Today I learned C.S. Lewis died the same day as Jack Kennedy: November 22, 1963. Talk about getting pushed off the front page!
Hey, I also learned Alice Cooper's real name is Vincent Damon Furnier. He was born in Detroit, grew up in Phoenix, and rocked his early years in California with FZ and some of them other freaks. That first album, Pretties For You is an underrated, adventurous, and surprisingly listenable & lovable LP.
Today I also learned about Jimi's 2nd guitar: a white Danelectro Silvertone with matching amp, bought for him by his bandmates in The Rocking Kings in 1959. Yep, a Sears, Roebuck deal for $49.95. He painted "Betty Jean" on it, after one of his high school girl friends, Betty Jean Morgan. Nice of the boys to chip in after Jimi's first, the Supro Ozark was lifted.
Something I heard Harold Bloom say today about Hamlet: "He is moody. He is abrupt. He is very violent. He is surpassingly intelligent, and he is, in the end, a very dangerous, fascinating kind of person." Professor Bloom was talking the heavy talk today. Check it HERE. A must listen.
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