MEDIA MATTERS
CELEBRATING RECORD STORE DAY
Saturday April 22nd is also Record Store Day. Our friend Sue Henry was waxing poetic about vinyl on her show yesterday. My first two 45s were these:
My first albums were, (hold on your hats people) I was a pretty weird kid, Mario Lanza and Frankie Valli.
Our good friend Mike Evans is celebrating the day with a special radio program. Here’s his message:
Saturday is RECORD STORE DAY. Saturday morning from 9am until noon, I'm doing a VINTAGE VINYL take-over show on Marywood's VM-FM 91-7. Normally, I spin stuff burned onto CD from vinyl. But Saturday, we're firing up the decks and bringing in the records. All original pressings -- on the radio.
EARTH DAY 2017
Now that we have a President who is doing everything in his power to destroy the earth, it is very important that we commemorate and pay attention on this day.
Trump has set up a hatchet man to get rid of regulations that keep the earth clean. He has disregarded climate change but can’t tell you why. Well, it’s like that with pretty much issue he tries to comment on. Just like we need to be vigilant against this no nothing thug, we need to take care of what we have on this planet. Remember in the next ten years if you see a decline in the quality of life in your camp grounds, rivers, lakes and recreations areas, you blame THE REPUBLICANS and TAHFQ.
A little bit about Earth Day.
Ever wondered how Earth Day started? This observance arose from an interest in gathering national support for environmental issues.
In 1970, San Francisco activist John McConnell and Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson separately asked Americans to join in a grassroots demonstration. McConnell chose the spring equinox (March 21, 1970) and Nelson chose April 22.
Millions of people participated, and today Earth Day continues to be widely celebrated with events on both dates.
The most common practice of celebration is to plant new trees for Earth Day.
Started as a grassroots movement, Earth Day created public support for the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and contributed to the passage of the Clean Air Act, the Water Quality Improvement Act, the Endangered Species Act and several other environmental laws.
This year, the environmental advocacy group Earth Day Network (EDN) has joined forces with the March for Science to organize a rally on the national mall in Washington, D.C. "The day's program will include speeches and training with scientists and civic organizers, musical performances and a march through the streets of Washington, D.C."
I will bet anything that if there is a large crowd in D.C. the President will Tweet that all the people gathering were paid. Book on it.