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Beatles legend George Harrison was born in Liverpool, England, on this day in 1943 (February 25)
The faces out front and in the headlines for the Beatles were often John Lennon and Paul McCartney, but George Harrison preferred to stay in the background, writing his songs, playing his guitar, and singing those beautiful harmonies.
He embraced Indian culture and helped broaden the scope of popular music through his incorporation of Indian instrumentation and Hindu-aligned spirituality in the Beatles' work.
Although the majority of the band’s songs were written by Lennon and McCartney, most Beatles albums from 1965 onwards contained at least two Harrison compositions, including songs like Taxman", “While My Guitar Gently Weeps", and “Here Comes the Sun".
After the band's break-up in 1970, Harrison released the triple album “All Things Must Pass”, a critically acclaimed work that produced his most successful hit single, "My Sweet Lord", a #1 hit around the world, the biggest-selling single of 1971 in the UK, and the very first #1 single by an ex-Beatle.
In 1988, he co-founded the platinum-selling supergroup the Traveling Wilburys with Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne, originating from an idea discussed by Harrison and Lynne during the sessions for Harrison's 1987 album “Cloud Nine”.
Harrison died of cancer on 29 November 2001, aged 58.
In 2004, Harrison was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist by his former bandmates Lynne and Petty.
He was also posthumously honoured with The Recording Academy's Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammy Awards in February 2015.
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Beatles legend George Harrison was born in Liverpool, England, on this day in 1943 (February 25)
The faces out front and in the headlines for the Beatles were often John Lennon and Paul McCartney, but George Harrison preferred to stay in the background, writing his songs, playing his guitar, and singing those beautiful harmonies.
He embraced Indian culture and helped broaden the scope of popular music through his incorporation of Indian instrumentation and Hindu-aligned spirituality in the Beatles' work.
Although the majority of the band’s songs were written by Lennon and McCartney, most Beatles albums from 1965 onwards contained at least two Harrison compositions, including songs like Taxman", “While My Guitar Gently Weeps", and “Here Comes the Sun".
After the band's break-up in 1970, Harrison released the triple album “All Things Must Pass”, a critically acclaimed work that produced his most successful hit single, "My Sweet Lord", a #1 hit around the world, the biggest-selling single of 1971 in the UK, and the very first #1 single by an ex-Beatle.
In 1988, he co-founded the platinum-selling supergroup the Traveling Wilburys with Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne, originating from an idea discussed by Harrison and Lynne during the sessions for Harrison's 1987 album “Cloud Nine”.
Harrison died of cancer on 29 November 2001, aged 58.
In 2004, Harrison was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist by his former bandmates Lynne and Petty.
He was also posthumously honoured with The Recording Academy's Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammy Awards in February 2015.
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TasteAtlas Eat Local, Eat Seasonal. Last chance to find these products at their peak before they leave the markets.
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George Clooney driving his 1959 Chevrolet Corvette.
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Midweek gym session 💪 
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Proof of walk this morning with Amigo and Cypher at Whitesand Beach ⛱️ 
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Johannes Kepler
"I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses."
"Johannes Kepler was a German astronomer, mathematician, astrologer, natural philosopher and writer on music. He is a key figure in the 17th-century Scientific Revolution, best known for his laws of planetary motion, and his books Astronomia nova, Harmonice Mundi, and Epitome Astronomiae Copernicanae.
These works also provided one of the foundations for Newton's theory of universal gravitation. Kepler was a mathematics teacher at a seminary school in Graz, where he became an associate of Prince Hans Ulrich von Eggenberg. Later he became an assistant to the astronomer Tycho Brahe in Prague, and eventually the imperial mathematician to Emperor Rudolf II and his two successors Matthias and Ferdinand II.
He also taught mathematics in Linz, and was an adviser to General Wallenstein. Additionally, he did fundamental work in the field of optics, invented an improved version of the refracting telescope, and was mentioned in the telescopic discoveries of his contemporary Galileo Galilei."
Born: December 27, 1571, Free Imperial City of Weil der Stadt, Holy Roman Empire
Died: November 15, 1630, Free Imperial City of Regensburg, Holy Roman Empire
Fields: Astronomy, astrology, mathematics, natural philosophy
Education: Tübinger Stift, University of Tübingen (M.A, 1591)
Known for: Kepler's laws of planetary motion, Kepler conjecture, Rudolphine Tables
Influences: Nicolaus Copernicus, Tycho Brahe, Pythagoras
Influenced: Sir Isaac Newton, Benoit Mandelbrot, Thomas Browne
"(K)new Words: Redefine Your Communication" by Gloria Pierre, (p. 147), 2005.
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It's InvasiveSpeciesWeek!
The red invasive bryozoan Watersipora subtorquata is an invasive species along the West Coast, where it can harm native invertebrate species by smothering them or outcompeting them for space.
