Non-musical history for today: 1953 – Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 was published. Bred out of McCarthyism, the book was a dystopic look at book burning and outlawing. It’s a precursor warning sign to the book banning happening today. I hear, though, it was a pleasure to burn.
Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for October 19.
Recorded in the Omniverus Podcast Studios at Liberty Plaza.
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