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hooked-on-elvis · 4 months

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ELVIS' DEBUT ON TV — 📺 [CBS] The Dorsey Brothers 'Stage Show'

Elvis with Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey at CBS Studio 50, New York, March 17, 1956 [that would be Elvis' 5th appearance on their TV show, out of 6 total.].

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By December 1955 Elvis had still not made an appearance on national television. His manager Colonel Tom Parker negotiated a deal through Steve Yates with CBS's "Stage Show" for four appearances on the show in January 1956 at $1,250 each and an option for two more at $1,500 each.

On the January 28, 1956, Elvis was broadcast for the nation for the very first time, performing "Shake, Rattle and Roll", "Flip, Flop and Fly" and "I Got a Woman".

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[ABOVE: the January 28th 1956 FULL PERFORMANCE]

On Elvis' first appearance on American television, Bill Randle, one of the most influential disc jockeys of the time, was the man who actually presented Elvis Presley to the nation. He said:

"We'd like at this time to introduce to you a young fellow, who like many performers, Johnnie Ray among them, come up out of nowhere to be overnight very big stars. This young fellow we met for the first time while making a movie short*. We think tonight that he's going to make television history for you. We'd like you to meet him now - Elvis Presley. And here he is!" — Bill Randle, Disc Jockey, the man presenting Elvis Presley to America for the first time. January 28, 1956.

After this, things would never be the same, specially the society. Such a good beginning for a year, that special day in a January month! ♥

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🎞️THE SHORT-FILM THAT NEVER SAW THE LIGHT OF DAY (for the general public... at least until now...)

The movie short Bill Randle referred to during his introduction to Elvis was "The Pied Piper Of Cleveland - A Day In The Life Of A Famous Disc Jockey" a short film made by Universal pictures about Bill Randle himself. Filmed on October 20th, 1955, at a concert in Brooklyn High School, Cleveland, it featured the stars Bill Haley & The Comets, The Four Lads, Pat Boone, plus the addition of a little-known Elvis Presley.

The original forty-eight-minute film was supposed to be cut down to a twenty-minute "short" for national distribution, but never made it that far. We're in 2024... 69 years went by since this shortcut was produced but the movie remains unreleased.

There is some dispute over whether or not this film actually exists, although it's said it was shown publicly, albeit only once in Cleveland, and excerpts were also aired on a Cleveland television station in 1956. Marshall Lytle, bass player for Bill Haley's Comets, corroborates the existence of the film in his memoir, "Still Rockin' Around the Clock", but he makes the unsubstantiated claim that Colonel Tom Parker, Presley's manager, bought the film and destroyed the existing copies. According to historians, tho, DJ Bill Randle, before his death in 2004, sold the rights to the film to PolyGram (it has been reported that Universal Studios has the negatives of the film in its vaults).

Much uncertainty about this short film, but can you imagine this film being release in Elvis' birthday centenary celebration? We watched, and listened, on Elvis' 89th birthday a few days earlier this year, to them playing during his birthday celebration at Graceland the original "That's All Right" record as it was cut at Sun Records studio in 1954, so who knows? There's always rare things surfacing here and there, so... we better keep our hopes this Bill Randle's 1955 movie, with some new 'baby Elvis' footage, will be release any day now [such as we know there's 'Elvis On Tour' and 'Elvis: That's the Way It Is' never seen before footage coming our way, as confirmed by the "Elvis" 2022 biopic's film director, Baz Luhrmann — finally! We hope it will be released soon].

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But enough daydreaming... Back to Elvis' 1st television appearances.

After the premiere on America's television on January 28th, 1956, Elvis would do five more appearances on 'The Dorsey Brothers Stage Show" for the next eight weeks. Those would take place on February 4, February 11, February 18, March 17 and March 24th, 1956.

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February 4th, 1956 | "Baby Let's Play House" and "Tutti Frutti"

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February 11th, 1956 | "Blue Suede Shoes" and "Heartbreak Hotel" *

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* This is a special arrangement for 'Heartbreak Hotel', so good! Jazzy, dramatic, really rarity. I loved this! ♥

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February 18th, 1956 | "Tutti Frutti" and "I Was The One"

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March 17th, 1956 | "Blue Suede Shoes" and "Heartbreak Hotel" *

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* This is the usual arrangement for the "Heartbreak Hotel" song. On February 11th, 1956, Elvis performed this same song onstage of 'The Dorsey Brothers Show' but it sounded something more… dramatic (I guess it matched the lyrics after all, but I love the usual arrangement better yet).

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And the last one... the 6th appearance on 'Dorsey Brothers Stage Show':

March 24th, 1956 | "Money Honey" and "Heartbreak Hotel" | [FULL PERFORMANCE]

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We can see how on those first TV shows Elvis still looks quite shy. Although he moves the usual lot, he doesn't flirt with his audience as much as he would on the upcoming TV appearances (and throughout his life, actually). It's funny how he grew comfortable with being in front of the cameras so fast tho. As his photographer Wiliam Speer said, "I guess you must really like being photographed."

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Elvis with Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey at CBS Studio 50 in New York, on March 17, 1956. That would be Elvis' 5th appearance on their TV show. 'The Dorsey Brothers Stage Show' (CBS) was the place Elvis debut in his TV appearances, on January 28th 1956. He would appear on the show for 6 times total, from January to March 1956. ♥

Performing on the 'Dorsey Brothers Stage Show' at the CBS Studio 50, New York City, on March 24th, 1956. His 6th and final appearance on the show.

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EDIT: THE BLUE MOON BOYS

I hate it when I forget to mention such important, trivial, facts — and this shouldn't be footnote info and I feel guilty it is now but I forgot mentioning — The Blue Moon Boys. I love them so much! I watch those footage looking at them as much as I look at Elvis.

