ENTER): Bango, Chuck Berry, Peter Boyle, Vanessa Briscoe-Hay, Stephane Brize, Pam Dawber, Mike Ditka, Zac Efron, Barry Gifford, Brittney Griner, Beth Hirsch, Arliss Howard, Letitia James, Barry Keoghan, Klaus Kinski, Milcho Manchevski, Wynton Marsalis, Terry McMillan, Rick Moody, Joe Morton, Martina Navaratilova, Laura Nyro, Anita O’Day, Freida Pinto, Catherine Ringer, George C. Scott, Esperanza Spalding, Vincent Spano, Sophie Thatcher, David Twohy, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Lindsey Vonn
DEAD (EXIT): Alfred Binet, Brent Briscoe, Phil Chess, Vincent Dedomenico, Lucky Dube, Thomas Edison, Julie London, Sylvia Kristel, Henri Michaux, Mikhail Nesterov, Colin Powell, Dwight Twilly, Gwen Verdon, Dee Dee Warwick - Susan Stamberg (10/16/2025)
DEEP THOUGHTS: If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.
EAT ME: Chocolate Cupcake, Meatloaf
HOLIDAY: Menopause Day - No Kings Protest (2025), Sloth Day (2025), Sweetest Day (2025)
HOROSCOPE: Not that it’s really the Zodiac’s business, but most people take the dead goldfish out of the tank before adding new ones. The same goes for the drowned cats.
HOW-TO: Menopause
JOKE: What problems with women start with Men? Menstruation, Menopause and Mental breakdowns.
PLAYLIST: Bangles: Everything (10/18/1988), Bon Iver: SABLE (10/18/2024), The Cult: Love (10/18/1985), Digable Planets: Blowout Comb (10/18/1994), The Rolling Stones: It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll (10/18/1974), The Smithereens: 11 (10/18/1989), Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation (10/18/1988), Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros: Rock Art and the X-Ray Style (10/18/1999), Vagabon: Vagabon (10/18/2019) - Chuck Berry: Rockin’ at the Hops (1960), Les Rita Mitsouko: Cool Frenesie (2000), Wynton Marsalis: Black Codes from the Underground (1985), Pylon: Gyrate (1980), Esperanza Spalding: Chamber Music Society (2010)
Check out the Daily Playlist… Dig it! - Chuck Berry, Chess Records, Wynton Marsalis, Esperanza Spalding
Check out the October Big Beat with Rascal PHX Station, Check out the Big Beat with Rascal PHX Chill Station
QUESTION: IQ Test
READ: Herman Melville: Moby Dick (10/18/1851) - McSweeney’s: We Don’t Need the Voting Rights Act Anymore, and You Can Tell by How Great Race Relations Are in America Right Now, The Onion: Therapists Recommend Treating People Like Shit If You’re Having A Bad Day
RELIGULOUS: I don t care if you are religious or not all i know is one thing. As long as there are children who go hungry, there is no God.
SCIENCE!: Today’s Moon Phase
SHITASS: Chuck Berry, Jesse Helms, Leo Strauss, Milo Yiannopoulos
SPORT: Fucking Dodgers
STEPHEN MILLER IS A FASCIST PIG: Stephen Miller is selling his home after his wife said they would ‘not back down’ from sidewalk chalk messages
STREAM: Before the Rain (Criterion), Fosse/Verdon - Bird (Mubi), Bring Them Down (Mubi), The Measure of a Man (Hoopla/Kino)
STREAM CRITERION: Before the Rain
TRAVEL: Alaska, Puerto Rico
TRUMP AGAINST AMERICA: Lest We Forget the Horrors: An Unending Catalog of of Trump’s Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes
VANCE IS A MASSIVE PIECE OF SHIT: Hypocrisy Personified
WELLNESS: How to Make Weekends Feel Longer
WORD: Menny
WTF?!: George Santos? Really??
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HISTORICAL CONSCIOUSNESS: 2019 – NASA Astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch take part in the first all-female spacewalk when they venture out of the International Space Station to replace a power controller. 1977 – German Autumn: A set of events revolving around the kidnapping of Hanns Martin Schleyer and the hijacking of a Lufthansa flight by the Red Army Faction (RAF) comes to an end when Schleyer is murdered and various RAF members allegedly commit suicide. 1977 - Reggie Jackson of the New York Yankees hit three home runs to lead New York to an 8-4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in the deciding Game 6 of the World Series. 1972 - Congress passed the Clean Water Act, overriding President Richard M. Nixon’s veto. 1968 - The U.S. Olympic Committee suspended two black athletes, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, for giving a “black power” salute as a protest during a victory ceremony in Mexico City. 1952 - Hank Williams got married twice to Billie Jean Eshlimar. The first time was for themselves but the second time they sold tickets at $1.50 each and made more than $25,000. 1911 - Alfred Binet died. He was a french psychologist who invented the IQ Test. 1898 – The United States took possession of Puerto Rico from Spain. They would probably like to go back to Spain. 1867 – United States took possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2 million. 1648 – Boston shoemakers form first American labor organization.
“Enjoy your life today, because yesterday has gone and tomorrow may never come.” Alan Coren
