This “Stand Out Single” was a work by Tony Carey. The project’s name was inspired from the fictional “Planet P” in Robert A. Heinlein’s book Starship Troopers.
“Why Me?” was the second U.S. single released from Planet P Project’s self-titled 1983 debut album, a project created by American keyboardist, singer, songwriter, and producer Tony Carey. Carey was already well known among rock fans for his tenure with Rainbow during the mid-1970s before relocating to Germany, where he developed both a solo career and the more experimental Planet P Project.
Unlike many civic slogans that commemorate a famous resident or historical event, this one is rooted in a humorous accident rather than any longstanding tradition or official title.
Galena, Kansas, a small city in Cherokee County along the historic Route 66 corridor, has become known in recent years for an unusual and intentionally puzzling slogan: “Home of the Sea Slug King of Kansas.” Travelers crossing the Missouri-Kansas state line are greeted by a welcome sign bearing the phrase, which naturally prompts the question of what it means.
Tony, the Tiger’s Frosted Sugar Flakes character was born with the pipes of Dallas McKennon, who was Tony from 1952 to 1953.
Dallas Raymond McKennon was born on July 19, 1919, near La Grande, Oregon. His childhood was marked by hardship when his mother died while he was still young, after which he was raised by an aunt and uncle on their farm. Growing up in rural northeastern Oregon fostered a lifelong fascination with nature, history, and storytelling that would later influence both his educational work and his entertainment career. Information regarding his formal education is limited, as he entered the workforce at a
In May 2026, Pabst Brewing Co. announced it was placing the iconic Schlitz brand “on hiatus,” effectively ending the production of the beer that was once the best-selling lager in the world.
Schlitz Beer occupies a unique place in American brewing history as both one of the nation’s greatest commercial success stories and one of its most famous business cautionary tales. For much of the twentieth century, the Schlitz name was virtually synonymous with American lager, and its celebrated slogan, “The Beer That Made Milwaukee Famous,” helped establish Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as the country’s brewing capital.
The three primary temperature scales used globally, differing by their reference points and degree increments.
Kelvin (K), Celsius (°C), and Fahrenheit (°F) are all temperature scales, but they were created for different purposes and use different reference points. Celsius and Fahrenheit are commonly used in everyday life, while Kelvin is the standard temperature scale used in science because it is based on absolute temperature.
The film adapts the acclaimed 2021–2022 comic-book miniseries Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow by Tom King and Bilquis Evely.
Supergirl (2026) is the second feature film in the new DC Universe (DCU) launched by DC Studios and serves as a fresh cinematic interpretation of Kara Zor-El, Superman’s cousin, following her brief introduction in Superman (2025). Directed by Craig Gillespie, whose previous films include I, Tonya and Cruella, the movie was written by Ana Nogueira and produced by DC Studios co-heads James Gunn and Peter Safran. Rather than retelling Supergirl’s familiar origin story,
A pioneer of country music, and his 1941 song, “Walking the Floor Over You”, marked the rise of the honky-tonk style of music.
Ernest Dale Tubb was born on February 9, 1914, near Crisp, Texas, to Calvin Tubb and Nora Tubb. Raised on a cotton farm during a period when rural life demanded hard physical labor from an early age, he developed a deep appreciation for country music while listening to the recordings of Jimmie Rodgers, whose singing style would profoundly influence his own career.
I loved getting the Sinclair Mold-A-Rama dinosaurs, back in the 60’s, when we went on vacation to Florida.
Mold-A-Rama is one of the most distinctive and nostalgic souvenir machines ever created, producing warm, hollow plastic figurines before the eyes of fascinated visitors. Unlike traditional vending machines that simply dispense a finished product, a Mold-A-Rama machine is a miniature automated factory. After a customer inserts the required payment, the machine begins a carefully choreographed sequence of mechanical movements.
The phrase can be traced in written form to the seventeenth century.
The expression “raining cats and dogs” is one of the most colorful phrases in the English language, used to describe a very heavy downpour, yet its true origin remains uncertain. Unlike many common sayings whose beginnings can be traced to a specific author, event, or historical practice, this phrase has inspired centuries of speculation and folklore.
My version of this “Stand Out Single” was the 1970, Goldies 45 (D1433), which had “Magic Carpet Ride” as the B-side.
“Born to Be Wild” is one of the defining rock singles of the late 1960s and remains the signature song of Steppenwolf. Released in June 1968 as the lead single from the band’s self-titled debut album, the song quickly became an international hit and transformed the relatively new group into one of the biggest names in hard rock. Although often associated exclusively with Steppenwolf,
