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A record-breaking outdoor escalator project spanning 905 meters with a vertical rise of 240 meters is set to open in Chongqing, southwest China.
The massive mountain-climbing system—comprising 21 escalators, 8 elevators, and 4 moving walkways—will cut travel time along the scenic Shennü Avenue from nearly an hour to about 20 minutes, greatly easing daily commutes and sightseeing.
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A record-breaking outdoor escalator project spanning 905 meters with a vertical rise of 240 meters is set to open in Chongqing, southwest China.
ON THE 16th JANUARY 1930
Frank Whittle at age just 22, submitted his first patent for a jet engine (British Patent No. 347,206 - granted in 1932).
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🎬 Today is the 38th anniversary of the comedy drama war movie, Good Morning Vietnam! It was released in theaters in wide release on January 15, 1988 & starred Robin Williams, Forest Whitaker, Tung Thanh Tran, Chintara Sukapatana, & Bruno Kirby. It was directed by Barry Levinson & it is loosely based on the experiences of military radio station DJ Adrian Cronauer during the Vietnam War. Though most of Robin Williams' radio broadcast scenes were improvised by him. It was nominated for 1 Academy Award for Best Actor for Robin Williams & won 1 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor-Comedy or Musical for Robin Williams. It is also listed on the American Film Institute's 100 Years, 100 Laughs list at #100.
#GoodMorningVietnam #RobinWilliams #ForestWhitaker #TungThanhTran #ChintaraSukapatana #BrunoKirby #BarryLevinson #AdrianCronauer
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On this day in 1972, the Don McLean single “American Pie” went to #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 (January 15)
One of the biggest party songs of the 70s, which many took great pride in remembering each verse word for word.
It stayed at #1 in the US for four weeks, and also topped the charts in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. In the UK, the single reached #2, where it stayed for 3 weeks, on its original 1971 release and a reissue in 1991 reached #12.
The song also held the record for almost 50 years for being the longest song to reach #1 in the US.
McLean recalled that the song made its live debut in Philadelphia at Temple University when he opened for Laura Nyro on March 14, 1971.
Recording-wise, the song debuted in the album “American Pie” in October 1971, and was released as a single in December.
“The day the music died” famously refers to the plane crash in 1959 that killed early rock and roll stars Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens, but also obliquely refers to the end of the simpler, classic rock and roll era of the fifties, moving into the less naive and innocent era of the sixties.
McLean called his song a complicated parable, open to different interpretations. "People ask me if I left the lyrics open to ambiguity.
Of course I did.
I wanted to make a whole series of complex statements. The lyrics had to do with the state of society at the time."
The song was listed as the #5 song on the RIAA project Songs of the Century.
In 2017, McLean's original recording was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or artistically significant".
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On this day in 1977, the Eagles LP “Hotel California” went to #1 on the US Billboard 200 Albums Chart (January 15)
It was their first album with guitarist Joe Walsh, who had replaced founding member Bernie Leadon, and is the last album to feature bass player Randy Meisner.
“Hotel California” is one of the most iconic and best-selling albums of all time.
It has been certified 26× Platinum in the US, and has sold over 32 million copies worldwide, making it the band's best-selling album after “Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975)”.
The album went to #1 in the US, Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and Norway.
It has been ranked as one of the greatest albums of all time.
In 2003 and 2012, it was ranked #37 on Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time".
Three singles were released from the album, with two topping the US Billboard Hot 100, "New Kid in Town" and "Hotel California", whilst "Life in the Fast Lane" reached #11.
The album was also nominated for Album of the Year but lost to Fleetwood Mac's “Rumours”.
While the band were recording the album, Black Sabbath were recording “Technical Ecstasy” in an adjacent studio at Criteria Studios in Miami.
Eagles were forced to stop recording on numerous occasions because Black Sabbath were too loud and the sound was coming through the wall.
The last track of the album, "The Last Resort", had to be re-recorded a number of times due to noise from the next studio.
In an interview with the Dutch magazine ZigZag shortly before the album's release, Henley said:
“This is a concept album, there's no way to hide it, but it's not set in the old West, the cowboy thing, you know. It's more urban this time….
It's our bicentennial year, you know, the country is 200 years old, so we figured since we are the Eagles and the Eagle is our national symbol, that we were obliged to make some kind of a little bicentennial statement using California as a microcosm of the whole United States, or the whole world, if you will, and to try to wake people up and say,
‘We've been okay so far, for 200 years, but we're gonna have to change if we're gonna continue to be around.'"
Henley said of the themes of the songs in the album:
“They're the same themes that run through all of our work: loss of innocence, the cost of naiveté, the perils of fame, of excess; exploration of the dark underbelly of the American dream, idealism realized and idealism thwarted, illusion versus reality, the difficulties of balancing loving relationships and work, trying to square the conflicting relationship between business and art; the corruption in politics, the fading away of the Sixties dream of peace, love and understanding."
The front cover artwork is a photograph of The Beverly Hills Hotel shot just before sunset by David Alexander with design and art direction by Kosh.
The image was shot 60 feet above Sunset Boulevard on top of a cherry picker.
The rear album cover and gatefold was shot in the lobby of the Lido Hotel in Hollywood.
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This week in 1968, The Who LP “The Who Sell Out” debuted on the UK Albums Chart at #23 (January 13)
In summer 1967, the group's managers Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp suggested the band could create a concept album based on pirate radio and structure it in the same manner as that, or a typical US AM radio station.
