#Charles dowding

[petula-xx]

Enjoy No Dig Day 3rd November

FELLOW GARDENERS! Legendary gardener and teacher, Charles Dowding, has just registered ‘No Dig Day’ as an official event.

Watch this short video to find out more about the event and giveaways he’s offering. #nodigday

#no dig day #Charles Dowding #no dig gardening #gardeners on tumblr #grow it yourself #vegetables #plants #organic food

[futuresoon]

eldritch entity enrichment activity #1: letting him talk to someone who isn't you

#malevolent #malevolent podcast #arthur lester #john doe #charles dowd #malevolent spoilers #futuresoon talks about malevolent #futuresoon draws stuff

[jadewalker]

#dowding #charles

[duranduratulsa]

Up next on my 90's Fest Movie 🎥 and TV 📺 Marathon...Philadelphia (1993) on classic DVD 📀! #movie #movies #drama #lgbt #AIDS #HIV #LegalDrama #philadelphia #tomhanks #denzelwashington #JasonRobards #ripjasonrobards #MarySteenburgen #AntonioBanderas #charlesnapier #ripcharlesnapier #BradleyWhitford #anndowd #kennethutt #ripkennethutt #traceywalter #DanielvonBargen #juliusirving #ObbaBabatunde #adamlafevre #RogerCorman #JonathanDemme #dvd #90s #90sfest #durandurantulsas2ndannual90sfest

#movies #drama #lgbt #aids #hiv #streets of philadelphia #Philadelphia #Jonathan Demme #tom hanks #Denzel Washington #Antonio Banderas #jason robards #rip jason robards #mary steenburgen #charles napier #rip charles napier #Bradley Whitford #ann dowd #tracey walter #Kenneth Utt #rip kenneth utt #daniel von bargen #julius irving #obba babatunde #adam lefevre #roger corman #dvd #90s fest #90s #duran duran tulsa's 2nd annual 90s fest

[happyheidi]

charles dowding

#rows and rows of beautiful opportunities <3 #cottagecore #nature #naturecore #flowers #flowercore #farmcore #garden #warmcore #gardening #dirtcore

[godzilla-reads]

“We are surrounded by forces that technology cannot yet measure.”

—Charles Dowding

#godzilla reads #evil roots #Daisy butcher #evil roots: killer tales of the botanical gothic #British library #tales of the weird #reading #reads #quotes #bookworm #booklr #bookish #book blog #books and plants

[dcsnextgaycharacter]

Not a full list but can people send me panels they would like to see for any ship below, need to outsource help (Hank ships are in here but I don't need help with those, I am using Green Lantern/Sentinel: Heart of Darkness panels for HankTodd):

Hal/Ollie JayRoy HankTodd Match/Inertia Dick/Joey Joe Morgan/Al Pratt Bart Allen/Preston Lindsay Riddler/Scarecrow Jason Blood/Bruce Wayne Dinah/Helena Clark Kent/John Henry Irons Clark/Lex DinahOllieHal Mister Mind/The Joker Tiger/Dick Chastantine Rose/Cassie Edwin Payne/Charles Rowland Diana/Kate Kane Constantine/Lucifer Cassandra Cain/Rose Wilson Helena/Renee Sandman/Corinthian Jay Garrick/Alan Scott/Richard Swift Linda Park/Wally West/Hartley Rathaway The Shade/Jack Knight Richard Swift/Charles McNider BerKon Renee/Scandal Wally/Kyle Riddler/Penguin Hal/Earth Villains Lois Lane/Selina Kyle Ollie Queen/Eddie Fyers Plastic Man/Vic Sage Halowog Cosmic Boy/Lightning Lord Coldflash Maps Mizoguchi/Gold Beetle Nightwing/Catman Black Canary/Lady Shiva Tatsu Yamashiro/Selina Kyle Mr Freeze/Bruce Wayne Vixen/Wonder Woman Superbat Barbara/Kara Wally West/Pied Piper Max Lord/Booster Gold Harper Row/Punchline Brainiac 5/Superman Batjokes Riddlebat Jon Kent/Ash Damian/Jay Cir El/Natasha Irons/Traci 13 HalJohn HalGuy HalKyle HalAlan Beth/Yolanda HankCam Bluepulse

