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May the 4th be with you! It's the Mosen Explosion!
A long time ago, in a rock era far, far away, a great musical adventure took place. And we're celebrating it, at least in part, this week on the jolly old Mosen Explosion, the show that did for radio what the safety pin did for quantum computing!On the 4th of May 1964, yes 50 years ago, 50 years I say, a group called the Moody Blues was formed in Birmingham. That's the Birmingham in the UK, not the Birmingham in Alabama. Although 10 years ago, I actually flew from one Birmingham to the other, which was very confusing. I checked into the airport at Birmingham Alabama, and they said "now where y'all goin' on this thar fine day?" And I said, "I am going to Birmingham"! And she said, "now that's mighty silly since y'all are in Birmingham right now! Y'all don't need no plane to get to where y'all are already, now that's just silly! Mercy, what will people think of next, wastin my time when there's so much to do and all!" But I said, "no, no mate! I'm going to Birmingham England! Which I suspect was there before this Birmingham was". And she said, "well now that's nighty confusin'! Mercy! Just as well the airports have them thar little codes, or we might get y'all flyin' in an endless loop! Then y'all wouldn't know whether y'all are comin' or goin'!" Anyway, it was in that Birmingham, that's the Birmingham England I was going to in that story, not the Birmingham Alabama I was leaving, in which the Moody Blues were founded, and we'll be playing your Moody Blues requests on this week's Explosion. Back by popular demand, Bonnie's here not only with another action-packed Bonnie bulletin, but she's at the wacky news desk too. We'll look back at this day in history, maybe here from a banana or two as the birthday countdown continues, and most important of all, we look forward to all the fun Twitter and email interaction that make the show so much funnies. So I hope you'll join me at 6 AM in New Zealand, that's 7 PM UK, 2 Pm Eastern, right here on http://the-bell.net. Y'all come back now Luke, ya here!
