#medford st

[hometoursandotherstuff]

Thanks to tafkarfanfic for sending the listing for the 1789 Jonathan Brooks House, a Dutch Colonial home in Medford, Massachusetts. It's on the National Register of Historic Places, and has 5bds, 1.5ba, & 6 fireplaces. Price cut $25K to $1.1M. I'm always suspicious when there's a price cut, but when I saw what they did to the inside, I understood why it's not selling.

Who is advising homeowners to modernize their beautiful historic homes, like this? That confounded gray and white. I think I'm in a modern apt. living room, here.

They left the fancy carved fireplace, but painted it white to minimize the pretty colonial details that don't fit in with the sleek contemporary look.

The dining room has a true, colonial fireplace wall.

I can't see the original cupboards b/c they've either been modernized to black or obscured. Notice that any beams in the ceilings were painted white, or removed.

Wait, I see a brick wall that's been painted black. I would go to the Home Depot and get gallons of Zip Strip and strip the hell out of these fireplaces.

If you're a purist, it's best that you just forget the kitchen and move on. It's a beautiful kitchen, but for new builds or more modern homes.

This home was built in the 1700s. There HAS to have been a cooking fireplace in here that they removed. I thought that they protected these historic homes from things like this.

Nice flagstone sun porch. (Did you know that the colonists were very into skylights?)

This is the half bath, which is nice to have, but 1 full bath for 5 bedrooms to share in a house that's $1.1M just won't cut it.

Something's off about the fireplace wall in the primary bedroom. The mirror is centered, but the fireplace isn't. I think that they should've left it plain b/c of the doors and cupboards.

This is odd. They must've built the narrow cabinet in the back so that they could have a place to put things, but then they awkwardly placed pedestal sinks in front of it.

Mini claw-foot tub and a modern built-in shower. That little closet must be an original feature.

There's a nice back yard with a shed.

And, the house itself is built on a fork in the road.

[greensparty]

Last Two Sam Goody Stores to Close

This truly is the end of an era now: The mall record store chain Sam Good has only two stores left in St. Clairsville, OH and Medford, OR and both are set to close in 2025. This is particularly sad because I didn't know they were still around at all.

During the time that I worked at Suncoast Motion Picture Company at the Burlington Mall in Burlington, MA, both Suncoast and the Sam Goody store at the same mall were owned by Musicland. So as an employee I got a 20% discount at both Suncoast and Sam Goody. The best days were when they had double discount day for employees, so it went up to 40%. Sam Goody was never nearly as good as nearby stores like Newbury Comics or Tower Records, but they sold a ton of CDs and cassette tapes and it was cool to pick up something when you were shopping at the mall. If I remember correctly, I think Sam Goody is where I bought Nirvana's Nevermind after December vacation with my Xmas money! But I digress. Sometime in the 00s, Sam Goody changed owners and with the rise of digital music, mall record stores became less and less, hence there were less and less Sam Goody stores.

The link above is the article from Consequence.

[nrutkowski1]

My work at Medford Arts Center, Jurors Comments, and a photo of resting Nate Face (I’m actually happy in this picture..)

Composition 12/31/2023 and Composition 2/17/2024 were accepted into at Medford Arts Center Fall Juried Exhibition. Very Grateful and Thankful for the opportunity.

Composition 12/31/2023 won second prize.

Medford Arts Center gallery, 8 N. Main St., Medford, NJ

@medford_arts

GALLERY HOURS - Fridays from 3 to 7pm;Saturdays from 1 to 5pm

Sundays from 1 to 3pm

[devoutjunk]

"The living will do whatever they need to survive. In the apocalyptic grove near Medford, I had seen one dessicated former tree whose branches were covered in hundreds of cones still affixed to it like Christmas ornaments. St. Clair explained that this behavior was normal enough for a tree in distress. Sensing it will die, the tree bursts forth into cones in a frantic final act of hope: not so much for itself, but for its species."

"Can We Move Our Forests in Time to Save Them?," Lauren Markham, Mother Jones

[whitepolaris]

One Lucky Peanut Butter Jar

There's a very significant peanut butter jar floating around the athletic department of Tufts University in Medford. The jar dates back to 1975, and the contents are definitely not peanut butter anymore. Athletes, students, and coaches all claim it's good luck to rub this special jar before a big game.

The story behind the jar's contents begins in 1861 in the jungles of Africa. A baby elephant had been captured and brought to Cairo, Egypt, where he was sold to a representative of the Paris zoo. The young elephant was named Jumbo, possibly a mix-up of the Swahili word jumbe, which translate to "chief."

Though Jumbo was relatively small at the time the name was given, the growing creature would turn the term into a household word.

Soon after arriving in Paris, Jumbo was swapped for a rhinoceros from the Royal Zoological Gardens in London. When Jumbo arrived in London, he was a scant four feet tall, dirty, and malnourished. At the London zoo, keeper Matthew Scott cared for the young pachyderm until it grew to heroic proportions. When Jumbo was seven years old, he was consuming a daily diet of two hundred pounds of hay, two bushels of oats, one barrel of potatoes, fifteen loaves of bread, lots and lots of onions, and all the pails of water he could drink. Jumbo was now eleven-and-a-half feet tall and weighed over six-and-a-half tons.

The giant quickly became a favorite of London children, and during the next two decades, thousands took rides on the great beast's back. Noted Jumbo passengers included Winston Churchill, Theodore Roosevelt, and one Phineas Taylor Barnum.

