#Released on: 1982-11-25

[nutzo0001]

official Love Trip YT release

[spoonbenders]

top five very specific game consoles

rubs my hands together like an evil fly. these are in no specific order i love them all equally. Below the cut because its long

vectrex console set (released november 1982) vector display based console with a built in CRT TV. early models were said to be very obnoxiously loud due to poor tube grounding. only had 28 games made for it. was killed decisively by the crash of 83 and later the advent of the gameboy.

2. super a'can (released october 1995) released only in taiwan and china and only has 12 games confirmed to have been released for it. based off of the motorola 9000 chip used for the sega genesis. the company that made it (funtech) lost over 6 million dollars because this was released around the same time as the playstation and n64. funtech had all development and production materials destroyed and the remaining consoles were sold for scrap parts.

3. terebikko / see n say videophone (1988 JP, 1989 US)

well obviously its shaped like a phone. how it was SUPPOSED to work was that you connect it to your TV's audio jack and throughout the interactive video you would receive "phone calls" from characters onscreen who would react differently and steer the game in different directions based on if you gave good or bad answers. fairly advanced for the time! only 25 games were ever released for it though

4. watara supervision (released 1992)

look at this freak. it sucks. BUT it had tilt controls which is more than could be said for the gameboy. could only play monochrome games from ROM and was a commercial failure due to having barely any games.

5. cybiko (released 2000)

a combination PDA and handheld console. could play games from PC download and had 430 games released (all of them free). the cybiko xtreme (a less colorful revision that failed to address several problems with the original) released and then 9/11 happened.

HONORABLE MENTION: vtech creativision (1982)

this thing is called Dick Smith Wizzard in australia and new zealand.

[breakodawnclub]

1 Billion4Thriller and The Thriller 40 Challenge 2!

1Billion4Thriller

If you have been on Twitter or Instagram during Sept and October, y'all know it's that time of year again! It's time to celebrate Michael Jackson's epic accomplishments with the best-selling album of all time—Thriller! And I don't care what anyone says, Thriller is the official Halloween song!

Okay, so as you all know by now, and if ya don't, you will soon, lol! The MJ Fam is attempting to get Michael Jackson's amazing short film, Thriller, to 1 Billion views! So, Please stream the short film on YouTube as much as you can, but please watch other videos in between so you're not exhibiting bot behavior and for your views to count. However, to make things easier, you can also watch the following playlist on the flyer below! Just scan the QR code, and you are taken to the pre-made playlist!

The Thriller Challenge 2 (Starts this Friday, October 20th, 2023)

With the monumental success of Michael Jackson’s Album, “Thriller,” being the best-selling album of all time, the actual single, Thriller, has never reached #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 Chart—and it’s by far that has changed! With the “Thriller Challenge 2,” MJ Fans the world over plan to get Michael Jackson’s single, Thriller, to #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 Chart! We attempted this last year (albeit Thriller placed decently), but it didn't make it to #1, which is why we need more fans to participate! We can do this! So, please Stream and buy the single Thriller (only the song and not the album) as much as you can. Please only buy and stream the official album version of the song, which is on the original 1982 release of Thriller, Thriller 40, and Thriller 25—this is very important as all other versions do not count towards the Billboard for our goal!

While streaming Thriller, please do not loop the song—play 2 to 3 different songs by the J5, The Jackson’s, 3T, or other artists of your liking so that the streams are counted properly. And make sure the volume on your app is turned up. We understand listening to Thriller (though we love the song) a million times might be challenging; you can, therefore, turn your device volume down or mute it—but not on your app. Please keep the volume on the app itself turned up! This goes for when streaming on YouTube as well. For more tips on how to properly stream, please check out the following video:

P.S. Here is a pre-made #ThrillerChallenge playlist of mine that you can stream to make things easier! This is one of the playlists I created and used when I hosted one of last year's many streaming parties hosted by myself and many other wonderful DJs. (P.S. I still like—and am a Mystery DJ, but I like sharing with y'all here! Lol!) https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2HNr81pCxDGEcD4mUi7yeO?si=a81f5cd5ab184df5

Lastly, please participate in some of the Thriller Streaming Parties on the StationHead App if you can (there'll be many)! It's a great way to jam out to MJ, Janet, and the Jackson Families' music while chatting with fellow MJ Fam if you would like! However, You do not have to chat! Just come in and listen to the music. The reason why these streaming parties are so important is because for every listener a DJ has for the party, it counts as a stream for Thriller! So, say if a DJ has 100 listeners, then that's 100 streams for Thriller! It's that easy—and the guesswork has been taken out of creating a playlist. All ya gotta do is sit back and listen to the music. In order to hear the music and the DJs on StationHead, you must have a premium Spotify or Apple Music account! If you don't have one, please search the internet. There are always free trials floating around (just make sure they are legit). When the challenge is over, you can always cancel your membership if you no longer want the service.

For a complete listing of all the Thriller Streaming parties, please follow @AndJustice4Some on the X app (formerly known as Twitter.)

On Saturday, October 21st, from 7:00 p.m. to 11:55 p.m., I'll be hosting a Thriller Streaming party on the StationHead App! Please attend if you can! It's such an honor to get the chance to host a streaming party for the Thriller Challenge.

Please note: The #1Billion4Thriller and #TheThrillerChallenge2 events are not created by me. I'm just doing my due diligence as an MJ Fam and as one of the DJs for the Thriller Challenge, helping to get the information out!

In closing, today, the artist Drake has officially tied Michael Jackson as the male solo artist with the most No. 1 songs in Billboard Hot 100 History. Now, I'm not here to diss Drake, but let us be for real: the music that's being made today is not classic like many of MJ's and other legendary artists hit records. When Michael was selling millions of albums, there was no streaming; people had to actually go to the store (and sometimes stand in long lines) to support their fave! And if you ask me, there should be some distinction between physical sales and today's streaming—these are two different eras—it's unfair to compare the two. Today, with streaming being a click away, social media influence, and such—it's easier for artists to break records. I could make this post longer, but I'll chill as I do have a lot to say about this—but I'll save that for another post. At this point, it's all laughable. It's a skewed numbers game, and artistry is no longer at the forefront. At the end of the day, Michael's music will continue to be played millions and millions of years from now because Michael poured his heart and soul into his art while battling so many things. That being said, I hope this provides some extra motivation for to stream Michael Jackson's Thriller. Let's make Michael #1!

Blessings,

Midnight💜🌛

[b4rk1ng-l0t]

TMC Timeline

I'm not including anything before Mark's birth. Aside from that, lmk if I'm missing anything or somethings wrong.

1974

July 24— Mark is born

?- Thatcher is most likely born this decade

1981

MandelaTech is formed, US Department of unforeseen temporal phenomena too

1982

95% increase in MAD cases

1988

January 18th— Adam is born in Mandela

March 7-- Jonah is born

?— Eve is most likely born

1989

?-- Sarah is born when Mark is 15

1990

Population: 19,867

June 8— Jude and Lynn married

1991

Population: 19,465

1992

Population: 14,763

April 4— Thatcher’s and Ruth’s promotion, Thatcher is in his twenties

April 18- Car passes through Mandela/Yonder border numerous times within 11 days

August 29— Jude and Lynn divorced

August 30— Pictures of window (exhibition)

September 13-15— Mark and Cesar. Mark died on the 15 (Sarah is 3)

September 14— Adam is tested at 4

September 21— Mark's body was discovered

?— Intruder Alert takes place. Alternate(?) Jude calls Ruth and Thatcher. Ruth is killed and Thatcher gets an alternate (N). 

?- Vol 5 takes place over the span of two-ish days. Jude joins the Midwestern Relocation Services to evacuate/start a new life. He talks with Dr. Williamson about his medication, Timoril. Alternate Thatcher swings by to ask about the TV. Jude later declines the vehicle picking him up much to Dr. Williamson's dismay. Jude then hallucinates a preacher-like alternate closing in on him.

1995

Population: 5,024

March— Newspeak issue ("Off duty mandela officers withhold information about alternate invasion")

2004

Population: 2,403

July 3— Post created for Mandela Meerkats vs Brighton Bunnies soccer game on the 21st (old Mandela police site leak)

July 24— Sarah recorded the message on mandelapolice.com

November 12— Post is created about Mandela’s population decrease (old Mandela police site leak)

2005

Population: 2,069

US Department of Temporal Phenomena releases "Know Your Enemy-A guide on alternate types as of 2005"

2006

Population: 1,786

June 11— Sarah advertises BPC

2007

Population: 1,687

July 10— Adam is added to BPC, and it becomes BPS! Adam makes the first entry in his diary

July 14— Adam shows Sarah the first piece of footage

July 15— Adam and Sarah watch the green hand video. Adam makes his next diary entry about this

July 17— Adam finds Jonah online

Population: 1,687

2008

Population: 1,347

June 24— Thatcher accepts Eve into department. (I'm not sure if this part is still canon to the series because it doesnt really line up with Vol 4 and Alex had taken the video down)

August 14— Adam's 3rd diary entry about sleep paralysis

2009

Population: 1,075

Soccer game video and Mymovie.mp4 (no longer canon)

(Winter break) Jan 10-13— Volume 2. Takes them a day to arrive.