Like, I love Bill Black's energy onstage! I love him hollering, vibing to their sound, as loud as Elvis (on occasion). I love how he seem to love chewing gum (Bill is chewing gum in some of those footage), because it makes me look at the Blue Moon Boys and Elvis as a unit, real close friend who look alike, just how it should be. We know although EP for obvious reasons can't chew gum while singing, he loooooved gum and kept this - should I say "habit?" - throughout his life. It's sounding silly what I'm saying, I know, but I think this Elvis habit in fact date from back when he was rocking onstage with Bill, Scotty and DJ Fontana and it makes my heart warm how close and similar they seem to be, as friends, real friends. Bill is actually said to be the one cheering the crowds onstage when they first begun performing, when Elvis was still learning how to be the great leading man he became. When EP was still learning how to act onstage, how to manipulate the audience, creating the mad passionate reactions he learned to create whenever he wanted, Bill was the one heating things up, joking with the audience, cheering, hollering. Bill is amazing! His energy is intoxicating, and we can see it clearly on those first TV appearances performances. ♥

I also love how hot Scotty Moore looks! I kinda laughed thinking 'Oh my goodness' ... So this thing about rock and roll bands always having hot vocalists and hot guitar players as a rule, it looks like it all started from the 50s with EP and Scotty! (really, at least the singer and guitar player in most rock bands are hot AF, am I lying? *lol*). I have a thing for Scotty... When he smiles at times on those footage, I'm like: 🤤🥹🥴🫠 And I also love how he's elegant but at the same time menacing looking holding and playing his guitar like the guitar hero he was. Really, if you haven't yet, do yourself a favor and read Scotty's book "THAT'S ALL RIGHT, ELVIS: The Untold Story of Elvis' First Guitarist and Manager, Scotty Moore", by Scotty as told to James Dickerson (1997). Scotty's life story is fascinating and as interesting as Elvis'. ♥

And last, but never least, I love how together, calm and concentrated DJ Fontana looks. Ok, unfortunately being the drummer has it's disadvantages. We can't see DJ Fontana as much as we see the other boys onstage, but I listen to the songs until the very last minute and it's amazing how the music always has the closing, the important and dramatic ending, done by DJ's talented hands. I love that guy. ♥

Elvis Presley and The Blue Moon Boys were the best rock and rollers! I love their energy together. As much as I adore 70s Elvis onstage, the TCB Band, the Sweets Inspirations and all, if I only had one performance of Elvis' I could attend, just one to choose, I would go for - undoubtedly - the 50s ones, when those guys, The Blue Moon Boys and Elvis, were playing together.

That's Rock and Roll royalty. ✨👑 ♥

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There you go. All the videos together so you can watch of them easily. ♥

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broadcastarchive-umd · 6 months

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#DJmonday Jimmy Youngblood did the morning show on WPAD in the 1950s and then switched to WDXR in the 1960s, where he broadcast through the early 1970s. Both stations are located in Paducah, Kentucky. Youngblood, often called "J.Y.," was the area's longest-running radio personality. In the late 1950s, he was chosen as one of the top twenty radio disc jockey personalities in the nation by Movie Mirror magazine. (The Paducah Sun, 8/9/1967).

"In addition, according to the Arbitron rating system, his show reached listener ratings so high that it has never been equaled before or since. More than 62% of the listening populace was tuned into Jim Youngblood's broadcast every day." – "Jim Youngblood: The Radio Icon," by Per Jensen

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#radio #1950s #1960s #Kentucky

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onenettvchannel · 6 months

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FLASH REPORT THIS MORNING: Calambanon Radio Announcer 'DJ Johnny Walker' gunned down from an Unnamed Suspect during an Online TeleRadyo Broadcast of Gold FM (updated as final!!!)

(with reports from 106.1mhz's FMR Babe Radio: Dipolog and DWPM-AM's Radyo 630: Manila)

CALAMBA, MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL -- In a shocking and tragic incident that is recently unfolded in the morning on Sunday (November 5th, 2023 – Calamba local time)… Juan Jerrebel Anggoy Jumalon, popularly known as “DJ Johnny Walker”, a 57 y/o part-time hard-hitting local radio announcer and Disc Jockey [born on August 2nd, 1966], morning radio host and on-board provincial station manager of 94.7mhz’s Gold FM: Calamba was shot dead inside on his own home radio booth at Purok 2, Brgy. Don Bernardo A. Neri, Calamba, Misamis Occidental during an exclusive Facebook live video broadcast of his local morning radio program 'Pahapyod sa Kabuntagon’ (Early Morning). This devastating event has sent shockwaves throughout the local Calambanon community and the radio broadcasting industry in Misamis Occidental.

DJ Johnny Walker, a beloved not-so-fictional figure in the local radio scene, was a prominent personality on 94.7 Gold FM: Calamba. His real name “Juan Jerrebel Anggoy Jumalon”, was known to very few as he went by his radio alias, which had become synonymous with the morning airwaves. More than several years or decades of experience in radio broadcasting, Mr. Jumalon had become an integral part of the local community, providing entertainment, information and a sense of connection to his listeners each day.

94.7 Gold FM: Calamba is an affiliated local FM radio station of the Kalayaan Broadcasting System Inc. (KBSi), and DJ Johnny Walker played a pivotal role in its success. His morning radio program, 'Pahapyod sa Kabuntagon’ was not only known for its entertaining content but also for its community engagement, discussing local & regional issues in Misamis Occidental, and bringing the community together through various interactive segments. This made Mr. Jumalon, a cherished figure among his listeners and colleagues.

In 2014, his personal broadcasting setup of the aforesaid local FM radio station within a decade before the male suspect gunned down to Mr. Jumalon during an exclusive televised interview of DXTE-TV 8's TV5: Cagayan de Oro for News 5. In his personal health reasons back then, Mr. Jumalon was part of the Persons with Disabilities (PWD). Several years later aside from murder case, local and regional issues to be followed when discussing land and business all across the Misamis Occidental area as a motive.

Per the exclusive spot report as obtained by 106.1mhz’s Favorite Music Radio: Babe Radio Dipolog and the selected KBP-member stations in Misamis Occidental, in cooperation with DWPM-AM’s Radyo 630: Manila, when the tragic incident took place during the said LIVE Facebook video broadcast of 'Pahapyod sa Kabuntagon’ around 5:35am on that fateful Black Sunday. This was the world's first online horrific, TeleRadyo-like broadcasting history in Southern Mindanao.

Outside the CCTV video as mentioned, another suspect to be illegally trespassed, who were pretending in disguise as a local listener for a potential public service without a security guard on-duty.

Within the final moments develop, the unnamed male suspect who remains at large and carries a firearm of caliber .45 pistol, disrupted the live FM radio program and shot twice to Mr. Jumalon (even in audible transistor radio simulcast in general), leading to his untimely demise by shooting his lower lip towards his back portion head, then stealing a gold jewelry worth PHP150,000 (U$D2,682.45), and quickly fled off the scene shortly after. Overall, two or three suspects have yet to be later identified on national internet TV. The aforesaid live video on the radio station’s Facebook page on 94.7 Gold FM: Calamba, captured the horrifying event as it unfolded, leaving online viewers in shock and disbelief.

As we gather a lot of information and investigate the circumstances surrounding this tragic event, there is an outpouring of support and condolences from the listeners, avid fans, friends and colleagues of Mr. Jumalon on various disclosed social media platforms. The incident has prompted discussions about the safety of media professionals, particularly in the realm of live radio broadcasting and online media.

Local authorities in Misamis Occidental have embarked on a detailed probe, and the motive is suspected to be a work-related situation. He was now confirmed dead on arrivial (DOA) from a physician doctor named Dr. Geopeter L. Manisan at Calamba District Hospital (CDH) in National Highway, the said city.