An entrepreneur and showman P. T. Barnum took notice of the giant creature's growing popularity. In 1880, he merged his Greatest Show on Earth circus with James Anthony Bailey's London Circus to creature the Barnum and Bailey Circus, which survives to this day. The biggest circus in the world needed the biggest draw in the world, so in 1881 Barnum offered the London zoo $10,000 for Jumbo, a lot of money at the time. Barnum didn't except the zoo to take the offer, nor did it initially not until Jumbo got cranky one day and threw some temper tantrums that made his keepers fear the elephant was turning on them. The zoo did not want its employees or customers getting hurt should the elephant go on a rampage, and so the London zoo accepted Barnum's offer.

Londoners were outraged, with a little help from Barnum, who began a whisper campaign aimed at convincing locals that they were giving up a national treasure. How could they let such a prize go to the Americans? Had they no pride?

Protest letters poured into the London zoo and to the newspapers, and even Americans took notice. Considering all the fuss, this must have been quite a spectacle coming to the United States. Counter offers were made, but Barnum refused every one.

The London Daily Telegraph editorial summed up the defeat and national sentiment of England: "Our amiable monster must [now] dwell in a tent, take part in the routine of a circus, and instead of his by-gone friendly trots with British girls and boys, and perpetual luncheons on buns and oranges, must amuse a Yankee and put up with peanuts and waffles."

On April 9, 1882, thousands stood on the docks in New York City to see the colossal creature. Jumbo and his huge ornate crate were through the streets of New York to the Hippodrome (now called Madison Square Garden), where he joined Barnum's famous circus. Barnum had spent just over $30,000 in purchasing Jumbo and transporting him home. By the end of his first year in America, Jumbo had earned his new owners about $1.5 million. "The towering Monarch of His Mighty Race. Whose Like the World Will Never See Again," the bill read. "Jumbo" even became part of the American lexicon, a word reserved for something truly huge.

But all things do come to an end unless you're P. T. Barnum. On September 15, 1885, Barnum's Greatest Show on Earth was playing in St. Thomas, Ontario. It was near the end of the show, and Jumbo was waiting next to the railroad tracks to close the show. Suddenly the shrill whistle of an unexpected train sounded. Before anyone had time to react, poor old Jumbo's head was crushed by the train.

P. T. Barnum didn't miss a beat. He immediately contacted taxidermist Henry A. Ward and presented him with the biggest taxidermy job ever offered. Ward hightailed it to St. Thomas, where he and six local butches worked feverishly to remove Jumbo's bones and hide. Barnum wanted two Jumbos: one a stuffed hide made to look lifelike, the other a reconstructed skeleton. And Barnum wanted them quickly, because not even death would stop Jumbo's money-making prowess.

The stuffed Jumbo toured the world for the next two years; then P. T. Barnum, a Tufts University trustee donated the taxidermied pachyderm to the university where the animal was quickly adopted by the school as a lucky charm. For many years, students would place pennies in Jumbo's trunk or tug on his tail for luck before big events like exams. The behemoth was the pride of the school, and the mascot the sports team rallied behind.

But tragedy stuck Jumbo again on April 14, 1975, when a fire broke out and reduced him to a charred tusk, a fragment of burned tail, and a pile of ashes. A quick-thinking administrative assistant named Phyllis Byrne grabbed an empty peanut butter jar and handed it to George Wilson of the school's maintenance staff. She told Wilson to save whatever he could of the school's mascot, and Wilson scooped up some of Jumbo's charred remains.

The athletic director at the time, Rocco J. "Rocky" Carzo kept the jar in his office and helped birth a strange tradition and unique legend. Students had been rubbing Jumbo for luck for years, and Carzo saw no need to stop. Athletes would come in and hold the jar before a big game, coaches rubbed it for luck, and students and other fans of the school would ask to see the jar.

Rocky Carzo has long since tried, but the jar of Jumbo's remains is still there. It sits on a shelf with a typed label that reads ENCLOSED ASHES ARE REMAINS OF TUFT'S JUMBO LOST IN A FIRE AT BARNUM MUSEUM ON 4-4-75.

[caschw]

Open Studios!

Mark your calendar – The StoveFactory will have Open Studios on December 7 & 8 – come say hi! The StoveFactory – 523 Medford St., Charlestown MA

[gailweingastmd-blog]

Dr. Gail Weingast; One of the Most-Skilled is a Top Radiology Specialist

These days, those who know Dr. Gail Weingast know her best as a highly regarded radiology specialist at William W. Backus Hospital in Norwich, Connecticut. In that hospital, she serves as the Chief of Ultrasound and Breast Imaging and she has contributed mightily to her department’s status as one of the finest in the country. It’s no wonder; she has been at Backus Hospital for more than two decades and overall, she can boast of more than four decades of knowledge and experience as a doctor.

That said, while she is now in an important position in the medical community, her path to being one of the premiere radiologists in the country wasn't always a straight line. Not that she would change anything, of course, even if she could. Fact is, Dr. Gail Weingast values every aspect of her educational and career journey because it has made her who she is. It all started when Gail Weingast attended Jackson College, Tufts University, in Medford, Massachusetts and graduated in 1969 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish. Obviously, if her goal was to be a great doctor, it wasn’t apparent at first.

However, she must have changed her mind at some point, because within a few years, she attended the Boston University School of Medicine, where she became Dr. Gail Weingast MD in 1976. Following medical school, Dr.Weingast did a pediatrics internship, a pediatric residency, and a radiology residency between 1976 and 1983, all at Colorado General Hospital in Denver. While there, she also completed a fellowship in the field of ultrasound. Dr. Gail Weingast then completed her post-graduate studies as a radiologist from 1983 to 1984 at St. Anthony’s Hospital, also in Denver. Following that, Dr. Gail Weingast worked at other hospitals in Colorado and New York, until she settled into her current hospital as a radiologist.

[nakeddeparture]

Lee Sebastian Medford, 43 - Recidivist - Nine months at Hotel St Philip - St George, Barbados.