Jan 13-- Jonah leaves and offs himself. Adam eventually leaves the house, and walks through snow until he finds the van

Past Jan 13— Sarah and Adam talk about Jonah

Jan 14- Dave's death at Gabriel Church (church Sarah and Mark went to) is reported on Channel 3. His death was around midnight. Nurses talk about him later in the evening.

Jan 15— Adam's 4th diary entry about waking up and hearing his screams from the van. It makes him feel bad

Jan ?- Adam goes all 'Preacher Mode' on Eve. Sarah eventually contacts her asking about him.

Jan 16- Thatcher drives out to Werksha at 1:57 and finds Adam in his home at 2:21. Adam starts screaming (and Thatcher does too from MAD). At 4, he drives him to the station and comforts questions him. Meanwhile, Sarah hacks into the security cameras and watches this go down.

(Last edit: June 25, 2024)

[piratewithvigor]

AEW Roster Organized By Age (& events, for context)

Source: Smackdown Hotel

Jan 3 1952 - Jim Ross

Feb 8 1952 - Elizabeth II crowned

May 30 1955 - Jake Roberts

Nov 3 1957 - Laika becomes first animal in space

Nov 7 1957 - Tony Schiavone

May 13 1958 - Velcro is patented

Sep 20 1958 - Arn Anderson

Mar 20 1959 - Sting

Jun 12 1963 - Jerry Lynn

Jul 1 1963 - ZIP codes are introduced in the US

Oct 13 1963 - Don Callis

Nov 11 1963 - Daddy Ass

Apr 14 1967 - Jeff Jarrett

May 9 1967 - Kevin Kelly

Oct 11 1967 - Taz

Dec 6 1967 - First successful heart transplant

May 10 1968 - William Regal

Oct 30 1968 - Luther

Apr 10 1969 - Dustin Rhodes

Jul 16 1969 - Apollo 11 lands the first people on the moon

Mar 24 1970 - Christopher Daniels

Nov 9 1970 - Chris Jericho

Dec 18 1970 - Rob Van Dam

Apr 3 1971 - Alex Marvez

Jun 12 1971 - Mark Henry

Feb 8 1972 - Paul Wight

Oct 12 1972 - Karen Jarrett

Nov 29 1972 - Atari releases Pong

Oct 30 1973 - Adam Copeland

Nov 30 1973 - Christian Cage

Jan 1 1974 - Jim Ross starts his career in wrestling

Sep 23 1974 - Matt Hardy

Oct 8 1975 - Michael Nakazawa

Jan 23 1976 - Nigel McGuinness

May 8 1976 - First roller coaster with a loop in it opens

Oct 4 1976 - Emi Sakura

Feb 28 1977 - Lance Archer

Aug 31 1977 - Jeff Hardy

Nov 9 1977 - Alex Abrahantes

Dec 12 1977 - The Butcher

Mar 17 1979 - Samoa Joe

Aug 1 1979 - Prince Nana

Oct 3 1979 - Johnny TV

Dec 29 1979 - Justin Roberts

May 6 1980 - Colt Cabana

Jun 2 1980 - The Blade

Jul 16 1980 - Excalibur

Nov 17 1980 - Mercedes Martinez

Dec 27 1980 - Claudio Castagnoli

Feb 19 1981 - Shawn Spears

May 22 1981 - Bryan Danielson

Aug 1 1981 - MTV debuts

Dec 12 1981 - Eddie Kingston

Apr 7 1982 - Sonjay Dutt

May 21 1982 - Kota Ibushi

Aug 3 1982 - Nyla Rose

Oct 10 1982 - Tony Khan

Dec 3 1982 - Jake Hager

Mar 1 1983 - Mark Sterling

Mar 19 1983 - Matt Sydal

Apr 1 1983 - Scorpio Sky

Jul 26 1983 - Roderick Strong

Oct 16 1983 - Kenny Omega

Dec 7 1983 - Matt Menard

Jan 26 1984 - JD Drake

Feb 2 1984 - Brian Cage

Feb 17 1984 - Jimmy Jacobs

Feb 23 1984 - Serpentico

Mar 20 1984 - Angelo Parker

May 4 1984 - Orange Cassidy

Jun 30 1984 - Dax Harwood

Jul 1 1984 - PG13 rating is invented

Sep 19 1984 - Renee Paquette

Nov 4 1984 - Ryan Nemeth

Nov 8 1984 - Keith Lee

Dec 26 1984 - Pat Buck

Dec 29 1984 - Anthony Henry

Jan 17 1985 - Mark Briscoe

Feb 13 1985 - Truth Magnum

Feb 26 1985 - Penta El Zero Miedo

Mar 13 1985 - Matt Jackson

Mar 19 1985 - Luchasaurus

Mar 20 1985 - Matt Taven

Mar 23 1985 - CJ

Mar 31 1985 - First Wrestlemania

May 16 1985 - Mike Bennett

May 19 1985 - Malakai Black

Apr 20 1985 - Jay Lethal

Jul 15 1985 - QT Marshall

Aug 6 1985 - Tony Nese

Sep 9 1985 - The Bunny

Dec 7 1985 - Jon Moxley

Dec 25 1985 - Miro

Jan 24 1986 - Vincent

Feb 5 1986 - Madison Rayne

Feb 19 1986 - Shawn Dean

Feb 21 1986 - The first Zelda game is released

Mar 2 1986 - Bishop Kaun

Mar 4 1986 - Dalton Castle

Apr 8 1986 - Big Bill

Apr 22 1986 - Chuck Taylor

Jun 15 1986 - Cezar Bononi

Jun 29 1986 - Serena Deeb

Jul 22 1986 - Thunder Rosa

Aug 21 1986 - Pac

Oct 22 1986 - Taya Valkyrie

Jan 13 1987 - Ian Riccaboni

Feb 4 1987 - Aaron Solo

Mar 1 1987 - Kyle O'Reilly

Mar 7 1987 - Angelico

Mar 10 1987 - Alex Reynolds

Mar 17 1987 - Brody King

Mar 30 1987 - Trent Beretta

May 17 1987 - Cash Wheeler

Apr 21 1987 - Dutch

Jun 18 1987 - Brandon Cutler

Jul 20 1987 - Evil Uno

Sep 5 1987 - AR Fox

Jan 19 1988 - Wardlow

Mar 20 1988 - Josh Woods

Apr 14 1988 - Marina Shafir

Apr 17 1988 - Dasha Gonzalez

Jun 11 1988 - Hikaru Shida

Jul 18 1988 - RJ City

Aug 23 1988 - Metalik

Aug 28 1988 - EJ Nduka

Aug 31 1988 - Athena

Sep 26 1988 - Buddy Matthews

Sep 29 1988 - Rush

Nov 24 1988 - Anthony Ogogo

Jan 25 1989 - Stu Grayson

Apr 10 1989 - Juice Robinson

Apr 11 1989 - Ari Daivari

Jun 14 1989 - Peter Avalon

Jul 5 1989 - Adam Cole

Jul 27 1989 - Nick Jackson

Jul 31 1989 - Max Caster

Sep 20 1989 - Ethan Page

Nov 3 1989 - Andrade El Idolo

Dec 17 1989 - The Simpsons premiers

Aug 17 1990 - Danhausen

Aug 20 1990 - Mark Davis

Sep 30 1990 - Swerve Strickland

Nov 12 1990 - Stokely Hathaway

Dec 18 1990 - Anthony Bowens

Dec 30 1990 - Rey Fenix

Jan 9 1991 - Ruby Soho

Jan 23 1991 - Powerhouse Hobbs

Jan 30 1991 - Toa Liona

Feb 4 1991 - Mike Santana

Apr 22 1991 - Nick Comoroto

Apr 23 1991 - Dr Britt Baker DMD

May 18 1991 - Colten Gunn

Jun 4 1991 - John Silver

Jul 14 1991 - Diamante

Jul 21 1991 - Adam Page

Aug 23 1991 - World Wide Web starts up

Sep 27 1991 - Ortiz

Nov 22 1991 - Brandon

Nov 22 1991 - Brent

Jan 15 1992 - Preston Vance

Apr 7 1992 - Abadon

May 19 1992 - Kip Sabian

Jun 3 1992 - Red Velvet

Aug 17 1992 - Saraya

Sep 14 1992 - Penelope Ford

Sep 15 1992 - Dralistico

Oct 9 1992 - Jay White

Dec 27 1992 - Yuka Sakazaki

Jan 7 1993 - Darby Allin

Jul 28 1993 - Sammy Guevara

Jan 25 1994 - Willow Nightingale

Feb 21 1994 - Ricky Starks

Mar 26 1994 - Paige Vanzant

Apr 12 1994 - Marq Quen

Jun 6 1994 - Lee Moriarty

Aug 26 1994 - Austin Gunn

Sep 16 1994 - Kiera Hogan

Apr 17 1995 - Bandido

Apr 23 1995 - Jamie Hayter

May 29 1995 - Konosuka Takeshita

Jun 6 1995 - Tay Melo

Aug 7 1995 - Kris Statlander

Oct 19 1995 - Toni Storm

Nov 13 1995 - Boulder

Nov 13 1995 - Bronson

Nov 22 1995 - Toy Story is released

Dec 10 1995 - Satnam Singh

Mar 15 1996 - MJF

Aug 11 1996 - Lexy Nair

Oct 26 1996 - Wheeler Yuta

Apr 29 1997 - El Hijo Del Vikingo

Jun 4 1997 - Riho

Jun 15 1997 - Jack Perry

Jul 10 1997 - Isiah Kassidy

Oct 27 1997 - Leyla Hirsch

Dec 13 1997 - Lee Johnson

Mar 9 1998 - Parker Boudreaux

Jul 15 1998 - Anna Jay

Aug 4 1998 - Mariah May

Sep 7 1998 - Daniel Garcia

Dec 15 1998 - Komander

Dec 24 1998 - Kyle Fletcher

May 4 1999 - Hook

Sep 20 1999 - Darius Martin

Oct 2 1999 - Skye Blue

Mar 3 2001 - Dante Martin

Mar 23 2001 - WWF buys WCW

Nov 8 2001 - Julia Hart

Oct 13 2004 - Billie Starkz

Jul 10 2005 - Nick Wayne

Jan 17 2012 - Negative One

[fuckyeahvanhalen86-95]

Counting down the songs Van Halen has played the most in concert offers an interesting perspective on the band's two distinct main eras.

Songs from the band's early years with original singer David Lee Roth dominate the ranking. But Sammy Hagar earns more spots than you might expect, sometimes even with songs that come from his solo career. Even Gary Cherone's brief time in the band affected how high certain songs wind up on the chart.

Seventeen of the 25 songs Van Halen have performed most frequently are taken from the six albums they recorded with Roth between 1978 and 1984, including 14 originals and three covers. Another five come from the four records they released with Hagar over the next 10 years; three more were drawn from Hagar's solo career.

