Just a reminder that the State Boys' Basketball Tournament tips off today in Rupp Arena at 10 A.M. Central. You can watch the games online by subscribing to the NFHS Network, or you can listen online for free by going to the KHSAA's web page.
Showing posts with label 1966. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1966. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 31, 2021
Tuesday, April 9, 2019
Oh, Kentucky
Greetings from Kentucky:
Happy 53rd, WKDZ!
On the table on the Hill: Suspending 101 of 380 academic programs (including 45 with no students currently), altering 55, growing 15 and maintaining 209 as they are.
I lived on Griffith Avenue in Owensboro for a little while, but it's gotten a lot hipper since I moved away.
We had family living in Bardstown for several years, but they moved just about the time the community orchestra was getting together.
Taste the Mayfield.
Kelly is getting together for a chat Thursday evening, and there is a lot to talk about.
The most depressing part about this MLive article about the visiting AAU coach who was arrested Saturday and charged with punching out an official at the Paducah Regional Sports Plex are the comments from the Michigan readership about Flint.
Kresge's is (really) gone.
You might hear some shooting today in Stanford, but, thankfully, it's only a drill.
Mine 9 opens Friday in parts of Kentucky and elsewhere, but, this time, it's only a movie.
Hiring in Whitesburg.
Corbin Pediatric Associates remembers that it's National Child Abuse Prevention Month.
There are all kinds of people doing all kinds of neat stuff out there.
Happy 53rd, WKDZ!
On the table on the Hill: Suspending 101 of 380 academic programs (including 45 with no students currently), altering 55, growing 15 and maintaining 209 as they are.
I lived on Griffith Avenue in Owensboro for a little while, but it's gotten a lot hipper since I moved away.
We had family living in Bardstown for several years, but they moved just about the time the community orchestra was getting together.
Taste the Mayfield.
Kelly is getting together for a chat Thursday evening, and there is a lot to talk about.
The most depressing part about this MLive article about the visiting AAU coach who was arrested Saturday and charged with punching out an official at the Paducah Regional Sports Plex are the comments from the Michigan readership about Flint.
Kresge's is (really) gone.
You might hear some shooting today in Stanford, but, thankfully, it's only a drill.
Mine 9 opens Friday in parts of Kentucky and elsewhere, but, this time, it's only a movie.
Hiring in Whitesburg.
Corbin Pediatric Associates remembers that it's National Child Abuse Prevention Month.
There are all kinds of people doing all kinds of neat stuff out there.
Saturday, January 2, 2016
NFL65 Update
On today 1970 (Friday, Jan. 2), Hoptown 1970 me is pretending he's Paris 1966 me and that it's Sunday, Jan. 2, 1966, and that he's in Green Bay to root on Blanton Collier and the defending-champion Cleveland Browns in the NFL championship.
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
#BBN 1969-70
Spoiler alert:
Hoping to lure him into providing some game reports over the course of the season, here’s the schedule in Go Heath style (home games in ALL CAPS):
12/01/1969: WEST VIRGINIA
12/16/1969: KANSAS
12/08/1969: North Carolina (Charlotte, N.C.)
12/13/1969: INDIANA
12/19/1969: NAVY (UKIT)
12/20/1969: DUKE (UKIT)
12/27/1969: Notre Dame (Louisville, Ky.)
12/29/1969: MIAMI (OHIO)
01/03/1970: MISSISSIPPI (conf.)
01/05/1970: MISSISSIPPI ST. (conf.)
01/10/1970: Florida (conf.)
01/12/1970: Georgia (conf.)
01/17/1970: TENNESSEE (conf.)
01/24/1970: LOUISIANA ST. (conf.)
01/26/1970: ALABAMA (conf.)
01/31/1970: Vanderbilt (conf.)
02/02/1970: Auburn (conf.)
02/07/1970: Mississippi (conf.)
02/09/1970: Mississippi St. (conf.)
02/14/1970: FLORIDA (conf.)
02/16/1970: GEORGIA (conf.)
02/21/1970: Louisiana St. (conf.)
02/23/1970: Alabama (conf.)