Sandwave Batlantern Brainiac 5/Invisible Kid DickGarth Lightray/Orion Catman/Deadshot Donna/Starfire TimKon MidDickPollo Wonder Woman/Circe Lee Travis/Wesley Dodds/Dian Belmont Boostle Todd/Kaldur Dinahbabs Bruharv Konbart BeaTora Anita Fite/Traci 13 JonDami CissieCassie Ghostbat TimJon StephCass Supercorp Dick/Wally Virgil Hawkins/Richie Foley Courtney/Emiko Talia Kane/Laurel Kent Isamot Kol/Vath Sarn Pied Piper/Trickster Two-face/Riddler Wonder Woman/Cheetah SinHal Tim/Lonnie Birds of Prey Polycule GuyJohn AnitaCissie StephMia TimBerBartKon DinahZatanna CarolDiana JessKori DickRoy BruceOllie GuyDick Bernard Dowd/Jay Nakamura Karen Starr/Helena Wayne Halbarry BruceConstantine Young Justice Polycule Lois/Diana Lex Luthor/Braniac Max Lord/Ted Kord Jessica Cruz/Soranik Natu Lex Luthor/Will Magnus Pre N52 Kara Zor El and Stephanie Brown Steph/Mia Mia/Cissie Alan Scott/Jay Garrick Selina Kyle/Talia Al Ghul Gotham City Sirens Polycule Kyle/Connor

#dc #dcu #dc comics #timkon #birdflash #batlantern #superbat #halbarry #green lantern #justice society of america #jayalan #batfam

[worst-t4t-couple]

ALL Pairings are out! Long post, so look under the cut!

Round 1 1/4

Sweep, cap’n, k_k VS Jay Walker, Nya

Vee, Marsha VS Bruce Wayne, Selina Kyle

Cherry Blossom Joe VS Doofinsmerch, His Ex-Wife

Percy jackson, Annabeth Chase VS Jack O Valentine, Sol Badguy

Josuke Higashikata, Yasuho Hirose VS Lug, Anode

leorio, kurapika VS Nepeta Leijon, Equius Zahhak

Luz Noceda, Marcy Wu VS Varian, Hugo

Swap, Neo VS Queen Roger and Fly Minetti

Daffy, Bugs VS Vash, Wolfwood

Ren Amamiya and Goro Akechi VS Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson

Sam, Max VS Hunter, Willow

Stepan trofimovich, Varvara Petrovnad VS Rex Salazar, Noah Nixon

nellie lovett, sweeney todd VS Tim Drake, Bernard Dowd

bubby, dr coomer VS Neku, Beat

Dave Miller, Jack Kennedy VS Kermit, Mrs. Piggy

Cleo, Etho VS Zelda, Link (Rip)

Chip, Gillion VS X, Zero

kagayama shigeo, hanazawa teruki VS Kris, Berdly 

Caranthir, Haleth VS Jonathan Sims, Martin Blackwood

Marc Anciel, Nathaniel Kurtzberg VS Miyamoto Uran, Sapphire

Texas, Church VS Solid Snake, Otacon

Gundham Tanaka, Sonia Nevermind VS Phillip Carlyle,Anne Wheeler

Soos, Melody VS Red, Blue

Jungleberry Cookie, Royal Berry Cookie VS Blaze, Sonic

LDshadowlady, Smallishbeans VS Mr. Neighbor, Wegg

clark kent, lois lane VS Popeye, Olive Oyl

Round 1 2/4

Brandon Quark,  Doctor Robotnik VS Elrond, Celebrian

Yoo Joonghyuk, Kim Dokja VS stanford pines, fiddleford mcgucket

Pepa & Félix Madrigal VS Duskie & Hibiscus

Emu Otori, Rui Kamishiro VS momoe and kaoru

C!fundy and c!hbomb VS Anne Boonchuy, Sasha Waybright and Marcy Wu

Agent 3 and Agent 8 VS c!schlatt & c!connor

Zoro Roronoa and Sanji Vinsmoke (Black leg Sanji) VS Miles Morales and Gwen Stacy