Unsurprisingly, nothing from 1998's Van Halen III, the band's only album with third singer Cherone, made the list. But the 86 shows he played with the band add an extra and occasionally unexpected boost to the totals for several Roth- and Hagar-era songs. Set lists from the Hagar years had even more impact on the fate of several Roth songs. You'd expect Van Halen's lone No. 1 single "Jump" to be the most played song from the band's 1984 album, but Hagar's early and continued support of "Panama" flips that race on its head.

The song counts are courtesy of Setlist.fm and represent Van Halen's live appearances through their 2015 North American tour. Guitar, bass and drum solos are not included in the ranking unless they boast an actual song title.

25. "I Can't Drive 55" (304)

Sammy Hagar's career-defining anthem "I Can't Drive 55" was barely a year old when he joined Van Halen. The song's momentum and popularity could not be denied, so Van Halen kept it in their set lists throughout Hagar's original decade-long tenure with the group, though it was left behind when he came back for an ill-fated reunion tour in 2004.

24 (Tie). "Little Guitars" (310)

One of only a handful of new original songs on 1982's hastily assembled 'Diver Down,' "Little Guitars" has raced up this chart in the 2000s. The 2007 return of Roth brought the unexpectedly sincere and sweet track back into the show, where it has remained for two of their three new-century tours.

24 (Tie). "Feel Your Love Tonight" (310)

Seven of the 11 songs on Van Halen's 1978 debut album have earned a spot on this list, and if Eddie Van Halen's guitar solo "Eruption" was credited as a stand-alone track, that number would be eight. The importance of Michael Anthony's background vocals are on full display here, as he punctuates every one of Roth's verses and serves as a near-equal partner on the choruses.

22. "Dreams" (313)

The second single from 1986's '5150' is the first of five songs from the "Van Hagar" era to appear on this list. Depending on your perspective, this is also either the textbook example of a song that could not or would not happened if Roth had remained in the band. Hagar's fans will contend that Roth could never hit those soaring high notes so smoothly, while Roth's fans would counter by asking exactly why the world's greatest hard-rock guitarist wanted to pretend he was the keyboard player in Journey.

21. "Eagles Fly" (328)

In order to break his recording contract and join Van Halen, Hagar had to promise to make one more album for his record label. Because his bandmates already took extended bass, drum and guitar showcases every night, Hagar would instead perform an acoustic version of this song from that farewell album as his solo spotlight.

20. "Bottoms Up!" (331)

Frequently used as the encore number on Van Halen's 1978 tour, "Bottoms Up!" is one of three songs from 'Van Halen II' to make this list. That ties the album in second place alongside '5150.' They stand just ahead of "Women and Children First," "1984" and "Diver Down," which each place two songs on this list.

19. "Oh, Pretty Woman" (341)

After releasing four albums in as many years, and touring all over the world practically every second in between, Van Halen wanted a break. So, they agreed to record a stand-alone cover of Roy Orbison's "Oh, Pretty Woman" to get their label off their back for a few months. The plan backfired when the song became an unexpected big hit and the label forced the band to quickly assemble a corresponding album. Frustrated by this loss of control, Eddie Van Halen built a recording studio at his house and vowed to fail or succeed with his own material from that point on. This move yielded the band's next big step forward with the '1984' album, but it also kicked off a turf war that contributed to Roth's departure.

18. "Right Now" (345)

After releasing three increasingly keyboard-heavy albums to close out the '80s, Van Halen went back to basic hard-rock guitar on 1991's 'For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge' ... with one exception. The album's big hit single was a piano-based anthem, made even more popular by an innovative, text-heavy video. While the group had previously performed the keyboards live on songs like "Jump" and "Love Walks In," they performed "Right Now" with the help of backing tapes, to allow Eddie Van Halen to focus on his guitar parts.

17. "There's Only One Way to Rock" (387)

Hagar's 1982 solo celebration of all things "rawk" earned itself more Van Halen stage time than "I Can't Drive 55" by serving as the home for a nightly guitar duel between himself and Eddie Van Halen. You might picture Hagar putting on a Washington Generals jersey before each match, but Van Halen was always quick to praise his bandmate's playing. "He gets the point across very well," he said of Hagar in a 1987 'Guitar World' interview. "He's a soulful player."

16. "When It's Love" (388)

The only entry on this list from 1988's 'OU812' may also be Van Halen's most traditional power ballad, right down to the ending "nah nah nah"s. It was the second biggest chart hit of the "Van Hagar" era, receiving an extra boost on this list by being performed nightly on the band's only tour with their third singer, Gary Cherone.

15. "On Fire" (404)

It's not accurate to say vocals are incidental on the closing track from 'Van Halen,' but it's fair to say they're mostly along for the ride. The song exists primarily as a showcase for Eddie Van Halen's arsenal of guitar tricks. It was used as the opening number for the group's 180-show tour in support of the debut album and remained in the set list throughout David Lee Roth's original tenure in Van Halen.

14. "Best of Both Worlds" (428)

This song was the emotional and creative centerpiece of Van Halen's first album with Sammy Hagar and was accordingly performed on every one of this lineup's tours, except for the 1995 run in support of what would become the breakup album, 'Balance.'

13. "Romeo Delight" (483)

"He saws his guitars in pieces and glues them back together and gets these strange sounds out of them," David Lee Roth said of Eddie Van Halen's creative methods in a 1980 interview with 'Rock Stars' magazine. "Romeo Delight" sounds like the result of one particularly inspired round of experiments and served as the band's opening number on both the 1980 World Invasion and 1982-83 Hide Your Sheep tours.

12. "Somebody Get Me a Doctor" (555)

Van Halen built a wealth of original material during their years of performing in Los Angeles clubs before securing a record deal. "Somebody Get Me a Doctor" appeared on both the 1976 demo they recorded with assistance from Gene Simmons and the 25-song tape they made with producer Ted Templeman. Before the song appeared on 'Van Halen II,' the group would occasionally preview it for audiences on the 10-month world tour mounted in support of the 1978 debut LP.

11. "Everybody Wants Some!!" (571)

After burning through the best of their backlog of original songs on their first two albums, Van Halen proved they could also turn around new material quickly, releasing 'Women and Children First' just five months after their 1979 tour ended. This song's tribal-drum introduction and spoken interludes made it a live favorite. Hagar and Cherone never went near it, but it's been featured on every tour with Roth, including the three they've taken since his return in 2007.

10. "Why Can't This Be Love?" (585)

This was the first Sammy Hagar-fronted song Van Halen shared with the world. It was a resounding hit, peaking at No. 3, below only "Jump" in the band's singles chart history. They've played it on every tour with Hagar, as well as on their 1998 shows with Cherone. Roth has never performed a "Van Hagar" song live with Van Halen, though in the group's early days, it covered "Make It Last' by the Hagar-fronted Montrose.

