Today is Ringo Starr’s 70th birthday. He is celebrating with a private event at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York City, followed by a concert at Radio City Music Hall. I always thought Ringo Starr was a vastly underrated rock drummer. Because he was a character who became known for his “Ringoisms” — like [...]
Archive for July 6th, 2010
The Man Who Put The Beat In The Beatles
Posted in Music, Music videos, tagged Abbey Road, Beatles, Come Together, Dizzy Miss Lizzie, I Saw Her Standing There, It Don't Come Easy, Music, Music videos, Photograph, Rain, Ringo Starr, Saturday Night Live, the Beatles, Twist and Shout on July 6, 2010 | 2 Comments »
50 Years Old This Week
Posted in Movies, tagged Atticus Finch, Gregory Peck, To Kill A Mockingbird on July 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It was 50 Years ago this week that the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” was published by Harper Lee in July 1960. Two years later the novel was made into a movie that ranks as one of my top five favorites of all time. The plot is a simple one which revolves around a widowed attorney Atticus Finch and [...]
Welcome To The ‘Hood
Posted in Columbus, tagged Ice Cream, New Albany, summer on July 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
For a brief, grim period, the New Albany Market Street area was without an ice cream shop after Chocolate Octopus, a long-time tenant in the Market Street area, closed. That depressing time has now ended, because Johnson’s Ice Cream has moved into the old Chocolate Octopus space and is dishing out cold and creamy concoctions [...]