02/28/1970: VANDERBILT (conf.)
03/02/1970: AUBURN (conf.)
12/13/1969: INDIANA
12/19/1969: NAVY (UKIT)
12/20/1969: DUKE (UKIT)
12/27/1969: Notre Dame (Louisville, Ky.)
12/29/1969: MIAMI (OHIO)
01/03/1970: MISSISSIPPI (conf.)
01/05/1970: MISSISSIPPI ST. (conf.)
01/10/1970: Florida (conf.)
01/12/1970: Georgia (conf.)
01/17/1970: TENNESSEE (conf.)
01/24/1970: LOUISIANA ST. (conf.)
01/26/1970: ALABAMA (conf.)
01/31/1970: Vanderbilt (conf.)
02/02/1970: Auburn (conf.)
02/07/1970: Mississippi (conf.)
02/09/1970: Mississippi St. (conf.)
02/14/1970: FLORIDA (conf.)
02/16/1970: GEORGIA (conf.)
02/21/1970: Louisiana St. (conf.)
02/23/1970: Alabama (conf.)
02/28/1970: VANDERBILT (conf.)
03/02/1970: AUBURN (conf.)
03/07/1970: Tennessee (conf.)
There has been some disconcerting roster news during the offseason. This little item turned up in Hopkinsville's Kentucky New Era in July:
And then this heartbreaking followup showed in August:
Well, we'll just have to root for Shelbyville's Mike Casey in his recovery and see what happens.
The 1969-70 UK media guide is for sale at eBay, and here are a couple of images from thekentuckytraders' post:
I wondered what was going on with that big cake (I should've remembered), and so I got a little more serious about the Googling and discovered that Kentucky Digital Library has the whole 411:
Hooray for jmuddcat of YouTube, Google, the Associated Press, thekentuckytraders of eBay, Kentucky Digital Library, the Internet and Christmas! And go, 1969-70 UK!
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Jump, Jump, Slam, Slam (1966)
Tall Men of Baltimore (5 stars, highly recommended) might turn out to be my favorite movie of 1966.
Thursday, October 9, 2014
From The Complementary Middlesboro Daily News In My Hotel Lobby
Here are four things I found interesting during my recent visit to Middlesboro for the 1966 Conference Tournament.
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
1966 Conference Tournament
Game 1: Ballads of The Green Berets by SSgt. Barry Sadler vs. Supremes A'Go-Go by The Supremes
Game 2: The Monkees vs. Strangers in the Night by Frank Sinatra
Game 3: Revolver by The Beatles vs. If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears by The Mamas & the Papas
Game 4: What Now My Love? by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass vs. Game 1 winner
Game 5: Game 2 winner vs. Game 3 winner
Game 6: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner
Game 2: The Monkees vs. Strangers in the Night by Frank Sinatra
Game 3: Revolver by The Beatles vs. If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears by The Mamas & the Papas
Game 4: What Now My Love? by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass vs. Game 1 winner
Game 5: Game 2 winner vs. Game 3 winner
Game 6: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Book Review: The Amazing Spider-Man Volume 4 (Marvel Masterworks)
Since 2002, there have four different movies about Spider-Man, and each of them grossed over $750 million worldwide. In 2011, there was even a Broadway show about Spider-Man -- with music and lyrics by Bono and the Edge. The epic saga of Peter Parker, Uncle Ben, Aunt May, and the various girlfriends and villains that Parker meets as Spider-Man has become one of the great American legends -- a story known to almost everyone with even the faintest interest in pop culture.
At the other end of the cultural spectrum, all the smart folks these days are watching high-end TV shows like House of Cards or Mad Men -- shows with limited runs of 10 to 13 episodes at a time. Each episode tells its own stories, but larger arcs run through the season as well. David Chase brought this formula to HBO with The Sopranos and it has now become the dominant form at the critically-acclaimed end of TV watching. Since 2007, the Emmy Award-winners for Best Drama have been The Sopranos (2007), Mad Men (2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011), and Homeland (2012) -- all shows that aired on cable and that fit this pattern.