This filter-feeding invertebrate grows on hard surfaces like rocks, pier pilings, and ship hulls.
Scientists with NOAA's Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary continue to study Watersipora to understand how it is impacting the health of the sanctuary.
👉 Learn more: 
On this day in 1979, the LP “Cheap Trick at Budokan” debuted on the Billboard 200 Album Chart at #93, and the UK Albums Chart at #68 (February 24)
It was the first live album by Cheap Trick, and not only their best-selling recording, but arguably one of the best live albums in rock history…
Cheap Trick found early success in Japan, and capitalized on this popularity by recording Cheap Trick at Budokan at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on April 28 and 30, 1978, with an audience of 12,000 screaming Japanese fans nearly drowning out the band at times.
Originally intended only for release in Japan, the album went to #1 in Canada, #2 in the Netherlands, #4 in the US, #10 in New Zealand, #12 in Japan, #26 in Sweden, and #29 in the UK.
It was ranked #426 in the 2003 edition of Rolling Stone magazine's list of "the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time".
In 2019, the album was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Recording Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
In its official press release upon the album's entry into the National Recording Registry, the Library of Congress stated that, along with its success in the Japanese market, Cheap Trick at Budokan "proved to be the making of the band in their home country, as well as a loud and welcomed alternative to disco and soft rock and a decisive comeback for rock and roll."
The album was included in the book “1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die”.
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Recording sessions had been disrupted when bassist and keyboard player John Paul Jones had proposed quitting the band, supposedly to become choirmaster at Winchester Cathedral, England, although in reality he just needed time to rest after Zeppelin's demanding tour schedule.
The group decided on a double album so they could feature songs left over from their previous albums Led Zeppelin III, Led Zeppelin IV and Houses Of The Holy.
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📍 Burano Island, Venice, Italy 🇮🇹
No filter. Burano's houses really look like this. Every building on this tiny island in the Venetian lagoon is painted a different colour, a tradition that dates back centuries so fishermen could spot their homes through the fog 🎨. The local government still enforces the palette, and if you want to repaint, you need to apply for an approved colour.
It's a 40-minute vaporetto ride from Venice proper, which means most day-trippers show up around midday and leave by 4 PM. Come earlier or later and you'll have the canals nearly to yourself. Walk past the main drag and you'll find lace workshops where artisans still stitch by hand, a craft the island has been known for since the 1500s 🧵.
Skip the overpriced restaurants on the main canal. The best risotto al nero di seppia is at the smaller spots a street or two back.
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Proof of walk this morning with Amigo and Cypher at Whitesand Beach ⛱️
This week in 1975, the Jethro Tull LP “Aqualung” re-entered the US Billboard 200 Albums Chart at #184 (February 22)
It remains Jethro Tull's best-selling album…
Originally released in 1971, the album became one of the first to be recorded at Island Records' newly-opened recording studios on Basing Street in London.
Led Zeppelin were recording their untitled fourth album at the same time.
In an interview on the 25th anniversary edition of the album, Tull's Ian Anderson said that trying to record in that studio was very difficult, because of its "horrible, cold, echoey" feel.
There were two recording studios at the location; Led Zeppelin worked in the smaller studio downstairs, while Tull got the larger studio, which was the main body of a converted church.
The initial idea for the album was sparked by some photographs that Anderson's wife Jennie took of homeless people on the Thames Embankment, and indeed, one of those photos also inspired the paining on the cover by Burton Silverman.
The album was not a concept album though, despite what many thought…
As Anderson says:
“I always said at the time that this is not a concept album; this is just an album of varied songs of varied instrumentation and intensity in which three or four are the kind of keynote pieces for the album but it doesn't make it a concept album.
In my mind when it came to writing the next album, Thick as a Brick, was done very much in the sense of: 'Whuh, if they thought Aqualung was a concept album, Oh! Okay, we'll show you a concept album.' And it was done as a kind of spoof, a send-up, of the concept album genre. ...
But Aqualung itself, in my mind was never a concept album. Just a bunch of songs.”
On the charts, “Aqualung” peaked at #2 in Italy, #3 in Australia, Norway and Denmark, #4 in the UK, #5 in Germany and Canada, #6 in Finland, and #7 in the US.
In 2012, Rolling Stone ranked the album #337 in their 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list.
The album's title track was included in Guitarist magazine's list of "The 20 Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time" at #20.
#jethrotull, #aqualung, #progrock, #progressiverock, #classicalbum, #iananderson, #70smusic, #70srock, #dailyrockhistory, #thisdayinmusic, #onthisday
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The Acropolis of Athens is an ancient hilltop citadel in Athens, Greece, with a history of more than 3,000 years.
Originally used as a fortress during the Bronze Age, it became the religious and cultural center of Athens.
In the 5th century BCE, after being destroyed by the Persians, it was rebuilt during the Golden Age of Athens, and the famous Parthenon was constructed to honor the goddess Athena.
