Monday, November 3, 2025

On this day in television history - Space 1999 (1975)

Space 1999
Season 1. Episode 9.

Episode entitled: Mission of the Darians.

Released November 3, 1975.

Directed by Ray Austin.

Written by Johnny Byrne.

Series created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson.

Music by Barry Gray.
 
Cast:
Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse, Joan Collins, Dennis Burgess, Aubrey Morris, Prentis Hancock, Clifton Jones, Zienia Merton, Nick Tate, Paul Antrim, Robert Russell, Gerald Staddon, Jackie Horton, Binu Balani, Michael Boothe, Sarah Bullen, Loftus Burton, Jenny Cresswell, Andy Dempsey, Joe Dunne, Linda Hooks, Louise Jameson, Ann Maj-Brit, Terence Plummer, Michael Stevens, Ron Tarr.

On this day in the Star Trek universe - Star Trek, The Next Generation, Voyager (1966, 1967, 1990, 1999)

Star Trek
Season 1. Episode 9.

Episode entitled: Dagger of the Mind.

Released November 3, 1966.

Directed by Vincent McEveety.

Written by Shimon Wincelberg / S. Bar-David.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Alexander Courage.

Cast:
William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley, James Gregory, Morgan Woodward, Marianna Hill, Susanne Wasson, John Arndt, Anthony Larry Paul, Ed McCready, Eli Behar, Frank da Vinci, Walt Davis, Louie Elias, Ron Kinwald, John Hugh McKnight, Eddie Paskey, Ron Veto.

Star Trek
Season 2. Episode 8.

Episode entitled: Mudd.

Released November 3, 1967.

Directed by Marc Daniels.

Written by Stephen Kandel, David Gerrold.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Alexander Courage, Samuel Matlovsky.

Cast:
William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Roger C. Carmel, Kay Elliot, Mike Howden, Michael Zaslow, Bobby Bass, Bill Blackburn, Marlys Burdette, Roger Holloway, Ted LeGarde, Tom LeGarde, Jeannie Malone, Bob Orrison, Eddie Paskey, Colleen Thornton, Maureen Thornton, Starr Wilson, Tamara Wilson.
 

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 4. Episode 7.

Episode entitled: Reunion.

Released November 3, 1990.

Directed by Jonathan Frakes.

Written by Thomas Perry, Jo Perry, Ronald D. Moore, Brannon Braga, Drew Deighan, Joe Menosky.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Ron Jones.

Cast:
Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Suzie Plakson, Robert O'Reilly, Patrick Massett, Charles Cooper, Jon Paul Steuer, Michael Rider, April Grace, Basil Wallace, Mirron E. Willis, Majel Barrett, Michael Braveheart, Tracee Cocco, BJ Davis, Jeremy Doyle, Eben Ham, Tim McCormack, Lorine Mendell.

 

Star Trek: Voyager
Season 6. Episode 6.

Episode entitled: Riddles.

Released November 3, 1999.

Directed by Roxann Dawson.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Robert J. Doherty, André Bormanis, Bryan Fuller, Michael Taylor.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast:
Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Mark Moses, Tarik Ergin, Nichole McAuley, Pablo Soriano.

On this day in music history - History: America’s Greatest Hits, by America (1975)

 

History: America’s Greatest Hits

by America 

was released on November 3, 1975.

A true classic!

Songs include A Horse with No NameI Need You, Sandman, Ventura Highway,
Tin Man, Lonely People, Sister Golden Hair, and more!

Track list:

A Horse with No Name; I Need You; Sandman; Ventura Highway; Don’t Cross the River; Only in Your Heart; Muskrat Love; Tin Man; Lonely People; Sister Golden Hair; Daisy Jane; Woman Tonight.

On this day in music history - Keep the Faith, by Bon Jovi (1992)


Keep the Faith


by Bon Jovi,

was released on November 3, 1992.

Track list:

I Believe; Keep The Faith; I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead; In These Arms; Bed Of Roses; If I Was Your Mother; Dry County; Woman In Love; Fear; I Want You; Blame It On The Love Of Rock and Roll; Little Bit Of Soul.

On this day in music history: The album Bursting with Flavor, by Carolyn Wonderland & the Imperial Monkeys (1997)


Bursting with Flavor


by Carolyn Wonderland & the Imperial Monkeys

was released on November 3, 1997.

Track list:

Last Living Stranger; Harmonicar; Stuck In The Road; Lowdown; Loose Ends; Oh Yeah; Silver Tongue; Jim & Jack; Momma Don’t Like My Friends; It Ain’t Me Dammit; Darlene; Stay.

On this day in music history: The album Christmas in New York, by Renée Fleming (2014)

Christmas in New York

by Renée Fleming

was released on November 3, 2014.

Track list:

Winter Wonderland, with Wynton Marsalis; Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, with Gregory Porter; Silver Bells, with Kelli O Hara; Merry Christmas Darling, with Chris Botti; Christmas Waltz; Who Knows Where the Time Goes, with Brad Mehldau; Sleigh Ride, with Wynton Marsalis; Snowbound, with Kurt Elling; In the Bleak Midwinter, with Rufus Wainwright; Central Park Serenade, with Gregory Porter; The Man with the Bag; Love and Hard Times, with Brad Mehldau; Still, Still, Still, with Kurt Elling.

Sunday, November 2, 2025

Stephen King, on writing:

 

A little talent is a good thing to have if you want to be a writer.

But the only real requirement is the ability to remember every scar.

- Stephen King.