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inktober52: sardines
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inktober52: spur
Kay Kyser’s band was somewhere between Glenn Miller and Spike Jones. They were a straightforward band, but sometimes they leaned towards the silly and absurd… especially when they featured cornetist Merwyn Bogue, who went by the stage name “Ish Kabibble.” Kay Kyser and his band performed straight up swing, peppering in proud and patriotic songs …
inktober52: gemini
Former USAF pilot Gus Grissom was selected from a group of 110 test pilots to join NASA’s Mercury Project space program, the space agency’s first foray into manned space exploration. In 1961, Gus was the pilot on the second Mercury Project flight. Three years later, Gus was selected as the pilot for the Gemini 3, …