Tuesday, March 31, 2020

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@624 ενεργά ηφαίστεια υπάρχουν σε όλο τον πλανήτη μας, τα 546 είναι στην ξηρά και τα υπόλοιπα είναι υποθαλάσσια. Στην Μεσόγειο μόνο υπάρχουν 145 ηφαίστεια.

@ο πιο καταστροφικός σεισμός που έπληξε την Ελλάδα ήταν εκείνος που ισοπέδωσε το 1953 την Κεφαλλονιά σκοτώνοντας 600 ανθρώπους. Ο πιο πολύνεκρος σεισμός χτύπησε τη χώρα μας το 1866 στην Χίο με 4000 θύματα.

@Από τον χορο άρχισε η καλλιτεχνική σταδιοδρομία της Μάρως Κοντού. Πήρε για τέσσερα χρόνια μαθήματα χορού στην σχολή της Κ. Πράτσικα.

@Η 'νεκρη πολιτεία' σε σκηνοθεσία Φρίξου Ηλιάδη ήταν η πρώτη ταινία της Ειρήνης Παπά (σύζυγος τότε του θεατρικού συγγραφέα Αλκη Παπά) το 1952. Η ταινία είχε σταλεί και στο φεστιβάλ Καννών.

@Ο Λάμπρος Κωνσταντάρας γεννήθηκε 13 Μαρτίου 1913, ημέρα Τρίτη, στην οδό Πλουτάρχου 13.

@στην ταινία 'η Χιονάτη και τα επτά γεροντοπαλίκαρα' η Τζένη Καρέζη χόρεψε με τους Μίμη Φωτόπουλο {βάλς στο σκοπό της 'Ραμόνα', Βασίλη Αυλωνίτη (Fox τροτ στον ρυθμο του 'στο Ζάππειο μια μέρα'), Χρήστο Ευθυμίου (την ρούμπα 'Τιριτόμπα'), Διονύση Παπαγιαννόπουλο (το τάνγκο 'θέλω μαμά έναν αντρούλη'), Αλέκο Λειβαδίτη (τσάρλεστον), Νίκο Σταυρίδη (το πάσο ντομπλε "Μιχακα) και Ορέστη Μακρή (το αυτοκρατορικό βαλς).

ΛΕΥΤΕΡΗΣ ΚΟΓΚΑΛΙΔΗΣ

31 MARCH

Featured Events

2016Michael Stipe, Cyndi Lauper, Ann Wilson and Perry Farrell are among the performers at a Carnegie Hall concert honoring David Bowie.More

2000The movie High Fidelity, starring John Cusack and Jack Black as record store clerks, and featuring a cameo by Bruce Springsteen, opens in theaters.More

199523-year-old Tejano singer Selena dies after being shot by her former personal assistant and former fan club president, Yolanda Saldivar, in Corpus Christi, Texas. Jennifer Lopez stars in a movie about her life that is released in 1997.

1992Bruce Springsteen releases two albums, Human Touch and Lucky Town.

1984Kenny Loggins' "Footloose" hits #1 in America. It's the title song to the soon-to-be-famous film where Kevin Bacon brings dancing to a small town in the South.

1958Chuck Berry releases "Johnny B. Goode." The song is named after his piano player (Johnnie Johnson) and the street where he grew up (Goode Avenue).

1955Angus Young is born in Glasgow, Scotland. He later moves to Australia and forms AC/DC with his brother Malcolm.

31 MARCH

In Music History

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2015British jazz pianist Ralph Sharon, who brought "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" to Tony Bennett, dies in Boulder, Colorado, at age 91.

2009Lynyrd Skynyrd releases Live at the Cardiff Capitol Theatre. It features music recorded at Cardiff, Wales' Capitol Theatre on November 4, 1975. It's released alongside the album Authorized Bootleg: Live In Winterland, San Francisco, CA, 3/07/76.

2007Police issue arrest warrants for Country singer Billy Joe Shaver after he shoots and wounds a man outside a Lorena, Texas, bar. Shaver later turns himself in.

2003The Roots release Phrenology three years after their highly successful fourth album, Things Fall Apart. An ambitious work that pushes the boundaries of hip-hop, Phrenology also contains a hit: the Cody ChesnuTT collaboration "The Seed (2.0)."

2001Acker Bilk receives an MBE (Member of the British Empire) medal from Queen Elizabeth for services to the music industry.

1996After battling a number of health issues, Gun Club guitarist Jeffrey Lee Pierce dies at age 37.

199523-year-old Lance Cunningham injures four people at a Jimmy Page/Robert Plant concert in Auburn Hills, Michigan, when he tries to rush the stage with a pocketknife. Cunningham claims he was trying to attack Page, accusing him of being "Satanic."

1993Mitchell Parish, who wrote lyrics for the songs "Deep Purple" and "Stardust," dies at 92.

1987Georg Listing (bassist for Tokio Hotel) is born in Halle, Germany.

1986O'Kelly Isley (of The Isley Brothers) dies of a heart attack at age 48 in Alpine, New Jersey.

