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Today: is the 353rd day of 2011. There are 12 days left in the year.
On this date
In 1843, "A Christmas Carol," by Charles Dickens, was first published in England.
In 2001, the fires that had burned beneath the ruins of the World Trade Center in New York City for the previous three months were declared extinguished except for a few scattered hot spots.
Today's birthdays
Actress Cicely Tyson is 78. Paleontologist Richard E. Leakey is 67. Rock singer Alvin Lee (Ten Years After) is 67. Actress Jennifer Beals is 48. Actor Jake Gyllenhaal is 31.
The sun sets 4:36 p.m. today, rises 7:21 a.m. Tuesday.
The moon sets 12:34 p.m. today, rises 2:38 a.m. Tuesday. It is two days after the last quarter.
100 years ago today
1911: "Jacob Danyan, aged 32 years, was so terribly burned that death resulted in a few hours at the Bethlehem Steel Works. Danyan was sent to a dark building to fill an oil can. He took a torch and set it down near the tank while he tapped the oil. He forgot to turn off the faucet and the oil communicated with the torch and quickly spread to his clothing. A veritable pillar of fire, Danyan rushed through the darkness in search of help, but when it arrived it was too late."
^ "The Salvation Army is again making its appeal to the citizens of Easton for contributions to a fund for the purchase of Christmas dinners and trees for the poor. This is an annual custom with the Salvation Army, and the project has met with success in previous years. A large number of homes that would otherwise be bare of the good things of the Christmas season are yearly filled with good cheer and substantials by the charitable work of the Army. A number of kettles are hanging at various places on the streets and the public is asked to "Keep the Pot Boiling."
50 years ago today
1961: "Twenty-three fire companies in Northampton County responded to the weekly Civil Defense radio roll call and drill last night, it was announced today by John H. Brubaker, county director. The event was conducted from the county CD headquarters. The drills are conducted to test radio equipment and the communications net, Brubaker said. Fire sirens were set off by remote control in North Bangor, Lower Saucon, Hecktown, Upper Mount Bethel and Freemansburg. Brubaker said that after months of testing and experimenting, the system is operating satisfactorily. There are about 30 companies in the county, Brubaker said.
Alvin Lee Ten Years After - News
Rock singer Alvin Lee (Ten Years After) is 67. Actress Jennifer Beals is 48. Actor Jake Gyllenhaal is 31. The sun sets 4:36 pm today, rises 7:21 am Tuesday. The moon sets 12:34 pm today, rises 2:38 am Tuesday. It is two days after the last quarter.
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak is 70. Actress Elaine Joyce is 68. Actor Tim Reid is 67. Paleontologist Richard E. Leakey is 67. Rock singer Alvin Lee (Ten Years After) is 67. Musician John McEuen is 66. Singer Janie Fricke is 64.
Vladimir Horowitz would make his US debut two years later, developing into the century's greatest romantic pianist. In 1946, Chick Churchill, organist with "Ten Years After," was born in Mold, England. The group, fronted by guitarist Alvin Lee,
Singer Alvin Lee of Ten Years After is 67. Musician John McEuen of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is 66. Country singer Janie Fricke is 64. Actor Mike Lookinland ("The Brady Bunch") is 51. Actress Jennifer Beals is 48. Actor Scott Cohen ("Gilmore Girls")
Ten years later when Lucy unexpectedly runs into a nearly divorced Nate, she thinks fate is giving her and Nate another chance. But after the two get back together again, Lucy begins to wonder if fate was right the first time around.
10 Films | Vampire Blues
Rock My Religion (1982–84)–video by artist Dan Graham that synthesizes the Shakers, Jerry Lee Lewis, JIm Morrison, Patti Smith, hardcore punk and Sonic Youth, essential viewing (and reading, it came from his essay of the same name). Dan also made a video of a Minor Threat show at Great Guildersleeves c. 1982 that is, for my money, the best hardcore punk footage anywhere… The Buddy Holly Story/American Hot Wax (both 1978)–my two favorite Hollywood 50s rock movies, which I also saw in the late 70s when they first came out. Not many people know that Gary Busey, Don Stroud, and Charles Martin Smith actually play the instruments themselves in the Buddy Holly movie–and Don Stroud had never played drums before! American Hot Wax is the Alan Freed story, and was directed by Floyd Mutrux, who does a lot of Broadway jukebox musicals now but back in 1971 made a semi-doc about LA street life called Dusty and Sweets McGee which is one of my favorite movies (and has a “Solid Gold Weekend” oldies radio soundtrack which predates the similar device in American Graffiti by two years) All Dolled Up (2005)–available as a DVD, photographer Bob Gruen’s video footage of the New York Dolls’ first (and only?) trip to LA; for a similar video look at Memphis around the same time (including appearances by the legendary Jim Dickinson), see Stranded in Canton (1974/restored 2008) by William Eggleston (another photographer, who took the photos on Big Star’s Radio City and Alex Chilton’s Like Flies On Sherbert).
The Buddy Holly Story is one of my favorite movies. I remember watching it when it first came out. It has aged well.
I am not surprised that the actors in this film play their instruments – it is difficult for those not musically trained to approximate the correct bowing, fingering, positioning and posture that comes naturally to a musician.
LT : alvin lee & ten years after - the bluest blues ♪♫
Ten Years After (Alvin Lee) - Goin' Home (Woodstock 1969)
listening to "Ten Years After (Alvin Lee) @ WOODSTOCK - I'm going home" ♫ 
First came Alvin Lee & Ten Years After 
Happy Xth Night of Xmas! Not jazzed by Ten Lords-a-Leaping? Try Alvin Lee!Ten Years After live at Woodstock 1969.