This Day In Music

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Here are some examples for today:

  • 1998, Frank Sinatra died aged 82, had his first hit in 1940 and went on to have over 40 UK Top 40 singles including 1969 UK No.5 single ‘My Way’, which re- entered the charts 8 times and spent a total of 165 weeks on the UK chart.  
  • 1993, Janet Jackson started a eight week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘That’s The Way Love Goes’, her sixth US No.1, a No.2 hit in the UK.
  • 2003, June Carter Cash, country singer, wife of Johnny Cash died aged 73. Had hits with Johnny Cash, ‘Ring Of Fire’, ‘Jackson’, ‘If I Were A Carpenter.’
  • 1982, Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney started a seven week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Ebony And Ivory’. The song gave McCartney his 24th US No.1 as a songwriter, also a No.1 in the UK.
  • 1948, Born on this day, Brian Eno, synthesisers, Roxy Music, (1972 UK No.4 single ‘Virginia Plain’). Member of The Winkies, produced U2, Talking Heads, David Bowie, John Cale and released solo albums.
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Wi-Fi Digital Picture Frame

  • Connects to Wireless 802.11Network
  • Displays Photos E_Mailed to the Photo Frame
  • Displays Photos from Rss feeds of Yahoo Flickr,Google Picasa,Webshots and other photo-sharing web sites
  • Displays Photos stosilver on a MMC/SD/MS card slot
  • Publishs photos from eStaring to the Web with the touch of a button.

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Eric F. Myers is Drawing 50 Banjos – I thought I would help out

I need to raise some capitol to finish my roof before the insurance company cancels my policy.

Why banjos? I like banjos.
Why 50? 50 drawings at $20 will give me a $1000. While this may not seem like a lot of money to some, it would solve a lot of problems for me. I also believe that I have at least 50 readers that would like original art (or at least I hope I do).
Why the page? I think that people are more likly to respond if they see the goal.
What will the art look like? That depends on the subject but it won’t be a five minute sketch.
What do we do? I will draw a banjo themed picture based on the topic you give (Marlyn Monroe, Bigfoot, cheeseburger, jaywalking, etc…).

  • The picture that I have drawn from your topic will be posted on this page.
  • I will mail the drawn picture to you.
  • All drawings will be Black and White. India ink on 9″x12″ Bristol board.
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    This idea sounded pretty unique so I decided to help the guy out.  I sent Eric the following pics (larger of course) and told him I wanted a drawing of me serenading my wife with both dogs watching, one of which is covering his ears.

     

    This is what he came up with:

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    I think I look like an old half-Asian Popeye, but I love everything else about it.

    What are your thoughts?

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