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[oregontennis]

2023-24 Oregon All-State Tennis Teams

4A/3A/2A/1A Boys Singles All-State Team First Team EJ Roedl, Marist Catholic Zareh Gonzalvo, Catlin Gabel Reid Ravassipour, St. Mary's, Medford Mason Do, Oregon Episcopal Rand Freres, Oregon Episcopal

Second Team Aston Selley, Catlin Gabel Dawson Richards, Nyssa Alexander Ricketts, Marist Catholic Dominic Pulver, Sisters Jack Hally, Ontario

Honorable Mention Trysten Burns, Weston-McEwen/Griswold Cyrus Oliva, St. Mary's Medford

4A/3A/2A/1A Boys Doubles All-State Team First Team L. Olander / R. Li, Oregon Episcopal P. Tyner / A. Forsyth, Marist Catholic N. Chen / R. Nordhoff, Catlin Gabel B. Knight-Sheen / W. Barsotti, Marist Catholic S. Dinesh/ T. Stark-Seymour, St. Mary's Medford

Second Team C. Aguero / E. Mildren, Marist Catholic I. Bhardwaj / T. Freres, Oregon Episcopal B. Bair / L. McGourty, Vale C. Grover / E. Yoo, Oregon Episcopal L. Peterson/ L. Ho, St. Mary's Medford

Honorable Mention L. Norton / W. Jensen, Klamath Union A. Pelligrini/G. Scoble, Marist Catholic

4A/3A/2A/1A Girls Singles All-State Team First Team Patricia Dougherty, Klamath Union Raegan Farm, North Bend Whitney Hedden, Marist Catholic Bailey Bell, Philomath Ryan Lomber, Valley Catholic

Second Team Sami Shivakumar, Valley Catholic Ella Li, Oregon Episcopal Amanda Perez, Catlin Gabel Juhree Kizziar, Sisters Adele Beckstead, Philomath

Honorable Mention Callie Winebarger, Crook County Laken Herrera, Ontario

4A/3A/2A/1A Girls Doubles All-State Team First Team E. Seals / E. Seals, Vale C. Chamberland / P. Weerakoon, St. Mary's Medford P. Larson / S. Larson, Marist Catholic H. Ross / T. Tyner, Marist Catholic J. Mehta/E. Kim, Catlin Gabel

Second Team M. Roseman / A. Do, Oregon Episcopal H. Housely / D. Engstron, Crook County L. Mueller / C. Mueller, Irrigon B. Wagstaff/H. Wagstaff, Nyssa O. Jacoby/K. Schwin, Baker

Honorable Mention C. Nguyen/T. Murphy, Marist Catholic S. Rush/S. Wyland, Sisters

6A Boys Singles All-State Team First Team Will Semler, Lincoln Vitomir Petcov, Southridge Arnav Arora, Mountainside Reif Larsen, Jesuit Cooper Wyngarden, Lakeridge

Second Team Alexander Gurov, South Medford Surya Panyam, Jesuit Mason Men, Lake Oswego Tiger Semler, Lincoln Rowan Morrison, West Linn

Honorable Mention Guillermo Arce, Forest Grove Yehuda Zaretsky, South Eugene Blake Chandler, South Eugene Brayden Lee, Lakeridge Antonio Perez-Cansino, South Medford Wylly Fields, Lincoln Liam Mackura, Glencoe Jonah Black, Central Catholic Pace Crimon, Central Catholic

6A Boys Doubles All-State Team First Team K. Fernando / R. Chiang, Westview G. Hawkins / Z. Steinberg, West Linn A. Yan / T. Hernandez, Jesuit K. Rao / K. Zhou, Sunset L. Basi/ J. Hoda, Sprague

Second Team J. Cui / J. Lee, Lake Oswego S. Potter / M. Potter, Grant H. De La Cruz / T. Stump, Barlow R. Evenson / R. Alavi, Lake Oswego R. Valverde / A. Tadjedin, Grant

Honorable Mention A. Tran / L. Aman, Jesuit T. Hendrickson / O. Kuerbis, Grant J. Rickards / N. Bills, McMinnville C. Pate / J. Moffat, Barlow E. Meditz / L. Naugler, Grant N. Ernst / G. Chandler, Central Catholic C. Patrick / K. Forrar, Barlow J. Ebramsyah / I. Ahluwalia, Jesuit

6A Girls Singles All-State Team First Team Lauren Han, Clackamas Carissa Gerung, Jesuit Nikhitha Suresh, Sunset Alexis Uschold, South Medford Ava Kitchin, Lake Oswego

Second Team Tirzah Tarbox, Sprague Sydney Board, Tigard Sonya Drayton, West Linn Carlyta Barfield, Benson Sariah Plaisted, Century

Honorable Mention Giselli Reschke, Mountainside Rosalyn Cho, South Eugene Sabrina Larsen, Jesuit Ellie Park, South Eugene Sadie Paterson, South Salem Alyssa Piquette, Sheldon Caroline Rickards, McMinnville Sofia Sorokina, Nelson

6A Girls Doubles All-State Team First Team E. Kearney / H. Kearney, Sheldon A. Arora / T. Rao, Mountainside T. Rozendal / M. Rahul, West Linn K. Paine / K. Ayotte, Jesuit R. Beyrouty / E. Nickel, Sprague

Second Team K. Eames / R. Khalili, Lake Oswego A. Ainsworth / D. Fiskum, Sprague M. Mann / M. Regner, Westview E. Newton / R. Hefele, Lincoln K. Wattman / A. Roberts, Roseburg

Honorable Mention G. Molony / L. Weber, Barlow K. Olsson / S. Soman, Lincoln J. Hanson / M. Naugler, Grant R. Murphy / E. Schmitt, Lake Oswego P. Bittner / P. Evans, Sherwood A. Yao / N. Nagaraj, South Salem J. Paulsen / M. Fitzgerald, Lake Oswego J. Pilcher / A. Gladbach, Grants Pass

