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October 1, 2009

Today's Tune: "Another World" By Brian May


October 1st is an anniversary date for a couple major events in the history of Disney World, in Orlando, Florida, USA. The most popular amusement/theme park (Actually 4 theme parks and two water parks) and resort on the planet, Walt Disney's Disney World first opened to the public on October 1, 1971. The 1st of October became an important date again, when the Epcot theme park (Originally called EPCOT Center) area opened up on this day in 1982.

At the age of nine, I was lucky enough to visit the "Magic Kingdom" with my parents and two sisters a couple months after it opened up, during the Christmas holiday in December of 1971. I didn't make it back until I was grown up (At least physically) and had a daughter of my own. We were there to welcome the new Millennium. Now that was a special time. We of course spent time at Epcot during our stay, and it became my favorite place in Disney. It does give you enough atmosphere to almost make you feel like you are in the other countries that are represented there, even if you've actually been to those places before.

For this 'Today's Tune', we aren't going to match exactly the happy and playful feelings that would directly relate to memories of the subject matter above. We will have a song title that somewhat links to it though. I offer to you today, a song from within the solo works of Queen guitarist and songwriter Brian May. The tune is called "Another World".



Brian May - "Another World"
(Fan made video includes lyrics, part of another song.)

August 11, 2009

Today's Tune: "Children Of The Sea" -Black Sabbath


My reasoning for picking "Children Of The Sea" by Black Sabbath is quite simple. I wish I was at the beach! I would love to be swimming in the ocean, or just lounging in a beach chair watching the babes walk by. Believe me, when they see me, they just walk on by. I long to feel the sand sifting between my toes, while I sip on a cool drink. Since a vacation isn't in the budget this year (Again!), guess I'll have to daydream instead. Hey as long as I'm dreaming, I'm probably gonna be accompanied by someone out of my league (They all are) too.

Born on August 11: 1925 - American entertainer and talk show host Mike Douglas, 1944 - Scottish actor (Film, stage, TV, radio) and director Ian McDiarmid ('Star Wars', Inspector Morse, 'King Lear'), 1950 - American computer engineer and founder of Apple Computer, Inc. Steve Wozniak, 1957 - American drummer Richie Ramone (Ramones).

August 11 deaths: English film and television actor Peter Cushing ('Dracula', Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 A.D., 'Star Wars') in 1994, American musician, as well as radio, film and animation film (voiceover) actor Phil Harris (The Jack Benny Program, 'The Jungle Book', 'Robin Hood') in 1995, and in 2006 American entertainer and talk show host Mike Douglas died on the same day of August on which he was born.



Black Sabbath - "Children Of The Sea"

Band Lineup: Tony Martin (Vocals), Tony Iommi (Guitar), Cozy Powell (Drums), Neil Murray (Bass)

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