A hot pursuit operation of the Calamba Municipal Police Station (CMPS) is on its way, in relation to a brutal murder suspect from an unidentified gun man.

The untimely demise of “DJ Johnny Walker” is a profound loss to the local radio industry and the community he served for several years or decades. His legacy as a passionate radio personality who connected with his audience on a personal level will be remembered and cherished on him. He is one of the 199th journalists killed since 1986 until the present, which includes Central Visayas, Eastern Visayas, Dumaguete City, Mabinay and Negros Oriental, as according to the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP).

As the investigation unfolds from the Calamba-Philippine National Police, the community and his fellow broadcasters mourn the loss of a beloved figure and await justice throughout the weekend for this heinous act.

EDITOR's NOTE (as of November 7th, 2023): We edited out for clarification from our previous update, as we all learned from our media friends at Radyo 630: Manila and other KBP-member FM, AM and TV stations in Mindanao to come up with a conclusion.

Amalia Sheran Sharm, Miko Kubota and Ridley Terrance have all fully contributed to this news report.

PHOTO COURTESY for REPRESENTATION: 94.7mhz's Gold FM: Calamba via FB PHOTO BACKGROUND PROVIDED BY: Tegna

SOURCE: *https://www.facebook.com/100064859973484/posts/333407976049356 [Referenced FB News Article via DXJN-FM 105.3mhz's Radyo Bandera News FM: Cotabato] *https://www.facebook.com/100093017771931/videos/356914123385052 [Referenced FB LIVE Video via DXKB-FM 89.3mhz's Radyo Bandera Sweet FM: Cagayan de Oro] *https://www.facebook.com/100077562834152/posts/359801613281930 [Referenced Police Blotter in PR via Arianna Trisha] *https://www.facebook.com/100094088475887/posts/191863797293235 [Referenced FB News Article via DWPM-AM's Radyo 630khz: Manila] *https://www.facebook.com/100075706497836/posts/356802900186590 [Referenced FB News Article via DZMD-FM 100.7mhz's MyFM: Bataan] *https://www.facebook.com/100064616655120/posts/734630538700828 [Referenced FB News Article via The Philippine Star] *https://www.facebook.com/100047471591140/posts/865352015057177 [Referenced FB News Article via Xymon Jeremiah Pedro the 2nd] *https://www.facebook.com/100064282075832/posts/737856285033767 [Referenced FB Captioned Statement Post via Presidential Communications Office] *https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/11/05/2309128/misamis-occidental-radio-broadcaster-gunned-down-while-air [Referenced News Article via The Philippine Star] *https://www.facebook.com/100067938276705/posts/669891301952140 [Referenced FB Captioned PHOTO via MOPPO] *https://www.facebook.com/100067938276705/posts/669997835274820 [Referenced FB Captioned PHOTO via MOPPO] *https://www.facebook.com/100064809663843/posts/730885619081754 [Referenced FB Captioned PHOTO via Presidential Task Force on Media Security] *https://www.cnnphilippines.com/regional/2023/11/5/misamis-occidental-juan-jumalon-death.html [Referenced News Article via DXKO-TV 5's CNN Philippines: Cagayan de Oro] *https://pinoytrend.net/2023/11/05/radio-announcer-na-si-johnny-walker-pinatumba-habang-nasa-gitna-ng-kanyang-programa/ [Referenced News Article via PinoyTrend] *https://rmn.ph/radio-announcer-patay-matapos-pagbabarilin-habang-nagpoprograma-sa-calamba-misamis-occidental/ [Referenced News Article via DXDR-AM 981khz's RMN: Dipolog] and *https://remate.ph/radio-broadcaster-binaril-patay-sa-gitna-ng-programa/ [Referenced News Article via Remate]

-- OneNETnews Team

#flash report #national news #calamba #misamis occidental #police report #gunned down #suspect #johnny walker #social media #Gold FM #awareness #OneNETnews

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October 20, 1955

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Brooklyn High School in suburban Cleveland, Ohio hosted a 1:30 p.m. rock ‘n’ roll concert that featured Bill Haley And His Comets, Pat Boone, LaVern Baker, Roy Hamilton, Johnnie Ray, the Four Lads and up-and-coming artist Elvis Presley. The concert was filmed for a documentary about Cleveland radio legend Bill Randle, “The Pied Piper of Cleveland: A Day in the Life of a Famous Disc Jockey.” But the film, which includes the first known footage of Elvis performing, has never been released.

At 8 p.m., the same artists performed at St. Michaels Hall in Cleveland. Randle later recalled that the climax of that show was when Elvis broke the strings on his guitar and then smashed the guitar on the floor. “It was mass hysteria. We needed police to get him out of the hall.”

While Elvis did two shows on this day: First he appeared at the Brooklyn High School Auditorium, Cleveland at 1.30 p.m. This show was put together by Bill Randle, the DJ from of Cleveland. While a TV Cleveland broadcast may have occurred of “The Pied Piper of Cleveland aka Day in the Life of a Disc Jockey” – the footage is deemed lost to a private collector.

1950s radio personality Bill Randle was in competition with other radio personalities like Alan Freed. (the DJ era ended with the payola scandal – Enter: Program Directors, Music Playlist Services, the end of local talent in regions to national to international monoculture).

Randle introduces Elvis on the Dorsey Brothers and compares Elvis to Johnny Ray (rockers vs crooners – gimme a break pfft eh), but he mentions that the first time HE met Elvis was making a movie short – a Day in the Life of a Disc Jockey aka The Pied Piper of Cleveland.

So. There are 2 potential sources to see Elvis Presley pwn Pat Boone’s stage – with Boone on the national charts and Elvis only in the regional ones. In professional film stock – probably 16mm not 35.

Bill Randle (estate) or someone else in the production of the short.

Cleveland TV – it was apparently broadcast – which means, there might be the 1 inch tape run during controversial broadcast in cast of regulatory complaints – and either recorded over or archived.

Gladys and Vernon Presley signed a telegram provided by Tom Diskin granting Colonel Parker “sole and exclusive” representation of their son.

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i. “the tide is turning” - roger waters // ii. “two suns in the sunset” - pink floyd // iii. “four minutes” - roger waters

( nyle dimarco, cis man, he/him ) — Look who it is! If you take a look at our database, you’ll find that MONTGOMERY “MONTY” ROMANO is a THIRTY-TW0 year old RADIO DISC JOCKEY that’s been in Chicago for TWO YEARS, OFF AND ON. According to the file, they’re a mutant on LEVEL ONE with the power of ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION + TIME TRAVEL. That must be why they’re DEDICATED and OBSESSIVE. If you ask me, they remind me of morse code desperately tip-tip-tapping, the sole with no eyes, the desolate confines of a busy wasteland. They are affiliated with NOBODY.