5A Boys Singles All-State Team First Team Richard Wang, Crescent Valley Kaiden Harris, La Salle Prep Max Himstreet, Summit Aiden Cruz, Caldera Brandon Vu, Centennial

Second Team Youssef Abdelsamad, Wilsonville Parks Vodak, Bend Grae Koller, Corvallis Wyattt Chance, Summit Hannes Zum Felde, Central

5A Boys Doubles All-State Team First Team A. McBride / R. McCoy-Hansen, Churchill E. Nichols / B. Nichols, La Salle Prep A. Lindsay / A. Berg, Summit N. Curtis / A. Tsai, Crescent Valley N. Rife / E. Nguyen, Summit

Second Team D. Vo / R. Lien, Parkrose B. Bloom / N. Wood, Summit V. Castaldo / I. Gains, Churchill L. Anderson / J. Bartlett, Wilsonville A. Ramirez / J. Gamboa, South Albany

5A Girls Singles All-State Team First Team Kennedy Harris, La Salle Prep Emily Gu, Crescent Valley Veronica Miller, Ashland Kate Bonetto, Summit Matilda Morgan, Summit

Second Team Keira Lin, Crescent Valley Trina Dinh, Parkrose Brooklyn Lindsey, Redmond Tiara Yeung, Milwaukie Corinna Lobschied, Corvallis

5A Girls Doubles All-State Team First Team Z. Hughes / A. Li, Crescent Valley J. Tatsumi / K. Scoggins, Wilsonville B. Capps / G. Stott, Redmond S. Cassaro / D. Streater, Ridgeview H. Sullivan/ K. Kelly, Summit

Second Team C. Nguyen / S. Nguyen, Parkrose A. Diliberto / K. Swigert, Summit P. Davisson / A. Davisson, Silverton K. Carter / A. Donnelly, La Salle Prep I. Hanna-Barofsky / E. Li, La Salle Prep

[southjerseyweb]

Police, volunteers help ensure safety at South Jersey fair after recent violence at other events

Police and volunteers are working to keep families safe at a carnival at St. Mary of the Lakes in Medford, New Jersey, this week.

[brookston]

Holidays 4.12

Holidays

Anniversary of the Big Wind

Big Wind Day

Children’s Day (Bolivia, Haiti)

Cosmonaut Day (a.k.a. Cosmonautics Day; Russia)

Day of Science (Kazakhstan)

Day of Silence

Day of Space and Rocket Industry Workers (Ukraine)

D.E.A.R. Day (a.k.a. Drop Everything And Read Day)

Eat All Your Snacks Before the Movie Even Starts Day

Education and Sharing Day [11 Nissan]

Festival to Preserve Corn (Cochumatan Indians; Guatemala)

412 Day

Global Day to End Child Sexual Abuse

Halifax Day (North Carolina)

Hell is a Democracy Day

Horse Chestnut Day (French Republic)

Human Spaceflight Day

International Day for Street Children

International Day of Human Space Flight

Jersey Day (Canada)

Kamakura Matsuri (Japan)

Lakritsdagen (Sweden)

Lucid Dreaming Day

National Boob Touch Day

National Colorado Day

National Deskfast

National Dolores Day

National Donate Life Blue & Green Day

National Elbow Day

National For Twelves Day

National Gavin Day

National Hanging Out Day

National Health Day (Kiribati)

National Julia Day

National Mac Day

National Maya Day

National Only Child Day

National Radiologic & Imaging Nurses Day

National Redemption Day (Liberia)

National Shagging Day

National Silvia Day

Nicki Day

Pan Day (Japan)

Portable Typewriter Day 

Reach As High As You Can Day

Russian Cosmonaut Day

Selena Day (Texas)

Single Mother Appreciation Day

Songkran begins (Thailand) [Extra day added in 2018]

Teak Awareness Day

Walk On Your Wild Side Day

Wear a Star Day

World Hamster Day

Yuri's Night (International)

Food & Drink Celebrations

Colorado Pint Day

National Buy a Loaf of Bread Day

National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day

National Licorice Day

2nd Friday in April

Audubon Day [2nd Friday]

Fast and Prayer Day (Liberia) [2nd Friday]

Fry Day (Pastafarian; Fritism) [Every Friday]

National Dive Bar Day [2nd Friday] (Also 7.7)

Teal Day [2nd Friday]

Independence & Related Days

Halifax Independence Day (North Carolina)

Nye (a.k.a. Republic of Nye, f.k.a. Nye County; Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]

Tuposian Empire (Declared; 2018) [unrecognized]

New Year’s Days

Sinhala New Year’s Day (Sri Lanka)

Festivals Beginning April 12, 2024

Atlanta Dogwood Festival (Atlanta, Georgia) [thru 4.14]

Atlantic City Beer & Music Fest (Atlantic City, New Jersey) [thru 4.13]

Bone Sucking’ Sauce Peak City Pig Fest (Apex, North Carolina) [thru 4.13]

Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival (Indio, California) [thru 4.14]

Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) [thru 4.13]

Moo, Brew & ‘Que Music Fest (Charlotte, North Carolina) [thru 4.14]

Orange Bowl Food and Wine Celebration (Fort Lauderdale, Florida)

Paris Book Festival (Paris, France) [thru 4.14]

Pear Blossom Festival (Medford, Oregon) [thru 4.13]

Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival (Ponchatoula, Louisiana) [thru 4.14]

Potent Strawberry Festival (Potent, Texas) [thru 4.14]

Rhododendron Festival (Hiawassee, Georgia) [thru 5.12]

St. Elias Food & Cultural Festival (Birmingham, Alabama) [thru 4.13]

San Joaquin Asparagus festival (Stockton, California) [thru 4.14]

