Only the hardcore listeners hung out for this show. I did a good 80's block, a good stoner block, took some good requests, and thrashed it up the rest of the night.
We did on this date:
Misc History
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1876 - Colorado became the 38th state to join the United States.
1907 - The U.S. Army established an aeronautical division that later became the U.S. Air Force.
1914 - Germany declared war on Russia at the beginning of World War I.
1936 - Adolf Hitler presided over the Olympic games as they opened in Berlin.
1943 - Several deaths occurred in a race-related riot in Harlem, New York City.
1944 - In Warsaw, Poland, an uprising against Nazi occupation began. The revolt continued until October 2 when Polish forces surrendered.
1946 - In the U.S., the Atomic Energy Commission was established.
1957 - The North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) was created by the United States and Canada.
1966 - Fifteen people were shot and killed and 31 others were injured by Charles Joseph Whitman from a tower at the University of Texas at Austin. Whitman was killed in the tower.
1973 - The movie "American Graffiti" opened.
1976 - The Seattle Seahawks played their first (preseason) game. The Seahawks lost 27-20 to San Francisco.
1978 - Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds ended his streak of hitting in 44 consecutive games.
1986 - John McEnroe and Tatum O'Neal were married.
1986 - Bert Blyleven became only the 10th pitcher to strike out 3,000 batters in his career.
1988 - Martin Scorsese's "The Last Temptation of Christ" opened.
1993 - Reggie Jackson was admitted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY.
1995 - Westinghouse Electric Corporation announced a deal to buy CBS for $5.4 billion.
1998 - The U.S. books and music chain Borders opens its first European outlet with a 40,000-square-foot store on London's Oxford Street.
2006 - Cuban leader Fidel Castro turned over absolute power when he gave his brother Raul authority while he underwent an intestinal surgery.
Birthdays
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Dom DeLuise 1933
Giancarlo Giannini 1942
Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead) 1942
Boz Burrell (Bad Company) 1946
Tim Bachman (Bachman-Turner Overdrive) 1951
Robert Cray 1953
Michael Penn 1958
Robert Buck (10,000 Maniacs) 1958
Joe Elliot (Def Leppard) 1959
Suzi Gardner (L7) 1960
Chuck D (Public Enemy) 1960
Coolio 1963
Adam Duritz (Counting Crows) 1964
George Ducas 1966
Charlie Kelley (Buffalo Club) 1968
Tempestt Bledsoe 1973
Taylor Fry 1981
Asheley Angel (O-Town) 1981
Music History
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1960 - Aretha Franklin made her first secular recordings, which included "Today I Sing the Blues."
1960 - Chubby Checker's "The Twist" was released.
1960 - Elvis Presley was named Public Enemy #1 by the East German newspaper, "Young World."
1968 - Mick Jagger's movie "Performance" was released.
1971 - "The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour" was debuted on CBS-TV.
1973 - The movie "American Graffiti" opened.
1980 - George Harrison formed a production company called "Hand Made Films Productions."
1981 - MTV made its debut at 12:01am. The first video to be shown was "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles.
1987 - Siobhan Fahey (Bananarama) and Dave Stewart (Eurythmics) were married.
1994 - Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley announced that they had been married 11 weeks earlier in the Dominican Republic.
1996 - MTV launched another channel known as M2.
1998 - Sandra Crouch was ordained as pastor of her church. This was in spite of the ban on woman ministers by the Church of God in Christ.
And your playlist:
| Date played | Artist | Title | Album |
| 8/1/2011 19:05 | Skintones | 01-Basket Case | Never Get Better |
| 8/1/2011 19:08 | Skintones | 02 - Don't Do It | This Is Science |
| 8/1/2011 19:12 | Armageddon | 02 Burn The Sun | Three |
| 8/1/2011 19:23 | Iced Earth | Consequences | Something Wicked This Way Comes |
| 8/1/2011 19:30 | Piledriver | Witch Hunt | Metal Inquisition |
| 8/1/2011 19:37 | WARPATH | 04-Face To Face | Damnation |
| 8/1/2011 19:42 | Cavalera Conspiracy | 08- Genghis Khan | Blunt Force Trauma |
| 8/1/2011 19:48 | Vader | Dark Heart | Necropolis |
| 8/1/2011 19:51 | The Soulless | 03 - Earthbound | Isolated |
| 8/1/2011 19:54 | Sylosis | 06 - Awakening | Edge Of The Earth |
| 8/1/2011 20:05 | Megadeth | Holy Wars... The Punishment Due | Rust In Peace |
| 8/1/2011 20:12 | Megadeth | Hook In Mouth | So Far, So Good. So What |
| 8/1/2011 20:17 | Arch Enemy | 03 - Nemesis | Doomsday Machine |
| 8/1/2011 20:29 | Def Leppard | Another Hit And Run | High N Dry |
| 8/1/2011 20:34 | Van Halen | 03-Summer Nights | Live: Live Without A Net |
| 8/1/2011 20:41 | Ozzy Osbourne | Lightning Strikes | The Ultimate Sin |
| 8/1/2011 20:48 | Accept | Flash Rockin' Man | Restless And Wild |
| 8/1/2011 20:52 | Anvil | 01 - Metal On Metal | Metal On Metal |
| 8/1/2011 20:56 | Motorhead | Dance | Ace Of Spades |
| 8/1/2011 21:05 | Place of Skulls | 05 - Apart from Me | The Black Is Never Far |
| 8/1/2011 21:10 | Place of Skulls | 09 - Masters of Jest | The Black Is Never Far |
| 8/1/2011 21:14 | Spiritual Beggars | 02 - Blind Mountain | Another Way To Shine |
| 8/1/2011 21:26 | Orchid | 05 - Down Into The Earth | Capricorn |
| 8/1/2011 21:32 | Black Sabbath | Children Of The Grave | Master Of Reality |
| 8/1/2011 21:40 | Iced Earth | Blessed are You | Something Wicked This Way Comes |
| 8/1/2011 21:45 | Mechanization | 05 - skeletons at the banquet | Kenosis |
| 8/1/2011 21:50 | Abysmal Dawn | 03 - In Service of Time | Leveling The Plane Of Existence |
| 8/1/2011 21:57 | The Black Dahlia Murder | Miscarriage | Miasma |
Be sure you all check out Reality Sucks: Friday Edition this week, Friday 05 August at 8PM EDT on INFERNAL ROCK RADIO.
\M/ Metal Up Your Ass \M/
Late,
SA
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