QUICK FACTS:

full name: montgomery “monty” romano

date of birth: december 5th, 1934

zodiac big three: sagittarius sun, scorpio moon, libra rising

gender & pronouns: cis man & he/him

sexual orientation: straight gay bi queer

ethnicity: white ( may loves italians :\ )

nationality: american

religion: christian (protestant, very loose in his practice), starting to lean agnostic

languages spoken: english (5), asl (5), morse code - technically an alphabet (5)

enneagram: 3w2

mbti: enfp

temperament: sanguine

alignment: neutral good

ability: time travel + electronic communication

affiliation: n/a

alias: sonny/sunny

BACKSTORY:

triggers: war, nuclear wasteland, nuclear tensions, institutionalization ( very brief mention ), VERY brief mention of suicide

monty’s world was silent from the moment he entered it. he would never know it any other way. teachers tried to force him into the mold, deaf educators in the dime-a-dozen oralist schools teaching him English, speech, and as-good-as-it-could-be lipreading, all while restricting the usage of ASL at best, forbidding it at worst.

and, though it made socializing with his peers, understanding his lessons, and connecting with his family much more difficult... in the end, maybe it’s for the best. there would be so many disastrous things to see and smell and feel -- adding one more sensation would tip him over the edge.

despite his parents and hoard of siblings, his eldest brother, jack, was the only one who put time and effort into learning ASL with monty. for that reason, they connected well. his brother would go on to have his first and only child at eighteen, leaving monty an uncle at only six. but it was absolutely poor timing...

because the usa could no longer just sit on the sidelines in silent support of the allied powers. in 1941, his eldest brother enlisted to join the army in the war effort, leaving his wife and family with the baby -- but promising he’d be back.

monty spent much of the time his eldest brother was gone connecting with his brother’s girlfriend, mary, who let monty teach her ASL. so those next three years were spent with her, with baby, and keeping up with the news.

1944, jack was sent to the frontlines in the normandy landings. the story went that he went out blazing, that he at least had that much to his legacy, but who could tell any of the thousands of d-day bodies apart ?

monty didn’t need to hear to know that silence fell over his family. he could feel it, even when they were talking at dinner. life only returned in 1945 as a broadcast celebrating two nuclear bombings played ! and monty... he didn’t know what to feel. this meant the war was over, right ? finally, a sigh of relief ! but how many innocent people had died in the fallout of it ? how long would those effects last ?

he did not wake up in his bedroom the next morning. he woke up when a piece of rubble blew against his forehead. and he was surrounded by complete and utter waste. it was hot -- no, it was cold. he assumed it was loud -- no, he assumed it was quiet. there were a few fires burning in the snow, and there was plenty of rubble to spare. nothing was standing. it was completely empty, completely desolate.

he didn’t know where he was or how he got there. the more he explored, a terrified young boy trying to get home, the more he wondered when he was.

a few weeks in, unsure of how he was still alive -- but not questioning it -- he came across a tunnel that led underground. already figuring he was going to die if he didn’t find something fast, this was the first sign he’d seen of any life since he’d woken up -- he kept going, past extra doors until he reached one that was bolted shut and looked to serve as some kind of vacuum.

he did not know it. he could not know it. but, on the other side of that wall, a radio picked up the first broadcast it had heard in ages -- some sort of morse code. a few hours of sitting against that final door that he could not even begin to open, it opened with a gust of air. he dragged himself in. it was shut with that same gust of air.

a man peered through a slit and, after hours of trying to communicate when all monty could see were his eyes, a sentence of 1s and 0s... he stripped himself of his clothes, scrubbed himself with the water and sponge that sat in the corner, and was swiftly let into that final room and tossed a pair of clothes that were a few sizes too big for him. but he wore them, of course.

he was given half a can of uncooked sweet beans, half a bottle of water, and half of some... futuristic chip that he was prompted to sit on his tongue. and half of his nutrient requirements were met.

the man would point viciously to the radio, tap on it... all sorts of insanity that meant nothing to monty until he took a sheet of paper and wrote out a cipher: morse code and the related letters. he, the man, couldn’t risk losing paper to the amount of letters in a word -- a few dots and lines were a quicker solution, and, as he told monty, he could hear him over the radio... which would be cause for concern later.

what year is it ? ive stopped counting. i thought every1 was ded. where am i ? used 2 b canada. what happened ? the east. the east ? yes. what do you mean, the east ? ur not from here. no. where? illinois. america. u dont know? i don’t. do u know what yr it is? it was 1945, last i checked.

he and the man spent the next four months together underground, the man eventually coming up with a way to express morse code without the paper. tap monty on the shoulder, make him watch him tap the wall in morse code. but it was far from paradise, and, more than that ? their supplies were running out faster than expected, what with the man only having prepared supplies for himself.

he volunteered to go look for supplies aboveground, but monty realized that he was the one who was communicating through the radio. if something happened to the man, monty would have no way to know ; if something happened to monty, however ? so he left with a walkie-talkie, an extra coat, and half a canteen of water.

it grew colder and the conditions grew worse. by the time he finally found a few non-perishables locked away in a safe, he didn’t know where he was. he couldn’t find his way back to the man. and the signal only worked one way. so he had two options of what to tell the man: he was going to stay where he was, or he was going to keep moving and hope for the best.

if he did the former, there was a good chance the man would have to leave and try to find him. if he did the latter, he was diving further into the possibility that he’d never see that shelter again... but there was also that slim possibility that he’d be saving them both if he could find him... so he sent a signal that he was lost, but he was going to keep moving and hope for the best. the walkie-talkie wave seemed to tap against his mind, to offer the only description possible: ‘goodbye, ed.’ ‘goodbye, monty.’

he was thirteen when he hopped again, this time quick as a flash. hopped just far back enough to watch the missiles fall from the sky, cars ‘screeching’ to a halt, mothers holding their children close, and pulled forward just in time to survive the blast. this time, a different country. this time, closer to the fallout.

there was no one for him this time, though. he was on his own. he sent out frequencies, but saw nothing. felt nothing.

certain his streak of good bad luck had finally run out, turned to simple bad luck, he was only days away from succumbing to his hunger or his dehydration or the elements or all three... but, instead of dying, he woke up in his bed. in 1949. four years after he went missing.

his family had been certain he, too, had died. perhaps ran away first, gotten lost, then gotten himself killed. it had been four years after they woke up and didn’t find him in his bed, after all ! was it a miracle ? yes ! did it also feel like some kind of abomination, like something ungodly ? yes !