South Carolina Strawberry Festival (Fort Mill, South Carolina) [thru 5.4]

World grits Festival (St. George, South Carolina) [thru 4.13]

Feast Days

Adoniram Judson (Episcopal Church)

Alferius (Christian; Saint)

A. Ligator (Muppetism)

Angelo Carletti di Chivasso (Christian; Saint)

Beverly Cleary (Writerism)

Cerealia (Old Roman Goddess of Grain, Ceres)

Chu-Si-Niu (Birth Goddess; Taiwan; Everyday Wicca)

Ekādaśī Tithi (Hunduism)

Eratosthenes (Positivist; Saint)

Erkembode (Christian; Saint)

Hygeia Asteroid Day

International Day of Human Space Flight (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Jord’s Day (Pagan)

Julius I, Pope (Christian; Saint)

Naughty Noodle Day (Pastafarian)

Print Olive Day (Church of the SubGenius)

Robert Delaunay (Artology)

Saba (a.k.a. Sabas the Goth; Christian; Saint)

Teresa of the Andes (Christian; Saint)

Tom Clancy (Writerism)

Transmigration of the Soul (Celtic Book of Days)

Victor of Braga (Christian; Martyr)

William Pellicone (Artology)

Zeno of Verona (Christian; Saint)

Islamic Moveable Calendar Holidays

Eid al-Fitr celebrations continue (Islam)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]

Uncyclopedia Bad to Be Born Today (because it’s Zombie Jesus Day.)

Premieres

Bend it Like Beckham (Film; 2002)

The Birds, by Tarjei Vesaas (Novel; 1957)

Bullwinkle Buys a Fence or Pickets Charge (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S6, Ep. 361; 1965)

The Coup, by John Updike (Novel; 1979)

Desperately Seeking Susan (Film; 1985)

Detective Conan: The Fist of the Blue Sapphire (Anime Film; 2019)

The Emancipation of Mimi, by Mariah Carey (Album; 2005)

42 (Film; 2013)

Fritz the Cat (Animated Film; 1972)

Garth Brooks, by Garth Brooks (Album; 1989)

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (Film; 2024)

Grace Under Pressure, by Rush (Album; 1984)

Grand Hotel (Film; 1932)

The Hamlet, by William Faulkner (Novel; 1940)

The Hay Ride (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1937)

Hound Hunters (MGM Cartoon; 1947)

Impromptu (Film; 1991)

It’s All in the Stars (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1946)

It Would Be So nice, by Pink Floyd (Song; 1968)

I Want It That Way, by The Backstreet Boys (Song; 1999)

James and the Giant Peach (Animated Film; 1996)

Justice League vs. Teen Titans (WB Animated Film; 2016)

Lake Wobegon Days, by Garrison Keillor (Novel; 1985)

Little Toot, by Hardie Gramatky (Children’s Book; 1939)

Live Through This, by Hole (Album; 1994)

Mad Max (Film; 1979)

Missing Link (Animated Film; 2019)

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (Film; 1936)

Mr. Tambourine Man, by The Byrds (Song; 1965)

Murmur, by R.E.M. (Album; 1983)

Oberon, by Carl Maria von Weber (Opera; 1826)

The Pebble and the Penguin (Animated Film; 1995)

Penguin Highway (Anime Film; 2019)

The Pink Pro (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1976)

Pluto’s Kid Brother (Disney Cartoon; 1946)

Rebecca (Film; 1940)

Rock Around the Clock, recorded by Bill Haley (Song; 1954)

A Rock for Rock or To Each His Stone (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S6, Ep. 362; 1965)

Save Rock and Roll, by Fall Out Boy (Album; 2013)

Shake, Rattle and Roll, by Big Joe Turner (Song; 1954)

The Shadow of a Gunman, by Sean O’Casey (Play; 1923)

Sink Pink (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1965)

Smitten Kitten (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1952)

Strange Lady in Town (Film; 1955)

String Along in Pink (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1979)

The Sweetest Thing (Film; 2002)

Tender Is the Night, by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Novel; 1934)

The Terminal Man, by Michael Crichton (Novel; 1972)

21 Jump Street (TV Series; 1987)

Wasting Light, by the Foo Fighters (Album; 2011)

Whoa, Be Gone! (WB MM Cartoon; 1958)

Woodchopper’s Baby, recorded by Woody Herman (Song; 1939)

Yertle the Turtle, by Dr. Seuss (Children’s Book; 1958)

The Zen of Seeing, by Frederick Franck (Philosophy Book; 1973)

Today’s Name Days

Herta, Julius, Zeno (Austria)

Davorka, Julije, Sofija, Viktor (Croatia)

Julius (Czech Republic)

Julius (Denmark)

Julius, Udo, Ullo, Ulrik, Uudo (Estonia)

Janna, Janni, Julia, Juliaana, Julius, Juuli (Finland)

Jules (France)

Herta, Julius, Zeno (Germany)

Akakios, Anthe, Anthi (Greece)

Gyula (Hungary)

Giulio, Zenone (Italy)

Ainis, Jūlijs (Latvia)

Damijonas, Galkantas, Julijus, Jūratė (Lithuania)

Julie, Julius (Norway)

Andrzej, Iwan, Juliusz, Siemiodrog, Wiktor, Wiktoriusz, Zenon, Zenona (Poland)

Sava (Romania)

Estera (Slovakia)

Constantino, Julio (Spain)

Julius, Liv (Sweden)

Destin, Destinee, Destiny, Dulce, Walker (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 103 of 2024; 263 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 5 of week 15 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Fearn (Alder) [Day 27 of 28]

Chinese: Month 3 (Wu-Chen), Day 4 (Bing-Wu)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 4 Nisan 5784

Islamic: 3 Shawwal 1445

J Cal: 13 Cyan; Sixday [13 of 30]

Julian: 30 March 2024

Moon: 18%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 19 Archimedes (4th Month) [Ptolemy]

Runic Half Month: Man (Human Being) [Day 3 of 15]

Season: Spring (Day 25 of 92)

Week: 2nd Week of April

Zodiac: Aries (Day 23 of 31)

[greensparty]

BEST CONCERTS OF 2024

In 2024, I was back to pre-pandemic levels of live performances, but best of all I got to share it with some good friends too! The magic of live music and performance was alive and well this year!

