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S. Samek The tennis US Open had reached the finals in both women’s and men’s singles action. In the women’s finals top seed Aryna Sabalenka faces Amanda Anisimova the eighth seed. The women’s finals take place at 4 PM today Who will take home the title? The men’s finals take place on Sunday September 7th, … Continue reading “2025 US Open Tennis Finals”

100 years ago today in New York City, the Universal horror film The Phantom of the Opera was receiving its world premier. In related news, on that same day, 4,000 miles east of New York, Friedrich Gustav Maximilian “Max” Schreck (1879-1936) was celebrating his 46th birthday. Just three years earlier, of course Schreck had made […]

100 years ago today in New York City, the Universal horror film The Phantom of the Opera was receiving its world premier. In related news, on that same day, 4,000 miles east of New York, Friedrich Gustav Maximilian “Max” Schreck (1879-1936) was celebrating his 46th birthday. Just three years earlier, of course Schreck had made […]

Hi friends! I hope you are having a great weekend! This week was fun! Thursday, my friend Karen and I visited all the free art exchange boxes in Bangor and dropped off and picked up art! You can see a sneek peek of the adventure on Instagram. A full video with a tutorial on the […]

Hi friends! I hope you are having a great weekend! This week was fun! Thursday, my friend Karen and I visited all the free art exchange boxes in Bangor and dropped off and picked up art! You can see a sneek peek of the adventure on Instagram. A full video with a tutorial on the […]

S. Samek Callan Moss of the Greensboro Grasshoppers was named the South Atlantic League player of the month award winner for August 2025. Moss hit .383 with six home runs and 19 RBIS this month and had an OPS of 1.091 and slugging % of .649. Moss was named the Soth Atlantic League player of … Continue reading “Moss Named South Atlantic League Player of the Month for August 2025”

S.Samek The next Backyard Sports franchise game to get a remaster has been announced. Backyard Football ’99 will be the next game added to the collection. A trailer was released for the game that is set to arrive on September 9th, 2025. The game will be avalible on Steam, Apple and Google Play, but not … Continue reading “Backyard Football ’99 Remaster Announced”

This post concerns two gentlemen named Daniel Sully, both with theatrical connections, both born in Providence, Rhode Island within a few years of each other. I am going to make a rash speculation and guess that they were perhaps cousins? Hence we don’t include them in our post about significant people who randomly possess the […]

This post concerns two gentlemen named Daniel Sully, both with theatrical connections, both born in Providence, Rhode Island within a few years of each other. I am going to make a rash speculation and guess that they were perhaps cousins? Hence we don’t include them in our post about significant people who randomly possess the […]

September 6 was the birthday of Ultra Violet (Isabelle Collin Dufresne, 1935-2014). Dufresne was a French debutante who fell into Salvador Dali’s orbit immediately after graduating college. She was his assistant, pupil, and lover for about a decade before switching horses to Andy Warhol, becoming one of his Factory Superstars from roughly 1963 to 1969. […]

September 6 was the birthday of Ultra Violet (Isabelle Collin Dufresne, 1935-2014). Dufresne was a French debutante who fell into Salvador Dali’s orbit immediately after graduating college. She was his assistant, pupil, and lover for about a decade before switching horses to Andy Warhol, becoming one of his Factory Superstars from roughly 1963 to 1969. […]

Scoreboard: NCAA Scoreboard West Schedule: ASC ScoreboardC2C ScoreboardNWC ScoreboardSAA ScoreboardSCAC ScoreboardSCIAC Scoreboard Matches I’m Watching Nationally (Times are CDT & links provided to schedule or tournament page): Hope at Ohio Wesleyan 9 am – The NCAC/MIAA crossover gives us this wonderful match. I’m not sure why more conferences don’t do crossovers? Emory at UW-Oshkosh 10… Continue reading Saturday, Sept 6 Match Day!

I don’t know if it’s true to a certainty, but it sure sounds correct — of the thousands of public figures I have profiled on Travalanche, the longest-lived was likely Julie Gibson (Gladys Camille Spray, 1913-2019). 106 years old! If her obit was widely circulated when she passed I do not know — I was […]

I don’t know if it’s true to a certainty, but it sure sounds correct — of the thousands of public figures I have profiled on Travalanche, the longest-lived was likely Julie Gibson (Gladys Camille Spray, 1913-2019). 106 years old! If her obit was widely circulated when she passed I do not know — I was […]

UW-Whitewater Invite#2 UW-Whitewater, #24 Berry, Concordia Wisconsin, Elmhurst, Pacific Lutheran#2 UW-Whitewater 3, Elmhurst 0; Concordia Wisconsin 3, Pacific Lutheran 2; #2 UW-Whitewater 3, #24 Berry 2; #24 Berry 3, Concordia Wisconsin 0; Elmhurst 3, Pacific Lutheran 0. UW-Oshkosh Invite#5 Emory, #6 UW-Oshkosh, #10 Washington-St. Louis, #14 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, UW-Stevens Point, Marian#6 UW-Oshkosh 3, #5 Emory 1; […]

In June 2014, Boiler Room arrived in Japan for the first time, teaming up with Dommune in Tokyo to host a special live event. One of the highlights was a night billed as “Boiler Doom,” featuring the experimental noise artist Merzbow alongside the genre-bending band Boris. The show took place at Dommune’s intimate venue, known… Continue reading BORIS & MERZBOW – Live Set @ Boiler Room Tokyo (2014) →

Emil Beaulieau is the stage persona of Ron Lessard, a Californian-born noise musician who has been an important figure in the experimental and noise music scene since the 1980s. He is best known for his eccentric performances and for calling himself “America’s Greatest Living Noise Artist.” Under his real name, Ron Lessard also runs the… Continue reading EMIL BEAULIEAU – America’s Greatest Living Noise Artist →