Happy Birthday Paddington Bear!
October 13, 2008 by Danny
Can you believe that one of the world’s cutest bears is turning 50 years old today?
Paddington Bear, the lovable stuffed bear who wears a blue coat and oversized hat was first introduced to on October 13, 1958 by Michael Dore. In celebration of this milestone birthday, a beautiful new hardcover edition of A Bear Called Paddington is being released this month with original artwork by Peggy Fortnum.
Most remarkably, Paddington Bear is a world traveler. In the story, he is from Darkest Peru and is found at Paddington train station in London adorning the sign, “Please take care of this bear. Thank you.” In fact, this sign, Please Take Care of This Bear would later become the title of the Paddington Bear television show which aired in the UK.
Other fun Paddington Bear books include Paddington Here and Now, Paddington Treasury, Paddington Takes to TV and More About Paddington.
Happy Birthday Paddington Bear! We hope to take care of you for another 50 years!
The Kingston Trio Member, Nick Reynolds 1933-2008
October 3, 2008 by Danny
Rocktober has started and with it comes the sad news of Nick Reynolds, famed Kingston Trio member has passed away on October 1, 2008 at his home in San Diego, California of acute respiratory disease.
Reynolds was a Californian through and through and started the Kingston Trio in the 1950s with his friends Dave Guard and Bob Shane. Influenced by the Calypso movement with artists such as Harry Belafonte, but more importantly, the Kingston Trio are believed to have started the 1950s American Folk music revival. In fact, without Reynolds and the Kingston Trio it is questionable whether artists such as Bob Dylan or Joan Baez would have garnered the successes they have.
You may not have head of Nick Reynolds before now, but we owe him a great amount of gratitude for the state of rock n’ roll today.
