Today is Common Sense Day

which always falls on the birthday of Will Rogers…

…who, among many other things, once said, “"Common sense ain't all that common."

It’s also “Flyaway Friday” on Swap or Stop

and kudos to Don Giella who answered this question correctly:

In what branch of the military did former Secretary of State Colin Powell serve?

Don correctly answered, “U. S. Army” and, as a result, won two airline tickets to any destination in the country.  Don is headed to Tampa, FL to show off his new baby son to his Dad.

Another chance to play this afternoon at 4:15 with Donna Dollar!

1979: The Iranian hostage crisis begins as militants storm the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. For some of the hostages, it was the start of 444 days of captivity.

Music History 101: 1961: This singer earned $20.00 for his first concert at Carnegie Hall. Only 50 showed up. ---Bob Dylan.

And now meet your (possibly) new BFF – Mochachino

He needs a new home.  Is it yours?

He’s at the Animal Services Center of the Mesilla Valley

3551 Bataan Memorial West Las Cruces, NM 88012-5013

(575) 382-0018

No one ever expected Richard Chamberlain who played Dr. Kildaire to perform heart surgery, or William Shatner as Captain of the Enterprise to actually pilot an Apollo mission. But the entire world was appalled when it discovered the artist’s responsible for today’s 101 number one song of the day didn’t play their own instruments.

The distinction between R-E-E-L life and R-E-A-L was blurred because this made-for-TV group was competing in the marketplace with non fictional groups like the Beatles, The Beach Boys, and the Rolling Stones. They spent 12 hours a day on a soundstage filming their series, leaving little time for recording. That, and the producers’ doubts about their musical talent, led to studio musicians such as Glen Campbell and Leon Russell to work on their material. Today’s featured song was released a mere 3 weeks before their series debuted and a few weeks after it became a television hit, they had their first hit record – and this week in 1966 it was number one in America – The Monkees and Last Train to Clarksville.

Listen for the replay and win Novembrew Tickets.

---that song was written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart and Bobby picked his favorite town in Arizona as his inspiration thus making clarksvill the fourth American city to be mentioned in the title of a number one song (Kansas city, New Orleans, El Paso)