16
Oct
2010
The Big Paws 16/10/2010 — Tracklisting
“Nom nom nom song” by Parry Grip
“Everybody needs someone to love” by Solomon Burke
“Mindlessnessless” by Hot Panda (it’s a freedownload)
“Imagine Hearts” by Ringo Deathstarr
“Trust” by Generationals
“Champ” by White Denim (it’s a freedownload)
The Time Tunnel:
- In this year Ulrike Meinhof and Gerhard Müller of the Red Army Faction were arrested in West Germany.
- The last U.S. ground troops were withdrawn from Vietnam.
- Alex Comfort‘s bestselling manual of beards and armpit sniffing The Joy of Sex was published.
- Norway rejected membership in the European Economic Community.
- It was the year of Cod War: Foreign Secretary Sir Alec Douglas-Home stationed the Royal Navy protect British trawlers off Iceland.
- Witch-based sitcom Bewitched <pause> with Elizabeth Montgomery aired its final episode.
- Computer game maker Atari was founded and released the seminal arcade version of Pong, the first game to achieve commercial success.
- Eugene Cernan was the last person to walk on the moon, from Apollo 17. The last manned mission to the moon of the 20th Century.
- This year was designated The International Year of the Book by UNESCO.
- and Bobby Fischer beat Boris Spassky in Reykjavík, Iceland, becoming the first American chess champion in the “Match of the Century”.
- Hatched in this year were: Saved by The Bell’s Elizabeth Berkley, pocket sized Z-lister Sarah Cawood, and Portuguese galactico Luís Figo,
- Despatched in this year were: 33rd President of the United States Harry S. Truman, and famous Hungarian biophysicist, poet Ezra Pound, Georg von Békésy, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1899)
- In October this year The Black September hijacked a Lufthansa Boeing 727 over Turkey, demanding the release of comrades still held for the massacre of Israeli athletes at the this years 1972 Olympic Games.
- But what was the year?
“Jesus” by Cliff Richard & The Shadows (1972)
“Hung Markets” by Seams (it’s a freedownload)
“Synchronize” (ft. Jarvis Cocker) by Discodeine (it’s a freedownload)
“The Headmaster Ritual” by Janice Whaley
“Maiden Goes To Bollywood (Iron Maiden vs Dhoom 2)” by Wax Audio
“White Lines” by DD:MM:YYYY
“Helicopter” (Diplo & Lunice mix) by Deerhunter (it’s a freedownload)
New To Me: “Kray Twins” by Mo-Dettes
“Everything Is Contagious” by Myelin Sheaths
“Salt and Sea” by Lazerbeak (it’s a free download)
“Shiny Spaceship” by 8-Bit Ninjas
Tediously Topical Twitter Tag Time:
“You’re The One That I Want” by Angus & Julia Stone
“Paradise Circus” by The Lilac Time
27
Feb
2010