9. "Ice Cream Man" (604)

After "Ice Cream Man" appeared on their debut album, Van Halen's cover of Chicago blues guitarist John Brim's song has become one of the most dependable parts of any Roth-fronted show. Like Hagar's "Eagles Fly," it serves as Diamond Dave's solo showcase each night. Roth plays acoustic guitar and tells stories over an extended version of the song's opening section before being joined by his bandmates for the electric finale.

8. "Dance the Night Away" (606)

The only song written in the studio for 'Van Halen II' became the band's first Top 20 hit. It stayed in their set list until being dropped for the 1984 tour, reemerged with Cherone in 1998 and returned for all reunion tours with Roth.

7. "Jamie's Cryin'" (612)

Long before it was sampled for Tone Loc's 1989 mega-hit "Wild Thing," "Jamie's Cryin'" was one of Van Halen's most popular songs, appearing on their debut LP and on the tours in support of the band's next five albums. It vanished during the Hagar and Cherone years but returned for two of the reunion treks with Roth.

6. "Unchained" (679)

Many of the songs on this list got a four-tour head start. Still, the most popular live cut from 1981's 'Fair Warning' has made some serious gains. In addition to appearing at every Roth-fronted show since its debut, it was featured as the opening song on the Cherone-fronted III tour. Even Hagar sang a version on Van Halen's 80-date 2004 summer tour.

5. "Jump" (680)

Hagar tried to avoid singing his predecessor's biggest hit on his first tour with Van Halen. After he spent early shows on the 5150 run recruiting audience members to take lead vocals on "Jump" for him, the band dropped the song from its set. Hagar handled the singing when the band brought the song back for 1991's 'For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge' tour, and it hasn't left their shows since.

4. "Runnin' With the Devil" (816)

In addition to being a staple at each Roth show, the opening track from Van Halen's debut album got some stage time during the Hagar years: He sang it on the OU812 and 2004 runs. On the latter tour, bassist Michael Anthony would sometimes take over lead-vocal duties. Even after leaving Van Halen, Hagar and Anthony have occasionally performed the song together at Hagar's solo shows.

3. "Panama" (860)

Like "Jump" before it, '1984''s "Panama" overcame a relatively late start by earning unanimous support from all three Van Halen singers. Hagar started performing it at his first show with the band, though, as far as we know, neither he nor Cherone ever swung across the stage with a boombox in his hand while doing so.

1 (Tie). "You Really Got Me" (1224)

Although Eddie Van Halen told 'Guitar World' "it bummed me out" that his label chose a cover as Van Halen's first-ever single, the group certainly didn't hold anything against the Kinks classic when it came time to perform the song live. It has appeared on every Roth and Hagar tour, serving as the opening number on the band's 2007-08 reunion shows with Roth.

1 (Tie). "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love" (1224)

One of only two Roth-era originals (along with "Panama") that earned a permanent spot onstage in both the early Hagar years and on the Cherone tour, "Ain't Talkin' Bout Love" is described by longtime producer Ted Templeman as "the perfect rock song, in a way. The guitar part is timeless. You can't get a better riff, Roth's lyrics about disease and standing on the edge are so good." Hagar would live on the edge during performances of the song on the 5150 tour, singing it while dangling high above the crowd on the scaffolding above the stage, as seen in the 'Live Without a Net' home video.

[thecrimecrypt]

Crimes That Shocked Britain (Edinburgh)

Child Killer Robert Black On 8 July 1988, Caroline Hogg, 5, was playing at the fairground on Portobello Promenade. Only, after riding the carousel, the little girl disappeared. Playmates had spotted her walking away with a 'scruffy' man who had paid the 15p for her carousel turn. Ten days later, her naked body was found in a Leicestershire ditch.

Susan Maxwell, 11, had been killed in similar circumstances a year earlier. Police linked the cases and in 1990, they got a breakthrough.

Delivery driver, Robert Black was caught with a 6-year-old in his van in a Scottish borders village. Detectives then spent four years piecing together his past movements.

It turned out that the day Caroline vanished, Black had been delivering posters nearby. In 1994, Black was jailed for life for the abduction and murder of Caroline, Susan, and Sarah Harper, 10, in 1986.

In 2011, he was convicted of the 1981 sexual assault and murder of nine-year-old Jennifer Cardy. Police suspected that he'd actually murdered many more, but they will never know for sure. Black died at the age of 68 behind bars in January 2016.

Burke and Hare Irishmen William Burke and William Hare met in 1827 when Burke moved into Hare's Edinburgh boarding house. On 25 November 1827, an elderly lodger died owing Hare £4. Burke and Hare stole his body and sold it to anatomist Dr Robert Knox st the Royal College of Surgeons.

In early 1828, another lodger was dying of a fever. The men smothered him, selling his corpse to Dr Knox for £10. Burke and Hare murdered 16 people over the following year, selling their corpses.

The body of their final victim, Mrs. Docherty, was discovered before Burke and Hare sold it. In court, Hare blamed Burke, in return for his freedom. Burke was hanged in January 1829. Hare fled Scotland and Knox was cleared.

Murder of Suzanne Pilley On 4 May 2010, Suzanne Pilley, 38, vanished while making her way to work in Thistle Street, Edinburgh.

A murder inquiry was launched police suspected Suzanne's ex-lover and colleague David Gilroy, Suzanne had recently ended their affair. Officers believed jealous Gilroy lured her into the office's underground car park as she arrived for work, then dumped her body in the countryside.

In June 2010, Gilroy was charged with murder, later convicted, and jailed for life. In 2012, his appeal against the sentencing was rejected. Despite searches, including an area near Loch Long, Suzanne's body has never been found.

Donald Forbes In 1958, Donald 'Ginger' Forbes was sentenced to death for murder. He'd bludgeoned nightwatchman Alan Fisher, 66, to death while robbing a fishing factory.

Only, public letters of support for Forbes poured in, and his sentence was reduced to life. He was released in May 1970. Weeks later, he stabbed ex-soldier Charles Gilroy, 27, to death during a pub brawl.

With the death penalty now outlawed, Forbes was convicted of murder, sentenced to life again. He was released in 1998, only to be jailed for 12 years in 2003 for running a cocaine and cannabis factory. Forbes, 73, died in 2008, handcuffed to a hospital bed.

World's End Murders In October 1977, Helen Scott and Christine Eadie, both 17, were raped and killed after a night at Edinburgh's World's End pub. For decades, the case went cold - until a forensic review found a DNA profile, matching Angus Sinclair.

Sinclair had been serving life since 1982 for raping and indecently assaulting 11 girls. He'd received another life sentence in 2001, after DNA matched him to the 1978 murder of Mary Gallacher.

In 2007, he stood trial accused of murdering Helen and Christine, with his late brother-in-law Gordon Hamilton, who'd died in 1996. The case collapsed, Sinclair was acquitted. However, in November 2014, Sinclair was re-tried, finally convicted, and jailed for life.

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

FROM THE LAND OF COWS & BEER: MILWAUKEE HARDCORE '82.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on "Cows and Beer," the six-song debut 7" vinyl EP by then Milwaukee hardcore punk band DIE KRUEZEN, released in 1982 under the Version Sound label.

TRACKLIST:

1A.) "Hate Me" - 0:46

2A.) "Pain" - 1:04

3A.) "Enemies" - 0:56

4B.) "In School"- 1:25

5B.) "Think for Me"- 1:37

6B.) "Don't Say Please" - 1:00

MINI-OVERVIEW: "Recorded in a few hours on September 11, 1982 at a recording studio deep in Milwaukee's south side. The result would be 6 songs that would help redefine the intensity and standard of this newly forming off shot of punk known as hardcore. Some even say this record is the paving way for another offshoot of punk that would rear its head some years latter and become known as thrash!"

-- BEER CITY RECORDS (Milwaukee, Wisconsin record label)

Sources: www.tumblr.com/mainthreat & https://store.beercity.com.

