The List: January
As promised, to celebrate my 50th year I’ll be posting (per month) some (anything and anyone I can remember) of the cultural shenanigans I’ve been fortunate to see, hear and visit (and those I want to visit) as well as national days. Note I have been unable to get dates for some of my intended entries. I am old enough to remember saying goodbye to the 1970’s and here we are 40 years later. Welcome to the future!
1 January:
Haiti – Independence Day 1804
Sudan – Independence Day 1956
Harold Budd – By the Dawn’s Early Light released 1991
Museum of Estonian Architecture opens 1991
Slovakia – Independence Day 1993
3 January:
Guy Pratt b. 1962
4 January:
Myanmar – Independence Day 1948
Mark Hollis b. 1955
Robin Guthrie b. 1962
Japan – Quiet Life UK release 1980
One Foot in the Grave airs 1990
San Mao d. 1991
Mick Karn d. 2011
7 January:
Ripping Yarns airs 1976
Neil Peart d. 2020
8 January:
Kurt Schwitters d. 1948
9 January:
George Orwell – Down and Out in Paris and London published 1933
Andy Qunta b. 1951
11 January:
Pretenders released 1980
13 January:
Chris Thomas b. 1947
17 January:
Ryuichi Sakamoto b. 1952
Joni Mitchell – Court and Spark released 1974
18 January:
John Foxx – Metamatic released 1980
20 January:
David Lynch b. 1946
21 January:
George Orwell d. 1950
Cock Robin – First Love, Last Rites released 1990
22 January:
Michael Hutchence b. 1960
23 January:
Human League – Octopus released 1995
The Butterfly Effect movie released 2004
26 January:
Australia Day – 1788
India – Republic Day 1950
Anna LaCazio b. 1962
Wendy Melvoin b. 1964
27 January:
Singapore City Gallery opens 1999
28 January:
Jackson Pollock b. 1912
29 January:
Barnett Newman b. 1905
Roddy Frame b. 1964
Pretty in Pink movie opens 1986
30 January:
Phil Collins b. 1951
Boom Crash Opera – Born released 1995
31 January:
Phil Manzanera b. 1951
Lloyd Cole b. 1961
Nauru – Independence Day 1968
Alas Smith and Jones airs 1984