This year has been a brutal, soul-sucking slog. And we have at least 3 more brutal and soul-sucking years left of this administration to go — if they don’t kill us all, first. So let’s get to it.
- MTV was launched 44 years ago on August 1
- Coolio was born 62 years ago on August 1
- Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott celebrated his 66th birthday on August 1
- Public Enemy‘s Chuck D. celebrated his 64th birthday on August 1
- Butch Vig celebrated his 70th — yes, y’all 70th! — birthday on August 2
- Echo and the Bunnymen‘s first dummer Pete de Freitas was born 64 years ago on August 2.
- Collective Soul‘s frontman Ed Roland celebrated his 62nd birthday on August 3
- Metallica‘s James Hetfield celebrated his 62nd birthday on August 3
- The iconic Louis Armstrong was born 124 years ago on August 4
- Beastie Boys‘ Adam Yauch, a.k.a. MCA was born 60 years ago on August 5
- U2′s The Edge celebrated his 64th birthday on August 8
- The incomparable, ebullient and legendary Whitney Houston was born 62 years ago on August 9
- The pioneering Kurtis Blow celebrated his 66th birthday on August 9
- Interpol’s Sam Fogarino celebrated his 57th birthday on August 9
- Ronnie Spector was born 82 years ago on August 10
- Hip-hop was born at a house party at 1520 Sedgewick Avenue DJ’ed by the pioneering Kool Herc 52 years ago on August 11
Now, if you’re a child of the 80s like me, you might remember that Dire Straits‘ Brothers in Arms featured one of the most technologically advanced, forward-thinking and oft-played video of its time — “Money for Nothing.”
But besides that song, it’s arguably one of the better albums of its day. “So Far Away” from me is a great, under-appreciated song in my book.
Dire Straits frontman and creative mastermind Mark Knopfler celebrates his 76th birthday today. Let’s wish Mark a very happy birthday. May there be many, many, many more!
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