after the initial many-a-hug, they grew... frightened ! he connected to the house radio and morse code played, explaining his unbelievable absence... but no one there knew morse code ?! and no one there knew asl ?! and speaking took more effort than he’d like to put in, especially after all those years completely shut up ?! where was mary to translate for him ? where was baby ?

that much, he could express. chicago. as ed taught him how to say in morse code: what a goddamn shithole !

but, only moments later, everyone’s attention snapped to the radio. they understood what he was trying to say. after the initial shock, they were mouthing: we can hear you. with vicious points: the radio. we hear you.

the story he told was completely unbelievable. but so was being able to hear his speech through the radio, so... live and let live...

they did take note of how he began to draw more into himself. he became obsessed with this nuclear apocalypse he claimed to have witnessed, he drew a strange man with dots and lines underneath and hung it up in his room. he couldn’t focus in school and his grades suffered terribly. at 17, seeing he was still as distant as ever, still writing in morse code, still drawing that man and trying to tell everyone who it was and what was going to happen and no he didn’t know the year or the details or- they had him institutionalized.

before he could undergo more than two rounds of electroshock therapy, he was an 18y/o in 1962. just in time for the cuban missile crisis. and this time ? not only had he seen the after effects of nuclear bombings, he understood the magnitude of this threat. and this time ? they were not fighting to free concentration camps and prisoners of war, they were fighting just to prove who was more powerful. they were building walls and sending dogs into space because they had to prove one was better than the other... and if they had to press the button to really show who was who, then they had to press the button.

was this the wasteland monty had witnessed ? he didn’t know. he didn’t want to find out. he could put a stop to it somehow, right ? he was the only person who’d seen both, as far as he was aware...

traveling to the 70s, the country was still together -- and tensions were still high. without any other ideas, he began doing what only idealists would think would work: sending false reports over radios and broadcasts. but instead of bringing people together through shared fear -- and shared gratitude that they were still alive when they learned that the report had been a hoax -- he just scared them, then brought them back to their regular lives (those who didn’t kill themselves or run to their shelters, that is).

he continued moving back and forth within the timeline of the cold war, relentlessly trying to stop the crisis... but he only had so much he could do without making it even worse. he could activate it. if he wanted to, he could activate it.

in 1991, when the announcement that the cold war was over was made, something in his timeline glitched. he spent three days in wwii, the first two being... entirely random to him, the final one being right there in d-day... where he got to see that jack didn’t go out blazing. and he was pulled just in time -- but this time, to three days in the trenches of the vietnam war, a useless side effect of the cold war. about to be taken prisoner, he was pulled forward into the year 1999 in the middle of a countdown to a new kind of apocalypse, just to be pulled even further forward into 2020... and he finally had reprieve.

but if wwii wasn’t the cause of the nuclear apocalypse, and if the cold war wasn’t the cause of the nuclear apocalypse, then it still had yet to come. and the doomsday clock was moving fast.

left in actual civilization and... no immediate peril in 2020 chicago, he spent the next two years starting to cultivate a life. every now and again, he would glitch to a different year for a few days, but the power he had never been able to tame... seemed to be beginning to tame itself as he spent more time in a calm, but focused, state of mind.

he took on a job as a disc jockey, using the walkie-talkie he’d always held onto to transmit his thoughts across the microphone. a very standard american voice. and, so long as he had the walke-talkie with him, one that he could transmit from anywhere in the city. as long as he intercepted at the necessary times, it didn’t matter if he was in the station or not... which has been very helpful for his digging.

the end ?

TIMELINE:

BORN - in late 1934, completely deaf. already had three siblings... would have even more later on.

GENERAL EARLY SCHOOL YEARS?: was discouraged from, sometimes punished for, using ASL at school due to oral education being at its peak. he was taught english, speech, and lip-reading, but that only extends so far. his eldest brother, jack, learned sign to communicate and connect with him. the rest of his family was a little bit busy with the amount of kids...

AGE 6: at eighteen, his brother has a child with his first wife, mary. monty becomes an uncle.

AGE 7: jack goes off to fight in wwii. mary takes up his torch when it comes to providing monty with company.

AGE 10: word is sent that jack died fighting in the frontlines in the normandy landings.

AGE 11-12: atomic bombs fall on hiroshima & nagasaki and everyone is celebrating. this is something that monty both does and does not understand... wakes up in the fallout of a nuclear apocalypse. it’s not 1945 anymore, it’s not illinois anymore. he hopelessly travels around for weeks, unsure of how he’s alive! and, right as he’s sure he’ll be succumbing to the elements, he finds the passage to an underground bunker. after a whole series of events, he manages to get inside a safe place with a man named ed. ed manages to communicate to monty that he had sent morse over the radio. and when monty doesn’t understand, ed creates a morse-code-to-english-alphabet cipher and begins speaking to him using that as monty communicates over the radio. monty learns he’s in canada, but ed doesn’t know what year it is anymore. the cause of the atomic bomb that had hit was ‘the east.’ they eventually devise a strategy that’ll use no paper at all. ed taps monty on the shoulder and has him watch him tap the wall.

AGE 13: they start running out of supplies. ed volunteers to brave the elements, but, ultimately, monty figures that he’s the one who can communicate through technology. if ed tried to send word to him over the radio, he wouldn’t hear it, but the same wouldn’t be said when it came to monty. monty took a walkie-talkie with him and traveled out. when he finally came across non-perishables, he realized he was completely lost. he decided to tell ed that he was going to keep walking and hope for the best. they exchanged goodbyes. monty felt ed’s morse coming through the walkie-talkie. he hops back in time, just a few years, and watches as the missiles head right towards him -- whatever new country he’s in. disaster occurs all around him as women hug their children and cars come to a sudden halt and the timeline saves him by mere milliseconds, jumping him forward a few months. he spends the next year trapped in this side of the wasteland with no one to talk to.

AGE 14: he wakes up in his home, just barely making it out alive. but it’s 1949. after a few mistrials, he communicates with his family over the radio. and they cannot believe their eyes or ears: first of all, he’d just literally spoken through the radio? second of all, he... had been in a nuclear apocalypse? not just missing? hmm...

AGES 14-17: he is constantly preoccupied with this ‘fallout.’ he’s drawn into himself. he talks about it, he draws pictures of some guy with some symbols underneath... wtf?

AGE 17: his family decides to institutionalize him.

AGE 18: after going through two rounds of electroshock therapy, he is transported to 1962, just in time for the cuban missile crisis.

AGES 18-28: the timeline decides it wants him right in the middle of the cold war. he’s certain that this is what will bring the nuclear apocalypse if he can’t stop it. he goes about it by sending false broadcasts, hoping to unite people under gratitude when they come out with their lives... or maybe fear... or maybe love... but nothing seems to work. everything he tries tends to just make things worse. he could activate it if he wanted to.