Herbert West & Daniel Cain VS Snorkmaiden & Mymble Jr 

charles "trip" tucker and t'pol VS Mytho & Princess Tutu (NOT duck; just her princess form)

Gregory House and James Wilson VS luz and amity

Paintbrush and Lightbulb VS Vriska Serket & June Egbert

geordi and data VS peter sqloint and rumi sqloint

Q!ElMariana and Q!Slimecicle VS Poor Boy and Love Interest

Scar and Grian VS Jolyne/Anasui

Kian Stone, Rolan Deep and Timothy Rand VS Dr. Boris Habit and Kamal Bora

red guy and duck VS MK & Red Son

jonathan harker and mina murray harker VS Zagreus/Thanatos/Megaera

Crowley and Aziraphale VS Denki Kaminari and Kyoka Jiro

Tuor and Idril Celebrindal VS Snorpy and Chadlo

jack harkness x the tardis VS Mizuki akiyama and mafuyu

Jackieboyman and Marvin the Magnificent VS Arashi Narukami and Mika Kagehara

Barbie, Ken VS ron and desiree delite

Steven Universe & Connie Maheswaran VS Magnus Burnsides and Julia Burnsides

Kanan Jarrus and Hera Syndulla VS castiel and dean winchester 

Eda and Luz’s mom VS Jadzia Dax & Kira Nerys

c!Tubbo and c!Ranboo VS Rex Salazar & Circe 

Round 1 3/4

Pixal + Zane VS Apollo Justice + Klavier Gavin 

The Monarch and Dr. Ms Monarch VS Juno Steel and Peter Nureyev

Kaito and Meiko VS Kamille Bidan & Fa Yuiry

Sun Wukong and Six-Eared Macaque VS Skwydd & Cricket

Sasha Nein and Milla Vodello VS Wade Ripple & Ember

Byakuren Hiijri and Toyosatomimi no Miko VS Cosmo, Wanda

Roboky and Venom VS Cellbit and Roier

Numerous BFDI ships VS Hiccup, Astrid

Beatrix and Casey VS anakin skywalker and captain rex

Raven and Beast Boy VS Neo and Trinity

Mario, Princess Peach VS Rashmi Jamil and Amelie Maçon

Denji, Asa Mitaka VS Vivi Yukino and Lewis Pepper

Benrey and Gordon VS Lace and Hornet

Beren and Luthien VS neku sakuraba, joshua kiryu

Shin and Noi VS Morticia and Gomez Addams

Paul Matthews and Emma Perkins VS Moomin, Snufkin

james t kirk + s'chnn t'gai spock VS  Nico Robin and Franky

Dave Strider and John/June Egbert VS Moominmamma & Moominpappa

Edward Nygma and Oswald Cobblepot VS shaun riley and liz

louis and lestat VS Spamton, Jevil

fox mulder and dana scully VS will t riker + deanna troi [+ worf rozhenko]

Amy Rose, Metal Sonic VS Quackity and Slimecicle

Diego Brando & Hot Pants VS Elrond and Celebrian and Gil-Galad

mia fey & diego armando/godot VS Luigi and Prince Peasly

C!Quackity, C!Karl, and C!Sapnap VS Sonic, Shadow

Drey Ferin and Finn Tidestrider VS Edward Elric and Winry Rockbell

Round 1 4/4

Shaggy and velma VS Surge the Tenrec and Amy Rose

Yamato/Portgas D. Ace VS audrey & seymour

Randy Jade and Oliver Swift VS Tsukishima Kei and Yamaguchi Tadashi

Lup and Barry Bluejeans VS Reimu and Marissa

Mizuki Akiyama & Rui Kamishiro VS Jimmy The Robot and Mc Bat Commander

C!Quackity and C!wilbur VS Espresso cookie and Eclair cookie

Junpei, Akane Kurashiki VS Obi-Wan Kenobi & Satine Kryze

Raine Whispers and Eda Clawthorne VS Danny Zuko and Sandy Olsen

Maxwell 'William' Carter and Charlie W. VS Mothwing and Leafpool

Naruto Uzumaki & Sasuke VS Baxter Stockman and The Alien Computer 

Keith Kogane and Lance McClain VS Wood Man and Robbie Rotten

Scott and Barda Free (Mister Miracle and Big Barda) VS John Notwoodman + Nick Lushwood

