Wrecked Czech
@czechwreck.bsky.social
Music geek, movie geek, politics geek, food geek, happily engaged to the unicorn-haired Queen of the G Dimension, retired state droog and all-around Irascible Old Fart.
Cover Of The Day:
"Sixteen Tons" (Merle Travis), # 1 Pop, 12/3/1955 (Tennessee Ernie Ford)
The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band, covered it for an 2017 RSD release.
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"Sixteen Tons" (Merle Travis), # 1 Pop, 12/3/1955 (Tennessee Ernie Ford)
The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band, covered it for an 2017 RSD release.
youtu.be/2a6-idT95aQ?...
16 Tons - Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band
YouTube video by bigdamnbandofficial
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December 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Cover Of The Day:
"Sixteen Tons" (Merle Travis), # 1 Pop, 12/3/1955 (Tennessee Ernie Ford)
The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band, covered it for an 2017 RSD release.
youtu.be/2a6-idT95aQ?...
"Sixteen Tons" (Merle Travis), # 1 Pop, 12/3/1955 (Tennessee Ernie Ford)
The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band, covered it for an 2017 RSD release.
youtu.be/2a6-idT95aQ?...
Today, in Musical History, December 3rd, 1976: The 40-foot inflatable pig being used to shoot the cover art for Pink Floyd's "Animals", breaks free and goes sailing over the British countryside, forcing air traffic controllers to actually warn all aircraft of a flying pig.
December 3, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Today, in Musical History, December 3rd, 1976: The 40-foot inflatable pig being used to shoot the cover art for Pink Floyd's "Animals", breaks free and goes sailing over the British countryside, forcing air traffic controllers to actually warn all aircraft of a flying pig.
" 'God' is the word that comes after 'go-cart' " - Samuel Butler, novelist and critic, b. 1835, Langar, Nottinghamshire, England
December 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
" 'God' is the word that comes after 'go-cart' " - Samuel Butler, novelist and critic, b. 1835, Langar, Nottinghamshire, England
Today in History, December 3rd, 1616: John Wallis, mathematician, cryptographer, and the man who introduced ∞ as a symbol for infinity, b. Ashford, England
December 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Today in History, December 3rd, 1616: John Wallis, mathematician, cryptographer, and the man who introduced ∞ as a symbol for infinity, b. Ashford, England
Cover Of The Day:
"Papa Was A Rolling Stone" (The Undisputed Truth), No.1 Pop, 12/2/72, the Temptations
1973 cover by the Pioneers, from "Funky KIngston: Reggae Dance Floor Grooves 1968-1974"
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"Papa Was A Rolling Stone" (The Undisputed Truth), No.1 Pop, 12/2/72, the Temptations
1973 cover by the Pioneers, from "Funky KIngston: Reggae Dance Floor Grooves 1968-1974"
youtu.be/FLQl-NLhH8M?...
The Pioneers - Papa Was a Rolling Stone (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Trojan Records Official
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December 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Cover Of The Day:
"Papa Was A Rolling Stone" (The Undisputed Truth), No.1 Pop, 12/2/72, the Temptations
1973 cover by the Pioneers, from "Funky KIngston: Reggae Dance Floor Grooves 1968-1974"
youtu.be/FLQl-NLhH8M?...
"Papa Was A Rolling Stone" (The Undisputed Truth), No.1 Pop, 12/2/72, the Temptations
1973 cover by the Pioneers, from "Funky KIngston: Reggae Dance Floor Grooves 1968-1974"
youtu.be/FLQl-NLhH8M?...
Today, in Musical History, December 2nd, 1964: Them, with a 19-year-old Van Morrison, release "Gloria".
Garage bands have been thanking them ever since.
youtu.be/EFvUSVz53MM?...
Garage bands have been thanking them ever since.
youtu.be/EFvUSVz53MM?...
Gloria (Remastered)
YouTube video by Them - Topic
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December 2, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Today, in Musical History, December 2nd, 1964: Them, with a 19-year-old Van Morrison, release "Gloria".
Garage bands have been thanking them ever since.
youtu.be/EFvUSVz53MM?...
Garage bands have been thanking them ever since.
youtu.be/EFvUSVz53MM?...
"If a free society is ever destroyed in America, it will be done in the name of one particular vision of liberty and freedom." - David Hackett Fischer, historian and Professor of History Emeritus at Brandeis, b. 1935, Baltimore, MD
December 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
"If a free society is ever destroyed in America, it will be done in the name of one particular vision of liberty and freedom." - David Hackett Fischer, historian and Professor of History Emeritus at Brandeis, b. 1935, Baltimore, MD
Today In History, December 2nd, 1942: Enrico Fermi ushers in the Atomic Age, when he creates and controls the first man-made, self-sustaining nuclear reaction, in the Pile-1 Unit - A converted squash court in the basement of Stagg Field, at the University of Chicago.