Now here's the thing -- Spider-Man isn't that far removed from The Sopranos. In fact, if you go back to the original comics of the 1960's that made Spider-Man famous, you'll see that while each issue (usually) stands on its own, every episode also contributes to the longer arcs that run through the whole story -- just like your typical high-end TV show.
But come on, you say. Spider-Man doesn't have the depth or characterization that you would find in an Emmy Award-winning TV show. There's some truth to that. These stories were designed to be enjoyed by intelligent 10-year-olds, and there are large aspects of the human experience that they don't address. But on the other hand, you shouldn't under-estimate how well these characters are drawn, or the passion that they can inspire. I doubt very much that people will be making movies about Tony Soprano in 40 years.
And the more you start paying attention to comic books -- which is inevitable if you live in a house with three intelligent boys -- the more you realize how large Spider-Man bulks in the culture. It's not just the hit movies. It's a whole concept of heroism that is very different from the strong, silent types who dominated American culture in the age of Gary Cooper and Jimmy Stewart. Peter Parker is a nerd. He talks all the time. He gets nervous around girls. He worries about his aunt. He worries about money. He loses his temper when kids make fun of him. He makes really funny jokes (mostly to himself). Some times -- a lot of times -- he is petty and small-minded. But in the end, he is honorable and brave, and willing to risk his life for others. In short, Peter Parker resolves the tension between the tough guys who fought World War II and the Beatniks who felt alienated from mainstream culture in the late 1950's and early 1960's -- he combines the strength and decency of the first group with the ironic distance of the second. No wonder he is so popular in a society that wants desperately to do the right thing -- but isn't quite sure what that is.
Spider-Man was developed in the early 1960's by Stan Lee, who was -- at the time -- a 40-something genius in the middle of re-inventing comic books altogether. Lee took a genre that had almost died out in the 1950's and revived it, creating characters like the Fantastic Four, the Hulk, Iron Man, and Spider-Man. But more than that, Lee really thought about how annoying it would be to live as a super-hero in our world, and so he developed the type of conflict-ridden characters so popular today. But none of those characters was as well-done as Spider-Man, who burst onto the scene in 1962 and quickly established himself as Lee's greatest creation.
By late 1965, Lee and the rest of the team at Marvel Comics were on an incredible roll. Month after month, they rolled out new characters and stories who remain part of American folk-lore. And so if you get The Amazing Spider-Man Volume 4 -- which includes ten issues from December 1965 to September 1966 -- you are in for a treat. The volume works almost exactly like a modern hit on cable television. It starts with a three-part epic in which Peter Parker starts going to college, meets future love interest Gwen Stacy, worries that his Aunt is going to die, and is almost killed by one of greatest enemies -- Doctor Octopus. Peter Parker's trevails continue through the middle episodes, as he fights lesser villains, while a larger force is steadily moving against him. And then in the last two issues, he is captured by his other great enemy -- the Green Goblin -- who not only defeats Spider-Man, but actually uncovers his secret identity. That sets up a slam-bang finish to the volume that's better than almost anything you'll find in a movie theater this summer.
Some people don't like any comic books, and that's fine. But I think you should look for quality wherever you can find it, and in my opinion, Spider-Man at his peak was about as good as pop culture gets. If Stan Lee were in his 40's today, he'd probably develop a show for HBO or AMC that would win lots and lots of awards. His imagination and writing is that good. But in 1966, everything was a lot more rigid than it is now -- and so all of this energy was channeled into comic books that sold for 12 cents apiece, and that were never read by anyone over the age of 20. We can only be happy that those kids loved what they read so much that they kept it alive, and that kids today can have the same fun of wondering just, how, exactly, Spider-Man will escape this time.
At the other end of the cultural spectrum, all the smart folks these days are watching high-end TV shows like House of Cards or Mad Men -- shows with limited runs of 10 to 13 episodes at a time. Each episode tells its own stories, but larger arcs run through the season as well. David Chase brought this formula to HBO with The Sopranos and it has now become the dominant form at the critically-acclaimed end of TV watching. Since 2007, the Emmy Award-winners for Best Drama have been The Sopranos (2007), Mad Men (2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011), and Homeland (2012) -- all shows that aired on cable and that fit this pattern.
