Monday Feb 03, 2020

Please Stand Up.

Episode 25

1988 “Here I go again” Whitesnake is the self-titled seventh studio album by British rock band of the same name, released in 1987. It produced a major power ballad hit, "Is This Love", along with the number one hit "Here I Go Again". The album was a major crossover hit eventually selling over eight million copies in the US. It peaked at No. 2 on the US Billboard 200 for ten nonconsecutive weeks, barred from the top spot by three different albums. The album remained at or near its peak position over the course of six months, from June to November, 1987. and No. 8 on the UK Albums Chart. Its success in the US boosted its predecessor, Slide It In, from gold to double platinum status and would see the band receive a nomination for the Brit Award for Best British Group in 1988.

31 years ago I was 13 Years old

Black history month

Brexit

Congratulations KC Chiefs 31-20 SF 49ers

Gobblers Knob in Punxsutawney Pennsylvania where Phil the groundhog makes his annual weather prediction, they often spend fruitless time searching downtown, because that's where it was located in the movie Groundhog Day. In fact, Hollywood made that up (the film wasn't even made in Punxsutawney). The real location is a couple of miles out of town, in a little clearing at the top of a wooded hill. Phil Did not see his shadow in turn spring will come early.

State of the union tuesday and the impeachment vote on wednesday.

Cost Of Living 1988

How Much things cost in 1988

Yearly Inflation Rate USA4.08%

Year End Close Dow Jones Industrial Average 2168

Interest Rates Year End Federal Reserve 10.50%

Average Cost of new house $91,600

Median Price Of and Existing Home $90,600

Average Income per year $24,450.00

Average Monthly Rent $420.00

Average Price for new car $10,400.00

1 gallon of gas 91 cents

Movie Ticket $3.50

US Postage Stamp 24 cents

Dozen Eggs 65 cents

Gallon 2% Milk $1.89

Pork Chops Lb 40 cents

Lotus 123 Spreadsheet S/W $299.00

Star NSX Dot Matrix Printer $189.00

Logitech Mouse $89.99

Amiga Computer With Color Monitor $849.00

IBM PC with 30Mb Hard Disk, Mono Monitor and 512K Memory $1249.00

Ford Taurus $9,996

Volkswagen Rabbit $7,104

Technology

First transatlantic fibre optic cable laid cable to carry 40,000 telephone calls simultaneously
Stephen Hawking Publishes " A Brief History Of Time "
The first major computer virus infects computers connected to the Internet.
The US Stealth Bomber is unveiled
Using Carbon Dating it is established that the Turin Shroud Can Not Be the Burial Cloth of Christ
The Antidepressant Prozac introduced which quickly became the market leader for treating depression
Laser Eye Surgery USA
United States Presidential Election 1988 George H. W. Bush (Republican) Defeats Michael Dukakis (Democratic)
The first McDonald's restaurant in a country run by a Communist party opens in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.

Popular Culture 1988

Born in 1988

Adele

Antonio Brown

Conor McGregor

Kevin Durant Brooklyn Nets

Popular Films

Rain Man Tom Cruise Dustin Hoffmen
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Big Tom Hanks
Twins Danny Devito Arnold Schwarzenegger
Crocodile Dundee II
Die Hard Bruce Willis
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! Leslie Nielsen, O.J. Simpson
Beetlejuice Tim Burton. Geena Davis Alec Baldwin Michael Keaton
Dangerous Liaisons France's royal court in the 18th century Glenn Close John Malkovich
A Fish Called Wanda
Friday the 13th Part 7: The New Blood

Popular Musicians music time

Enya Orinoco Flow 2nd album Irish singer songwriter musician Enya
Robert Palmer “Simply Irresistible” Passed September 26, 2003, Paris, France 54 years old
Erasure A little respect. Erasure have penned over 200 songs and have sold over 25 million albums worldwide.
Kylie Minogue
U2 All I want it you Rattle and Hum is a hybrid live/studio album by Irish rock band U2, and a companion rockumentary film directed by Phil Joanou. The album was produced by Jimmy Iovine and was released on 10 October 1988,
The Beach Boys kokomo tom cruise cocktail. There is no kokomo.
Bros
Michael Jackson with " Dirty Diana " off his Bad album.
Gloria Estefan and the miami sound machine The rhythm is going to get you
Chicago with " Look Away " Chicago 19 is the sixteenth studio album by American rock band Chicago, released in 1988
George Michael with " father Figure " George Michael was an English singer, songwriter, record producer, and philanthropist who rose to fame as a member of the music duo Wham! and later embarked on a solo career. Michael has sold over 80 million records worldwide making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time
Guns N' Roses Appetite for Destruction was the debut studio album. It was released on July 21, 1987, through Geffen Records. The album was released to little mainstream attention in 1987. It was not until the following year that it became a massive commercial success, after the band had toured and received airplay with the singles "Welcome to the Jungle", "Paradise City" and "Sweet Child o' Mine". It topped the Billboard 200 and became the best-selling debut album of all time, as well as the eleventh best-selling album of all time in the United States. With over 30 million copies sold worldwide, it is also one of the best-selling records of all time.
George Harrison I got my mind set on you Cloud Nine was the 11th studio album by English musician George Harrison