Looks harmless, doesn't it ?
Looks harmless, doesn't it ?
December 2, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Today In History, December 2nd, 1942: Enrico Fermi ushers in the Atomic Age, when he creates and controls the first man-made, self-sustaining nuclear reaction, in the Pile-1 Unit - A converted squash court in the basement of Stagg Field, at the University of Chicago.
Looks harmless, doesn't it ?
Looks harmless, doesn't it ?
Beautiful Christmas Lights
YouTube video by James Kochalka Superstar - Topic
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December 1, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Cover Of The Day:
"True Love Will Find You In The End" (Daniel Johnston), 12/1/84, from "Retired Boxer"
Wilco's cover comes from the 1999 "Shot In The Arm" EP, and was added to the "Alpha Mike Foxtrot" box set in 2014
youtu.be/yY3vnKfru_s?...
"True Love Will Find You In The End" (Daniel Johnston), 12/1/84, from "Retired Boxer"
Wilco's cover comes from the 1999 "Shot In The Arm" EP, and was added to the "Alpha Mike Foxtrot" box set in 2014
youtu.be/yY3vnKfru_s?...
True Love Will Find You in the End
YouTube video by Wilco - Topic
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December 1, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Cover Of The Day:
"True Love Will Find You In The End" (Daniel Johnston), 12/1/84, from "Retired Boxer"
Wilco's cover comes from the 1999 "Shot In The Arm" EP, and was added to the "Alpha Mike Foxtrot" box set in 2014
youtu.be/yY3vnKfru_s?...
"True Love Will Find You In The End" (Daniel Johnston), 12/1/84, from "Retired Boxer"
Wilco's cover comes from the 1999 "Shot In The Arm" EP, and was added to the "Alpha Mike Foxtrot" box set in 2014
youtu.be/yY3vnKfru_s?...
Today, in Musical History, December 1st, 1983: In one of the more revealing demonstrations of the eternal gulf between art and commerce, Neil Young's record label sues him, for....not sounding enough like Neil Young.
(The label loses, and Young goes elsewhere.)
(The label loses, and Young goes elsewhere.)
December 1, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Today, in Musical History, December 1st, 1983: In one of the more revealing demonstrations of the eternal gulf between art and commerce, Neil Young's record label sues him, for....not sounding enough like Neil Young.
(The label loses, and Young goes elsewhere.)
(The label loses, and Young goes elsewhere.)
"I was like you once, long ago. I believed in the dignity of man. Decency. Humanity. Boy, was I wrong." - Charles Grandison Finney, Jr, American news editor and fantasy novelist, b. 1905, Sedalia, MO
December 1, 2025 at 12:16 PM
"I was like you once, long ago. I believed in the dignity of man. Decency. Humanity. Boy, was I wrong." - Charles Grandison Finney, Jr, American news editor and fantasy novelist, b. 1905, Sedalia, MO
Today in History, December 1st, 1955: Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat, Montgomery, AL. Good on her. (She wasn't the first, but she was the exact image civil rights activists needed.)
December 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Today in History, December 1st, 1955: Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat, Montgomery, AL. Good on her. (She wasn't the first, but she was the exact image civil rights activists needed.)
Cover Of The Day:
"Ol' Man River" (Oscar Hammerstein / Jerome Kern), from "Show Boat", released 11/30/1927
A somewhat different interpretation, by Screamin' Jay Hawkins, from his 1991 album "Black Music For White People:
youtu.be/jonwYsNJpzM?...
"Ol' Man River" (Oscar Hammerstein / Jerome Kern), from "Show Boat", released 11/30/1927
A somewhat different interpretation, by Screamin' Jay Hawkins, from his 1991 album "Black Music For White People:
youtu.be/jonwYsNJpzM?...
Ol' Man River
YouTube video by Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Topic
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November 30, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Cover Of The Day:
"Ol' Man River" (Oscar Hammerstein / Jerome Kern), from "Show Boat", released 11/30/1927
A somewhat different interpretation, by Screamin' Jay Hawkins, from his 1991 album "Black Music For White People:
youtu.be/jonwYsNJpzM?...
"Ol' Man River" (Oscar Hammerstein / Jerome Kern), from "Show Boat", released 11/30/1927
A somewhat different interpretation, by Screamin' Jay Hawkins, from his 1991 album "Black Music For White People:
youtu.be/jonwYsNJpzM?...
Today, in Musical History, November 30th, 1955: Ray Charles records "Drown In My Own Tears"
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Drown in My Own Tears
YouTube video by Ray Charles - Topic
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November 30, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Today, in Musical History, November 30th, 1955: Ray Charles records "Drown In My Own Tears"
youtu.be/ynH3rczC_ZA?...
youtu.be/ynH3rczC_ZA?...