Now here's the thing -- Spider-Man isn't that far removed from The Sopranos. In fact, if you go back to the original comics of the 1960's that made Spider-Man famous, you'll see that while each issue (usually) stands on its own, every episode also contributes to the longer arcs that run through the whole story -- just like your typical high-end TV show.
But come on, you say. Spider-Man doesn't have the depth or characterization that you would find in an Emmy Award-winning TV show. There's some truth to that. These stories were designed to be enjoyed by intelligent 10-year-olds, and there are large aspects of the human experience that they don't address. But on the other hand, you shouldn't under-estimate how well these characters are drawn, or the passion that they can inspire. I doubt very much that people will be making movies about Tony Soprano in 40 years.
And the more you start paying attention to comic books -- which is inevitable if you live in a house with three intelligent boys -- the more you realize how large Spider-Man bulks in the culture. It's not just the hit movies. It's a whole concept of heroism that is very different from the strong, silent types who dominated American culture in the age of Gary Cooper and Jimmy Stewart. Peter Parker is a nerd. He talks all the time. He gets nervous around girls. He worries about his aunt. He worries about money. He loses his temper when kids make fun of him. He makes really funny jokes (mostly to himself). Some times -- a lot of times -- he is petty and small-minded. But in the end, he is honorable and brave, and willing to risk his life for others. In short, Peter Parker resolves the tension between the tough guys who fought World War II and the Beatniks who felt alienated from mainstream culture in the late 1950's and early 1960's -- he combines the strength and decency of the first group with the ironic distance of the second. No wonder he is so popular in a society that wants desperately to do the right thing -- but isn't quite sure what that is.
Spider-Man was developed in the early 1960's by Stan Lee, who was -- at the time -- a 40-something genius in the middle of re-inventing comic books altogether. Lee took a genre that had almost died out in the 1950's and revived it, creating characters like the Fantastic Four, the Hulk, Iron Man, and Spider-Man. But more than that, Lee really thought about how annoying it would be to live as a super-hero in our world, and so he developed the type of conflict-ridden characters so popular today. But none of those characters was as well-done as Spider-Man, who burst onto the scene in 1962 and quickly established himself as Lee's greatest creation.
By late 1965, Lee and the rest of the team at Marvel Comics were on an incredible roll. Month after month, they rolled out new characters and stories who remain part of American folk-lore. And so if you get The Amazing Spider-Man Volume 4 -- which includes ten issues from December 1965 to September 1966 -- you are in for a treat. The volume works almost exactly like a modern hit on cable television. It starts with a three-part epic in which Peter Parker starts going to college, meets future love interest Gwen Stacy, worries that his Aunt is going to die, and is almost killed by one of greatest enemies -- Doctor Octopus. Peter Parker's trevails continue through the middle episodes, as he fights lesser villains, while a larger force is steadily moving against him. And then in the last two issues, he is captured by his other great enemy -- the Green Goblin -- who not only defeats Spider-Man, but actually uncovers his secret identity. That sets up a slam-bang finish to the volume that's better than almost anything you'll find in a movie theater this summer.
Some people don't like any comic books, and that's fine. But I think you should look for quality wherever you can find it, and in my opinion, Spider-Man at his peak was about as good as pop culture gets. If Stan Lee were in his 40's today, he'd probably develop a show for HBO or AMC that would win lots and lots of awards. His imagination and writing is that good. But in 1966, everything was a lot more rigid than it is now -- and so all of this energy was channeled into comic books that sold for 12 cents apiece, and that were never read by anyone over the age of 20. We can only be happy that those kids loved what they read so much that they kept it alive, and that kids today can have the same fun of wondering just, how, exactly, Spider-Man will escape this time.
Friday, June 15, 2012
U.S. Open Wrap-Up: Round 1
Thanks so much to Eric, who did a great job covering the first round of the National Open from the Olympic Club in San Francisco.
