July 7
Better Than News
Full Metal Babysitting is an American teen comedy-drama war film directed by Stanley Kubrick and Chris Columbus, starring Elisabeth Shue, Keith Coogan, Matthew Modine, and Vincent D'Onofrio.
Wild Transfer is an album by Manhattan Transfer covering songs by Wild Cherry.
The Incredible Shrinking Spider is an American science fiction film about a scientist developing a miracle diet chemical. In its unperfected state, the chemical causes spiders to shrink, threatening the earth's ecological balance.
"Hot Fun in the Climate Change" is a song by Sly and the Third Stone from the Sun.
The Wolf of Comedy is an American biographical film written and directed by Martin Scorsese about Rupert Pupkin (Robert De Niro), a Wall Street stock broker engaged in rampant corruption and fraud who escapes into a drug-fueled fantasy world where he kidnaps his childhood comedy idol Jerry Lewis.
The Oompa Loompas of Pelham One Two Three is a 1974 American thriller film involving Oompa Loompas.
"Take On Buffalo Gals" is a song by Pete Seeger and A-ha.
Beyond Plausible
1953: Premiere of Roman à Clef Holiday, an American romantic thriller film about princess out to see Rome on her own (Audrey Hepburn) and a reporter who seeks the key to her mysterious past (Gregory Peck).
Siege Blood 2: Soldier at Sea is a 1992 American action-romance buddy film about a soldier (Rambo) and a naval officer (Steven Seagal) who must stop a radical women's rights group from seizing a troop transport and populating the micronation of Amazonia.
Logan's Cannonball Run is a 1981 science fiction action-thriller comedy film starring Michael York and Burt Reynolds.
In Other Words
"Talking Mattress Tag Blues" is a song by Bob Dylan.
Are You Sure
... that aviator Howard Hughes nearly died when his XF-11 reconnaissance aircraft prototype crashed in a Beverly Hills neighborhood?
... that the Flying Diner (also known as the Flying Lunch Car) is a diner adapted for flight, and that it serves short-order breakfast and lunch in-flight?
Selected Anniversaries
1752: Weaver and merchant Joseph Marie Jacquard born. He will invent the Jacquard loom, an early type of programmable machine.
1945: Advances in dynastic cellular automata theory reveal new members of Bernoulli family.
1946: Aviator Howard Hughes nearly dies when his XF-11 reconnaissance aircraft prototype crashes in a Beverly Hills neighborhood.
Topic of the Day
Dune
House of Spice and Fog is a 2003 psychological drama film about the battle between a young Imperial princess (Jennifer Connelly) and an immigrant warlord (Leto Atreides) over the ownership of the planet Arrakis.
Big Trouble on Little Arrakis is a science fiction comedy adventure film directed by John Carpenter and Denis Villeneuve and starring Kurt Russell.
Junc is a 2022 American science fiction film based on the television series Sanford and Son.
Shai-Hulud Juice is a 2023 science fiction comedy-adventure film directed by Tim Burton and Denis Villeneuve.
"Kwisatz Haderach" is a song by the Los Angeles-based psychedelic rock band Let Calm Barracks Worry.