Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for July 19th Women’s rights activists meet at Seneca Falls; The ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy on gays in the U.S. military; Apollo 11 enters lunar orbit; Baseball’s Pete Rose gets jail time; Moscow Olympics begins. Breakfast Tune Folsom prison blues bluegrass Banjo (Solo Part) Something …
Category: History
Jul 12 2020
The Breakfast Club (Cold Pizza)
AP’s Today in History for July 12 Julius Caesar born; Walter Mondale taps Geraldine Ferraro as the first woman to run on a major party ticket for the White House; Boris Yeltsin quits the Soviet Communist Party; Oscar Hammerstein born. Breakfast Tune Hide Head Blues (banjo cover) Something to think about, Breakfast News & Blogs …
Jul 05 2020
The Breakfast Club (Apple Pie)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for July 5th Elvis Presley holds his first major recording session; Birth of the bikini; Enron’s Kenneth Lay dies; Arthur Ashe wins at Wimbledon; Larry Doby follows Jackie Robinson; Baseball’s Ted Williams dies. Breakfast Tune Happy 4th of July from the Tony Trischka School of Banjo …
Jun 28 2020
The Breakfast Club (Flattening the curve)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for June 28th An assassination in Europe sparks World War I; Elian Gonzalez and his father leave for Cuba; Boxer Mike Tyson disqualified for biting Evander Holyfield’s ear; Richard Rodgers and Mel Brooks born. Breakfast Tune When I Paint My Masterpiece – The Band/Bob Dylan – …
Jun 21 2020
The Breakfast Club (cinnamon toast crunch)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for Today in History for June 21st Three civil rights workers disappear in Mississippi; John Hinckley, Jr. found not guilty by reason of insanity for shooting President Ronald Reagan and three others; Britain’s Prince William born. Breakfast Tune limekiln Something to think about, Breakfast News & …
Jun 14 2020
The Breakfast Club (Cake)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for June 14th Nazi Germany’s troops enter Paris during World War II; TWA Flight 847 hijacked; Stars and Stripes adopted as official U.S. flag; Leftist guerrilla Che Guevara and real estate mogul Donald Trump born. Breakfast Tune Satan Is My Motor – Cake (Banjo Cover) Something …
Jun 07 2020
The Breakfast Club (buffet-style)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for June 7th James Byrd, Jr. dragged to death in Texas; Communists complete takeover of Czechoslovakia; Israel destroys an Iraqi nuclear power plant; ‘Grease’ opens on Broadway; Singer-songwriter Prince born. Breakfast Tune Rhiannon Giddens: “At the Purchaser’s Option” | Come Hear North Carolina In The Water …
Jun 04 2020
Dailyish Last Nightly (Not Funny)
Ek’s right. Late night isn’t really funny anymore. Hasn’t been for too long. But the ridicule and social satire is an important part of history. It shines a light on hypocrisy and makes people uncomfortable, or at least it should. I’ve always looked at blogging as a way of documenting the times we live in, …
May 31 2020
The Breakfast Club (Sugar free)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for May 31st Breakfast Tune Fountains of Wayne – Stacy’s mom – Beginner Banjo Cover – Clawhammer Something to think about, Breakfast News & Blogs below Protestors Criticized For Looting Businesses Without Forming Private Equity Firm First The Onion News In Brief MINNEAPOLIS—Calling for a …
May 24 2020
The Breakfast Club (Grapes)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for May 24th Samuel Morse opens America’s first telegraph line; Four men sentenced for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing; Britain’s Queen Victoria born; The Brooklyn Bridge opens; Singer-songwriter Bob Dylan born. Breakfast Tune “Hard Times” and “Camptown Hornpipe” performed by Rhiannon Giddens, Banjo l Met …
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