If you freaked out last year when we hit 666, the devil's numbers then you should be doing cartwheels this Saturday when we roll 7's. Marriages should hit record numbers on 7-07-07 for those looking for a lifetime of marital bliss and how many superstitious punters will be playing everything wearing the number 7??? Stuck for a lottery number? Not on Saturday. The number seven has been considered lucky going way back to biblical times...
Those insisting that we're melting like the wicked witch of the west (calling Al Gore, calling Al Gore) are jumping all over Saturday's triple 7 date too. Live Earth is "a monumental music event that will bring together more than 2 billion people to raise awareness about global warming. With 24 hours of music across 7 continents and performances by more than 150 of the world's top musicians, Live Earth will engage, connect and inspire individuals, corporations and governments to take action to solve the climate crisis." The preceding message, brought to you by Live Earth, The Concerts For A Climate In Crisis...
Oh, while you're at it, better check the name of your local 7-Eleven. Over the weekend 7-Eleven Inc. turned a dozen stores into Kwik-E-Marts as part of a campaign to hype the July 27th (there's that number again) opening of "The Simpsons Movie"...
Not everyone kvells at the mere mention of the number seven. The Chinese associate "degrees" of luck according to how a number is pronounced. Eight, whose Chinese name rhymes with words for prosperity and wealth is considered lucky. The Beijing Olympics, will open next year at 8 p.m. on August 8, 2008. The Chinese don't live their lives behind the 8-ball. Next year is their year...
Elton John, a close friend and confidant of Princess Diana, opened the Concert For Diana yesterday at Wembley Stadium: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Su-WQAh_vc ...
10 Timeline Memories:
- 1881] Shot down: President James A. Garfield is shot by Charles J. Guiteau at the Washington railroad station. He never fully recovers and will die from his wounds on September 19th...
- 1937] Poof: Aviator Amelia Earhart and her navigator disappear over the Pacific Ocean near the equator while attempting the 1st round-the world flight...
- 1955] Start-uh the bubble machine-uh: "The Lawrence Welk Show" premieres on ABC-TV. It will run for 16 years and then forever in rerun for all of eternity. If we turn on our TV when we take our last breath we'll see Lawrence Welk holding his baton. You haven't lived until you see the Lawrence Welk band doing "Bye Bye Love": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME3LRTVXWkQ ...
- 1961] Death by suicide: Author Ernest Hemingway, 62, shoots himself to death in his home in Ketchum, Idaho...
- 1964] Civility Rules: President Lyndon B. Johnson signs into law, a sweeping civil rights bill...
- 1981] The Boss opens the Brendan Byrne: Bruce Springsteen plays the 1st show ever at 21,000 seat Meadowlands Arena...
- 1994] A tough crowd: Colombian soccer star Andres Escobar is shot to death in Medellin 10 days after accidentally scoring a goal against his own team in World Cup competition. At least they don't do that here - yet!!!
- 1997] "Happy Trails": James Stewart dies at 89 from cardiac arrest...2006] Comedian Jan Murray, 83, dies from complications brought about by asthma...
- 2002] Up, Up and Away: American Steve Fossett becomes the 1st person to fly a balloon solo around the world...
- 2005] Will it be back in '08?: Live 8, a marathon concert designed to pressure world leaders into fighting African poverty is held at 10 sites worldwide and broadcast around the globe on TV and the Internet...[To ensure accuracy of dates and content, multiple reference sources are used in each timeline]...
Commentary...
"Happy Trails" to ABC and GMA movie critic Joel Siegel, 63, who passed away after a long battle with colon cancer over the weekend. Joel was originally hired to combat the success of Gene Shallit, the "Today Show" movie critic. Facially he was a younger look-a-like version of Shallit and did quite well locally before moving over to the network. Those that knew Joel, loved him for his cheerfulness both on-screen and off and for being just a regular guy...George J. Capalbo, who started the same day I started at WRKO in the 60s and was the chief engineer and chief architect of the automation we used on "ARKO", WRKO-FM, sends this e-mail: "I read your blog every day and am amazed that you find the time to accomplish all that you do. Your references to Internet Radio are particularly interesting to me, since my son has a small software company that is specializing in Internet broadcasting. If you are interested in learning more you may e-mail him. His company is Backbone Networks Corp." Apple recently did an article referring to George Capalbo Jr. For those interested, his website is: www.backbone.com ...And George Sr.: the check is in the mail...Paul Power who attended a party in Kennebunkport (ME) over the weekend tells us about the security surrounding the Bush compound for George W.'s meeting with Russian leader Putin: "Thousands of demonstrators marched by the compound, all Anti-Bush but peaceful, looking like hippies from the 60s. Meanwhile on the water side were all these secret service boats continuously patrolling back and forth, some with guns on them, interspersed with all the pleasure boats and yachts. It reminded me a bit of "M*A*S*H". You could see all the TV sound trucks and a cop stationed there so you couldn't drive in, but could walk in. I also came upon 20 or more secret service guys in their black suits just walking along the road. Kind of a strange thing to see in person but I never saw Bush". Interesting report Paul. Thanks for the update...
"Happy Birthday...happy birthday":
Lindsay Lohan (21), Michelle Branch (24) (with Santana: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrbIy2I_5Dw , Patriots 'Mister everything' Troy Brown (36), Jerry Hall (51), Luci Baines Johnson (60), Larry David (60), Polly ("Alice") Holliday (70), Richard Petty (70), Ahmad Jamal (77) and Imelda ("Shoes") Marcos (78)...
Timeline Countdown: 2 days until July 4th and 8 days until the All-Star game...
