Thursday, February 26, 2026

On this day in the Star Trek universe - The Next Generation, Voyager, Enterprise

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1994)
Star Trek: Voyager (1996 & 1997)
Star Trek: Enterprise (2003)
 

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 7. Episode 18.

Episode entitled: Eye of the Beholder.

Released February 26, 1994.

Directed by Cliff Bole.

Written by René Echevarria, Brannon Braga, Naren Shankar.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Mark Rolston, Nancy Harewood, Tim Lounibos, Johanna McCloy, Dugan Savoye, Majel Barrett, Lena Banks, Joe Baumann, Michael Braveheart, Cameron, Tracee Cocco, John Copage, Robert Cox, Debbie David, Elliot Durant III, Holiday Freeman, Bill Hagy, Fumiko Hamada, Kerry Hoyt, Ellyn Dawn Humphreys, Gary Hunter, Nora Leonhardt, Marianne Lewis, Christina Wegler Miles, Keith Rayve, Richard Sarstedt, John Alex Tampoya, Oliver Theess, Guy Vardaman.
 

Star Trek: Voyager
Season 2. Episode 19.

Episode entitled: Lifesigns.

Released February 26, 1996.

Directed by Cliff Bole.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Kenneth Biller, Lisa Klink.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Paul Baillargeon.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Susan Diol, Raphael Sbarge, Martha Hackett, Michael Spound, Rick Gianasi, Johnetta Anderson, Tarik Ergin, Holiday Freeman, Kerry Hoyt, Susan Lewis, Bob Mascagno, Karole Nellis, John Alex Tampoya.
 

Star Trek: Voyager
Season 3. Episode 19.

Episode entitled: Rise.

Released February 26, 1997.

Directed by Robert Scheerer.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Brannon Braga, Jimmy Diggs, Lisa Klink.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Alan Oppenheimer, Lisa Kaminir, Kelly Connell, Tom Towles, Geof Prysirr, Gary Bullock, Tarik Ergin, Shepard Ross.

Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 2. Episode 17.

Episode entitled: Canamar.

Released February 26, 2003.

Directed by Allan Kroeker.

Written by André Bormanis, John Shiban.

Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.

Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.

Music by Brian Tyler.

Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Mark Rolston, Holmes Osborne, Michael McGrady, Sean Whalen, Brian Morri, John C. Hansen, Alexandrea Ortiz, Joseph Billingiere, Steve Blalock, Al Burke, Mark Correy, Dieter Horneman, Louis Ortiz, Chester E. Tripp III.

On this day in television history - Justified (2013)

 

Justified
Season 4. Episode 8.

Episode entitled: Outlaw.

Released February 26, 2013.

Directed by John Dahl.

Written by Graham Yost, Benjamin Cavell, Keith Schreier, Ingrid Escajeda, VJ Boyd, Leonard Chang.

Based on the short story Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.

Music by Steve Porcaro.

Cast:
Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Walton Goggins, Jim Beaver, Jere Burns, Ron Eldard, Sam Anderson, Matthew John Armstrong, Ned Bellamy, Julia Campbell, Grainger Hines, Brian Howe, David Meunier, Ian Reed Kesler, Abby Miller, Mike O’Malley, Michael Stoyanov, Brent Sexton, Raymond J. Barry, Peggy Dunne, Scout Durwood, James Ferris, Jonathan Kowalsky, Rocky McMurray, Damion Poitier, Kyle Sabihy.

On this day in music history - Chakra Tones Home Audio Course by Tryshe Dhevney and Music from the Motion Picture by 10000 Maniacs

Chakra Tones Home Audio Course… by Tryshe Dhevney (2008)

Music from the Motion Picture by 10,000 Maniacs (2013)

Chakra Tones Home Audio Course
Sound Shifting
The Practical Art Of Authentic Expression

Album by Tryshe Dhevney,

released February 26, 2008.

Track list: Introductions; Chakra Tones Introductions; The Tones And Posture; First Chakra; Second Chakra; Third Chakra; Fourth Chakra; Fifth Chakra; Sixth Chakra; Seventh Chakra; Sonic Blessing.

Music from the Motion Picture

Album by 10,000 Maniacs,

released February 26, 2013.

Track list: I Don't Love You Too; When We Walked on Clouds; Gold; Triangles; Live for the Time of Your Life; It's a Beautiful Life; Whippoorwill; Fine Line; Tiny Arrows; Downhill; Chautauqua Moon.

Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Kaari Utrio, on writing:

 

I can't help but to write, I have an inner need for it.
If I'm not in the middle of some literary project, I'm utterly lost, unhappy and distressed.
As soon as I get started, I calm down.

- Kaari Utrio.


On this day in the Star Trek universe - Voyager, Enterprise, U.S.S. Enterprise Haynes Manual

Star Trek: Voyager (1998)

Star Trek: Enterprise (2004 & 2005)

Star Trek: U.S.S. Enterprise Haynes Manual / book (2010)

 

Star Trek: Voyager
Season 4. Episode 17.

Episode entitled: Retrospect.

Released February 25, 1998.

Directed by Jesús Salvador Treviño.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Bryan Fuller, Lisa Klink, Andrew Shepard Price, Mark Gaberman.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Michael Horton, Adrian Sparks, Michelle Agnew, Patrick Barnitt, Tarik Ergin, Sylvester Foster, Peter Scott Harmyk, Scott Pierce, Christina Rydell, Pablo Soriano.

Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 3. Episode 17.

Episode entitled: Hatchery.

Released February 25, 2004.

Directed by Michael Grossman.

Written by André Bormanis, Michael/Mike Sussman.

Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.

Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.

Music by Paul Baillargeon.

Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Daniel Dae Kim, Sean McGowan, Steven Culp, Paul Eliopoulos, Alexandrea Ortiz, Jason Collins, Kevin Derr, Duncan K. Fraser, Glen Hambly, Dorenda Moore, Justin Sundquist.

 

Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 4. Episode 16.

Episode entitled: Divergence.

Released February 25, 2005.

Directed by David Barrett.

Written by Garfield Reeves-Stevens, Judith Reeves-Stevens.

Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.

Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Kristin Bauer, James Avery, John Schuck, Terrell Tilford, Eric Pierpoint, Ada Maris, Wayne Grace, Matt Jenkins, Alexandrea Ortiz, Geneviere Anderson, Michael Bailous, Daphney Damaraux, Henry Farnam, John Jurgens, Aouri Makhlouf, John Pallotta, Ator Tamras, Aaron White.

Star Trek: U.S.S. Enterprise Haynes Manual

by Ben Robinson and Marcus Riley.

Published 2010.

Published by Pocket Books/Star Trek.

Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 1451621299

ISBN-13: 978-1451621297

Description:

The U.S.S. Enterprise is without doubt the most famous starship in history. The vessels that have carried the name have saved the galaxy countless times and her captains, including Archer, Kirk, and Picard, have been legendary.

This Haynes Manual provides in-depth information about these extraordinary ships, from the Enterprise NX-01, to Captain Kirk’s Enterprise NCC-1701 and Captain Picard’s Enterprise NCC-1701-D including histories of each vessel, technical information about their systems, and discussions of key technologies such as transporters and warp-speed travel. Find out exactly what powered these ships, how they were armed and what it took to operate them.

The book features newly created artwork throughout, including full-ship cutaways of each Enterprise, key systems, and interior locations together with detailed new exterior views by one of STAR TREK’s original visual effects artists.

This Haynes Manual is fully authorized by CBS and technical consultant Michael Okuda, who spent thirteen years working on STAR TREK TV series and movies.

Born on this day – Ida Cox:

Ida Cox

Blues singer

Vaudeville performer

February 25, 1896 – November 10, 1967

Credits:

Albums:

15 Essentials of Ida Cox (Mono Version) (2014); A Summer Sky Shines (2015); Blues Ain't Nothin' Else But... (1971); Blues For Rampart Street (1962); Colours of Music History (2014); Confidential Blues - The Early Years (2021); Deep Sea Blues (2015); Four Day Creep (2015); Hard Times Blues (2015); I Can't Quit My Man (1991); Ida Cox (2009); Ida Cox Sings the Blues (Mono Version) (1954); Ida Cox Vol. 1 1923 (2005); Ida Cox Vol. 3 1925-1927 (2005); Ida Cox Vol. 4 1927-1938 (2005); Ida Cox Vol. 5 (1939-1940) (2005); It's All About Blues Music (2014); Late Numbers (2022); Mail Man Blues and Other Stories (2024); Milestones of Legends - Female Blues Singers, Vol. 5 (2018); Presenting Ida Cox (1923); Take Him off My Mind (2015); That's What I Need (2014); The Magic Masters (2016); The Uncrowned Queen of the Blues (2013); Tonight in Time (2015); Uncrowned Queen (2015); Wild Women Don't Have the Blues (2023); Your Music Around Me (2015).