[radiomaxmusic]

Feature LP / The Who - It's Hard (1982) / 12am ET / 9-25-24

It’s Hard is the tenth studio album by English rock band the Who. Released in September 1982, it was the final Who album to feature bassist John Entwistle, who died in 2002. It was also the second and final Who studio album with drummer Kenney Jones, as well as the last to be released on Warner Bros. Records in the US. It was released on Polydor Records in the UK, peaking at No. 11, and on Warner…

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 9.11 (after 1970)

1970 – The Dawson's Field hijackers release 88 of their hostages. The remaining hostages, mostly Jews and Israeli citizens, are held until September 25. 1971 – The Egyptian Constitution becomes official. 1972 – The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system begins passenger service. 1973 – A coup in Chile, headed by General Augusto Pinochet, topples the democratically elected president Salvador Allende. 1973 – JAT Airways Flight 769 crashes into the Maganik mountain range while on approach to Titograd Airport, killing 35 passengers and six crew. 1974 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crashes in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing 69 passengers and two crew. 1976 – A bomb planted by a Croatian terrorist, Zvonko Bušić, is found at New York's Grand Central Terminal; one NYPD officer is killed trying to defuse it. 1980 – A new constitution of Chile is established under the influence of then Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, which is subject to controversy in Chile today. 1982 – The international forces that were guaranteeing the safety of Palestinian refugees following Israel's 1982 Invasion of Lebanon leave Beirut. Five days later, several thousand refugees are massacred in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps by Phalange forces. 1989 – Hungary announces that the East German refugees who had been housed in temporary camps were free to leave for West Germany. 1990 – A Faucett Boeing 727 disappears in the Atlantic Ocean while being flown from Malta to Peru. 1991 – Continental Express Flight 2574 crashes in Colorado County, Texas, near Eagle Lake, killing 11 passengers and three crew. 1997 – NASA's Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars. 1997 – Kurkse tragedy: Fourteen Estonian soldiers of the Baltic Battalion are drowned or die of hypothermia during a training exercise in the Kurkse Strait. 1997 – After a nationwide referendum, Scotland votes to establish a devolved parliament within the United Kingdom. 2001 – The September 11 attacks, a series of coordinated terrorist attacks killing 2,977 people using four aircraft hijacked by 19 members of al-Qaeda. Two aircraft crash into the World Trade Center in New York City, a third crashes into The Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, and a fourth into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. 2007 – Russia tests the largest conventional weapon ever, the Father of All Bombs. 2008 – A major Channel Tunnel fire breaks out on a freight train, resulting in the closure of part of the tunnel for six months. 2011 – A dedication ceremony is held at the United States National September 11 Memorial on the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks in New York City, and the memorial opens to family members. 2012 – A total of 315 people are killed in two garment factory fires in Pakistan. 2012 – The U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya is attacked, resulting in four deaths. 2015 – A crane collapses onto the Masjid al-Haram mosque in Saudi Arabia, killing 111 people and injuring 394 others. 2023 – The Libyan city of Derna experiences catastrophic floods after Storm Daniel causes two dams to collapse, killing over 11,300 people.

[felicityhicklingviscomlvl6]

mp – poisoners.

from the list of female serial killers I collected that are poisoners and categorised into their archetypes.

in total I got 15 angels of death, 15 black widows, and 19 other's that weren’t labelled. in other a lot happened to include parricide which is the killing of parents and relatives.

angels of death: 15

beverley gail allitt "angel of death" dob: october 4, 1968 characteristics: nurse suffering from the mental illness – munchausen's syndrome by proxy victims: 4 murders: february – april 1991 method: poisoning (insulin - lignocaine) arrested: november 1991location: lincolnshire, england, uk status: sentenced to 13 concurrent terms of life imprisonment on May 28, 1993 [https://murderpedia.org/female.A/a/allitt-beverley.htm]

timea faludi "black angel" dob: 1977 characteristics: nurse – murders "for mercy" victims: 30+ murders: may 2000 – february 2001 method: poison [lethal injection] arrested: february 19, 2001 location: budapest, hungary status: sentenced to 9 years in prison on december 2, 2002 [https://murderpedia.org/female.F/f/faludi-timea.htm]

kristen gilbert dob: november 13, 1967 characteristics: nurse victims: 4+ murders: 1995 – 1996 method: poison [overdoses of epinephrine] arrested: july 11, 1967 location: northampton, hampshire county, massachusetts, usa status: sentenced to four consecutive life terms without the possibility of parole, plus 20 years on march 27, 2001 [https://murderpedia.org/female.G/g/gilbert-kristen.htm]

gesche margarethe gottfried "the angel of bremen" dob: march 6, 1785 characteristics: poisoner victims: 15 murders: 1813 – 1827 method: poison [arsenic] arrested: march 6, 1928

location: bremen/hanover, germany status: executed by guillotine on april 21, 1831. she was the last person to be publicly executed in the city of bremen [https://murderpedia.org/female.G/g/gottfried-gesche.htm]

gwendolyn graham dob: august 6, 1963 characteristics: nurse's aide – killed patients in a lover's pact with another woman victims: 5 murders: january – april 1987 method: smothering arrested: december 1988 location: kent county, michigan, usa status: sentenced to life in prison without parole on november 3, 1989 [https://murderpedia.org/female.G/g/graham-gwendolyn.htm]

vickie dawn jackson "angel of death" dob: 1966 characteristics: angel of death – carer? victims: 10+ murders: 2000 – 2001 method: poisoning [mivacurium chloride] arrested: february 2001 location: nocona, montague county, texas, usa status: pleaded no contest. sentenced to life in prison on october 5, 2006 [https://murderpedia.org/female.J/j/jackson-vickie-dawn.htm]

genene anne jones dob: july 13, 1950 characteristics: nurse victims: 11+ murders: 1977 – 1982 method: poison [digoxin, heparin, and succinylcholine] arrested: november 21, 1982 location: san antonio, texas, usa status: sentenced to 99 years in prison on february 15, 1984. sentenced to a concurrent term of 60 years in prison on october 24, 1984 [https://murderpedia.org/female.J/j/jones-genene.htm]

christine malèvre "madonna of euthanasia" dob: 1970 characteristics: "angel of death" – helped 30 terminally ill patients to die victims: 6 – 30+ murders: 1997 – 1998 method: poisoning [morphine and potassium] arrested: july 25, 1998 location: paris, france status: sentenced to 10 years in prison on january 30, 2003. sentenced to 12 years in prison in appeal on october 15, 2003. released in 2007 [https://murderpedia.org/female.M/m/malevre-christine.htm]

marianne nölle dob: 1938 characteristics: nurse, poisoner victims: 7+ murders: 1984 – 1992 method: poison [truxal] arrested: -- location: cologne, north rhine-westphalia, germany status: sentenced to life imprisonment in 1993 [https://murderpedia.org/female.N/n/nolle-marianne.htm]

aino nykopp–koski dob: 1950 characteristics: nurse, poisoner victims: 5 murders: 2004 – 2005 method: poison [overdoses of sedatives and opiates] arrested: march 2009 location: finland status: sentenced to life in prison [minimum of 12 years before likely pardon] on December 21, 2010 [https://murderpedia.org/female.N/n/nykopp-koski-aino.htm]

kimberly clark saenz dob: 1974 characteristics: nurse and poisoner ["bleach killings"] victims: 5 murders: january – april 2008 method: poisoning [injected bloodstreams with bleach] arrested: april 1, 2009 location: lufkin, texas, usa status: sentenced to life imprisonment with no eligibility for parole on april 2, 2012 [https://murderpedia.org/female.S/s/saenz-kimberly.htm]

felícitas sánchez aguillón "the ogress of colonia roma" dob: 1890 characteristics: nurse, midwife, and baby farmer victims: 40 – 50 murders: 1930 – 1941 method: poison or strangulation arrested: april 11, 1941 location: mexico city, mexico status: committed suicide by medication overdose before she was tried on july 16, 1941 [https://murderpedia.org/female.S/s/sanchez-felicitas.htm]

antoinette scieri "nurse scieri" dob: 1890 characteristics: poisoner victims: 6 – 12+ murders: 1924 – 1925 method: poison [herbicide pyralion] arrested: -- location: st. gilles, gard department, france status: sentenced to death on april 27, 1926. commuted to life in prison [https://murderpedia.org/female.S/s/scieri-antoinette.htm]

waltraud wagner "lainz angels of death" dob: 1960 characteristics: poisoner, nurse, "death angel" victims: 15+ murders: 1983 – 1989 method: poison [morphine overdoses] arrested: april 7, 1989 location: vienna, austria status: convicted of 15 murders, 17 attempts, and 2 counts of assault. sentenced to life in prison in march 1991. released in august 2008 [https://murderpedia.org/female.W/w/wagner-waltraud.htm]

elisabeth wiese "the angel-maker of st.pauli" dob: july 1, 1853 characteristics: child killer victims: 5 murders: 1902 – 1903 method: poison [morphine] and drowning arrested: september 1903 location: hamburg, germany status: executed by guillotine on february 2, 1905 [https://murderpedia.org/female.W/w/wiese-elisabeth.htm]

black widows: 15

lyda catherine ambrose dob: 1891 characteristics: "black widow" – to collect insurance money victims: 5 murders: 1917 – 1920 method: poison [arsenic] arrested:december 1920 location: missouri/idaho, usa status: sentenced to life imprisonment. escaped from the idaho state prison on may 4, 1931. recaptured in kansas city in 1932. died in prison. [https://murderpedia.org/female.A/a/ambrose-lyda.htm]

lyda catherine ambrose dob: 1891 characteristics: "black widow" – to collect insurance money victims: 5 murders: 1917 – 1920 method: poison [arsenic] arrested:december 1920 location: missouri/idaho, usa status: sentenced to life imprisonment. escaped from the idaho state prison on may 4, 1931. recaptured in kansas city in 1932. died in prison. [https://murderpedia.org/female.A/a/ambrose-lyda.htm]

elfriede blauensteiner "the black widow" dob: january 22, 1931 characteristics: poisoner, obsessive gambler – to fuel her expensive addiction victims: 3 – 5+ murders: 1981 – 1995 method: poison [euglucon] arrested: january 1996 location: vienna, austria status: sentenced to life in prison in 1997 and 2001. died on november 18, 2003 [https://murderpedia.org/female.B/b/blauensteiner.htm]