Caranthir and Haleth VS Susie and Noelle

orpheus and eurydice VS The doctor, Rose

luke skywalker and mara jade VS Princess Daisy and Luigi 

time and malon VS Simon (Scissor) and Spoon

Dave strider, Karkat Vantas VS Miles “moles,” Edgar, and Madeline

Mary Anta and Reginald Tetra VS Koichi Haimawari and Kazuho Haneyama

Yoshi and Birdo VS lazlo & nadia

Celebrimbor and Annatar VS Rendog and DocM77

Jesse + Jane VS Adira Tal and Gray Tal

Matt Murdock, Foggy Nelson VS Dazai Osamu and Nakahara

Jessie and James VS jeff and britta

Anji Mito and Baiken VS Shiver and Frye

ALL of MLP* VS ALL of TF2*

*Minus any familial relationships

#Pairings

[pokeweed-enthusiast]

I really appreciate the way gardeners approach this information, its very refreshing coming from an agriculture standpoint. Unfortunately in larger scale agriculture a lot has been skewed and misused in regards to no-till.

Basically, we found out that soil microbes and fungi are more intact and provide plants more nutrients if we don't break up the soil; this also retains a lot of carbon that would be in the atmosphere. This was a pretty big thing and there became legislation to support and pay farmers for more "eco-friendly" farming methods such as no-till. However in agriculture, I don't know whether it was cutting corners, lack of knowledge, lobbying by chemical companies, or all of the above, but no-till isn't done properly to be eco-friendly. To successfully grow food in a no-till/no-dig system the ground generally cannot be bare because weeds will take over. There's also increased risk of fungal disease because the soil isn't broken up. And so no-till must be paired with thoughtful crop rotation and cover crops to prevent weeds and disease. Instead of doing this however, most farmers who "no-till" will cover their fields in herbicide to kill all the weeds, then proceed to plant their crop. This, along with things like Round Up Ready crops, has substantially increased chemical herbicide usage (especially glyphosate). And we're beginning to find that herbicides have a very negative effect on soil microbiomes. So this heavily chemical dependent method of no-till actually isn't beneficial, and may actually be worse than a conventional system that uses tillage but less herbicide. But farmers can get paid for a heavily glyphosate dependent method of no-till because there's no distinguishing between how no-till is done in most programs.

#agriculture #farming #solarpunk #gardening #Ag ramble aside i'm going to try this when I can finally garden lol #microbiology

[the-forest-library]