Today, it stands as a powerful symbol of ancient Greek civilization, art, and early democracy.
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𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐀𝐫𝐭 𝐁𝐲 Juandrés Vera 𝐀𝐭 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐭, 𝐃𝐞𝐧𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤, 𝐅𝐨𝐫 Middelfart Kommune
𝟏. This piece is an incredible 3D anamorphic mural where the solid wall seems to literally peel away. 🎨
𝟐. It was created in 2023 by the talented Mexican street artist Juandres Vera. 👨🎨
𝟑. You can find this massive optical illusion painted on the side of a building in Middelfart, Denmark. 📍
𝟒. The artwork is officially titled "Naturaleza Artificial/Artificial Nature" (Road to nowhere IV). 🏷️
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Best Rated Tomatoes in the World: www.tasteatlas.com/tomatoes
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On this day in 1980, the Eagles single “I Can’t Tell You Why” debuted on the US Billboard Hot 100 at #60 (February 23)
The song that appeared on their 1979 album “The Long Run” was written by Timothy B. Schmit, Glenn Frey and Don Henley.
It was the first song finished for the album and the first Eagles song to feature Schmit on lead vocals.
Timothy B. Schmit provided the song title and composed the nucleus of "I Can't Tell You Why," which he then presented to Frey and Henley and they completed the song together.
Henley described the finished song as "straight Al Green" and said that Frey, an R&B fan from Detroit, was responsible for the R&B feel of the song.
Schmit recalled: “When it was being developed in the studio...I knew it was a great song. I [thought] 'Yes! This is an amazing debut for me.' When we finally mixed it, we had a little listening party at the studio.
As people were hearing it, Don turned to me and said, 'There's your first hit.'"
“I Can’t Tell You Why” peaked at #5 in Canada, #8 in the US, #11 in New Zealand, and #49 in the Netherlands.
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This week in 1985, the Glenn Frey single “The Heat is On” debuted on the UK Singles Chart at #77 (February 23)
The song written by Harold Faltermeyer and Keith Forsey, and recorded by Glenn Frey for the smash hit film Beverly Hills Cop, was the sixth track of the album “Beverly Hills Cop: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack”.
According to Frey, he was invited to an early screening of the film, and about two months later was sent a demo of a song written by Keith Forsey and Harold Faltermeyer to be used in the film to see if he was interested in singing the song.
Frey agreed, and recorded the vocal part in one day. The following day he played the guitar and recorded the background vocals, and was allegedly paid $15,000 for the work.
In the United States, it is the highest charting solo single by any member of the Eagles.
It peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in March 1985, behind "Can't Fight This Feeling" by REO Speedwagon.
It was also popular internationally, peaking at #2 in Australia and Norway, #4 in Germany, #5 in Sweden and Switzerland, #8 in Canada, and #12 in the UK.
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The 1954 Alfa Romeo 1900 Sportiva Spider
by Bertone
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On this day in 1979, The Police single “Roxanne” debuted on the US Billboard Hot 100 at #82 (February 24)
So basically, after this song came out, you couldn’t go anywhere without someone screaming at you “ROOOOOOXXANNE” in a screeching falsetto.
Well, at least that’s what was happening at the high school I went to around the time of this song…
This was first single with Andy Summers on guitar, and the first major-label release by The Police, who were struggling at the time.
A year earlier, they released their debut single "Fall Out" on an independent label owned by Stewart Copeland's brother Miles.
The song failed to chart, and the group felt a lot of pressure to produce something that would keep them off the dole.
Sting wrote the song after being inspired by wandering through the red light district of Paris in October 1977 while the band were there to perform at the Nashville Club.
Andy Summers recalled:
Sting played it for me in my living room early on. He was very shy at first bringing in his songs. But it was brilliant, and later on we all worked it out in a damp basement in North London.
I remember Stewart telling Sting where to place the bass notes, which was a bit tricky.
Miles Copeland came down to hear us and we were kind of embarrassed to play it for him, because Miles had blinders on and was into fast and furious punk.
But much to his credit, he said, 'This is great, a knockout!' I was really surprised.
And he took it to A&M and got a contract for one single.
I don't think it ever broke the Top 40 in America, but eventually it became the Police signature tune.”
If you listen, near the start of the song you can hear Sting accidentally sitting down on the keys of an upright piano in the studio and someone laughing, which happened by accident while the tape was rolling, which they ended up keeping and using mixed in with the intro of the track!
It was a slow burner, but It eventually got to #8 in New Zealand, #12 in the UK, #19 in the Netherlands, #22 in Ireland, #31 in Canada, #32 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and #34 in Australia.
The song ranked #388 on the Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" and was voted No. 85 by VH1 on its list of the "100 Greatest Rock Songs".
In 2008, "Roxanne" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
It’s also one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.
ROOOOOOXXANE!
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