As well as the music, the inter-song announcements and jingles were a key component of radio, so it was decided to include a selection of humorous asides on the album.
In his book Maximum R & B, Who confidant Richard Barnes claims he came up with the idea of the band recording commercial jingles after their cover version of the Batman theme appeared on the Ready Steady Who EP, while Pete Townshend later claimed in his memoir that he was the one who came up with the concept for the album.
The Marine, &c., Broadcasting (Offences) Act 1967 came into effect at midnight on 14 August 1967, outlawing all pirate stations (except for Radio Caroline North and South) and strengthening the album's effect as a tribute.
When the LP was released on Track Records in the UK in 1967, a psychedelic poster illustrated by Adrian George was included inside the first 1000 copies (500 stereo and 500 mono).
They came with a sticker on the front cover stating 'Free Psychedelic Poster Inside, and are much sought after…
"I Can See for Miles" was the only song from the album released as a single and peaked at #10 in the UK and #9 in the US, becoming the band's highest-charting single and only Top 10 hit in the US.
The iconic cover is divided into panels featuring photos by David Montgomery of each of the band members, two on the front and two on the back.
On the front is Pete Townshend applying Odorono brand deodorant from an oversized stick, and Roger Daltrey sitting in a bathtub full of Heinz Baked Beans (holding an oversized tin can of the same). Daltrey variously claimed that he had either caught pneumonia, the flu, or "the worst cold that [he had] had in [his] lifetime" after sitting for a prolonged period in the bathtub, as the beans had just come out of the fridge, and were "freezing cold".
On the back is Keith Moon applying Medac (an acne ointment) from an oversized tube to an oversized pimple, and John Entwistle in a leopard-skin Tarzan suit, squeezing a blonde model, Jill Langham, in a leopard-skin bikini with one arm and a teddy bear with the other (an ad for the Charles Atlas exercise course mentioned in one of the album's fake commercials).
The album's release was reportedly followed by lawsuits due to the mention of real-world commercial interests in the faux commercials and on the album covers, and by the makers of the real jingles (Radio London jingles), who claimed the Who used them without permission.
On the charts, it peaked at #3 in France, #8 in Australia, #13 in the UK, #48 in the US and Switzerland, and #160 in Canada.
In 2007, Rolling Stone included it on their list of the 40 essential albums of 1967, saying:
“the Who's finest album exemplifies how pop this famously psychedelic year was."
In 2020, The Who Sell Out was ranked #316 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
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🎬 Today is the 16th anniversary of the post-apocalyptic new-western action movie, The Book of Eli! It was released in theaters on January 15, 2010 & starred Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis, Ray Stevenson, & Jennifer Beals. It was directed by the Hughes Brothers.
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The 1969 Aussie Sportster,
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Confluence Park in San Antonio, Texas, designed by Lake Flato Architects and Matsys Design, is a 2018 public space focused on environmental education. Spanning 900 ft², the park’s pavilion, designed by Matsys, is a remarkable structure that collects rainwater into an integrated catchment system, reflecting sustainability at its core.
Alongside the pavilion, an education center with a green roof and solar panels generates renewable energy for the site. Confluence Park offers a hands-on learning experience about the San Antonio River watershed and South Texas ecotypes, encouraging visitors to engage with nature while exploring water conservation.
Photography © Casey Dunn
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In the rough settlements of early 19th century America, Abraham Lincoln earned respect not through speeches, but through raw physical prowess. As a young man in New Salem, Illinois, Lincoln competed in hundreds of wrestling matches, rarely tasting defeat. His most famous bout came against Jack Armstrong, the leader of a local gang called the Clough Street Boys. When Lincoln bested Armstrong, he gained instant credibility in a community where strength spoke louder than words.
Wrestling was more than sport in frontier America. It was a test of character, a way to prove yourself worthy of trust and leadership. Lincoln's success on the wrestling grounds gave him a reputation as someone who could stand firm under pressure and never back down from a challenge. He once boldly declared himself "the big buck of this lick," frontier slang for the top wrestler in the area. This confidence and physical presence made him a natural leader among his peers.
When Lincoln entered politics, his background as a rail splitter, farm laborer, and wrestler became central to his public image. While his opponents came from privileged backgrounds with formal educations, Lincoln represented the common man. Voters saw in him someone who understood hard work, someone who had earned everything through grit and determination. His wrestling victories became legend, serving as proof that he possessed the strength and resolve needed to lead.
Lincoln's wrestling legacy endures to this day. In 1992, the National Wrestling Hall of Fame honored him as an "Outstanding American," recognizing his contributions both in and out of the ring. From frontier brawler to the leader who held the Union together through its darkest hour, Lincoln's journey shows how personal strength and public perception shaped one of history's greatest leaders.
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Knotted Rattlesnake, carved from volcanic stone with traces of pigment.
Aztec, 1325–1521 CE.
Currently housed at the Yale University Art Gallery.
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Powerful, intimate, and unmistakably human.
Paintings by Denis Sarazhin explore emotion through fragmented bodies, expressive hands, and layered surfaces that feel both carved and painted.
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British racing motorist Sir Malcolm Campbell poses with his Campbell-Railton Blue Bird.
The vehicle was powered by a 36.7-liter supercharged Rolls-Royce engine producing over 2,300 horsepower and, in 1935, became the first car to surpass 300 miles per hour.
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TasteAtlas Eat Local, Eat Seasonal.
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