Today's Tidbit

I find today's mention comical. On this day in 1973 the BBC banned all teenybopper acts from appearing on the UK show "Top of the Pops" because of a riot that broke out after a David Cassidy performance. Riot and David Cassidy. Kind of hard to put that in perspective and I guess back in 1973 dealing with screaming 12 year old girls was difficult for the older generation to handle. Thus the ban and riot label.

I saw David Cassidy poke his head out of the ground recently to make a ridiculous appearance on The Celebrity Apprentice. He got fired on the first day and probably had 40-50 year old housewives wondering what they'd seen in the soft spoken singer.

He actually did have a valid song or two regardless of his supposed lack of musical talent or the fact he was a mere product of television and record labels. Here now is a piece or two of music history.

Hamburgers

With fried mushrooms, bacon and onions then topped with lettuce, tomatoes, ketchup and mayo and sided up with some crinkle fries and light gravy.

These pictures are 100% calorie free. Dig in!

Hamburgers

Today's Tidbit

Being Canadian and from Vancouver today's tidbit is pretty poignant. On this day in 1975 Led Zeppelin appeared at Vancouver's Pacific Coliseum. No video this time but here is the entire concert that day.

Chicken Stir Fry

With big chunks of boneless, skinless chicken. Now the only question is fork or spoon?

Today's Tidbit

There are two mentions today that I find both show the sharp difference a handful of decades can make. On this day in 1957 Elvis Presley bought Graceland which boasted 23 rooms on 10,000 square feet contained on 13.8 acres of land. Here's the sharp contrast, he paid a mere $102,500!





The second of today's mentions is Dr Hook's single "On the Cover of the Rolling Stone" which peaked at No.6 on the US chart on this day in 1973. The sharp contrast here is the fact this single was banned in the UK by the BBC due to the songs reference to the magazine. They said that it could be considered advertising so actually had the producers and executives at London's branch of CBS sing over the single master replacing "Rolling Stone" with "Radio Times". The real kick in the pants is the fact that "Radio Times" was also the name of the weekly TV and Radio Guide published by the BBC!!!!!