Here's some post-rock goodness to get you through the rest of your Monday, courtesy of Magnatune.Here's what you'll hear today ((right-click to download MP3 or to open in a new tab or window):
- The Union Trade: "Self Possession"
- The Union Trade: "Accident Prone"
- The Union Trade: "Violent and Beautiful"
... Reading over those song titles again, I'm wondering if I share an ex with whoever wrote the tunes. Those traits all bring at least one ex to mind, probably a couple, if I'm honest. But I digress.
Today is the Ides of March and marks the assassination of Julius Caesar in the year 44 BCE. It's also the International Day Against Police Brutality -- I have the utmost respect for good police and nothing but contempt for the bad ones who tarnish the reputations of people who carry the badge with honor. And I think most of my fellow leftists would agree, despite the spin right-wingers put on our vigilance against the bad seeds.
Round-earth hoaxers pretend that Christopher Columbus returned to Spain this day in 1493 after his first trip to the Americas, but I think we all know the truth: He was eaten by the dragons just past the edge of the map.* American genocide perpetrator Andrew Jackson was born this day in 1767. Bluesman Lightnin' Hopkins was born this day in 1912. Longtime Days of Our Lives star and announcer MacDonald Carey -- also a poet -- was born this day in 1913 (he died in 1994, but his voice still opens the show). President Woodrow Wilson dispatched U.S. troops over the Mexican border to pursue Pancho Villa (the villainous guise of Antonio Banderas, by some accounts) this day in 1916.** Tough-guy actor Lawrence Tierney was born this day in 1919. U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was born this day in 1933. Actor Judd Hirsch and televangelist-turned-punchline Jimmy Swaggart were both born this day in 1935. Writer H.P. Lovecraft died this day in 1937. Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead was born this day in 1940. Canadian director David Cronenberg was born this day in 1943. American guitarist (and international music ambassador) Ry Cooder was born this day in 1947. Finnish director Renny Harlin was born this day in 1959. American singer Terence Trent D'Arby was born this day in 1962. President Lyndon B. Johnson spoke out in favor of the Voting Rights Act this day in 1965, in response to the crisis in Selma, Ala. Musician Will.i.am was born this day in 1975. REO Speedwagon's "Keep on Loving You" was the No. 1 single in the U.S. this day in 1981. Actress Eva Amurri (the quite busty daughter of actress Susan Sarandon, and yes, some of the pictures of her on The Intarwebz are NSFW, and by the way, you're welcome) was born this day in 1985.*** The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs was founded this day in 1989. (Really? You'd have thought it would go back farther.) Vanessa Williams' "Save the Best for Last" topped the charts this day in 1992. And pediatrician/writer Benjamin Spock died this day in 1998.
* Note: Ye Olde Podcaster is not actually a flat-earther.
** Correction: Antonio Banderas only played him in a movie. The real Pancho Villa was, of course, actually Cheech Marin on a bad trip.
*** Addendum: Lechery aside, Amurri's a very good actress. She got lots of attention for playing a stripper college student on Californication this season, sure, but her turn as a patient on the NBC medical drama Mercy was heartbreaking, Emmy-worthy goodness up there with James Woods and Ray Liotta's appearances on ER a few years ago.
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