AGE 28: he’s in 1991 and the cold war is over. with that news, the timeline fritzed. he was in wwii for a few days. the final day, he was by his brother and saw that he did not go out blazing. then he was in the vietnam war for a few days. about to be taken as prisoner, the timeline yanked him to a party he was not invited to on december 31st, 1999. it was in a bunker with a group of people counting down to the end of civilization. when the clock was one second away from hitting january 1st, 2000, he was pulled forward to 2020. nothing seemed to be immediately off, unlike his past three destinations...

AGE 29: he decides it would be best to stop relying on homeless shelters -- the timeline has not interfered in a while, so he pools together some money and eventually gets a shoddy apartment in chicago.

AGES 30-32: he builds a life in chicago. he still travels every now and again, but he hasn’t spent more than two days in a different time in years. although he still can’t quite tame his power, it seems to be taming itself. he becomes a disc jockey. due to the main requirement being, you know, working through radio waves, so long as he has his walkie-talkie to communicate over, he can run the job from anywhere in the city. this is in the headcanons section, but it’s important to note that he also uses his walkie-talkie to talk to other people. ever since it started translating morse into direct words, he doesn’t have to rely on sign, and what they say gets translated in his mind through the walkie-talkie.

HEADCANONS:

I’M GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE AN OFFICIAL REQUEST THAT, IF YOU KNOW SIGN LANGUAGE, IGNORE WHAT HE’S SAYING IN ALL OF THE GIFS.

much like his fc, he is completely deaf. he is familiar with and fluent in ASL, but carries a walkie-talkie to communicate his thoughts and translate the words of others into morse code to ensure the general ability to communicate with anyone he comes across. (yes, it would probably work with other devices. no, he is not going to give his walkie-talkie up to experiment with that.)

identified as straight until he was 15 (...i mean, the 1940s-50s + four years spent without other people, save for a few months with a guy closer to a father figure than anything else...). identified as bi until he was 20. identified as gay until he was 25. identified as bi until he was 27... has always really relied on the decade... doesn’t fully know what to label himself as, simply uses queer.

moving back and forth in the timestream has its pros and its cons. one pro ? he can survive for weeks, even months, after traveling forward without food and water. traveling backwards ? he better get to some water damn fast.

his father had some sort of dormant mutation related to bad luck, hence why monty only seemed to travel to shitty historical events. a secret his eldest brother kept was that he had telepathy... and used that to understand what monty was saying, not ASL.

his on-air persona is ‘sonny/sunny,’ inspired by the ‘sunshine units’ & project sunshine ; the station is radio KONT - aka, radio contingency (with a ‘k’ because all american radio stations have to either start with a ‘k’ or a ‘w’ and actually chicago is based in the ‘w’ region, but... i came up with that name before i knew that so... pretend with me!)

has also kept the clothes that ed gave him to change into. is not an artist, but does have a picture of a poorly-drawn ed hanging in his apartment with morse code for ‘goodbye’ beneath it.

uses 40s-80s slang like any of it is still applicable. but with most of his childhood spent in the 30s/40s and most of his early adult years spent in the 60s-80s... look at that tubular dish! she sure is groovy!

CONNECTION IDEAS:

relatives ! as i said, he had a hoard of siblings and should, technically, be 88. plenty of time there ! could even have a child ! who’s older than him...

exes/flings/ons/etc ! you have to be careful when you have an untamable power that’ll put you in peril one second and drag you out the next. although he loves the company of others, he’s never gotten very close to anyone due to this... but...

regular listeners/callers ! eye think that could be fun.

people whose relatives he knew ! the 1940s-1990s were a wild time !

plenty of other things ! my mind is just getting fried from my cormac mccarthy novel :\

#forwardintro #'sole has no eyes' being attributed to 'californian weirdo' will never not make me laugh.......

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Holidays 1.20

Holidays

Armed Forces Day (Mali)

Babin Den (Grandmother’s Day; Bulgaria)

Basketball Day

BBC Democracy Day (UK)

Bill Cosby Sweater Day

Camcorder Day

Camel Wrestling Day (Turkey)

Day of Deflvders of the Barricades (Barikāžu Aizstāvju Diena; Latvia)

Day of National Mourning (Azerbaijan)

Fiesta de las Corralejas (Sincelejo, Colombia)

Foundation Day (Rio de Janeiro, Argentina)

Guru Govind Singh Jayanti (India)

Heroes’ Day (Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau)

Inauguration Day (US) [@4 Years, unless a Sunday]

International Day of Acceptance

International Hat Day

Joe B. Hall Day (Kentucky)

Lao People’s Armed Forces (Laos)

Martyrs’ Day (Azerbaijan)

National Charlie Day

National Claudia Day

National Disc Jockey Day (a.k.a. DJ Day)

National 'Good Day' Day

National Judy Day

National Sebastian Day

Penguin Awareness Day

Petlyovden (Rooster Day; Bulgaria)

Severe Cold begins (Chinese Farmer’s Calendar)

Shima-Enaga No Hi (Japanese Long-Tailed Tit Day; Japan)

Spurge-Laurel Day (French Republic)

Stay Young Forever Day

Stop! Yield! Day

Take A Walk Outdoors Day

Tamborrada (Drum Festival; Spain)

Tell Them Day

Traffic Rules Day

Vendors Day (India)

What’s Going On Day (Michigan)

World Religions Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

National Buttercrunch Day

National Cheese Lover's Day

National Coffee Break Day

World Bigos Day (Poland)

3rd Saturday in January

Bald Eagle Appreciation Days begin [3rd Saturday]

Baltic Porter Day (Poland) [3rd Saturday]

Learn to Ski Day [3rd Saturday]

National Tulip Day (Netherlands) [3rd Saturday]

National Use Your Gift Card Day [3rd Saturday]

Polar Bear Jump & Ugly Fish Toss (Seward, Alaska) [begins 3rd Saturday]

Sight-Saving Sabbath Weekend [begins 3rd Saturday]

Soup Swap Day [3rd Saturday]

Independence & Related Days

Dictatorship of Alissia (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]

Empire of New Europe (Declared; 2009) [unrecognized]

Republic Day (Autonomous Republic of Crimea)

Sprinske Communist Republic (Declared; 2019) [unrecognized]

United Republic of Kwajalein (Declared; 2017) [unrecognized]

Festivals Beginning January 20, 2024

Aces & Ales Winter Beer Fest (Las Vegas, Nevada) [thru 1.21]

Atlanta Cask Ale Tasting (Atlanta, Georgia)

Bart Hall Boat Show (Pomona, California) [thru 1.22]

Carnival of Over (Over, Portugal) [thru 2.13]