March 2023 Reads

The Neighbor Favor - Kristina Forest

The Love Wager - Lynn Painter

Witcha Gonna Do? - Avery Flynn

A Witch’s Guide to Fake Dating a Demon - Sarah Hawley

The Librarian of Crooked Lane - C.J. Archer

The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen - K.J. Charles

Of Manners and Murder - Anastasia Hastings

To Say Nothing of the Dog - Connie Willis

The Lives of Christopher Chant - Diana Wynne Jones

Royal Blood - Aimee Carter

Missing Clarissa - Ripley Jones

Kill Joy - Holly Jackson

Home Field Advantage - Dahlia Adler

Begin Again - Emma Lord

Free Radicals - Lila Riesen

The Headmaster’s List - Melissa de la Cruz

The Magic Fish - Trung Le Nguyen

She-Hulk, Vol 1: Jen, Again: Rainbow Rowell

Enchantment - Katherine May

What Looks Like Bravery - Laurel Braitman

Forager - Michelle Dowd

Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? - Julie Smith

Glow in the F*cking Dark - Tara Schuster

Dear Dolly - Dolly Alderton

We Should Not Be Friends - Will Schwalbe

It’s OK to Be Angry About Capitalism - Bernie Sanders

Con/Artist - Tony Tetro

The Polyvagal Theory - Stephen W. Porges

The Way Out - Alan Gordon, Alon Ziv

Financial Femist - Tori Dunlap

Peak Mind - Amish P. Jha

Sex Talks - Vanessa Marin

Come as You Are - Emily Nagasaki

What’s Eating Us - Cole Kazdin

Plant-Based on a Budget Quick & Easy - Toni Okamoto

Dinner in One - Melissa Clark 

Bold = Highly Recommend Italics = Worth It Crossed out = Nope

Thoughts:

A really solid month, especially for non-fiction reads. 

Goodreads Goal: 103/400

2017 Reads | 2018 Reads | 2019 Reads | 2020 Reads | 2021 Reads |

2022 Reads | 2023 Reads

#2023 reads #book reviews #book recommendations #books #booklr #bookish #reading #bibliophile

[kingofthering]

F1 drivers as hockey players

Max : center — my first instinct for Max was wing but it’s hard not to compare him with either McDavid or Matthews, except he gets way more PIM than the two of them (less and less as time goes)

Checo : defense - this one writes itself, mister minestry of defense, def always has a place on PK1, will block a ton of shots just like my beloved EJ

Charles : center — I will take no criticism for that one, the bossy vibes from Jonny Toews (Jonny has been getting fucked by Chicago’s management for years, same as Charles with the Ferrari strategists) but Charles gets the Calder

Carlos : wing — you’ve seen this man play football, he’s crafty and talented, dishes assists but can also finish, thinking Pasta or Mitchy Marner or love of my life Mikko Rantanen

George : defense — I swear I’m not going to put every tall guy in D but listen : Cale Makar trajectory, quarterback of PP1, Calder and Norris and Conn Smythe trophy winner

Lewis : center — tell me Lewis is not the Sidney Crosby of F1, that’s it, that’s my full reasonning here

Esteban : center — two-way forward, good at both ends of the ice, I’ll give you Patrice Bergeron as reference (will also accept D as an option here)

Fernando : goalie — look, I know he’s small and would swim in his goalie pads but he’s sturdy and crazy enough to be a goalie, because he’s been here forever, Tukka Rask will be our point of reference

Lando : wing — talented winger who was overviewed in the first round of the draft because of his size but he proves everybody wrong with a 30+ goals season in his 3rd year, think Alex Debrincat

Daniel : wing — I struggled with Daniel because I think he could play any position but the idea of him on Max’s wing really appealed to me, would definitely pull moves in shootouts, let’s go TJ Oshie, he fits the vibes

Valterri : goalie — listen, I just vibe with the idea of it, think maybe Pekka Rinne, also Finnish, I will find Valterri a twink who will call him daddy, that’s not an issue (please tell me who do you think our Juuse Saros could be)

Zhou : wing — crafty winger, speedy with the funny moves, he would try the Michigan against everyone and you know it, a Trevor Zegras (in spirit, although Z did play wing too in the past)

Kevin : defense — steady sturdy d-man, gives me Duncan Keith in his prime

Mick : wing — look, I know Michael would be Gretzky but I bring to you : the Schumacher/Tkachuk comparison and Mick as Matthew, don’t tell me Mick in his villain era wouldn’t get hella PIM while scoring hella points

Pierre : center — Pierre screams forward to me and I’ll have him at center, the idea of him and Charles centering the first two lines of a team and being on the PP together is pretty to me, I think bitchy Pierre could challenge bitchy Geno but in terms of style he’s probably more of a Nico Hischier

Yuki : defense — Sam Girard, just imagine Yuki doing the tornade, yes, perfect, that’ll be it

Sebastian : center — I could see current Sebastian as a goalie but Red Bull/villain Seb was definitely a forward who would win the Art Ross/Hart/Ted Lindsay in one year and play on a broken ankle in the playoffs like one fellow countryman Leon Draisaitl (which means I also accept winger as a position)