judias anna buenooano "the black widow" dob: april 4, 1943 characteristics: poisoner – to collect insurance money victims: 3 murders: 1971 – 1980 method: poison [arsenic] and drowning arrested: january 11, 1984 location: florida/colorado, usa status: executed by electrocution in florida on march 30, 1998 [https://murderpedia.org/female.B/b/buenoano-judy.htm]

mary ann cotton "mary ann cotton, dead and forgotten she lies in her bed, with her eyes wide open sing, sing, oh, what can I sing, mary ann cotton is tied up with string where, where? up in the air sellin’ black puddens a penny a pair" dob: october 1, 1832 characteristics: poisoner – to collect insurance money. victims: 1 – 21+ murders: 1857 – 1872 method: poison arrested: 1873 location: north east england, uk status: executed by hanging in Durham prison on march 24, 1873 [https://murderpedia.org/female.C/c/cotton-mary-ann.htm]

anna cunningham dob: 1873 characteristics: parricide, poisoner – to collect insurance money victims: 5 murders: 1918 – 1922 arrested: april 11, 1925 method: poison [arsenic] location: lake county, indiana, usa status: sentenced to life in prison without parole on one count in 1925 [https://murderpedia.org/female.C/c/cunningham-anna.htm]

daisy louisa de melker dob: june 1, 1886 characteristics: poisoner, parricide – to collect insurance money victims: 3 murders: 1923– 1932 arrested: april 11, 1932 method: poison [arsenic and strychnine] location: germiston, gauteng, south africa status: executed by hanging at pretoria central prison on december 30, 1932 [https://murderpedia.org/female.D/d/de-melker-daisy.htm]

nannie doss "the giggling grandma" dob: november 4, 1905 characteristics: poisoner – to collect insurance money victims: 8 – 11 murders: 1920s– 1954 arrested: april 1954 method: poison [arsenic] location: alabama/north carolina/kansas/oklahoma, usa status:pPleaded guilty on may 17, 1955, and was sentenced to life imprisonment. died of leukemia in the hospital ward of the oklahoma state penitentiary on june 2, 1965 [https://murderpedia.org/female.D/d/doss-nannie.htm]

belle sorenson gunness dob: november 11, 1859 characteristics: collecting life insurance, cash, and valuables victims: 13 – 42 murders: 1880s – 1908 method: poison [strychnine], bludgeoning arrested: -- location: illinois/indiana, usa status: she was never tracked down and her death has never been confirmed. [https://murderpedia.org/female.G/g/gunness-belle.htm]

anjette donovan lyles dob: august 23, 1925 characteristics: poisoner [to collect insurance money] victims: 4 murders: 1952 – 1958 method: poisoning [arsenic] arrested: may 6, 1958 location: macon, bibb county, georgia, usa status: sentenced to death in 1958. the board of pardons and paroles commuted her death sentence, and lyles was sent to the state hospital for the insane in milledgeville. died on december 4, 1977 [https://murderpedia.org/female.L/l/lyles-anjette.htm]

martha marek dob: 1904 characteristics: poisoner [to collect insurance money and inherit] victims: 4 murders: 1932 – 1937 method: poisoning [thallium] arrested: 1938 location: vienna, austria status: executed by guillotine in vienna on december 6, 1938 [https://murderpedia.org/female.M/m/marek-martha.htm]

rhonda bell martin dob: 1907 characteristics: poisoner [to collect insurance money] victims: 6 murders: 1937 – 1951 method: poison [arsenic] arrested: march 1956 location: montgomery, montgomery county, alabama, usa status: executed by electrocution in alabama on october 11, 1957 [https://murderpedia.org/female.M/m/martin-rhonda-bell.htm]

le thanh van dob: 1956 characteristics: poisoner [to steal money and goods] victims: 13 murders: 1998 – 2001 method: poison [cyanide] arrested: august 2001 location: binh duong province, vietnam status: sentenced to death on september 1, 2004 [https://murderpedia.org/female.V/v/van-le-thanh.htm]

louise vermilyea dob: -- characteristics: poisoner [to collect insurance money] victims: 9 murders: 1893 – 1911 method: poison [arsenic] arrested: november 1, 1911 location: chicago, illinois, usa status: committed suicide by poison following arrest. died in december 1911 [https://murderpedia.org/female.V/v/vermilyea-louise.htm]

mary elizabeth wilson "the merry widow of windy nook" dob: 1893 characteristics: poisoner [black widow] victims: 2 – 4 murders: 1955 – 1957 method: poison [phosphorus] arrested: december 1957 location: windy nook, tyne and wear, england, uk status: sentenced to death in march 29, 1958. commuted to life imprisonment on june 1, 1958. died in holloway prison on december 5, 1962 [https://murderpedia.org/female.W/w/wilson-mary-elizabeth.htm]

other [poisonings that weren't labelled as either]: 19

francisca ballesteros "the poisoner of melilla" dob: 1969 characteristics: poisoner victims: 3 murders: 1990 – 2004 method: poison arrested:june 7, 2004 location: melilla, spain status:sentenced to a term of 84 years in prison on september 26, 2005 [https://murderpedia.org/female.B/b/ballesteros-francisca.htm]

margie velma barfield "death row granny" dob: october 23, 1932 characteristics: poisoner victims: 5 – 7 murders: 1969 – 1978 method: poison [arsenic] arrested:may 13, 1978 location: robeson county, north carolina, usa status:executed by lethal injection in north carolina on november 2, 1984 [https://murderpedia.org/female.B/b/barfield-velma.htm]

marie alexandrine becker "...I can supply you with a powder that will leave no trace" dob: 1877 characteristics: poisoner – robberies victims: 10+ murders: 1932 – 1936 method: poison [digitalis] arrested: october 1936 location: liege, belgium status: sentenced to life imprisonment in 1936. died in prison in 1938 [https://murderpedia.org/female.B/b/becker-marie.htm]

mary ann britland "I am quite innocent, I am not guilty at all." dob: 1847 characteristics: poisoner victims: 3 murders: march – may 1886 method: poison [strychnine and arsenic] arrested: june 1886 location: ashton-under-lyne, great manchester, england, uk status: executed by hanging at strangeways prison on august 9, 1886 [https://murderpedia.org/female.B/b/britland-mary-ann.htm]

tillie gburek dob: 1876 characteristics: poisoner victims: 1 – 6+ murders: 1914 – 1921 method: poison [arsenic] arrested: -- location: cook county, illinois, usa status: sentenced to life in prison in 1923. died in prison on november 20, 1936 [https://murderpedia.org/female.K/k/klimek-tillie.htm]

janie lou gibbs dob: december 25, 1932 characteristics: parricide, poisoner victims: 5 murders: 1966 – 1967 method: poison [arsenic] arrested: december 24, 1967 location: cordele, crisp county, georgia, usa status: found to be insane in february 1968 and served time in a state mental hospital until 1976. she was then convicted of poisoning the five male members of her family and received five life sentences. released in April 1999. died on february 7, 2010 [https://murderpedia.org/female.G/g/gibbs-janie-lou.htm]

bertha gifford dob: october 1872 characteristics: poisoner victims: 3 – 17+ murders: 1909 – 1928 method: poison [arsenic] arrested: august 25, 1928 location: catawissa, missouri, usa status: found not guilty by reason of insanity and committed to the missouri state hospital where she remained until her death on august 20, 1951 [https://murderpedia.org/female.G/g/gifford-bertha.htm]

anne marie hahn "arsenic anna"/"the blonde gorgia" dob: july 7, 1906 characteristics: poisoner victims: 5+ murders: 1932 – 1937 method: poison [arsenic] arrested: september 1937 location: colorado/ohio, usa status: executed by electrocution at the ohio penitentiary on december 7, 1938 [https://murderpedia.org/female.H/h/hahn-anna-marie.htm]

hélène jégado dob: 1803 characteristics: poisoner victims: 3 – 23+ murders: 1833 – 1841/1851 method: poison [arsenic] arrested: july 1, 1851 location: brittany, france status: executed by guillotine in rennes on february 26, 1852 [https://murderpedia.org/female.J/j/jegado-helene.htm]

kanae kijima "the konkatsu killer" dob: 1974 characteristics: poisoner victims: 3 murders: january – august 2009 method: poison [carbon monoxide] arrested: november 3, 2009 location: saitama, tokyo and chiba, japan status: sentenced to death on april 13, 2012 [https://murderpedia.org/female.K/k/kijima-kanae.htm]

mallika [k. d. kempanna] dob: 1965 characteristics: poisoner and robber victims: 6 murders: 1999 – 2007 method: poisoning [cyanide] arrested: december 31, 2007 location: bangalore, karnataka, india status: sentenced to death on april 1, 2012. reduced to life imprisonment on august 2, 2012 [https://murderpedia.org/female.M/m/mallika.htm]

