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Local Music? Why Am I Not Finding Any Live Shows?

Jeremiah Anderson — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 20:05:32 +0000

Maybe I’m wrong, or misremembering, but didn’t there used to be a ton of bands that played shows in this town? When I moved from Billings to Seattle in ’99 there seemed to me to be a wealth of options if I wanted to go see a show here. I move back in 2010 and there’s nothing. What happened to all the music?

1997: These 5 Rock Songs Topped the Charts

Jeremiah Anderson — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 18:48:24 +0000

Ah nostalgia. The times, they were different back then. The Grunge scene, both extremely popular and some would argue innovative, had been pushed back underground by ’97. Heavily marketed Pop stars and boy bands were starting to get heavy rotations on radio stations and MTV, seemingly slugging it out with the Ska-influenced Rock bands at the time

Crazy Conspiracy Corner: I'm Not Saying It Was Aliens…But It Was Aliens

Jeremiah Anderson — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 23:21:18 +0000

In this weekly series I’ll be exploring the very best and the very worst of the weirdness all around us. This week: Ancient Aliens.
Where to start on this one? According to “Ancient Alien Theorists”

This Day in History for August 25 – New Orleans Founded and More

Shauna Wright — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 23:00:31 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1718 – New Orleans is founded by French settlers and named after the Duke of Orleans (More info)

1768 – James Cook begins his first voyage (More info)

This Day in History for December 13 – Saddam Hussein Captured and More

Shauna Wright — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 04:00:32 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1577 – Sir Francis Drake sets out from Plymouth, England, on his round-the-world voyage (More info)

1862 – At the Battle of Fredericksburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee defeats the Union Major General Ambrose E. Burnside in a decisive loss for the Union army (More info)

This Day in History for December 12 – GM Phases Out Oldsmobile and More

Shauna Wright — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 04:00:45 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1901 – Italian physicist and radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi succeeds in sending the first radio transmission across the Atlantic Ocean (More info)

1913 – Two years after it was stolen from the Louvre Museum in Paris, Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece ‘The Mona Lisa’ is recovered inside Italian waiter Vincenzo Peruggia’s hotel room in Florence (More info)

This Day in History for December 11 – Bernie Madoff Arrested and More

Shauna Wright — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 04:00:01 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1941 – Following the Americans’ declaration of war on Japan after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Germany and Italy declare war on the United States (More info)

1946 – The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund — UNICEF — is established (More info)

This Day in History for December 10 – First Heisman Trophy Awarded and More

Shauna Wright — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 04:00:18 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1898 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the Spanish-American War (More info)

1901 – The first Nobel Prizes are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, in the fields of physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and peace (More info)

This Day in History for December 9 – 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' Debuts and More

Shauna Wright — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 04:00:00 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1851 – The first YMCA in North America is established in Montreal, Quebec (More info)

1935 – Walter Liggett, American newspaper editor and muckraker, is killed in gangland murder (More info)

1958 – The John Birch Society is founded in the United States (More inf

This Day in History for December 8 – John Lennon Murdered and More

Shauna Wright — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 04:00:35 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1863 – President Abraham Lincoln offers his conciliatory plan for reunification of the United States with his Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction (More info)

1980 – Music icon John Lennon is murdered by a mentally unstable fan in front of The Dakota apartment building in New York City (More info)

This Day in History for December 6 – Washington Monument Completed and More

Shauna Wright — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 04:00:12 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1865 – The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, resulting in a ban of slavery (More info)

1884 – The Washington Monument in Washington, DC is completed (More info)

This Day in History for December 1 – Rosa Parks Arrested and More

Shauna Wright — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 04:00:23 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1824 – Congress acts to decide a presidential election for the first time in history, giving the presidency to John Quincy Adams (More info)

1913 – The Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving assembly line, reducing the time needed to build a car from 12 hours to just under three (More info)

This Day in History for November 17 – Suez Canal Opens and More

Shauna Wright — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 04:00:12 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1869 – The Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, opens in Egypt (More info)

1968 – Viewers of the Raiders–Jets football game are denied the opportunity to watch its exciting finish when NBC broadcasts the movie ‘Heidi’ instead, prompting changes to sports broadcasting in the US (More info)

KULR 8′s Chelsea Rabideau Activates Time Machine! [VIDEO]

Harv — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:00:07 +0000

Ever wonder why Billings is called "The Magic City"? Or just curious about the history of Downtown Billings? Chelsea Rabideau recently reported for KULR8 News that there is more to downtown than just a collection of one way streets and old buildings.

This Day in History for November 14 – Booker T. Washington Dies and More

Shauna Wright — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 04:00:16 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1882 – Billy the Kid is killed in a shootout in Tombstone, Arizona (More info)

1889 – Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly — aka Elizabeth Cochrane — begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days, completing the trip in 72 day (More info)

This Day in History for November 8 – JFK Elected and More

Shauna Wright — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 04:00:57 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1793 – After more than two centuries as a royal palace, the Louvre is opened as a public museum in Paris by the French revolutionary government (More info)

1895 – While experimenting with electricity, German scientist Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray (More info)

This Day in History for November 3 – US Adopts Income Tax and More

Shauna Wright — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 03:00:08 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1913 – The United States introduces an income tax (More info)

1964 – Washington D.C. residents are able to vote in a presidential election for the first time (More info)

This Day in History for November 2 – Carter Elected President and More

Shauna Wright — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 03:00:25 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1936 – Italian dictator Benito Mussolini proclaims the Rome-Berlin Axis, establishing the alliance of the Axis Powers (More info)

1948 – In the greatest upset in presidential election history, Democratic incumbent Harry S. Truman defeats his Republican challenger, New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey (More info)

This Day in History for October 28 – Statue of Liberty Dedicated and More

Shauna Wright — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 03:00:23 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1886 – In New York Harbor, President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty (More info)

1919 – The US Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Woodrow Wilson’s veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January (More info)

This Day in History for October 21 – Guggenheim Museum Opens and More

Shauna Wright — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 03:00:16 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1861 – Union troops suffer a devastating defeat in the Battle of Ball’s Bluff, the second major engagement of the Civil War (More info)

1921 – President Warren G. Harding delivers the first speech by a sitting President against lynching in the deep south (More info)