October 6th
Ginger Baker, Bette Davis, Carole Lombard, Tommy Stinson, Matthew Sweet, Judy Tenuta, Eddie Van Halen
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BORN (ENTER): Merzak Allouache, Leslie Arliss, Louis Begley, Romero Britto, Will Butler, Kevin Cronin, Lola Duenas, Duke, Tony Dungy, Britt Ekland, Brett Gelman, David Gilbert, Jessica Hausner, David Hidalgo, Richard Jobson, Amy Jo Johnson, Trevor Lawrence, Rebecca Lobo, Carole Lombard, MC Lars, John McWhorter, Emily Mortimer, Meg Myers, Mel Robbins, Wendy Robie, Elisabeth Shue, Trey Edward Shults, Jeremy Sisto, Tommy Stinson, Matthew Sweet, Honor Swinton-Byrne, Olivia Thirlby
DEAD (EXIT): Ginger Baker, Ford Madox Brown, Tod Browning, Montserrat Caballé, Nick Curran, Bette Davis, Raoul De Keyser, Denholm Elliott, Richard Farmsworth, Ralphie May, Johnny Nash, Buck O’Neil, Colette Renard, Nelson Riddle, Anwar Sadat, Bunny Sigler, Rip Taylor, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Judy Tenuta, Eddie Van Halen, Larry Walters, Joseph N. Welch, Scott Wilson
DEEP THOUGHTS: Everybody has a heart. Except some people.
EAT ME: Noodles - German, Skin-Contact (Orange) Wine Day
HOLIDAY: German-American Day - Cerebral Palsy Day (2025), Child Health Day (2025), Full (Harvest) Moon (2025), Habitat Day (2025)
HOROSCOPE: You have no idea why you’ve been experiencing laughter, tears, a sudden desire for fried chicken, or an impulse to call the law offices of Marvin Falbaum, but it’s probably the TV.
HOW-TO: Have Bette Davis Eyes, Learn German, Play Guitar Like Eddie Van Halen
JOKE: What does Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce, Eric Clapton and a cup of coffee have in common? They’re all better with Cream.
PLAYLIST: Aphex Twin: Come to Daddy (10/6/1997), Belle and Sebastian: Dear Catastrophe Waitress (10/6/2003), David Bowie “The Jean Genie” (10/6/1972), Manu Chao: Clandestino (10/6/1998), Genesis: Foxtrot (10/6/1972), Oasis: Dig Out Your Soul (10/6/2008), Lionel Richie: Lionel Richie (10/6/1982), Son Volt: Wide Swing Tremolo (10/6/1998), Soul Asylum: Grave Dancers Union (10/6/1992), The Tragically Hip: Fully Completely (10/6/1992), XTC: Go 2 (10/6/1978) - Arcade Fire: The Suburbs (2000), Will Butler: Policy (2015), Los Lobos: Gates of Gold (2015), Meg Myers: Sorry (2015), REO Speedwagon: Hi InFidelity (1980), The Replacements: Tim (1985), Matthew Sweet: 100% Fun (1995), Van Halen: Women and Children First (1980)
Check out the Daily Playlist… Dig it! - Arcade Fire, Cream, Los Lobos, REO Speedwagon, The Replacements, Nelson Riddle, Matthew Sweet, Van Halen
Check out the October Big Beat with Rascal PHX Station, Check out the Big Beat with Rascal PHX Chill Station
PODCAST: Mel Robbins
QUESTION: What are the top 10 most banned books in the US?
READ: John McWhorter - Anne Applebaum: Grim Reapers, The Atlantic, Ruth Ben-Ghiat: War on America, Chicago Theater of Operations, Civil Discourse: The Week Ahead
RELIGULOUS: The White Christian Megapastor Who Got Six Months for Child Sexual Abuse the Same Day Diddy Got Four Years - God, Greed and Groomers
SCIENCE!: Full Harvest Supermoon
SHAMELESS PLUG: Culinary Jems
SHITASS: Danny Greene, Les Moonves, Scott Scalise
SIGNIFICANT DIGITS: 20 Years today with John Roberts
STREAM: The Britto Doc (Kanopy), Leaving Las Vegas (Kanopy) - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
TRAVEL: Germantown, Pennsylvania, Moulin Rouge
WELLNESS: The 5 Second Rule, The Let Them Theory
WORD: Polyjamorous - a person who likes multiple genres of music.
WTF?!: Mike Johnson and GRINDR? - Please tell me more!!
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HISTORICAL CONSCIOUSNESS: 2025 - The Supreme Court is back to take America apart for good. 2022 - President Biden pardoned thousands convicted of marijuana possession under federal law. That’s a big fucking deal right there. 2020 - Eddie Van Halen died of cancer at the age of 65. 2018 - Entitled frat boy right-wing tool Brett Kavanaugh is put on the Supreme Court. 2010 - Instagram was released. In 2012, Facebook bought it. 1981 - Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was shot to death by Islamic militants while reviewing a military parade. 1927 - The era of talking pictures arrived with the opening of “The Jazz Singer” starring Al Jolson. 1889 - The Moulin Rouge cabaret opened in Paris. 1683 – Immigrant families founded Germantown, Pennsylvania in the first major immigration of German people to America.
“A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else.” Bette Davis
“Most people seek after what they do not possess and are enslaved by the very things they want to acquire.” Anwar Sadat
“Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.” Alfred Lord Tennyson