In the late ’80s, David Letterman had a feature for a little while on his program featuring throwing things off of tall buildings. I only bring it up because my piece of crap computer, which is freezing up and ‘blue screening’ on a regular basis now is becoming a candidate for my own ‘throw it [...]

Pink Floyd’s The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is one of my favorite albums ever. It’s the very first album by Pink Floyd (or “The Pink Floyd” as they were known in 1967) and for those that only know the band for their much more famous 1970s work (like The Dark Side of the [...]

In my continuing series on who was the “MVB” (Most Valuable Beatle) for each album – I’ve made my way to their 9th album; 1967′s Magical Mystery Tour. Lennon won the first six (Please Please Me through Rubber Soul) and McCartney has won the last two (Revolver & Sgt. Pepper.) Before I continue let me [...]

Even after Paul McCartney’s victory for Revolver, John Lennon is still up 6 to 1 in my album by album series on who contributed more to each Beatles album; Lennon or McCartney? Next, The Beatles 8th, and most famous, album; 1967′s Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. 01. “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” – [...]

“Penny Lane” by The Beatles hit #1 on the US singles charts on March 18th of 1967. It was one half of arguably the greatest single released in rock history. The other side of the double A-side single was “Strawberry Fields Forever.” The song stayed at #1 for just one week before being knocked off [...]

The Supremes hit #1 on the US singles charts with “Love is Here and Now You’re Gone” on March 11th of 1967. It stayed at #1 for one week having knocked off The Rolling Stones’ “Ruby Tuesday.” In turn The Beatles “Penny Lane” took over the #1 spot the next week. It was The Supremes [...]

“Ruby Tuesday” was written by Keith Richards and recorded by The Rolling Stones in 1966. It hit #1 on the US singles charts on March 4th of 1967. It stayed at #1 for one week before being knocked off the top spot by “Love Is Here and Now You’re Gone” by The Supremes. The song [...]

Dave Matthews was born on January 9th of 1967 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Matthews moved all around the world as a child. At age two his family moved to Westchester County, New York. At the age of seven, they moved to CAmbride, England for one year before returning back to New York. At age 13 [...]

Scott Weiland was born as Scott Richard Kline on October 27th of 1967 in Santa Cruz, California. Weiland is most well known as lead singer for Stone Temple Pilots who have released five studio albums to date. Stone Temple Pilots first album was 1992′s Core and their most recent was 2001′s Shangri-La Dee Da. Core [...]

Filming began for The Beatles 3rd film, Magical Mystery Tour, on September 11th of 1967. The film was first shown on BBC in the UK on December 26, 1967 in black & white. It received very poor reviews at the time but has become something of a cult classic due to it’s weirdness and the [...]