Columbus Beerfest (Columbus, Ohio)

Denver Travel Show (Denver, Colorado) [thru 1.21]

Dhaka International Film Festival (Dhaka, Bangladesh) [thru 1.28]

Geneva Restaurant Week (Geneva, Illinois) [thru 1.28]

International Hot Air Balloon Festival of Château-d’Oex (Château-d’Oex, Switzerland) [thru 1.28]

SAVOR Food & Wine Festival (Tucson, Arizona)

Tamborrada Drum Festival (San Sebastián, Spain)

Feast Days

Abadios (Christian; Saint)

Armed Forces Day (Mali)

Baba Yaga Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Blessed Basil Moreau (Christian; Saint)

Clarice Cliff (Artology)

Corralejas Festival (Fiesta de las Corralejas; Colombia)

Cyprian Michael Irene Tansi (Christian; Saint)

Eustochia Smeralda Calafato (Christian; Saint)

Euthymius the Great (Christian; Saint)

Eve of Saint Agnes [Virgins]

Fabian (Roman Catholic; Saint)

Fechin (Christian; Saint)

Feralia: Day of Purification (Pagan)

Festival of Jubilation for Osiris (Egyptian God of Agriculture)

Hippolyte Bayard (Artology)

John the Baptist Day (Serbia)

Manchán of Lemanaghan (Christian; Saint)

Mano-Capac (Positivist; Saint)

Maria Cristina of the Immaculate Conception Brando (Christian)

Mark Ryden (Artology)

Marx Brothers Quote Day (Pastafarian)

Mr. Between (Muppetism)

Richard Rolle (Church of England)

Sacrifices to Athena (Ancient Greece)

Sebastian (Christian; Saint)

Stephen Min Kuk-ka (one of The Korean Martyrs)

Timket (Coptic Epiphany; Eritrea, Ethiopia)

Tiny Tim Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]

Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [6 of 57]

Premieres

Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story of Life (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1965)

The Artist (Film; 2012)

Awkwafina is Nora from Queens (TV Series; 2020)

Blood on the Tracks, by Bob Dylan (Album; 1975)

Born Free, by Joy Adamson (Novel; 1960)

Breaking Bad (TV Series; 2008)

Cat and Dupli-Cat (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1967)

Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes, by Jimmy Buffet (Album; 1977)

Dawson’s Creek (TV Series; 1998)

Duel Personality (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1966)

Ecstasy (Film; 1933)

The Fishing Bear, featuring Barney Bear (MGM Cartoon; 1940)

The Founder (Film; 2017)

A Fox in a Fix (WB MM Cartoon; 1951)

Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos (Animated Film; 2012)

High School Musical (TV Movie; 2006)

Homework, by Daft Punk (Album; 1997)

Leaf by Niggle, by J.R.R. Tolkien (Short Story; 1945)

Lion Around (Disney Cartoon; 1950)

Meet the Beatles!, by The Beatles (Album; 1964)

Murdoch Mysteries (TV Series; 2008)

Noble Beast, by Andrew Bird (Album; 2009)

Pyromania, by Def Leppard (Album; 1983)

Red Tails (Film; 2012)

The Red Turtle (Animated Film; 2017)

Tristram Shandy (Film; 2006)

Tuck Everlasting, by Natalie Babbitt (Novel; 1975)

Underworld: Awakening (Film; 2012)

Wet Hare (WB LT Cartoon; 1962)

What’s Going On, by Marvin Gaye (Song; 1971)

When You Finish Saving the World (Film; 2023)

Why We Fight (Documentary Film; 2006)

Wuthering Heights, by Kate Bush (Song; 1978)

xXx: The Return of Xander Cage (Film; 2017)

Today’s Name Days

Fabianus, Sebastian, Ursula, Ute (Austria)

Efimir, Evtim, Evtimiya, Momchil (Bulgaria)

Fabijan, Sebastijan (Croatia)

Ilona (Czech Republic)

Fabian, Sebastian (Denmark)

Hendrika, Henna, Henni, Henriette, Jete (Estonia)

Sebastian (Finland)

Fabien, Sébastien (France)

Fabian, Paula, Sebastian, Ursula (Germany)

Evthymios, Fabianos, Thymios (Greece)

Fábián, Sebestyén (Hungary)

Fabiano, Sebastiano, Teodorico (Italy)

Algirts, Oļģerts (Latvia)

Daugvydas, Fabijonas, Sebastijonas (Lithuania)

Bastian, Fabian, Sebastian (Norway)

Dobiegniew, Fabian, Sebastian (Poland)

Eftimie (Romania)

Dalibor (Slovakia)

Enrique, Fabián, Sebastián (Spain)

Fabian, Sebastian (Sweden)

Fabia, Fabian, Fabiola, Sebastian, Sebastiana (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 20 of 2024; 346 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 6 of week 3 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Beth (Birch) [Day 26 of 28]

Chinese: Month 12 (Yi-Chou), Day 10 (Gui-Wei)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 10 Shevat 5784

Islamic: 9 Rajab 1445

J Cal: 20 White; Sixday [20 of 30]

Julian: 7 January 2024

Moon: 76%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 20 Moses (1st Month) [Mano-Capac]

Runic Half Month: Peorth (Womb, Dice Cup) [Day 11 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 31 of 89)

Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 30 of 31)

#calendar #Holidays

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Holidays 1.20

Holidays

Armed Forces Day (Mali)

Babin Den (Grandmother’s Day; Bulgaria)

Basketball Day

BBC Democracy Day (UK)

Bill Cosby Sweater Day

Camcorder Day

Camel Wrestling Day (Turkey)

Day of Deflvders of the Barricades (Barikāžu Aizstāvju Diena; Latvia)

Day of National Mourning (Azerbaijan)

Fiesta de las Corralejas (Sincelejo, Colombia)

Foundation Day (Rio de Janeiro, Argentina)

Guru Govind Singh Jayanti (India)

Heroes’ Day (Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau)

Inauguration Day (US) [@4 Years, unless a Sunday]

International Day of Acceptance

International Hat Day

Joe B. Hall Day (Kentucky)

Lao People’s Armed Forces (Laos)

Martyrs’ Day (Azerbaijan)

National Charlie Day

National Claudia Day

National Disc Jockey Day (a.k.a. DJ Day)

National 'Good Day' Day

National Judy Day

National Sebastian Day

Penguin Awareness Day

Petlyovden (Rooster Day; Bulgaria)

Severe Cold begins (Chinese Farmer’s Calendar)

Shima-Enaga No Hi (Japanese Long-Tailed Tit Day; Japan)

Spurge-Laurel Day (French Republic)

Stay Young Forever Day

Stop! Yield! Day

Take A Walk Outdoors Day

Tamborrada (Drum Festival; Spain)