This club has featured an odd collection of U.S. Opens. The first Open held here was in 1955. Ben Hogan finished with 287, and was widely believed to have won his fifth National Open. But Jack Fleck, a municipal-course pro from Iowa, played the last four holes in two under par to force a playoff. Fleck then beat Hogan 69-72 in the playoff. Hogan never won another major tournament.
The second Open here was in 1966. This time Arnold Palmer had a seven-shot lead with only nine holes left. Amazingly, Palmer blew the entire lead with bogeys on 10, 13, 15, 16, and 17, and just barely parred 18 to force a playoff with Billy Casper. In the playoff, Palmer had a two-shot lead at the turn. But he collapsed on the back nine, and lost 69-73 to Casper. Palmer never won another major tournament.
The third Open here was in 1987. This turned into a battle between Scott Simpson (who won 7 tournaments in his PGA career) and Tom Watson (who won 39). Watson had a one-shot lead with nine holes to go. But Simpson overtook him down the stretch to win by one shot. Watson never won another major tournament.
The fourth Open here was in 1998. After three holes on Sunday, Payne Stewart led Lee Janzen by seven shots. But he blew the entire lead and eventually lost to Janzen by one shot. Remarkably, Stewart came right back and won the 1999 U.S. Open. However, he died in a tragic accident a few months later.
So now, as we approach the fifth Open at Olympic, I'm a little nervous about what will happen to Tiger Woods. On the other hand, it may help that Woods is a native Californian, that he played his college golf at Stanford, and that he's already won two National Opens in California. Certainly he looked like his old self today. But it should be a great tournament. The leaderboard after the first round is filled with big names -- although I've never heard of the leader. Michael Thompson, is a virtual unknown who currently ranks 90th in the Fed Ex Cup. He did reach the final of the 2007 U.S. Amateur, which was played at Olympic, and that probably helped him today. We will see if it helps him tomorrow.
Before we do the leaderboard, here is how the World's Top Ten golfers are doing. You can write off Donald, McIlroy, Bubba, and Dustin Johnson, but the others have a good chance:
1. L. Donald (ENG): +9
2. R. McIlroy (NIR): +7
3. L. Westwood (ENG): +3
4. T. Woods: -1
5. B. Watson: +8
6. M. Kuchar: Even
7. J. Rose (ENG): -1
8. H. Mahan: +2
9. J. Dufner: +2
10. D. Johnson: +5
And here are your leaders after Round 1:
1. M. Thompson: -4 (66)
T2. G. McDowell (NIR): -1 (69)
T2. N. Watney: -1 (69)
T2. J. Rose (ENG): -1 (69)
T2. T. Woods: -1 (69)
T2. D. Toms: -1 (69)
T7. J. Furyk: Even (70)
T7. M. Kuchar: Even (70)
T7. I. Poulter (ENG): Even (70)
T7. Mr. Beau Hossler (a): Even (70)
T7. J. Bohn: Even (70)
T7. J.B. Park (KOR): Even (70)
T7. R. Karlsson (SWE): Even (70)
T7. A. Presnell (AUS): Even (70)
Note: Mr. Beau Hossler is a 17-year-old high school student from Orange County, California. He actually qualified for last year's Open at Congressional Country Club, but he missed the cut.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Oh, Kentucky
Ask and receive. Ask and give.
Um, Miss Talley isn't just "among" the leaders going into today's final round.
Bear near Breeding.
Healthcare in Bardwell.
Tops in Shepherdsville.
KHS in Louisville and McKinney.
From Jackson: news of another bridge on the move. The bridge beat has been among the Kentucky desk's busiest in 2012.
"Maple bacon" cupcakes ... interesting.
Friday, October 7, 2011
Album Review: Finally Famous by Big Sean
A throwaway hip-hop dance record. The album can be summed up by the following lyric from the song "My Last."And I'ma hit this drink up like it's my last
I'ma, I'ma hit this night up like it's my last
I'ma I'ma, hmm, hmm, like it's my last
The music is about as innovative as that lyric. If you were a modern day Opie Taylor and you want to throw a dance party. Throw this album on and very soon everyone will have either fallen asleep or left.
Following the Rhapsody rating method I give it 0 out of 5 stars for Don't Like.
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