A Brief History On August 1, 1981, the world of music and television changed forever when MTV made its debut on satellite and cable television, when John Lack announced, “Ladies and Gentlemen, Rock and Roll!” Playing in the background was video of the Space Shuttle Columbia and footage of Apollo 11. A theme song played in the background and then the very first MTV music video followed. Digging Deeper That first video, the answer to the trivia question, “What was the first MTV video?” was the ever so apropos “Video Killed the Radio Star” performed by The Buggles. The television…
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A Brief History Fantasy fans, here is your chance to be among the first in Cleveland to see The Dark Tower before it opens in theaters. Digging Deeper What: THE DARK TOWER Advance Screening When: Wednesday, August 2nd at 7:00 PM Where: AMC Classic Solon 16 How: Click the link for a pair of passes // www.sonyscreenings.com/JCUTDT Synopsis: There are other worlds than these. Stephen King’s The Dark Tower, the ambitious and expansive story from one of the world’s most celebrated authors, makes its launch to the big screen. The last Gunslinger, Roland Deschain (Idris Elba), has been locked in an eternal battle with Walter…
A Brief History On July 29, 1973, British race car driver Roger Williamson met his death when his Formula 1race car crashed at the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort Circuit in the Netherlands. The 25 year old 2 time British Formula 3 champion was trapped under his flipped car, not seriously hurt from the crash, but was burned to death as the car was engulfed in flames. We wrote about that crash in our July 29 article, “10 Famous Car Wrecks”. Today we look at another 5 famous/infamous car crashes that you may find interesting. Digging Deeper 1. Tiger Woods, November…
A Brief History Bingo may not seem like the most exciting activity, but it has been around for hundreds of years and still exists to this day. Although it is a bit more wacky now with live bingo games at sites such as umbingo, as well as musical bingo and drag queen bingo. Regular readers will know that we like to look into the history of most obscure things, in this article we are taking you back in time with bingo! Digging Deeper – Where Did Bingo Get its Start? So where did it all begin? There is no one answer…
A Brief History On July 24, 1983, Major League Baseball experienced a strange incident that caused a furor on the field, in corporate offices, and in the homes of baseball fans all over the country when George Brett of the Kansas City Royals blasted a homerun and then had it taken away! Stunned and outraged, Brett just about had a meltdown on the spot while the Yankee Stadium crowd roared its approval. Referred to as “The Pine Tar Incident,” the decision to take away Brett’s homer went down in baseball lore as one wacky, weird, and wonderful incident, and here…