Vacation Edition

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Today’s Video: Bee Gees - World

Though it was a big hit in Europe, Atco Records did not issue it as a single in the United States. Atco had issued a third single from Bee Gees' 1st, "Holiday", instead of "World", and now in effect issued the delayed "Massachusetts" in the U.S., using its B side "Sir Geoffrey Saved the World". "World" was covered by the band, Gregorian, on their album Masters of Chant Chapter IV.

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Supreme Court Strikes Down Defense of Marriage Act

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An Open Letter to George Takei

An Open Letter to George Takei

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Bee Gees - Massachusetts

It was their first Number 1 hit in Australia and the UK and eventually became one of the best-selling singles of all time, selling over 5 million copies worldwide. When the Bee Gees wrote the song, they had never been to Massachusetts.

The song was intended as an antithesis to flower power anthems of the time such as Let's Go to San Francisco and San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) in that the protagonist had been to San Francisco to join the hippies but was now homesick. The idea of the lights having gone out in Massachusetts was to suggest that everyone had gone to San Francisco.

Robin Gibb recalled "This was a bittersweet victory. The day it went to number one it was Bonfire Night and I was in the Hither Green rail crash in Lewisham. Forty-nine people died and it was one of Britain's worst rail disasters. Luckily I didn't get injured. I remember sitting at the side of the carriage, watching the rain pour down, fireworks go off and blue lights of the ambulances whirring. It was like something out of a Spielberg film. I thought, at least there is one consolation, we have our first UK number one." -wiki

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An Open Letter to George Takei

An Open Letter to George Takei

An Open Letter to George Takei

Home Prices See Biggest Annual Gain in 7 Years, Survey Reveals

SCOTUS strikes down key part of the Voting Rights Act

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Today’s Video: Bee Gees - Holiday

The song remained a concert favorite for over 30 years, and Maurice Gibb often provided the audience with comedic antics by attempting many failed attempts to join Barry & Robin while singing this song. Evidence of this can be seen in a 1990 concert video where Maurice takes a camera from a film cameraman standing nearby and films Barry and Robin as they sing the song.

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Krugman Activate! 

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Today’s Video: Bee Gees "To Love Somebody"

At the request of Robert Stigwood, the band's manager, Barry and Robin Gibb wrote "To Love Somebody", a soulful ballad in the style of Sam & Dave or The Rascals, for Otis Redding. The Bee Gees recorded "To Love Somebody" at IBC Studios, London in March 1967 and released it as a single in mid-July 1967 in the U.S. Redding died in an aeroplane crash later that year, before having a chance to record the song.

Barry Gibb explained in a June 2001 interview with Mojo magazine:

    It was for Robert. I say that unabashedly. He asked me to write a song for him, personally. It was written in New York and played to Otis but, personally, it was for Robert. He meant a great deal to me. I don't think it was a homosexual affection but a tremendous admiration for this man's abilities and gifts. -wiki

Weekend Edition

Nothing matters but the weekend.

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James Turrell lights up the Guggenheim

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Today’s Video: Bee Gees -"New York Mining Disaster 1941"  

"New York Mining Disaster 1941" is a 1967 song by the Bee Gees, written by Barry and Robin Gibb. Barring a moderately successful reissue of their Australian single "Spicks and Specks", it was the first single release of the group's international career and their first song to hit the charts in the US or UK.

Barry and Robin Gibb wrote the song when they were sitting on a darkened staircase at Polydor Records following a power cut. The echo of the passing lift inspired them to imagine that they were trapped in a mine. The song recounts the story of a miner trapped in a cave-in. He is sharing a photo of his wife with a colleague ("Mr. Jones") while they hopelessly wait to be rescued. According to the liner notes for their box-set Tales from the Brothers Gibb (1990), this song was inspired by the 1966 Aberfan mining disaster in Wales.