Honorable Mentions:

The Dandy Warhols  (March 5, 2024 @ Royale, Boston)

5. Metallica / Pantera  (Aug. 2, 2024 @ Gillette Stadium, Foxborough)

32 years after I first saw Metallica at Foxborough, I returned to see the year’s go-big-or-go-home stadium show that was heavy on Master of Puppets classics!

4. The Church / The Afghan Whigs  (June 21, 2024 @ Royale, Boston)

Two of the best college radio darlings of the 80s / 90s showed the audience they still have it decades later!

3. Sleater-Kinney  (March 17, 2024 @ The Paradise, Boston)

22 years after the first time I saw Sleater-Kinney, they blew the roof off The Paradise on St. Patrick’s Day!

2. Foo Fighters / The Hives / Amyl and the Sniffers  (July 21, 2024 @ Fenway Park, Boston)

Tie. Pearl Jam  (Sept. 17, 2024 @ Fenway Park, Boston)

Tie. Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band  (Sept. 18, 2024 @ Chevalier Theatre, Medford)

In any other year, any of these three incredible shows would be my #1 Concert of the Year (and they each have had that honor), they are all legends and among the best live acts I’ve seen and we are so fortunate to still have them in 2024, hard to choose one, hence the tie!

1. Matthew Sweet  (Apr. 15, 2024 @ Wilbur Theatre, Boston)

A few weeks after I did a phone interview with Matthew Sweet (my second time), I saw him for my sixth time in his first tour in years. It was heavy on his 90s hits and deep cuts. Sadly, he suffered a stroke six months later. I hope he can one day return to music in some way as he is on the road to recovery, but if this was my last time seeing him in concert, this legendary artist did one of his best shows I’ve seen and that is saying something!

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 4.12

Holidays

Anniversary of the Big Wind

Big Wind Day

Children’s Day (Bolivia, Haiti)

Cosmonaut Day (a.k.a. Cosmonautics Day; Russia)

Day of Science (Kazakhstan)

Day of Silence

Day of Space and Rocket Industry Workers (Ukraine)

D.E.A.R. Day (a.k.a. Drop Everything And Read Day)

Eat All Your Snacks Before the Movie Even Starts Day

Education and Sharing Day [11 Nissan]

Festival to Preserve Corn (Cochumatan Indians; Guatemala)

412 Day

Global Day to End Child Sexual Abuse

Halifax Day (North Carolina)

Hell is a Democracy Day

Horse Chestnut Day (French Republic)

Human Spaceflight Day

International Day for Street Children

International Day of Human Space Flight

Jersey Day (Canada)

Kamakura Matsuri (Japan)

Lakritsdagen (Sweden)

Lucid Dreaming Day

National Boob Touch Day

National Colorado Day

National Deskfast

National Dolores Day

National Donate Life Blue & Green Day

National Elbow Day

National For Twelves Day

National Gavin Day

National Hanging Out Day

National Health Day (Kiribati)

National Julia Day

National Mac Day

National Maya Day

National Only Child Day

National Radiologic & Imaging Nurses Day

National Redemption Day (Liberia)

National Shagging Day

National Silvia Day

Nicki Day

Pan Day (Japan)

Portable Typewriter Day 

Reach As High As You Can Day

Russian Cosmonaut Day

Selena Day (Texas)

Single Mother Appreciation Day

Songkran begins (Thailand) [Extra day added in 2018]

Teak Awareness Day

Walk On Your Wild Side Day

Wear a Star Day

World Hamster Day

Yuri's Night (International)

Food & Drink Celebrations

Colorado Pint Day

National Buy a Loaf of Bread Day

National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day

National Licorice Day

2nd Friday in April

Audubon Day [2nd Friday]

Fast and Prayer Day (Liberia) [2nd Friday]

Fry Day (Pastafarian; Fritism) [Every Friday]

National Dive Bar Day [2nd Friday] (Also 7.7)

Teal Day [2nd Friday]

Independence & Related Days

Halifax Independence Day (North Carolina)

Nye (a.k.a. Republic of Nye, f.k.a. Nye County; Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]

Tuposian Empire (Declared; 2018) [unrecognized]

New Year’s Days

Sinhala New Year’s Day (Sri Lanka)

Festivals Beginning April 12, 2024

Atlanta Dogwood Festival (Atlanta, Georgia) [thru 4.14]

Atlantic City Beer & Music Fest (Atlantic City, New Jersey) [thru 4.13]

Bone Sucking’ Sauce Peak City Pig Fest (Apex, North Carolina) [thru 4.13]

Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival (Indio, California) [thru 4.14]

Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) [thru 4.13]

Moo, Brew & ‘Que Music Fest (Charlotte, North Carolina) [thru 4.14]

Orange Bowl Food and Wine Celebration (Fort Lauderdale, Florida)

Paris Book Festival (Paris, France) [thru 4.14]

Pear Blossom Festival (Medford, Oregon) [thru 4.13]

Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival (Ponchatoula, Louisiana) [thru 4.14]

Potent Strawberry Festival (Potent, Texas) [thru 4.14]

Rhododendron Festival (Hiawassee, Georgia) [thru 5.12]

St. Elias Food & Cultural Festival (Birmingham, Alabama) [thru 4.13]