1982After 12 years together, The Doobie Brothers announce their (temporary) breakup.

1981At the first ever Golden Raspberry Awards (aka The Razzies), Neil Diamond takes home the prize for Worst Actor for his performance as Yussel Rabinovitch in The Jazz Singer. Laurence Olivier, who played Cantor Rabinovitch in the film, also scores a Razzie for Worst Supporting Actor, an honor he shares with John Adames for Gloria.

1974Tom Petty marries his first wife, Jane Benyo. The couple met when they were both 17, which provides the title for the Stevie Nicks song "Edge Of Seventeen." They have two daughters before their divorce in 1996.

1973Elton John appears on the front page of Melody Maker, which proclaims, "Now Elton's A Teen Idol!"

1972The official Beatles fan club disbands.

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Jimi Hendrix Sets Guitar On Fire

1967

At the Astoria Theatre in London, Jimi Hendrix sets fire to his guitar for the first time, and goes to the hospital after the show with minor burns. During the rest of the tour, Hendrix makes a habit of playing his guitar with his teeth, and he ignites his axe a few more times.

Despite Hendrix's reputation for destroying instruments during his performances, the audience can hardly be expecting such an inflammatory incident: The Jimi Hendrix Experience are at the bottom of the bill, opening up for three much tamer acts: The Walker Brothers, Cat Stevens and crooner Engelbert Humperdinck.

As the band perform their new song "Fire," Hendrix throws down his guitar onto the stage, creating an inferno of feedback. With the audience suitably distracted, band manager Chas Chandler covers the instrument with lighter fluid (which was dutifully purchased from the local store by a roadie earlier that day). Hendrix then strikes a series of matches until the Stratocaster is eventually engulfed in four-foot flames. 

In the heat of the moment, Hendrix fails to realize that he has burned his hands, and after the blaze is extinguished, he completes the song using another guitar. After the show, he attends the local hospital for the treatment of minor burns.

The stunt was suggested by rock journalist Keith Altham, and it certainly fuels media coverage of the hot young star. The burning of a guitar becomes the centerpiece of many Experience shows from that point forward, most notably at Monterey later in the year where the stunt is caught on film.

In 2008, the charred remains of the Fender Stratocaster that was ignited in the Astoria show are auctioned, raising over half a million dollars.

ΠΟΣΟ ΚΟΣΤΙΖΕΙ Η ΒΕΝΖΙΝΗ ΣΤΙΣ ΗΠΑ

Με τις διεθνείς τιμές του πετρελαίου να έχουν κατατρακυλήσει σε απίστευτα επίπεδα (έπεσα και κάτω από τα 25 δολάρια το βαρέλι) είναι προφανές ότι την αντίστοιχη πτώση θα έχουν και οι τιμές των καυσίμων στα πρατήρια. Ιδίως σε χώρες όπως της Αραβικής Χερσονήσου και τις ΗΠΑ όπου κατά παράδοση η τιμή της βενζίνης ήταν ήδη χαμηλή σε σύγκριση με την Ευρώπη.

Αυτή την στιγμή η μέση τιμή της βενζίνης στα πρατήρια των ΗΠΑ είναι κάτω από τα 2 δολάρια το γαλόνι, ενώ υπάρχουν και περιπτώσεις που πέφτει και κάτω από το 1,5 δολάριο. Αυτό σημαίνει ότι με 1,4 του ευρώ και με 3,78 λίτρα στο γαλόνι, το 1 λίτρο βενζίνης έρχεται περίπου στα 35 λεπτά του ευρώ. Σε κάποιες Πολιτείες ή αλυσίδες καταστημάτων η τιμή αυτή είναι ακόμα χαμηλότερη, πέφτοντας και κάτω από τα 30 λεπτά του ευρώ για κάθε λίτρο. Και όλα αυτά με πτωτική τάση.

Η τιμή αυτή δίνει στον Τραμπ τις απαραίτητες “προφάσεις” για να προχωρήσει σε άνοιγμα της οικονομίας χωρίς να υπολογίζει τις απώλειες σε ανθρώπινες ζωές (θα δούμε αν όντως το επιχειρήσει). Ενώ παράλληλα στριμώχνονται για κάποιο διάστημα και οι πωλήσεις των ηλεκτρικών, καθώς με αυτή την τιμή, η αγορά ενός κλασικού μοντέλου είναι πολύ πιο λογική και οικονομική επιλογή.

Σε ότι αφορά την Ελλάδα, οι τιμές τα βενζινάδικα είναι αλήθεια ότι έχουν πέσει, όχι όμως στον βαθμό που θα περίμενε κανείς. Αυτό οφείλεται και στο γεγονός ότι ελάχιστα αυτοκίνητα κυκλοφορούν πλέον έξω, οπότε και η πτώση της τιμής δεν προσφέρει και κάποιο σημαντικό κέρδος στη μεγαλύτερη πλειοψηφία των “Ελεύθερων Πολιορκημένων” του κορωναϊού.