Lance : wing — I do not know what to do with Lance so I put him at wing, maybe he can be like a 3rd liner or a 4th liner grinder, he gets Garnet Hathaway

Alex : defense — Alex/George d-pair!!! they would be so good, Heddy would never die his hair red but think of Alex as Victor Hedman kind of solid

Nicky : center — the fact that I struggled with the Canadians of the grid is terrible, sorry hockey, but he can grind with Lance, Nic Dowd it is

#max verstappen #charles leclerc #daniel ricciardo #pierre gasly #lando norris #i don’t know how many tags work anymore #whatever #this is very niche anyway #listening to y’all’s opinions on this #the order is just constructors’ championship right now #and then who has the more points #if i didn’t mess up #hockey

[midnightcowboy1969]

What are some of your favourite movies?

Thank you for the ask! (Don't take the numbers too seriously)

Midnight Cowboy (1969), dir. John Schlesinger - Joe Buck the Texan dishwasher goes to New York to hustle women but falls for the little scammer Rico Rizzo who offers him a place to stay when he in record-speed becomes homeless.

A New Leaf (1971), dir. Elaine May - Henry Graham, a rich man who has been living a very unsustainable lifestyle, is now broke. He wants to find a wife, kill her and then inheret her wealth. He ends up with Henrietta, a rich, family-less, botanist who is also a big clutz. ROMANCE.

Gilda (1946), dir. Charles Vidor - Johnny Farrell (bad bi rep) goes to Argentina and gets rescued from being mugged by the casino owner and tungston cartel boss Ballin Mundson, and starts working for him. One day Ballin has found himself an American wife, Gilda. Surprise, surprise. She's Johnny's ex. Drama. Amazing. Women's rights, as Johnny and Ballin are peak misogynistic.

The Roaring Twenties (1939), dir. Raoul Walsh - Eddie Bartlett returns home from the war and its rough being a veteran. He ends up working for the mob and then teams up with George Hally (who is >:)) and they go right to the top. There's like a love-gemoetrical shape. Jean Sherman, a performer, likes Lloyd Hart (friend of Eddie who works for him) but Eddie wants Jean. The singer Panama Smith yearns for Eddie. George and Eddie are married and divorced at the same time. Amazing. Love it.

Deadhead Miles (1972), dir. Vernon Zimmerman - Alan Arkin and Paul Benedict drive a truck. That's it. The music is great. The dialogue is interesting.

Harvey (1950), dir. Henry Koster - Elwood P. Dowd, a pleasant man living with his sister, has an invisible rabbit friend. People think he is mentally unwell, and his sister wants him put away. Pleasantness prevails! Long live kindness!

3:10 to Yuma (1957), dir. Delmer Daves - Dan Evans must regain his fatherly masculinity, he thinks, after his sons see him willingly hand their horses over to Ben Wade and his gang of outlaws etc etc. Because there's a drought, the Evans family also needs cash (for their little ranch), and so Dan agrees to help get Ben to prison in Yuma, aka. on the 3:10 train to Yuma. In Contention City, Dan and Ben are in the bridal suite, and Ben being a slut temptress tries to bribe Dan with cash into letting him go while >:) on the bridal bed. Amazing. Iconic.

The Wicker Man (1973), dir. Robin Hardy - Police sergeant Neil Howie goes to Summerisle to find the missing girl Rowan. Everybody there are unchristian sluts to Howie's horror. Unbeknownst to him, he is a fool. Very good.

Real Life (1979), dir. Albert Brooks - A fictional version of Albert Brooks wants to make a movie about real life! He gets himself a family and some scientists to study this thing. The problem is that Brooks is not completely stable and well... what is 'real life' on camera. Amazing! Love it!

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), dir. Philip Kaufman - Aliens are taking over and look just like us. Donald Sutherland and Brooke Adams are so <333333. If you've not seen it, it's kind of fun having seen the 1958 version first (the book isn't all that) so you get the little thing about the man running around all :'0. And, it's a good movie. Both are good.