San Joaquin Asparagus festival (Stockton, California) [thru 4.14]

South Carolina Strawberry Festival (Fort Mill, South Carolina) [thru 5.4]

World grits Festival (St. George, South Carolina) [thru 4.13]

Feast Days

Adoniram Judson (Episcopal Church)

Alferius (Christian; Saint)

A. Ligator (Muppetism)

Angelo Carletti di Chivasso (Christian; Saint)

Beverly Cleary (Writerism)

Cerealia (Old Roman Goddess of Grain, Ceres)

Chu-Si-Niu (Birth Goddess; Taiwan; Everyday Wicca)

Ekādaśī Tithi (Hunduism)

Eratosthenes (Positivist; Saint)

Erkembode (Christian; Saint)

Hygeia Asteroid Day

International Day of Human Space Flight (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Jord’s Day (Pagan)

Julius I, Pope (Christian; Saint)

Naughty Noodle Day (Pastafarian)

Print Olive Day (Church of the SubGenius)

Robert Delaunay (Artology)

Saba (a.k.a. Sabas the Goth; Christian; Saint)

Teresa of the Andes (Christian; Saint)

Tom Clancy (Writerism)

Transmigration of the Soul (Celtic Book of Days)

Victor of Braga (Christian; Martyr)

William Pellicone (Artology)

Zeno of Verona (Christian; Saint)

Islamic Moveable Calendar Holidays

Eid al-Fitr celebrations continue (Islam)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]

Uncyclopedia Bad to Be Born Today (because it’s Zombie Jesus Day.)

Premieres

Bend it Like Beckham (Film; 2002)

The Birds, by Tarjei Vesaas (Novel; 1957)

Bullwinkle Buys a Fence or Pickets Charge (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S6, Ep. 361; 1965)

The Coup, by John Updike (Novel; 1979)

Desperately Seeking Susan (Film; 1985)

Detective Conan: The Fist of the Blue Sapphire (Anime Film; 2019)

The Emancipation of Mimi, by Mariah Carey (Album; 2005)

42 (Film; 2013)

Fritz the Cat (Animated Film; 1972)

Garth Brooks, by Garth Brooks (Album; 1989)

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (Film; 2024)

Grace Under Pressure, by Rush (Album; 1984)

Grand Hotel (Film; 1932)

The Hamlet, by William Faulkner (Novel; 1940)

The Hay Ride (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1937)

Hound Hunters (MGM Cartoon; 1947)

Impromptu (Film; 1991)

It’s All in the Stars (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1946)

It Would Be So nice, by Pink Floyd (Song; 1968)

I Want It That Way, by The Backstreet Boys (Song; 1999)

James and the Giant Peach (Animated Film; 1996)

Justice League vs. Teen Titans (WB Animated Film; 2016)

Lake Wobegon Days, by Garrison Keillor (Novel; 1985)

Little Toot, by Hardie Gramatky (Children’s Book; 1939)

Live Through This, by Hole (Album; 1994)

Mad Max (Film; 1979)

Missing Link (Animated Film; 2019)

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (Film; 1936)

Mr. Tambourine Man, by The Byrds (Song; 1965)

Murmur, by R.E.M. (Album; 1983)

Oberon, by Carl Maria von Weber (Opera; 1826)

The Pebble and the Penguin (Animated Film; 1995)

Penguin Highway (Anime Film; 2019)

The Pink Pro (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1976)

Pluto’s Kid Brother (Disney Cartoon; 1946)

Rebecca (Film; 1940)

Rock Around the Clock, recorded by Bill Haley (Song; 1954)

A Rock for Rock or To Each His Stone (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S6, Ep. 362; 1965)

Save Rock and Roll, by Fall Out Boy (Album; 2013)

Shake, Rattle and Roll, by Big Joe Turner (Song; 1954)

The Shadow of a Gunman, by Sean O’Casey (Play; 1923)

Sink Pink (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1965)

Smitten Kitten (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1952)

Strange Lady in Town (Film; 1955)

String Along in Pink (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1979)

The Sweetest Thing (Film; 2002)

Tender Is the Night, by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Novel; 1934)

The Terminal Man, by Michael Crichton (Novel; 1972)

21 Jump Street (TV Series; 1987)

Wasting Light, by the Foo Fighters (Album; 2011)

Whoa, Be Gone! (WB MM Cartoon; 1958)

Woodchopper’s Baby, recorded by Woody Herman (Song; 1939)

Yertle the Turtle, by Dr. Seuss (Children’s Book; 1958)

The Zen of Seeing, by Frederick Franck (Philosophy Book; 1973)

Today’s Name Days

Herta, Julius, Zeno (Austria)

Davorka, Julije, Sofija, Viktor (Croatia)

Julius (Czech Republic)

Julius (Denmark)

Julius, Udo, Ullo, Ulrik, Uudo (Estonia)

Janna, Janni, Julia, Juliaana, Julius, Juuli (Finland)

Jules (France)

Herta, Julius, Zeno (Germany)

Akakios, Anthe, Anthi (Greece)

Gyula (Hungary)

Giulio, Zenone (Italy)

Ainis, Jūlijs (Latvia)

Damijonas, Galkantas, Julijus, Jūratė (Lithuania)

Julie, Julius (Norway)

Andrzej, Iwan, Juliusz, Siemiodrog, Wiktor, Wiktoriusz, Zenon, Zenona (Poland)

Sava (Romania)

Estera (Slovakia)

Constantino, Julio (Spain)

Julius, Liv (Sweden)

Destin, Destinee, Destiny, Dulce, Walker (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 103 of 2024; 263 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 5 of week 15 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Fearn (Alder) [Day 27 of 28]

Chinese: Month 3 (Wu-Chen), Day 4 (Bing-Wu)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 4 Nisan 5784

