Saturday night starts off with a funky tune with some silly riffs. Gotta luv having an actual xylophone on stage….

…and speaking of silly & funky, check out this remix of the 70’s classic. Bonus points for the KungFu Theater footage!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ9e3Dy7obA 

DISCLAMER: The word “silly” is not meant in a bad, negative, and/or unfavorable manner.

It was on this date in in 2005 that the first video was uploaded to YouTube. Less than a year later over 65,000 new videos were being uploaded every day. Currently there are 35 hours of video being uploaded every minute, and the site is the third-most visited website on the Internet.

According to Wiki the earliest event listed for this date is “215 BC – A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene” and the most recent is “2009 – The gamma ray burst GRB 090423 is observed for 10 seconds. The event signals the most distant object of any kind and also the oldest known object in the universe.“

A few other things that occurred on this day include:

1635 – The first public school in the United States opens in Boston.

1789 – George and Martha move into the first Presidential Mansion, the Franklin House in NYC.

1900 – First documented use of the word “hillbillie” in a printed article.

1985 – New Coke released for first time. Classic Coke is re-released less than 3 months later.

Happy birthday wishes go out to Michael Moore, Joyce DeWitt, Valerie Bertinelli, Lee Majors, Shirley Temple Black,  and John Oliver.

“Welcome to a kingdom of animals… real, ancient and imagined: a kingdom ruled by lions, dinosaurs and dragons; a kingdom of balance, harmony and survival; a kingdom we enter to share in the wonder, gaze at the beauty, thrill at the drama, and learn”

With those words spoken on this day in 1998, Michael Eisner opened the Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World. It is the largest animal park in the world, with 1,700 animals from 250 species located on over 500 acres. The Animal Kingdom is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, tho they are much more than just a zoo.

The earliest event listed by Wiki for this day is “238 – Year of the Six Emperors: The Roman Senate outlaws emperor Maximinus Thrax for his bloodthirsty proscriptions in Rome and nominates two of its members, Pupienus and Balbinus, to the throne” and the most recent is “2010 – Deepwater Horizon, an oil rig owned by BP and Transocean, sinks to the bottom of the Gulf Of Mexico after having a blowout two days earlier. The well then created the largest oil spill in U.S. history by constantly gushing oil through the damaged wellhead.”

A few other events that happened on this day include:

1864 – Congress mandates “In God We Trust” be placed on all coins.

1911 – Pravda debuts.

1970 – Earth Day celebrated for first time.

2000 – Elián González seized from a relative’s home by federal agents.

Birthday wishes go out to Tom Griswold, Paul Carrack, Jack Nicholson, Glen Campbell, Peter Frampton, and Charlotte Rae.

Yesterday there were 24 different songs posted that celebrate ganja. In the interest in fairness, here is a Public Service Announcement telling us the other side of the story:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skoWq27KYeE

In was on this day in 1918 that German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen was shot down and killed. Responsible for at least 80 and perhaps as many as 100 enemy planes shot down, he was considered an “Ace of Aces” and had the most confirmed kills of any pilot in WWI. There is some controversy over who actually killed the Red Baron – some accounts credit Canadian pilot Arthur Brown, others say that he was killed as a result of fire from the ground, and a small minority of people claim that he was shot down by a beagle flying on his doghouse.

Earliest event listed on Wiki for this day is “753 BC – Romulus and Remus founded Rome (traditional date)” and the most recent is “2004 – Five suicide car bombers target police stations in and around Basra, killing 74 people and wounding 160.“

Few other things that happened:

1509 – Henry VIII becomes King of England.

1986 – Al Capone’s vault is opened on live TV by Geraldo Rivera.

1994 – Astronomer Alexander Wolszczan announces that he has discovered the first planets located outside our solar system.

Warm birthday wishes go out to Michael Franti, Tony Danza, Iggy Pop, James McAvoy, Tony Romo, and Queen Elizabeth II.

Gonna wrap up the party with this country classic featuring some nice outdoor video footage of a few lovely ladies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TQ3pC9W1o4
 

Hope your holiday was kind to ya! And most of all, I hope you didn’t get caught…

WARNING: Side effects may include feelings of bliss, strange dreams, and/or prolonged tantric encounters.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_FDHLI7S2Y

Swallowing colors of the sounds I hear

Am I just a crazy guy? You bet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23XQeLGNAeA

Well I may be crazy, but I think not.
I’d swear to God that I smell pot!
But who the hell would have pot in Vietnam?
He said, “Whadda ya think you been sittin’ on?
These funny little plants. Thousands of them.”
Good God Almighty!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pU7NEOBnMVI

Sherman, set the way-back machine for 1933.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D44pyeEvhcQ