John Autry
@johnautry.bsky.social
Husband, father, grandfather, film fan, music aficionado, life long learner, and retired member of the NC House of Representatives.
The more things change...
#KevinSiers 12/8/2021
#KevinSiers 12/8/2021
December 8, 2025 at 11:59 PM
The more things change...
#KevinSiers 12/8/2021
#KevinSiers 12/8/2021
December 8, 2025 at 11:18 PM
On this day in 1980 John Lennon was murdered in New York City. I was working that evening in a menswear store in Seattle. There was a TV in the store tuned to Monday Night Football, I heard Howard Cosell make the announcement.
#JohnLennon #RockNRoll #VintageVinyl
#JohnLennon #RockNRoll #VintageVinyl
December 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
On this day in 1980 John Lennon was murdered in New York City. I was working that evening in a menswear store in Seattle. There was a TV in the store tuned to Monday Night Football, I heard Howard Cosell make the announcement.
#JohnLennon #RockNRoll #VintageVinyl
#JohnLennon #RockNRoll #VintageVinyl
The Blasters released their eponymously titled second album in December 1981.
#TheBlasters #VintageVinyl
#TheBlasters #VintageVinyl
December 7, 2025 at 11:19 PM
The Blasters released their eponymously titled second album in December 1981.
#TheBlasters #VintageVinyl
#TheBlasters #VintageVinyl
On this day in 1941 the Empire of Japan attacked the US Naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. 2,403 United States citizens were killed in the attack and 1,178 others were injured.
#PearlHarbor
#PearlHarbor
December 7, 2025 at 10:50 PM
On this day in 1941 the Empire of Japan attacked the US Naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. 2,403 United States citizens were killed in the attack and 1,178 others were injured.
#PearlHarbor
#PearlHarbor
"Band on the Run" by Paul McCartney and Wings released in the US on 12/5/1973.
#PaulMcCartney #BandOnTheRun #VintageVinyl
#PaulMcCartney #BandOnTheRun #VintageVinyl
December 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
"Band on the Run" by Paul McCartney and Wings released in the US on 12/5/1973.
#PaulMcCartney #BandOnTheRun #VintageVinyl
#PaulMcCartney #BandOnTheRun #VintageVinyl
Happy Birthday to my favorite raconteur, roustabout, provocateur and shape shifter, Tom Waits. Born this day in 1949. A genuine artist.
#TomWaits
#TomWaits
December 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Happy Birthday to my favorite raconteur, roustabout, provocateur and shape shifter, Tom Waits. Born this day in 1949. A genuine artist.
#TomWaits
#TomWaits
The Beatles' "Rubber Soul" released in the US on this day in 1965.
#TheBeatles #RubberSoul #VintageVinyl
#TheBeatles #RubberSoul #VintageVinyl
December 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The Beatles' "Rubber Soul" released in the US on this day in 1965.
#TheBeatles #RubberSoul #VintageVinyl
#TheBeatles #RubberSoul #VintageVinyl
On this day in 1969 the '60's ended. The Altamont Speedway Free Concert.
#AltamontSpeedwayFreeConcert #Altamont
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#AltamontSpeedwayFreeConcert #Altamont
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December 6, 2025 at 4:10 PM
On this day in 1969 the '60's ended. The Altamont Speedway Free Concert.
#AltamontSpeedwayFreeConcert #Altamont
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#AltamontSpeedwayFreeConcert #Altamont
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Twang! It's Friday!
Bobby Bare "Collector's Series" 1985.
#BobbyBare #CollectorsSeries #VintageVinyl #TwangItsFriday
Bobby Bare "Collector's Series" 1985.
#BobbyBare #CollectorsSeries #VintageVinyl #TwangItsFriday
December 5, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Twang! It's Friday!
Bobby Bare "Collector's Series" 1985.
#BobbyBare #CollectorsSeries #VintageVinyl #TwangItsFriday
Bobby Bare "Collector's Series" 1985.
#BobbyBare #CollectorsSeries #VintageVinyl #TwangItsFriday
The eponymously titled debut album by Buffalo Springfield released on this day in 1966.
#BuffaloSpringfield
#BuffaloSpringfield
December 5, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The eponymously titled debut album by Buffalo Springfield released on this day in 1966.
