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On This Day in Pop Culture History: The Beatles Cause a Commotion
More Popular than Rod
On This Date, March 4th in 1966: Despite ample album sales to support his argument, John Lennon’s assertion that The Beatles “are more popular than Jesus” sparks widespread outrage. Lennon later apologized.
Workplace Quote of the Day!
From The Cubical Survival Guide:
“In America’s diverse and litigious workforce, it’s easy to offend someone willing to be a victim.”
– James F. Thompson
Rock Star Quote of The Day: Dave Davies!
“I wrote a song called ‘Where Pigs Fly,’ Ray wrote ten songs out of it. One of them was ‘Hatred,’ one was ‘Lola’ and the other eight were ‘You Really Got Me.’ ”
— Kinks’ Guitarist Dave Davies on his Brother, Bandmate and Long-time Rival, Ray
Dancing in the Dark, Walking Through the Park and Reminiscing
“An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.” –Mohandas Gandhi
I’ve been sitting in my office on Wall Street – which is about four blocks from the former site of the World Trade Center – since before 8:00 AM and not one person who’s called on the phone or walked by my desk has even mentioned that today is the sixth anniversary of the day those towers went down. And what’s most surprising to me about that odd fact is that…it doesn’t surprise me at all. Like a lot of other people who were in NYC on that day six years ago, I’d just as soon move on from the continuous analytical overhaul of an event that no one will ever be able to erase from public consciousness.
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