Islamic: 3 Shawwal 1445

J Cal: 13 Cyan; Sixday [13 of 30]

Julian: 30 March 2024

Moon: 18%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 19 Archimedes (4th Month) [Ptolemy]

Runic Half Month: Man (Human Being) [Day 3 of 15]

Season: Spring (Day 25 of 92)

Week: 2nd Week of April

Zodiac: Aries (Day 23 of 31)

[goalhofer]

2024 Seattle Mariners Roster

Pitchers

#22 Bryan Woo (Alameda, California)

#30 Austin Voth (Covington, Washington)*

#36 Logan Gilbert (Apopka, Florida)

#41 Eduard Bazardo (Maracay, Venezuela)

#45 Ryne Stanek (Johnson County, Kansas)*

#46 Trent Thornton (Charlotte, North Carolina)

#48 Gregory Santos (San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic)

#50 Bryce Miller (New Braunfels, Texas)

#52 Collin Snider (Nashville, Tennessee)*

#55 Gabe Speier (Goleta, California)

#58 Luis Castillo (Baní, Dominican Republic)

#60 Tayler Saucedo (Maple Valley, Washington)

#62 Emerson Hancock (Cairo, Georgia)

#67 Carl Bolton (Tracy, California)*

#68 George Kirby (Rye, New York)

#75 Andrés Muñoz (Los Mochis, Mexico)

Catchers

#18 Mitch Garver (Albuquerque, New Mexico)*

#29 Cal Raleigh (Sylva, North Carolina)

#33 Bernardo Zavala (La Puente, California)

Infielders

#0 Sam Haggerty (Denver, Colorado)

#3 J.P. Crawford (Lakewood, California)

#4 Josh Rojas (Goodyear, Arizona)

#7 Jorge Polanco (San Pedro De Macorís, Dominican Republic)*

#12 Samad Taylor (Corona, California)*

#16 Luis Urías (Magdalena De Kino, Mexico)*

#20 Luke Raley (Hinckley Township, Ohio)*

#23 Ty France (West Covina, California)

Outfielders

#8 Dominic Canzone (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio)

#17 Mitch Haniger (San José, California)

#25 Dylan Moore (Placentia, California)

#44 Julio Rodríguez (Loma De Cabrera, Dominican Republic)

Coaches

Manager Scott Servais (Coon, Wisconsin)

Bench coach Brant Brown (Porterville, California)

Hitting coach Jarret DeHart (Medford Township, New Jersey)

Assistant hitting coach Tommy Joseph (Scottsdale, Arizona)

Pitching coach Pete Woodworth (St. Petersburg, Florida)

Assistant pitching coach Danny Farquhar (Southwest Ranches, FL)

Batting practice pitcher Nasusel Cabrera (San Cristóbal, Dom Rep)

Bullpen coach Tony Arnerich (Santa Rosa, California)

Bullpen catcher Fleming Báez (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)

Bullpen catcher Justin Novak (Charlottesville, Virginia)

1B coach Kristopher Negrón (Fairfield, California)

3B coach Manny Acta (San Pedro De Macorís, Dominican Republic)

Infield coach Perry Hill (Salina, Kansas)

Field coordinator Carson Vitale (Victoria, British Columbia)

Assistant coach Trent Blank (Columbia, Illinois)

[spookyoregon]

The Unsolved Murders

10/20/12, cabby William “Huey” Huson’s cab was discovered abandoned at the corner of 9th and Almond St. Huey was reported missing by his dispatch with Valley Cab. His body was discovered in a field near the Medford International Airport. As of 2023, Huey’s murder has not been solved. He has been added to a morbid list of unsolved murders that have happened in Southern Oregon.

One of the first unsolved, and most scandalous, murders was in July, 1952 of two General Motors executives at Crater Lake. The search for Charles Culhane and Albert Jones’ murderers was spearheaded by local authorities and the FBI. Their bodies were discovered in the same month, missing their wallets, watches, and shoes. The FBI interviewed over 200 Crater Lake Park employees. While there were a few leads, none panned out and as of 2023, this remains an unsolved cold case.

The Cowden Family Murders are another unsolved cold case. The family, Richard, Belinda, children David and Melissa, lived in White City, OR. In 1974, over Labor Day weekend, the family went camping near Copper, OR where Belinda's mother lived. When the family failed to show for dinner, Belinda's mother found the family's campsite, sans campers. With items strewn about, alluding to a fight, she called the police. A search was made in the nearby area, but nothing was found until April 1975. The family's bodies were discovered near Carberry Creek in a cave, all murdered. As of 2023, this case remains unsolved, and one of the more infamous murders in the area.

sources: Crater Lake Institute, Wikipedia, KDRV12

[newmusicweekly]

Bicoastal Media stations named “St. Jude Radio Partner of the Year”

Members of Bicoastal Media radio stations from Oregon and California were recently in Memphis, TN., on the campus of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital to accept the prestigious “St. Jude Radio Partner of the Year” award.  The award was presented June 14th, to Bicoastal Media President, Mike Wilson; KRED-FM Eureka CA, morning host and Program Director Rollin Trehearne; Lakeport General Manager and KQPM-FM On-Air host Paul Thomas; and KRWQ-FM Medford, Oregon Program Director and Morning Host Bryce Burtner, by Richard Shadyac Jr., President and CEO of ALSAC, the fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude. In the past 20 years, Bicoastal Media has raised over $9.5 million for St. Jude® fundraising through the Country Cares for St. Jude Kids program. These funds support pioneering research and lifesaving treatment by St. Jude for childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases.  Thanks to generous donors like those who participate in the Bicoastal Media radiothon events, families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food so they can focus on helping their child live.  About St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®  St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Its purpose is clear: Finding cures. Saving children.® It is the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center devoted solely to children. Read the full article