blanche taylor moore dob: february 17, 1933 characteristics: poisoner victims: 1 – 4 murders: 1968 – 1986 method: poison [arsenic] arrested: july 18, 1989 location: alamance county, north carolina, usa status: sentenced to death on january 18, 1991 [https://murderpedia.org/female.M/m/moore-blanche-taylor.htm]

martha needle dob: april 9, 1863 characteristics: poisoner, parricide victims: 5 murders: 1885 – 1894 method: poison [arsenic] arrested: may 1894 location: melbourne, victoria, australia status: executed by hanging at the old melbourne gaol on october 22, 1894 [https://murderpedia.org/female.N/n/needle-martha.htm]

dorothea helen puente dob: january 9, 1929 characteristics:poisoner [ran a boarding house] victims: 3 – 9+ murders: 1982 – 1988 method: poison [drug overdoses] arrested: november 17, 1988 location: sacramento, california, usa status: sentenced to life in prison without parole on december 11, 1993. died in prison on march 27, 2011 [https://murderpedia.org/female.P/p/puente-dorothea.htm]

amelia sach "the finchley baby farmers" dob: 1873 characteristics: baby killer victims: possibly dozens murders: 1900 – 1902 method: poison [chlorodyne, morphine] arrested: november 18, 1902 location: london, england, uk status: executed by hanging at holloway on february 3, 1903 [https://murderpedia.org/female.S/s/sach-amelia.htm]

della sorenson dob: february 16, 1897 characteristics: poisoner "to get even" victims: 8 murders: 1918 – 1924 method: poison arrested: april 19, 1925 location: dannebrog, howard county, nebraska, usa status: found mentally insane. committed to the state mental asylum. died on June 24, 1941 [https://murderpedia.org/female.S/s/sorenson-della.htm]

maria catherina swanenburg "goeie mie" ["good maria"] dob: september 9, 1839 characteristics: poisoner victims: 27+ murders: 1880 – 1883 method: poison [arsenic] arrested: december 1883 location: leiden, south holland, netherlands status: sentenced to life in prison in 1885. died in prison on april 11, 1915 [https://murderpedia.org/female.S/s/swanenburg-maria.htm]

jane toppan dob: 1857 characteristics:poisoner victims: 31+ murders: 1887 – 1901 method: poison [morphine and atropine] arrested: october 29, 1901 location: middlesex county/suffolk county, massachusetts, usa status: found not guilty by reason of insanity on june 23, 1902 and committed for life in the taunton insane hospital. died on august 17, 1938 [https://murderpedia.org/female.T/t/toppan-jane.htm]

maria velten dob: 1916 characteristics: poisoner victims: 5 murders: 1963 – 1980 method: poison arrested: august 1983 location: kempen, north rhine-westphalia, germany status: sentenced to life imprisonment in 1983 [https://murderpedia.org/female.V/v/velten-maria.htm]

[billk128]

Three Records

Do people no longer consider the time spent absorbing a record, or album, or "full release" by an artist worthy of their attention? And if so, why do artists continue to put records (sic) out? I honestly couldn't care less, because I prefer the record to singles or list making, despite the expected lesser offerings any record might provide. In most cases I find it a more satisfying way into the artist's particular intent at the time of the recording, and the extended listening time rewarded by hearing a more completed whole.

Blah blah blah, so here are insights into three records I spent some good time with recently, and recommend investing your time in for different reasons.

Lou Reed - Ecstasy (2000)

Ecstasy was actually Reed's last solo rock record proper, and it came at the end of a largely successful run of records beginning with 1982's The Blue Mask, where Lou turned back to a 2 guitar-bass-drums lineup for the most part. Simple sounding, the musicality of this combo is actually the more surprising part of the equation, as Reed's sharp and corrosive lyrics (along with his underrated vocal delivery), which never truly wavered over the course of his career, endure.

Check out how the Stonesy Paranoia Key of E opens, announcing the musical interplay, which is followed by the driving rock of "Mystic Child," and then into the weirdly hypnotizing "Mad," an awful story by any measure, but oddly compelling. That fat bass sound is almost reassuring, and the Motown-y horns also bring light. ""Sit, come, stay" are the perfect words meant for you." I initially thought the woman said this line, as the words are perfect, but it's likely the man, and some 25 years later the culprit remains. And to that end, it's as sad as mad from my perspective.

And yet Modern Dance tries to take a more youthful look, and I believe is even an attempt at a pop song, but underneath expresses a restlessness and loss of identity that seems endemic to the youth of today. While Rock Minuet offers a tableau fraught with fantastically dark imagery, but more ordinary and still relevant questions.

Alas, there is a classic Reed 18+ minute enduro-noise offering entitled "Like a Possum" that makes Sister Ray sound like the actually really good rocker it is, but it's worth a listen or two to complete the whole. Lou, as is his wont, makes amends with the ending Big Sky, the Rock "n" Roll Animal throw in, and it kicks overall and through what seems like a too long ending jam, where Lou crosses a bit with Neil Young and Crazy Horse (again, but that's for some other conversation). It's a satisfying finish to a nuanced record offering both unexpected musical directions and still relevant viewpoints worthy of consideration from both young and old alike.

Neil Young and the Santa Monica Flyers - Somewhere Under the Rainbow (2021, from a 11/5/73 live recording)

I somehow re-started getting emails from the Neil Young Archive site and ended up taking a look through the back catalog section. A somewhat infamous 1973 show in London where Young and his at-that-time recording unit - Nils Lofgren and Ben Keith in with original and still Crazy Horse members Ralph Molina on drums and Billy Talbot on bass - played the entire and unreleased Tonight's the Night record top to bottom in front of an unsuspecting crowd was listed. As a devout Young/Ditch Trilogy type, I figured what the heck...

Given Neil's vocal approach to top quality sound, and the standard pricing of the CDs for this product, I was a bit taken aback by the bootleg-level sound quality; that noted, the liner notes laid out the (heavily inebriated) scene and pleaded the listener to bypass the sound and dig what's REAL with the playing and the songs. And the recent deaths of good friends - the main inspiration for Tonight's the Night - was clearly weighing heavily on Neil in particular on this night.

At first, it was tough to digest the muddy sound, and the quality of the playing definitely fluctuates. But if you dig in and listen, you can hear past the sound and into the playing, and the emotion of the moment. Playing a complete record to a crowd that previously hasn't heard a note is ballsy enough, but laying your heart bare to the same crowd must have been hard to process, for both performer and the show's attendees. That truth becomes evident in the performances and in the moods Neil reflects in his between song banter, and within each song's reading.

To demonstrate some of this essence, I selected three songs:

Speakin' Out: Full disclosure, I have a Nils Lofgren bias (a consummate musician), and this song allows Nils to stretch out a bit on lead guitar, while hanging together pretty nicely overall, as Neil sings with passion and pounds the piano.

The reprise of Tonight's the Night that closes the set proper slowly burns its way into your consciousness and culminates (at around 7:40) with a confessional, Springsteen-like rap, ostensibly a conversation between Neil and the deceased roadie Bruce Berry, where Neil has to fire him for losing a guitar...whether true or not, clearly Neil is releasing guilt and sadness, conflict and danger, as Lofgren starts adding different backdrops that swell a few minutes later, and Neil slips back into the song. It's not easy, and not supposed to be, but you can feel this one deeply.

The encores bring back familiar material for the crowd for the most part, but it's still not necessarily to their expectations. Check out Helpless: Young is directly not singing the chorus or anything really much like the original melody, and perhaps nodding off at about 2:40 before Nils' accordion revives him…then Neil almost doesn't want the song to end, or maybe is just uncertain, twitching it back into action for a final time at about 8:21, Dylan-harping and crowd stomping to an appropriate, fizzling out kind of ending.

The final song, a jammy "Cowgirl in the Sand," finishes it all in a wash of sloppy editing and guitar noise, feeling open ended, as the story would continue despite the pain endured.

The Gaslight Anthem - History Books (2023)

After nearly a decade on hiatus, and preceded by a get-together tour for the anniversary of a record, an apparently reinvigorated Gaslight Anthem released this new record and have maintained a touring schedule, so good for them. And for the most part, History Books delivers enough reason for them to remain a going concern. There are specific touchpoints that stand above.

Opening the record with older school punk noise that only quickly reappears and fades later, Spider Bites rings in the album with purpose: Maybe nothing is permanent, as singer Brian Fallon's words imply, but leaning on guitar sounds (largely from lead axeman Alex Rosamilia) and the propulsive and oft-inventive percussion from drummer Benny Horowitz is where Gaslight finds their sweet spot.

And if a clear influence like Springsteen steals a verse in the title track - and perhaps influences the melody of "Autumn" (see Easy Money) - Gaslight steals it back in Positive Charge, melding the genuine pathos of Fallon with the punky pop drive that the band can generate so engagingly.

Finally, Little Fires touches on the driving rock pulse again, but skillfully draws you into the ending chorus, tugging gently at your heart while you sing along. And if the remaining four tracks that follow delve more into the solo Fallon territory (other than "I Live in the Room Above Her" which is more like a good outtake from 2014's troubled Get Hurt) - an interesting, but different place from Gaslight Anthem proper - the net result is an encouraging, if tentative step forward.

