Monday, August 16, 2010

1967-- Part 2-- The News

Along with ten songs from the year, Bob Stroud also plays lines from movies, commercials and news clops from the year. Here are the comments between every two songs:

Mick Jagger and Keith Richards serve a month in jail for drugs.

We're living in a bizarro world: Jimi Hendrix quits as opening act for the Monkees. The Who are opening for Herman's Hermits.

The FCC ordered radio and TV stations to give significant time to anti-smoking advocates.

On January 7th, the cost of a first-class stamp went up a penny to 6 cents.

A flash fire in a practice launch killed astronauts Virgil Grissom, Ed White and Roger B. Chaffee.

More to Come. --DaCoot

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