July 7
Better Than News
The Lord of the Ringos is an epic music-fantasy film about a drummer (Ringo Starr) whose riffs will decide the fate of Beatle Earth.
Full Metal Babysitting is an American teen comedy-drama war film directed by Stanley Kubrick and Chris Columbus, starring Elisabeth Shue, Keith Coogan, Matthew Modine, and Vincent D'Onofrio.
Wild Transfer is an album by Manhattan Transfer covering songs by Wild Cherry.
The Incredible Shrinking Spider is an American science fiction film about a scientist developing a miracle diet chemical. In its unperfected state, the chemical causes spiders to shrink, threatening the earth's ecological balance.
"Hot Fun in the Climate Change" is a song by Sly and the Third Stone from the Sun.
Beyond Plausible
A condiment packet gun is a toy novelty gun which shoots the contents of condiment packets.
In Other Words
"Talking Mattress Tag Blues" is a song by Bob Dylan.
Are You Sure
... that aviator Howard Hughes nearly died when his XF-11 reconnaissance aircraft prototype crashed in a Beverly Hills neighborhood?
... that the Flying Diner (also known as the Flying Lunch Car) is a diner adapted for flight, and that it serves short-order breakfast and lunch in-flight?
Selected Anniversaries
1752: Weaver and merchant Joseph Marie Jacquard born. He will invent the Jacquard loom, an early type of programmable machine.
1945: Advances in dynastic cellular automata theory reveal new members of Bernoulli family.
1946: Aviator Howard Hughes nearly dies when his XF-11 reconnaissance aircraft prototype crashes in a Beverly Hills neighborhood.
Topic of the Day
Dune
House of Spice and Fog is a 2003 psychological drama film about the battle between a young Imperial princess (Jennifer Connelly) and an immigrant warlord (Leto Atreides) over the ownership of the planet Arrakis.
Big Trouble on Little Arrakis is a science fiction comedy adventure film directed by John Carpenter and Denis Villeneuve and starring Kurt Russell.
Junc is a 2022 American science fiction film based on the television series Sanford and Son.
Shai-Hulud Juice is a 2023 science fiction comedy-adventure film directed by Tim Burton and Denis Villeneuve.
"Kwisatz Haderach" is a song by the Los Angeles-based psychedelic rock band Let Calm Barracks Worry.