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Jeffrey Linton Osborne (born March 9, 1948) is a Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, musician, and lyricist. He is the former drummer and lead singer of the American R&B/Soul group L.T.D.; with whom he began his musical career in 1970.

In 1982, he sang the opening song “I Just Want To Be Your Friend” for the comedy film The Toy. He released his self-titled debut album in 1982, which featured two hit singles, “On the Wings of Love” and “I Really Don’t Need No Light”(1982), peaking at #29 & #39 on the pop chart. This was followed up the next year by Stay with Me Tonight, his first gold album (later reaching platinum album status), which spawned two more hits, “Don’t You Get So Mad” (#25) and the title track (#30). “Stay with Me Tonight” #18 and “On the Wings of Love” #11 reached the UK Singles Chart.

He was born in Providence, Rhode Island, the youngest of twelve children which consisted of five brothers and six sisters, his family was musically inclined. His brother Billy Osborne was his bandmate in L.T.D. His father, Clarence “Legs” Osborne, was a popular trumpeter who played with Lionel Hampton, Count Basie, and Duke Ellington.

In the new millennium, he returned with a series of albums that, while far from the success he enjoyed in the 1980s, returned him to Adult R&B radio, scoring modest chart singles such as “Rest of Our Lives” (#75, 2003) and his cover of Barbara Mason’s classic “Yes, I’m Ready” (#64, 2005). In 2008, he sang the national anthem before Game 4 of the NBA Finals at Staples Center, a feat which he repeated in 2009, before Game 1 of the 2009 NBA Finals, and in 2010 before Game 1 of the NBA Finals, all at Staples Center. He performed the national anthem before Game 3 of the 1988 World Series, a feat he repeated two years later at Game 3 of the 1990 World Series, both at the Oakland Alameda County Coliseum. He regularly sang the national anthem before Hartford Whalers games. On March 1, 2010, he appeared on The Bachelor: On the Wings of Love season finale, singing his hit “On the Wings of Love”.

He married Sheri Osborne (1983) and together they have three daughters and a son. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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RANKING THE ROLLING STONES CATALOG

This is something I've been thinking about doing for some time. The Rolling Stones have been my favorite band since The Beatles broke up. I own nearly the entire catalog, and, like everyone else, I have my favorites, and opinions on what's good and what isn't. It's a bit of a task to rank them because there are so many, and because there really are no bad Stones albums. So a list like this is relative.

But I was on Wikipedia looking at the discography, and they had them listed by studio, live, official bootlegs, and compilations. That made it much easier.

If you don't see it listed here, I don't own it - except for compilations. There are so many of them, and after awhile they're redundant. So I listed the ones I have that are relevant to me. For example, Hot Rocks 1964-1971 did not make the list even though it's one of the biggest selling records in the band's history (if not the biggest). But if you already had the first two hits collections, Big Hits, and Through The Past Darkly, Hot Rocks was unnecessary. And it's been eclipsed countless times since with bigger sets, and maybe better sound. Even though I own it, it's not on the list. (But its followup, More Hot Rocks is because that one collects a lot of odd album tracks, songs from EPs, and an alternate take or two. It's also got a very cool cover.)

The Official Bootlegs list collects everything I own (there's a download only I'm missing, and probably don't need), but the set lists are often very similar so the rankings are not as definitive as the other lists. I might prefer one because there are a few rarely played tracks on the setlist. Or maybe there are a couple of special guests. Or maybe the band and audience are especially hot that night. I've never heard a bad Rolling Stones show, so you really can't go wrong with any of them. My favorites are often tied to the years those particular tours happened because the set lists might favor an album or two from that time that I really love. Year of release is in parentheses.

      Studio

  1. Sticky Fingers (1971)

  2. Aftermath (US) (1966)

  3. Exile on Main St. (1972)

  4. Let It Bleed (1969)

  5. Beggar's Banquet (1968)

  6. It's Only Rock 'N' Roll (1974)

  7. Some Girls (1978)

  8. 12X5 (1964)

  9. Out of Our Heads (1965)

10. Black & Blue (1976)

11. Blue & Lonesome (2016)

12. Tattoo You (1981)

13. The Rolling Stones Now! (1964)

14. Goats Head Soup (1973)

15. Steel Wheels (1989)

16. December’s Children (1965)

17. A Bigger Bang (2005)

18. Voodoo Lounge (1994)

19. Undercover (1983)

20. England’s Newest Hitmakers (1964)

21. Hackney Diamonds (2023)

22. Dirty Work (1986)

23. Emotional Rescue (1980)

24. Bridges to Babylon (1997)

25. Between the Buttons (1967)

26. Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967)

       Live

   1. El Mocambo (1977)

   2. Shine A Light (2008)

   3. Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones (2017)

   4. On Air (2017)

   5. Love You Live (1977)

   6. Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out (1970)

   7. Live Licks (2004)

   8. Flashpoint (1991)

   9. Stripped (1995)

 10. Still Life (1982)

 11. Got Live If You Want It! (1966)

 12. The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus

 13. No Security (1998)

        Official Bootlegs

    1. Some Girls: Live in Texas 1978 (2011)

    2. The Marquee Club Live in 1971 (2015)

    3. Brussels Affair (Live 1973) (2011)

    4. Havana Moon (2016)

    5. Sweet Summer Sun (2013)

    6. L.A. Friday (Live 1975) (2012)

    7. Live at the Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago 1981 (2012)

    8. Steel Wheels – Live (2020)

    9. Voodoo Lounge Uncut (2018)

  10. Hampton Coliseum (Live 1981) (2012)

  11. A Bigger Bang – Live on Copacabana Beach (2021)

  12. Live at Leeds (Live 1982) (2012)

  13. Live at the Tokyo Dome (Live 1990) (2012)

  14. Licked Live In NYC (2022)

  15. Live 1965: Charlie Is My Darling (2014)

  16. Sticky Fingers Live (2015)

  17. No Security San Jose ’99 (2018)

  18. Bridges to Bremen (2019)

  19. Bridges to Buenos Aires (2019)

  20. Grrr Live! (2023)

  21. Totally Stripped (2016)

         Compilations

     1. Flowers (1967)

     2. More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies) (1972)

     3. The Singles 1963-1965 (2004)

     4. The Singles 1965-1967 (2004)

     5. Big Hits (High Tide & Green Grass) (1966)

     6. Through the Past Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) (1969)

     7. Made in The Shade (1975)

     8. Forty Licks (2002)

     9. Metamorphosis (1975)

   10. Jump Back: The Best of the Rolling Stones (2004)

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11 April 2023: Three Steve Forbert albums:

King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Steve Forbert in Concert (1995 King Biscuit Flower Hour Records/BMG issue of 1982 recording)

Be Here Again: Live Solo 1998 (Rolling Tide, 1998)

Just Like There's Nothin' to It (Koch, 2004)

[Quick continuity note: As long as this page has operated, I've never kept up with the pace of posting everything I buy. Now that it's a new year (2024), I will leap ahead and restart with 2024 purchases (leaving hundreds of 2023 acquisitions in the dust). For this and the next few posts, I'd already taken the pictures so I'm going ahead with the posts. But geez, I got eight months behind? At this rate, I'll quit posting 2024 purchases before they even begin.]

In 2023 it felt like all I did was buy Steve Forbert records. From a slight remove, I do wonder what I was thinking. The impetus was me enjoying his newest album, 2022's Moving through America, so much that I was overcome with waves of enthusiasm that did not wane even when I found out the man has forty physical releases. "Forty Forberts" became my battle cry and I plunged onward trying to acquire all forty. As of this writing, I lack only four. This has been facilitated by seeing Forbert live in March 2023 and ransacking his merch table, as well as Forbert making numerous "warehouse finds" of very hard-to-find fan-club releases, including locating 25 new, sealed copies of his 2016 triple-CD set Down in Flames, a shocker of a find as even battered used copies command big prices on the secondary market.

The current post of three Forbert albums came courtesy of yet another eBay lot that contained items I was chasing. Here we have an odd batch: a King Biscuit radio transcription disc (who knows if Forbert authorized this or not), a fan-club effort (Be Here Now Again) and a regular Forbert studio album (Just Like...)

Above we see the front covers of these three albums.

Below are the back covers.

Next I show the backs of each booklet, which is what you'd see if you opened each jewel case.

Last, here are the discs themselves.

The Steve Forbert in Concert release came sealed; here is its hype sticker.

Here is the tray liner of Steve Forbert in Concert showing the King Biscuit Flower Hour logo. The other discs had standard black trays and no liner design. I've heard about the King Biscuit Flower Hour my entire life and have never known how to listen to it or where it is broadcast. There seem to be hundreds of King Biscuit releases floating out there in the world.

Countless further Forbert purchases occurred between this three-disc April 2023 acqusition and now, lost to the sands of time as this page is concerned. I begin my Forbert listening study this month and am still laughing about my brother, who did his own Forbert study a couple years ago, though at a lesser scale, telling me "you are going to get so sick of his hoarse voice!" Time will tell.