Blastoff Especial

The modern, upper-class post-graduate type is given to hyperbole when discussing his/her interests. Members of this demographic have been lavished with attention by caretakers with psychological issues of their own. They're pitted against each other in all phases of childhood. Extremes are enticing because they distinguish a single superlative, like one's position in the upper strata. Surely, predatory corporations, predatory entrepreneurs, and predatory top advertisers have capitalized and refueled this phenomenon, aided immeasurably by the emergence of the Internet as a cheap, massive distribution platform. These types are surely not boomerangs.

Below, please find a list of events that occurred in 1973. As you can see, this is the single most significant calendar year ever:

September 11, 1973 - The Wild, The Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle, Bruce Springsteen's second album, released.

October 2, 1973 - Mean Streets, director Martin Scorsese's first feature film entirely of his own design, released.

March 24, 1973 - The Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd's landmark, 15x platinum, eighth album, released.

January 27, 1973 - Paris Peace Accords signed - ended direct US military involvement in Vietnam. (Burst of Joy).

June 9, 1973 - Secretariat wins Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths, completing triple crown.