Acthung!
February 26, 2009
Posting has been disrupted recently due to terrorist activities (the “terrorists” in this case being Comcast, our service provider, who are waging a war against all of their customers through price hikes, service stoppages, and the occasional car-bombing.)
Today, service has resumed, so I will make up for the recent drought with a spate – a spate, I say! – of posts today.
For this first one, I would like to point out something that has recently been brought to my attention. Prepare to have your mind blown.
On June 14th, 1928, Che Guevara was born. He would go on to become a famous revolutionary and face-on-a-t-shirt (although the “rebellious” teens and undergrads wearing the shirts typically know little-to-nothing about his actual career or politics, and merely see him as a classier alternative to Tony Montana, who they admire for the same qualities they worship in Che). He believed passionately in the doctrines of Lenin and Marx.
On October 9th, 1940, John Lennon was born. He would go on to become a famous rock star and face-on-a-t-shirt who wrote songs about revolution and is often confused with the Lenin that Che worshiped by teens who have successfully rebelled against the efforts of their history teachers.
On October 9th, 1944, (John Lennon’s 4th birthday), Peter Tosh was born. He would go on to become a core member of The Wailers, backing band of famous musician and face-on-a-t-shirt Bob Marley, as well as a successful reggae musician in his own right.
On October 9th, 1967, Che Guevara was shot to death. It was Lennon’s 27th birthday, Tosh’s 23rd. Guevara was 39.
On December 8th, 1980, John Lennon was shot to death. He was 40. He won a grammy for the last album he released during his lifetime.
On September 11th, 1987, Peter Tosh was shot to death. He was 43. He had just won a grammy award for the last album he would release during his lifetime.
Pretty heavy, huh? I’m not sure what any of this means, but it is clearly important…
And it’s all true, except that Peter Tosh was actually born on on October 19th, which messes up the whole thing unless you delete the 1 in the interest of good storytelling journalism. You read it here first – unless you read Mass Historia by Chris Regan, who actually found the “connection” when he botched Tosh’s birthdate – I caught it when fact-checking for this post (yes, I fact-check!), but decided to run with it anyway.
