Fifty-seven years ago today, John F. Kennedy visited San Antonio & Houston. He gave some speeches & was reported to have had a generally wonderful time. He retired for the evening in Fort Worth, Texas, and expected to give some more speeches after a comfortable ride in an open-air car with John Connolly & their respective wives. I believe Jackie intended to wear a pink suit.

Forty-five years ago today, Queen released “A Night At The Opera”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs-TWAITkQc

Of course, we all know about “Bohemian Rhapsody”, but what most folks forget is that this album also has “You’re My Best Friend” and Brian May’s instrumental version of “God Save The Queen”. Plus, the album title was inspired by the Marx Brothers movie; it turns out Groucho was a fan, and he invited them to his house, where they performed songs from the album for him.

And fifty years ago this coming Friday, The Kinks released “Lola Versus The Powerman and the Moneygoround”.

Obviously famous for “Lola”, this album also has the underappreciated “Got To Be Free”, “Get Back In Line”, and “Apeman”. It did well enough that they were able to renegotiate their contract, getting funding to build their own studio – Konk – and the first album to come from that was “Muswell Hillbillies”. Plus, their unofficial four-year ban from touring the States had ended, so they were able to tour in support of the album, and spent part of the time with some kid from London that knew how to play the piano.

Music history is real history.

Sunday Broadcast Maps: (courtesy 506sports.com)

CBS SINGLE

█ Tennessee @ Baltimore – Jim Nantz, Tony Romo

█ Pittsburgh @ Jacksonville – Ian Eagle, Charles Davis

█ New England @ Houston – Andrew Catalon, James Lofton

█ Cincinnati @ Washington – Spero Dedes, Adam Archuleta

█ Miami @ Denver (LATE) – Kevin Harlan, Trent Green

█ NY Jets @ LA Chargers (LATE) – Greg Gumbel, Rich Gannon

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• NCAA:
  • Tennessee at Auburn – 7:00PM | ESPN / TSN2
  • Oklahoma State at Oklahoma – 7:30PM | ABC
  • Arizona at Washington – 8:00PM | FOX
  • Southern California at Utah – 10:30PM | ESPN / TSN2
  • Washington State at Stanford – 10:30PM | FS1
• Fisticuffs:
  • UFC 255 – Figueiredo vs. Perez: From Las Vegas
    • Prelims – 6:30PM | ESPN2 / TSN5
  • PBC Fight Night:
    • Javier Fortuna vs. Antonio Lozada – 7:00PM | FS1

Have yourselves a luverly evening. Maybe listen to a whole album instead of just the singles. You’ll be pleasantly rewarded.