Το σίγουρο είναι πάντως ότι όταν θα έρθει η ώρα να ξαναβγούμε στους δρόμους, ,οι τιμές θα έχουν ξαναβρεθεί εκεί που τις αφήσαμε, γιατί ως γνωστόν στην Ελλάδα η τιμή της βενζίνης κατεβαίνει αργά αλλά ανεβαίνει μέσα σε μια νύχτα.

On This Day in History

March 30, 2020

Historical Events

1856 Russia signs the Treaty of Paris, ending the Crimean War

1867 Alaska Purchase: US buys Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000 ($109 million in 2018), roughly 2 cents an acre

1870 15th Amendment to the US constitution is adopted, guarantees right to vote regardless of race

1959 Dalai Lama flees China and is granted political asylum in India

1972 Northern Ireland's Government and Parliament dissolved by the British Government and 'direct rule' from Westminster is introduced

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Famous Birthdays

Eric Clapton
75th Birthday

Robbie Coltrane
70th Birthday

Robert Bunsen
(1811 - 1899)

Vincent van Gogh
(1853 - 1890)

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Famous Deaths

Michael King
(1945 - 2004)

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
(1900 - 2002)

More Famous Deaths

30 MARCH

Featured Events

2005Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica ends its three-season run on MTV as its subjects, Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey, are on the brink of divorce. The marriage is officially over the following June.

2001The Detroit Free Press breaks the news that Jack and Meg White of The White Stripes are not siblings as they claim, but former husband and wife. Court records show they were married in 1996 and divorced in 2000. Rolling Stone and the New York Times are among the publications previously reporting them as brother and sister, a believable claim because they look alike.

1995Wu-Tang Clan rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard takes an MTV news crew along for a ride in a stretch limo, where he stops to pick up food stamps, proving that the ID card on the cover of his solo album is real.More

1968Celine Dion is born in Quebec.

1962MC Hammer is born in Oakland, California. His birth name is Stanley Burrell, but he is dubbed "Hammer" when he becomes a batboy for the Oakland A's, since he looks like hall-of-famer "Hammerin'" Hank Aaron.

1945Eric Clapton is born in Ripley, England. He forms the bands Cream, Blind Faith and Derek & the Dominos. His birth name is often erroneously reported as "Eric Clapp," as Clapp is the surname of his grandparents who raised him.

30 MARCH

In Music History

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2017Rosie Hamlin of Rosie & the Originals ("Angel Baby") dies at age 71.

2013Producer Phil Ramone dies of complications after surgery for an aortic aneurysm at age 79. Ramone produced most of Billy Joel's material. "If I hadn't met Phil when I did, I probably wouldn't have had a career," Joel says.

2011Buffalo Springfield, which split in 1968, announces a reunion tour with original members Neil Young, Stephen Stills and Richie Furay. The tour lasts seven shows, ending with a performance at Bonnaroo. Another 30 dates are planned, but Young calls it off.

2010Barenaked Ladies release their ninth studio album, All In Good Time. It's their first album since the departure of co-lead singer Steven Page, who officially left the band in 2009.

2008Sean Levert (of LeVert) dies at age 39.

2007Jay-Z sells his clothing company, Rocawear, to Iconix for $204 million.

2006Britney Spears plays a ditzy TV host on the "Buy, Buy Baby" episode of Will & Grace.

2004T.I. turns himself in to police after a warrant is issued for his arrest. The rapper is taken into custody for violating the terms of a previous drug arrest in 1997. He is also charged with distributing cocaine, manufacturing and distributing a controlled substance, and giving authorities a false name. In 2004, T.I. was sentenced to three years in jail for the crimes but was able to convert his sentence to a work release program shortly thereafter.

2004Singer Timi Yuro dies at age 63.

2003Duncan Sheik portrays Bobby Darin and sings "Beyond The Sea" on the "Where The Boys Are" episode of NBC's American Dreams.

1994In Miami, Pink Floyd begin their last world tour, the Division Bell tour.

1992PJ Harvey, a British alt rock trio consisting of vocalist Polly Jean Harvey, drummer Rob Ellis, and bassist Steve Vaughan, releases its debut album, Dry, a jagged collection of blues-infused punk-rock songs, including the sexually charged "Sheela-Na-Gig."

1987Prince releases his ninth album, Sign o' the Times.

1985Phil Collins scores his second #1 hit as a solo artist: "One More Night."

1979Norah Jones is born Geetali Norah Shankar in New York City. Her father is the Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar. (She takes her surname from her mom, Sue Jones.)

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Ashanti (Ja) Rules The Chart

2002

Ashanti dominates the American Top 10, with her Ja Rule collaboration "Always On Time" at #4, her Fat Joe duet "What's Luv?" at #5, and her solo track "Foolish" at #9. The #1 song, "Ain't It Funny" by Jennifer Lopez, contains some lyrics written by Ashanti.

The tracks continue their ascent, with "Always On Time" peaking at #1 and "What's Luv?" reaching #2, making Ashanti the first female artist to simultaneously hold the top two slots on the Hot 100. "Foolish" also finishes at #1 and earns her another record-breaking milestone as the first artist since The Beatles to have their first three singles chart in the Top 10 at the same time. 