I have many more. These are the ones I remember now :))) Thank you again :)))

#ask #anon

[aestheticvoyage2023]

Day 226: Monday August 14, 2023 - "Two Foot 10"

A fun marker of where William was on the growth chart as he started school, is in my shop, next to the dog food, on the drier vent shaft I built. And if you looked here, you'd see, that tonight on the eve of starting Year 2 in Pre-Primary Class, William checked in by Mama's measure at Two Foot Ten Inches. He's grown 5 inches in exactly one year. Only 5 inches?! Looking back, those five inches feel like a couple miles difference, and I suppose a year from now, I'll proudly think exactly the same.

Song: Trey & Lexi Pendley - My Darlin's Song

Quote: “Gardening is easier than it is often made out to be.” ― Charles Dowding

[rumade]

Oh my god... the Charles Dowding...

[brn1029]

On this date….here’s what went down in music.

August 26th

2007 - The Rolling Stones

After two years, The Rolling Stones played the final show on their A Bigger Bang World Tour at the O2 Arena in London, England. The longest and biggest tour of their career, it became the highest grossing in rock history ($560 million).

2005 - Quarry Men

A plaque was unveiled by fellow Quarrymen John Duff Lowe and Colin Hantonat at the site where the band which was to become The Beatles made their first recordings. John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison recorded a version of Buddy Holly's 'That'll Be The Day' and a Lennon-Harrison song, 'In Spite Of All The Danger' as The Quarrymen at the Percy Philips studio in Liverpool in 1958.

2005 - Ray Charles

A post office near the Los Angeles studio where Ray Charles recorded much of his music was renamed after the R&B legend. A federal bill was signed by US President George Bush to rename the post office. Charles, died in June 2004 at the age of 74, suffering from acute liver disease.

2005 - Green Day

Green Day were named best band on the planet at the 12th annual Kerrang! rock awards, they also won best live act. Welsh metal group Funeral For a Friend won best British band, while New Jersey's My Chemical Romance picked up best album and best video. Iron Maiden were inducted into the Kerrang! Hall of Fame and Marilyn Manson took the Icon Award. Best single went to Foo Fighters 'Best of You' while Trivium were named best international newcomers. Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor was named classic songwriter while Killing Joke were given a lifetime achievement accolade.

2004 - David Myers

US Cinematographer David Myers died after suffering a stroke. He worked of various music films including Woodstock, Elvis On Tour, The Last Waltz, the Grateful Dead Movie, Mad Dogs & Englishmen and Cracked Actor: A Film About David Bowie.

2004 - Laura Branigan

Singer Laura Branigan died of a brain aneurysm. She had had a 1982 US No.2 & UK No.6 single with ‘Gloria’ and a 1984 US No.4 & UK No.5 with ‘Self Control’. She had also played Janis Joplin in the US musical Love, Janis.

2003 - Jimi Hendrix

Rolling Stone Magazine named Jimi Hendrix as the greatest guitarist in Rock history. Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Chuck Berry Stevie Ray Vaughan and Ry Cooder also made the top 10 list.

2000 - Allen Woody

Allen Woody former bass player with The Allman Brothers Band and co-founder of Gov't Mule was found dead in New York aged 44.

1993 - The Beatles

A double sided acetate of The Beatles performing live at The Cavern Club in Liverpool sold for £16,500 at Christies, London, a world record price for a recording.

1987 - Sonny Bono

Sonny Bono, who once said that he never voted until he was 53, announced that he was running for mayor of Palm Springs, California. He won the election in 1988 and went on to win a seat in Congress in 1996.

1981 - Paul Anka

Ottawa City Council named 'Paul Anka Day' to celebrate his 25th anniversary in show-business. The council also named a street in Ottawa 'Paul Anka Drive' in his honour. The Canadian singer songwriter had written over 900 songs including the classic 'My Way'.

1978 - Frankie Valli

Frankie Valli went to No.1 on the US singles chart with the Barry Gibb song 'Grease'. It went on to sell over 2 million in the States (a No. 3 hit in the UK).

