Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Get Off My Lawn

I don't know if I ever had a parent yell "Get off my lawn!" at me when I was a child. As long time readers of this blog know I've lived in many places while growing up and would bounce from city to countryside like a pinball. When I did live in town I'd often walk across lawns of neighborhood homes with nobody noticing or caring. So it makes me wonder why the expression has grown so popular over the years. Maybe, boomer children were big offenders of lawn abuse. Wikipedia gives David Letterman the credit for popularizing the term. Anyways, as I grow into my dotage I feel like screaming the term often, but not at people lazing on my lawn, but as just a general term of outrage. 

Make a phone call about car insurance and have to sit through 2-5 minutes of computerized nonsense: Get off my lawn!!

Belong to a handful of interesting Facebook groups (and the only reason you even still visit the site), and even though they are private you find they are inundated with SPAM: Get off my lawn!

Have people dispute facts with you about dates in the past even though you have proof of your assertion: Get off my lawn!

Your Roku streaming device tells you your WIFI signal is excellent, but still can't connect: Get off my lawn!

And by now you are probably sick of hearing me complain. Well, tell me to get off your lawn and close the page. 

Tuesday, November 29, 2022

November 29, 1984 (Revisiting the Past)

I'm going back through what comprised my senior year of high school and first semester of college in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Come along for the ride. New posts every day or so mixed in with other things.

November 29, 1984. Controversy has struck the halls of Riverdale with the Drama Club production of The House of Blue Leaves raising the ire of a parent. The play is noted as being put on hold for the time being. A few days will go by with no news and then things will get lively with the playwright John Guare even weighing in on the situation. 


             


Monday, November 28, 2022

November 28, 1984 (Revisiting the Past)

I'm going back through what comprised my senior year of high school and first semester of college in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Come along for the ride. New posts every day or so mixed in with other things.

November 28, 1984. Today's post brought to you by Jerry's Restaurant


I went to see the Warriors basketball games on Tuesday night and both teams were victorious over Tullahoma. I wouldn't miss a single home game. 


REO Speedwagon would be playing Municipal Auditorium on this night. A few years later they would fall in popularity so much they would playing the Mainstreet club. 



Saturday, November 26, 2022

November 26, 1984 (Revisiting the Past)

I'm going back through what comprised my senior year of high school and first semester of college in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Come along for the ride. New posts every day or so mixed in with other things.

November 26, 1984. The movie Sweet Dreams was shooting some scenes in Murfreesboro. 


Friday, November 25, 2022

Martin Twin here's what played from July 1975 - December 1975

Here's what played at the Martin Twin located at Jackson Heights Shopping Center, Murfreesboro, Tennessee from July 1975 through December 1975. The ads come from the Daily News Journal. Some trailers thrown in for good measure.

July 1, 1975 - July 2, 1975

July 3, 1975 - July 8, 1975

Walking Tall Part 2 trailer

July 9, 1975 - July 29, 1975

July 30, 1975 - August 5, 1975

Aloha, Bobby and Rose trailer

August 6, 1975 - August 12, 1975

August 13, 1975 - August 19, 1975

Framed trailer

August 20, 1975 - August 26, 1975

Murder on the Orient Express trailer

August 27, 1975 - September 2, 1975

September 3, 1975 - September 9, 1975

Funny Lady trailer

September 10, 1975 - September 16, 1975

The Drowning Pool trailer

September 17, 1975 - September 23, 1975

September 24, 1975 - September 30, 1975

Monty Python and the Holy Grail trailer

October 1, 1975 - October 7, 1975

White Line Fever trailer

October 8, 1975 - October 14, 1975

Blazing Saddles trailer

The Exorcist trailer

October 15, 1975 - October 21, 1975

October 22, 1975 - October 28, 1975

October 29, 1975 - November 4, 1975

November 5, 1975 - November 11, 1975

Seven Alone

November 8, 1975 - November 9, 1975 matinee

November 12, 1975 - November 19, 1975

Hard Times trailer

November 20, 1975 - November 25, 1975

November 23, 1975 ad

November 26, 1975 - December 2, 1975

Challenge to be Free trailer

December 3, 1975 - December 9, 1975

December 10, 1975 - December 16, 1975

Abduction trailer

December 17, 1975 - December 23, 1975

Drac is back! Old Dracula trailer

December 24, 1975 - December 31, 1975








Thursday, November 24, 2022

Martin Twin here's what played from January 1975 - June 1975

Here's what played at the Martin Twin located at Jackson Heights Shopping Center, Murfreesboro, Tennessee from January 1975 through June 1975. The ads come from the Daily News Journal. Some trailers thrown in for good measure.

January 2, 1975 - January 7, 1975 (theatre was closed on January 1st)

Death Wish trailer

January 8, 1975 - January 14, 1975

January 15, 1975 - January 21, 1975

The Family trailer

January 22, 1975 - January 28, 1975

Sunday in the Country trailer

January 22, 1975 - January 28, 1975


January 25, 1975 - January 26, 1975 matinee

January 29, 1975 - February 1, 1975

The Gambler trailer

February 2, 1975 - February 4, 1975

The Sugarland Express trailer

February 5, 1975 - February 11, 1975

February 12, 1975 - February 18, 1975

Freebie and the Bean trailer

February 19, 1975 - February 25, 1975

February 22, 1975 - February 23, 1975 matinee

February 26, 1975 - March 1, 1975

March 2, 1975 - March 4, 1975

March 5, 1975 - March 11, 1975

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore trailer

March 12, 1975 - March 18, 1975

March 19, 1975 - April 1, 1975

April 2, 1975 - April 8, 1975

Gone In 60 Seconds trailer

April 9, 1975 - April 15, 1975

April 19, 1975 - April 20, 1975 matinee

April 16, 1975 - April 22, 1975

April 23, 1975 - April 29, 1975

April 30, 1975 - May 6, 1975

May 7, 1975 - May 13, 1975

Harry & Tonto trailer

May 14, 1975 - May 20, 1975

May 21, 1975 - May 27, 1975

May 28, 1975 - June 3, 1975

Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins trailer

June 4, 1975 - June 10, 1975

June 11, 1975 - June 17, 1975

The Front Page trailer

June 18, 1975 - June 24, 1975

June 25, 1975 - July 2, 1975