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A DATE WITH HISTORY: Wednesday, Aug. 9, 1950

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In the Top Ten: Goodnight Irene by Gordon Jenkins & the Weavers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saykpHOm5fc On the Bestseller List: The Peabody Sisters of Salem by Louise Hall Tharp Photo credit: openlibrary.org New In Theaters: Vigilante Hideout https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIXUpW0tGYM New In Comic Shops: Blue Beetle #60 Photo credit: mycomicshop.com On TV: The Plainclothesman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmNiWhGkXuc Magazine Roulette: Collier’s Photo credit: …

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Care Package for Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020

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Poetry: Wonder by Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge1One summer night, walking from our house after dinner, stars     make the sky almost white.My awe is like blindness; wonder exchanges for sight.Read more Song In My Head: The World At Large by Modest Mouse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppzTFgwZxhc Art: Lee Miller’s Humphrey Jennings Photo credit: npg.org.uk Quote: “Silence in the face of …

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A DATE WITH HISTORY: Sunday, Aug. 8, 1982

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In the Top Ten: Rosanna by Toto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmOLtTGvsbM On the Bestseller List: Friday by Robert A. Heinlein Photo credit: rarebookcellar.com New In Theaters: Pink Floyd: The Wall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPTLIVPqThY New In Comic Shops: Avengers #222 Photo credit: mycomicshop.com On TV: Today’s F.B.I. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcu_Snc6ZpY Magazine Roulette: Film Comment Photo credit: shop.filmcomment.com Sports: Chicago White Sox at Boston …

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Care Package for Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020

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Poetry: The Right to Grief by Carl SandburgTo Certain Poets About to DieTake your fill of intimate remorse, perfumed sorrow,Over the dead child of a millionaire,And the pity of Death refusing any check on the bankRead more (https://poets.org/poem/right-grief) Song In My Head: Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding by Elton John https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3p_xAToFzck Art: Margaret Harrison’s …

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A DATE WITH HISTORY: Tuesday, Aug. 7, 1962

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In the Top Ten: Roses are Red (My Love) by Bobby Vinton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rjPC7-JMUM On the Bestseller List: In the Clearing by Robert Frost Photo credit: backintimerarebooks.com New In Theaters: The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiASEIz3qrg New In Comic Shops: Adventures of Bob Hope #76 Photo credit: mycomicshop.com On TV: Calvin and the Colonel …

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