1970 - Eric Clapton

Recording with Eric Clapton for what would become the double album Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, producer Tom Dowd took Clapton and his band to an Allman Brothers concert where Clapton, already a fan of the guitarist, first heard Duane Allman play in person. After Clapton invited the whole band back to the studio that night, he and Allman formed an instant bond that provided the catalyst for the Layla album. Over ten days Allman contributed to most of the tracks on the album.

1967 - The Beatles

The Beatles held a press conference at University College in Bangor, North Wales with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. The Beatles announced that they had become disciples of the guru and that they renounced the use of drugs. The four had become members of the Maharishi's 'Spiritual Regeneration Movement', which obligated them to donate one week's earnings each month to the organization.

1967 - Small Faces

Small Faces, Move, The Gass, Tomorrow, Denny Laine, Jeff Beck, Eric Burdon and Marmalade all appeared on the first day of the 3-day non-stop happening 'Festival of the Flower Children' at Woburn Abbey, England. Plus DJ's John Peel and Tommy Vance, day tickets cost £1.

1965 - Sonny & Cher

Sonny & Cher were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'I Got You Babe', the duo's only UK No.1. Sonny Bono was inspired to write the song to capitalize on the popularity of the term "babe," as heard in Bob Dylan's 'It Ain't Me Babe'.

[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 1.30

Beer Birthdays

Martin Stelzer (1815)

Christian Hess (1848)

Sean Turner

Five Favorite Birthdays

Lloyd Alexander; writer (1924)

Phil Collins; rock drummer, singer (1951)

Roy Eldridge; jazz trumpeter (1911)

Gene Hackman; actor (1930)

Franklin D. Roosevelt; 32nd U.S. President (1882)

Famous Birthdays

Peter Agre; physician and biologist (1949)

Michael Anderson; English film director (1920)

Christian Bale; British actor (1974)

Marty Balin; rock musician (1942)

Les Barker; English poet and author (1947)

Luc-Marie Bayle; French painter (1914)

Francis Bradley; English philosopher (1846)

Richard Brautigan; writer (1935)

Ruth Brown; singer (1928)

Kylie Bunbury; Canadian-American actress (1989)

Gelett Burgess; author, poet, and critic (1866)

Brett Butler; comedian (1958)

Dick Cheney; war criminal, war profiteer (1941)

Shirley Chisholm; politician (1924)

Olivia Colman; English actress (1974)

Michael Dorris; writer (1945)

Ann Dowd; actress (1956)

Charles Dutton; actor (1951)

Doulas Englebart; inventor of computer mouse (1925)

Richard Greene; actor (1918)

Tammy Grimes; actress and singer (1934)

Tubby Hayes; English saxophonist and composer (1935)

Shirley Hazzard; Australian-American writer (1931)

Fred Hembeck; author and illustrator (1953)

Patrick Heron; British painter (1920)

John Ireland; actor (1914)

Horst Jankowski; German pianist and composer (1936)

Dave Johnson; Baltimore Orioles 2B (1943)

Mike Johnson; politician (1972)

Josh Kelley; singer-songwriter (1980)

Fred Korematsu; activist (1919)

Walter Savage Landor; English poet and author (1775)

Bernie Leighton; jazz pianist (1921)

Charles Martin Loeffler; German-American violinist & composer (1861)

Delbert Mann; film director (1920)

Steve Marriott; English singer-songwriter (1947)

Dick Martin; comedian (1928)

Jaishankar Prasad; Indian poet and playwright (1889)

Harold Prince; film director (1928)

Johann Joachim Quantz; German flute player & composer (1697)

Vanessa Redgrave; actor (1937)

Amrita Sher-Gil; Hungarian-Indian painter (1913)

Snagglepuss; cartoon character (1959)

Boris Spassky; Russian chess player (1937)

Payne Stewart; golfer (1957)

A. H. Tammsaare; Estonian author (1878)

Jake Thomas; actor (1990)

Barbara Tuchman; writer, historian (1912)

Wilmer Valderrama; actor (1980)

Jody Watley; singer (1959)

David Wayne; actor (1914)

Maiko Yuki; Japanese model, actor (1977)

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