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Margaret Atwood, 84 years old, attempting to burn an unburnable copy of her novel The Handmaid's Tale with a flamethrower.
A single unburnable copy was created to raise awareness about increasing censorship. The unburnable copy was auctioned off after her flamethrowing attempt, raising $130,000 for PEN America, a literary and free expression advocacy organization.
As Atwood asserted in her poem Spelling: "A word after a word after a word is power."

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The events arenโ€™t open to everyone. To attend, people must sign a petition (โ€œfree speechโ€/guns) and must have already voted in Pennsylvania.ย 
Federal law prohibits an expenditure to any person to vote, withhold their vote, or to vote for or against any candidate. Violators can be fined or face up to one year in prison.ย 
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Jim Seals, musician, member of the duo Seals and Crofts, was born on October 17, 1942 (d. 2022).

Seals and Crofts - "Summer Breeze" (Jim Seals, Dash Crofts) (1975, BBC Old Grey Whistle Test, originally released in 1972)

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Jim Seals, musician, member of the duo Seals and Crofts, was born on October 17, 1942 (d. 2022).

The B-Side of the "Summer Breeze" single:

Seals and Crofts - "East of Ginger Trees" (Jim Seals, Dash Crofts) (1972)

youtube.com/watch?v=G-ZQw-wVDu

Jeannine Deckers, Belgian singer-songwriter, known as Sล“ur Sourire and The Singing Nun, was born on Oct. 17, 1933 (d. 1985).

The appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show:

"Alleluia" (Soeur Sourire [Jeannine Deckers]) (1964)

youtube.com/watch?v=eRr6bBiUrL

Jeannine Deckers, Belgian singer-songwriter, known as Sล“ur Sourire and The Singing Nun, was born on Oct. 17, 1933 (d. 1985).

The B-Side of the "Dominique" single (1963):

"Entre les รฉtoiles (Among the Stars)" (Soeur Sourire [Jeannine Deckers]) (1963)

youtube.com/watch?v=-sGky46WHF

Jeannine Deckers, Belgian singer-songwriter, known as Sล“ur Sourire and The Singing Nun, was born on Oct. 17, 1933 (d. 1985).

She had widespread fame with this song:

"Dominique" (Soeur Sourire [Jeannine Deckers]) (1963)

youtube.com/watch?v=2bD10bNuJY

"This is serious, serious stuff and yet the media are, once again, falling down on the job. If nothing else mattersโ€”the criminality, the cruelty, the misogyny, the racism, the viciousness, the freaking fascismโ€”than surely the steep cognitive decline of a man who is running to be the leader of the free world should matter."

He's Decompensating before Our Eyes (Evening Dispatch, Mary L. Trump, Oct 16, 2024)
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Sometimes I like to stretch
a metaphor
just to
hear
it
snap.

Bob Weir, "American musician and songwriter best known as a founding member of the rock band Grateful Dead" (Wikipedia), was born on October 16, 1947.

Grateful Dead - "Truckin'" (Music: Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh; Lyrics: Robert Hunter) (New York, 1980)

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Bob Weir, "American musician and songwriter best known as a founding member of the rock band Grateful Dead" (Wikipedia), was born on October 16, 1947.

Grateful Dead - "Sugar Magnolia" (Bob Weir, Robert Hunter) (1970, 2013 Remaster)

youtube.com/watch?v=XKx3W-1XVM

Charles Frederick "C.F." Turner, Canadian rock bassist, vocalist and songwriter, a founding member of the 1970s rock band Bachmanโ€“Turner Overdrive (B.T.O.), was born on October 16, 1943.

Bachman & Turner - "Let It Ride" (Randy Bachman, Fred Turner) (2010)

youtube.com/watch?v=S13DozOsAu

* The story goes that someone asking for the "My Bonnie" record in Brian Epstein's family-owned music store (NEMS) brought The Beatles to Epstein's attention. Epstein soon began managing the Beatles, giving them that initial push towards worldwide fame.

Bert Kaempfert, music producer among other things, who played a part in the rise of a then relatively unknown group called The Beatles, was born on Oct. 16, 1923 (d. 1980).

Tony Sheridan w/ The Beat Brothers [The Beatles in this recording] - "My Bonnie" (Anthology 1 Version) (Traditional, arr. by Tony Sheridan)

youtube.com/watch?v=8KNedjsgnw

Richard Carpenter, American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and music arranger, was born on Oct. 15th.

Carpenters - "Top of the World" (Richard Carpenter, John Bettis) (1974)

youtube.com/watch?v=Tt1MqAZ9XH

Lionel Frederick "Freddy" Cole, American jazz singer and pianist, was born on Oct. 15, 1931 (d. 2020).

The Freddy Cole Trio covers "Unforgettable", a song popularized by Nat King Cole and written by Irving Gordon, here. Doesn't he sound like his brother?

youtube.com/watch?v=pMtpvVfw1y

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