"Laws are like cobwebs which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through." - Jonathan Swift, British satirist a couple hundred years ahead of his time, author of "Gulliver's Travels" and "A Modest Proposal", and one smart cookie, b. 1667, Dublin, Ireland
November 30, 2025 at 6:18 PM
"Laws are like cobwebs which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through." - Jonathan Swift, British satirist a couple hundred years ahead of his time, author of "Gulliver's Travels" and "A Modest Proposal", and one smart cookie, b. 1667, Dublin, Ireland
Today in History, November 30th, Terrence Frederick Malick, b. Ottawa, IL
"Badlands", "Days Of Heaven", "The Thin Red Line", "The New World", "The Tree Of Life" -
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"Badlands", "Days Of Heaven", "The Thin Red Line", "The New World", "The Tree Of Life" -
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Terrence Malick
YouTube video by Cinemage
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November 30, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Today in History, November 30th, Terrence Frederick Malick, b. Ottawa, IL
"Badlands", "Days Of Heaven", "The Thin Red Line", "The New World", "The Tree Of Life" -
youtu.be/MF8Wn7ek2iQ?...
"Badlands", "Days Of Heaven", "The Thin Red Line", "The New World", "The Tree Of Life" -
youtu.be/MF8Wn7ek2iQ?...
Cover Of The Day:
Absolutely badass.
"Come Together", #1 Pop, 11/29/1969
The late Dr. Lonnie Smith's filthy, greasy version from his 2019 album, "Rise Up !"
youtu.be/g80EfGEPL30?...
Absolutely badass.
"Come Together", #1 Pop, 11/29/1969
The late Dr. Lonnie Smith's filthy, greasy version from his 2019 album, "Rise Up !"
youtu.be/g80EfGEPL30?...
Come Together
YouTube video by Lonnie Smith - Topic
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Cover Of The Day:
Absolutely badass.
"Come Together", #1 Pop, 11/29/1969
The late Dr. Lonnie Smith's filthy, greasy version from his 2019 album, "Rise Up !"
youtu.be/g80EfGEPL30?...
Absolutely badass.
"Come Together", #1 Pop, 11/29/1969
The late Dr. Lonnie Smith's filthy, greasy version from his 2019 album, "Rise Up !"
youtu.be/g80EfGEPL30?...
Today in Musical History, November 29th, 1975: Neil Young records "Like A Hurricane"
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Like a Hurricane (2017 Remaster)
YouTube video by Neil Young - Topic
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November 29, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Today in Musical History, November 29th, 1975: Neil Young records "Like A Hurricane"
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youtu.be/33Yy8Cwc3Go?...
"If we achieve satori and the satori shows, like a bit of dogshit stuck to the tip of our nose, that is not so good." - Taisen Deshimaru, Soto Zen buddhist teacher, b. 1914, Kyusjhu, Japan
November 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM
"If we achieve satori and the satori shows, like a bit of dogshit stuck to the tip of our nose, that is not so good." - Taisen Deshimaru, Soto Zen buddhist teacher, b. 1914, Kyusjhu, Japan
Today In History, November 29th, 1935: Erwin Schrödinger publishes his "cat" theory, in an attempt to explain the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics.
November 29, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Today In History, November 29th, 1935: Erwin Schrödinger publishes his "cat" theory, in an attempt to explain the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics.
Cover Of The Day:
"Better Things", released 11/28/81, the KInks
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Frank Black's version was a B side to "The Marsist", 1995
"Better Things", released 11/28/81, the KInks
youtu.be/1Xc8b_YbdyY?...
Frank Black's version was a B side to "The Marsist", 1995
Better Things Frank Black (Kinks kover)
YouTube video by Pelacanyes (David Panades)
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November 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Cover Of The Day:
"Better Things", released 11/28/81, the KInks
youtu.be/1Xc8b_YbdyY?...
Frank Black's version was a B side to "The Marsist", 1995
"Better Things", released 11/28/81, the KInks
youtu.be/1Xc8b_YbdyY?...
Frank Black's version was a B side to "The Marsist", 1995
Today, in Musical History, November 28th, 1980:
The Clash release "The Call-Up"
youtu.be/-ScaGjwkg2Y?...
The Clash release "The Call-Up"
youtu.be/-ScaGjwkg2Y?...
The Clash - The Call Up (Official Video)
YouTube video by theclashVEVO
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November 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Today, in Musical History, November 28th, 1980:
The Clash release "The Call-Up"
youtu.be/-ScaGjwkg2Y?...
The Clash release "The Call-Up"
youtu.be/-ScaGjwkg2Y?...