#BuffaloSpringfield
#BuffaloSpringfield
12/5/1955-The American Federation of Labor, which had historically focused on organizing craft unions, merged w/ the Congress of Industrial Organizations, an organization of unions largely representing industrial workers, to form the AFL-CIO with a combined membership of nearly 15 million.
#AFLCIO
#AFLCIO
December 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
12/5/1955-The American Federation of Labor, which had historically focused on organizing craft unions, merged w/ the Congress of Industrial Organizations, an organization of unions largely representing industrial workers, to form the AFL-CIO with a combined membership of nearly 15 million.
#AFLCIO
#AFLCIO
December 5, 1955 - Five days after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man, the African-American community of Montgomery, Alabama, launched a boycott of the city's bus system.
#MontgomeryBusBoycott
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#MontgomeryBusBoycott
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December 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
December 5, 1955 - Five days after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man, the African-American community of Montgomery, Alabama, launched a boycott of the city's bus system.
#MontgomeryBusBoycott
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#MontgomeryBusBoycott
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December 4, 1970 - Cesar Chavez was sentenced to 20 days in jail for refusing to call off the United Farm Workers’ consumer boycott of Bud Antle, Inc., the country’s second largest lettuce grower.
#CesarChavez #DoloresHuerta #UnitedFarmWorkers #UFW
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#CesarChavez #DoloresHuerta #UnitedFarmWorkers #UFW
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December 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
December 4, 1970 - Cesar Chavez was sentenced to 20 days in jail for refusing to call off the United Farm Workers’ consumer boycott of Bud Antle, Inc., the country’s second largest lettuce grower.
#CesarChavez #DoloresHuerta #UnitedFarmWorkers #UFW
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#CesarChavez #DoloresHuerta #UnitedFarmWorkers #UFW
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December 4, 1969 - Black Panther party leaders Fred Hampton and Mark Clark were assassinated by Chicago Police officers with cooperation from the FBI.
#FredHampton
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#FredHampton
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December 4, 2025 at 11:15 PM
December 4, 1969 - Black Panther party leaders Fred Hampton and Mark Clark were assassinated by Chicago Police officers with cooperation from the FBI.
#FredHampton
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#FredHampton
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Me and Rebecca got to spend Thanksgiving with these two.
Oh, and their mom and dad.
#JudeAutry #BenAutry
Oh, and their mom and dad.
#JudeAutry #BenAutry
December 4, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Me and Rebecca got to spend Thanksgiving with these two.
Oh, and their mom and dad.
#JudeAutry #BenAutry
Oh, and their mom and dad.
#JudeAutry #BenAutry
December 4, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Frank Zappa died on this day in 1993.
The graphic is a page from a 1967 Spiderman comic.
"Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid.”
~ Frank Zappa
#FrankZappa #FZ
The graphic is a page from a 1967 Spiderman comic.
"Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid.”
~ Frank Zappa
#FrankZappa #FZ
December 4, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Frank Zappa died on this day in 1993.
The graphic is a page from a 1967 Spiderman comic.
"Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid.”
~ Frank Zappa
#FrankZappa #FZ
The graphic is a page from a 1967 Spiderman comic.
"Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid.”
~ Frank Zappa
#FrankZappa #FZ
December 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
December 4, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Steve Cropper
1941 - 2025
1941 - 2025
December 3, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Steve Cropper
1941 - 2025
1941 - 2025
December 3, 1965 - An all-white jury in Alabama convicted three Ku Klux Klansmen for the murder of white civil rights activist Viola Liuzzo.
#ViolaLiuzzo
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#ViolaLiuzzo
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December 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM
December 3, 1965 - An all-white jury in Alabama convicted three Ku Klux Klansmen for the murder of white civil rights activist Viola Liuzzo.
#ViolaLiuzzo
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#ViolaLiuzzo
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12/3/1984-In the early morning hours, one of the worst industrial disasters in history began when American-owned #UnionCarbide’s pesticide plant located near the densely populated city of Bhopal in central India leaked a highly toxic cloud of methyl isocyanate into the air.
#BhopalDisaster
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#BhopalDisaster
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December 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
12/3/1984-In the early morning hours, one of the worst industrial disasters in history began when American-owned #UnionCarbide’s pesticide plant located near the densely populated city of Bhopal in central India leaked a highly toxic cloud of methyl isocyanate into the air.
#BhopalDisaster
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#BhopalDisaster
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