Tell Them Day

Traffic Rules Day

Vendors Day (India)

What’s Going On Day (Michigan)

World Religions Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

National Buttercrunch Day

National Cheese Lover's Day

National Coffee Break Day

World Bigos Day (Poland)

3rd Saturday in January

Bald Eagle Appreciation Days begin [3rd Saturday]

Baltic Porter Day (Poland) [3rd Saturday]

Learn to Ski Day [3rd Saturday]

National Tulip Day (Netherlands) [3rd Saturday]

National Use Your Gift Card Day [3rd Saturday]

Polar Bear Jump & Ugly Fish Toss (Seward, Alaska) [begins 3rd Saturday]

Sight-Saving Sabbath Weekend [begins 3rd Saturday]

Soup Swap Day [3rd Saturday]

Independence & Related Days

Dictatorship of Alissia (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]

Empire of New Europe (Declared; 2009) [unrecognized]

Republic Day (Autonomous Republic of Crimea)

Sprinske Communist Republic (Declared; 2019) [unrecognized]

United Republic of Kwajalein (Declared; 2017) [unrecognized]

Festivals Beginning January 20, 2024

Aces & Ales Winter Beer Fest (Las Vegas, Nevada) [thru 1.21]

Atlanta Cask Ale Tasting (Atlanta, Georgia)

Bart Hall Boat Show (Pomona, California) [thru 1.22]

Carnival of Over (Over, Portugal) [thru 2.13]

Columbus Beerfest (Columbus, Ohio)

Denver Travel Show (Denver, Colorado) [thru 1.21]

Dhaka International Film Festival (Dhaka, Bangladesh) [thru 1.28]

Geneva Restaurant Week (Geneva, Illinois) [thru 1.28]

International Hot Air Balloon Festival of Château-d’Oex (Château-d’Oex, Switzerland) [thru 1.28]

SAVOR Food & Wine Festival (Tucson, Arizona)

Tamborrada Drum Festival (San Sebastián, Spain)

Feast Days

Abadios (Christian; Saint)

Armed Forces Day (Mali)

Baba Yaga Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Blessed Basil Moreau (Christian; Saint)

Clarice Cliff (Artology)

Corralejas Festival (Fiesta de las Corralejas; Colombia)

Cyprian Michael Irene Tansi (Christian; Saint)

Eustochia Smeralda Calafato (Christian; Saint)

Euthymius the Great (Christian; Saint)

Eve of Saint Agnes [Virgins]

Fabian (Roman Catholic; Saint)

Fechin (Christian; Saint)

Feralia: Day of Purification (Pagan)

Festival of Jubilation for Osiris (Egyptian God of Agriculture)

Hippolyte Bayard (Artology)

John the Baptist Day (Serbia)

Manchán of Lemanaghan (Christian; Saint)

Mano-Capac (Positivist; Saint)

Maria Cristina of the Immaculate Conception Brando (Christian)

Mark Ryden (Artology)

Marx Brothers Quote Day (Pastafarian)

Mr. Between (Muppetism)

Richard Rolle (Church of England)

Sacrifices to Athena (Ancient Greece)

Sebastian (Christian; Saint)

Stephen Min Kuk-ka (one of The Korean Martyrs)

Timket (Coptic Epiphany; Eritrea, Ethiopia)

Tiny Tim Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]

Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [6 of 57]

Premieres

Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story of Life (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1965)

The Artist (Film; 2012)

Awkwafina is Nora from Queens (TV Series; 2020)

Blood on the Tracks, by Bob Dylan (Album; 1975)

Born Free, by Joy Adamson (Novel; 1960)

Breaking Bad (TV Series; 2008)

Cat and Dupli-Cat (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1967)

Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes, by Jimmy Buffet (Album; 1977)

Dawson’s Creek (TV Series; 1998)

Duel Personality (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1966)

Ecstasy (Film; 1933)

The Fishing Bear, featuring Barney Bear (MGM Cartoon; 1940)

The Founder (Film; 2017)

A Fox in a Fix (WB MM Cartoon; 1951)

Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos (Animated Film; 2012)

High School Musical (TV Movie; 2006)

Homework, by Daft Punk (Album; 1997)

Leaf by Niggle, by J.R.R. Tolkien (Short Story; 1945)

Lion Around (Disney Cartoon; 1950)

Meet the Beatles!, by The Beatles (Album; 1964)

Murdoch Mysteries (TV Series; 2008)

Noble Beast, by Andrew Bird (Album; 2009)

Pyromania, by Def Leppard (Album; 1983)

Red Tails (Film; 2012)

The Red Turtle (Animated Film; 2017)

Tristram Shandy (Film; 2006)

Tuck Everlasting, by Natalie Babbitt (Novel; 1975)

Underworld: Awakening (Film; 2012)

Wet Hare (WB LT Cartoon; 1962)

What’s Going On, by Marvin Gaye (Song; 1971)

When You Finish Saving the World (Film; 2023)

Why We Fight (Documentary Film; 2006)

Wuthering Heights, by Kate Bush (Song; 1978)

xXx: The Return of Xander Cage (Film; 2017)

Today’s Name Days

Fabianus, Sebastian, Ursula, Ute (Austria)

Efimir, Evtim, Evtimiya, Momchil (Bulgaria)

Fabijan, Sebastijan (Croatia)

Ilona (Czech Republic)

Fabian, Sebastian (Denmark)

Hendrika, Henna, Henni, Henriette, Jete (Estonia)

Sebastian (Finland)

Fabien, Sébastien (France)

Fabian, Paula, Sebastian, Ursula (Germany)

Evthymios, Fabianos, Thymios (Greece)

Fábián, Sebestyén (Hungary)

Fabiano, Sebastiano, Teodorico (Italy)

Algirts, Oļģerts (Latvia)

Daugvydas, Fabijonas, Sebastijonas (Lithuania)

Bastian, Fabian, Sebastian (Norway)

Dobiegniew, Fabian, Sebastian (Poland)

Eftimie (Romania)

Dalibor (Slovakia)

Enrique, Fabián, Sebastián (Spain)

Fabian, Sebastian (Sweden)

Fabia, Fabian, Fabiola, Sebastian, Sebastiana (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 20 of 2024; 346 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 6 of week 3 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Beth (Birch) [Day 26 of 28]

Chinese: Month 12 (Yi-Chou), Day 10 (Gui-Wei)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 10 Shevat 5784

Islamic: 9 Rajab 1445

J Cal: 20 White; Sixday [20 of 30]

Julian: 7 January 2024

Moon: 76%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 20 Moses (1st Month) [Mano-Capac]

Runic Half Month: Peorth (Womb, Dice Cup) [Day 11 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 31 of 89)

Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 30 of 31)

#Holidays

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