Via Music Alley, here are a couple of tunes from a pop singer with Baltimore and New York ties who has shown up on both the Mental Nomad Podcast and Pod Across America.Here's what you'll hear today (right-click to download MP3 or to open in a new tab in window):
- Jessica Mellott: "Slow Motion"
- Jessica Mellott: "Bewitched (Club Remix)"
Today is Mawlid (an Islamic holiday marking the birth of the prophet Muhammad) and Tibetan Uprising Day (commemorating the 1959 revolt against China which ended with a brutal crackdown on Tibet and the departure of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, for India).
Unholy Trinities Dept.: Today is the birthday on no fewer than three malevolent assholes: James Earl Ray (1928), the racist assassin of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; Chuck Norris (1940), an American martial artist and horrible actor who has become a figurehead for Christian theocracy advocates in America (and the subject of "jokes" that are the death of comedy); and Osama bin Laden (1957), founder of the Islamist theocratic movement and terror group al-Qaida.
The Manliest Damn Thing You'll Read All Day: France's King Louis-Philippe established the French Foreign Legion this day in 1831 to support his war in Algeria. (Seriously -- all jokes about France aside, the French Foreign Legion are bad-ass.) New Zealand suffragist Kate Sheppard was born this day in 1847. The Mexican-American War ended this day in 1848 with the U.S. Senate's ratification of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Abolitionist Harriet Tubman died this day in 1913. Mahatma Gandhi was arrested on sedition charges in India this day in 1922; he would be sentenced to six years in prison but released two years later for an appendectomy. Canadian film director Paul Haggis was born this day in 1953. American actress Sharon Stone was born this day in 1958. Music producer Rick Rubin was born this day in 1963. Singer-songwriter Edie Brickell was born this day in 1966. James Earl Ray pleaded guilty this day in 1969 to the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. the preceding April; on a more redeeming note, celebrity crush Paget Brewster was born the same day. Mad Men star Jon Hamm was born this day in 1971. Country singer Carrie Underwood was born this day in 1983. Actress Olivia Wilde was born this day in 1984. English-born singer Andy Gibb died this day in 1988, 10 years after his song "(Love Is) Thicker than Water" had topped the U.S. singles chart. And American actor Lloyd Bridges died this day in 1998.
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