Songs:

Any Woman's Blues; Bama Bound Blues; Bear-Mash Blues; Blues Ain’t Nothin’ Else But!; Bone Orchard Blues; Coffin Blues; Come Right In; Confidential Blues; Death Letter Blues; Deep Sea Blues; Fare Thee Well Poor Gal; Georgia Hound Blues; Give Me a Break Blues; Hard Times Blues; Ida Cox's Lawdy Lawdy Blues; Kentucky Man Blues; Last Mile Blues; Last Time Blues; Lawdy, Lawdy Blues; Mama Doo Shee Blues; Mean Papa Turn Your Key; Misery Blues; Moanin' Groanin' Blues; Mojo Hand Blues; One Hour Mama; Pink Slip Blues; Rambling Blues; Those Married Man Blues; Weary Way Blues; Western Union Blues; Wild Women Don't Have The Blues; Worried Mama Blues.

Movies and television:

Giant Mine (1996); Reet, Petite, and Gone (1947); Rocketman (2019); SexTV (2002); The Blues (2003); The Ladies Sing the Blues (1989); The Merv Griffin Show (1980); The Piano Lesson (2024); Woman's a Fool (1947).

Born on this day – Gert Fröbe:


Gert Fröbe


Actor

Writer

February 25, 1913 – September 5, 1988

Credits:
007 Days of Bond: The Blu-Relay (2012); 007: Licence to Drive (2021); 007: The Car Chases (2006); 30 Years of James Bond (1992); 40 Years of Bond, James Bond (2002); A Double Life (1954); A High Wind in Jamaica (1965); After They Were Famous (2004); Als wär's heut' gewesen... Kleine Geschichten sind das Leben (1978); Alt Heidelberg (1959); Alte Hüte aus Wien - Witziges - Spitziges – Spritziges (1975); Alte Sünden rosten nicht (1985); America's Book of Secrets (2012); Arlette erobert Paris (1953); At the Movies (1983); Auf ein Neues (1988); Auf Wiedersehen (1961); August der Starke (1984); Aus familiären Gründen (1986); Backfire! (1964); Bambi 1968 (1968); Banana Peel (1963); Banovic Strahinja (1981); Behind the Scenes with 'Goldfinger' (1995); Behind the Scenes with 'Thunderball' (1995); Best Ever Bond (2002); Bio's Bahnhof (1978); Bis daß das Geld euch scheidet (1960); Bloodline (1979); Bond Exhibit (2008); Bond Girls Are Forever (2002); Bond Special (2000); Bond's Greatest Moments (2013); Caroline chérie (1968); Charmants garçons (1957); Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968); Cold War (1999); Confidential Report (1955); Conversations with Ken Annakin (2004); Crook and the Cross (1960); Das Erbe von Björndal (1960); Das Forsthaus in Tirol (1955); Das Gesetz des Clans (1977); Das Herz von St. Pauli (1957); Das ist Ihr Leben (1977); Das kleine Kino an der Ecke (1980); Das Kreuz am Jägersteig (1954); Das kunstseidene Mädchen (1960); Das Liebeskarussell (1965); Das Mädchen mit den Katzenaugen (1958); Das Porträt (1988); Death Rite (1975); Decision Before Dawn (1951); Der dunkle Stern (1955); Der Garten (1983); Der grosse Preis (1975); Der grüne Bogenschütze (1961); Der Herr vom andern Stern (1948); Der Mensch ist ein Viech, was lacht (2022); Der Pauker (1958); Der Raub der Sabinerinnen (1983); Der Räuber Hotzenplotz (1974); Der Schatz vom Toplitzsee (1959); Der Schimmelreiter (1978); Der Tag vor der Hochzeit (1952); Der Tiefstapler (1978); Der tolle Bomberg (1957); Die 1000 Glotzböbbel vom Dr. Mabuse (2018); Die Abendschau (1965); Die Geschichte Mitteldeutschlands (2015); Die kleine Stadt will schlafen gehn (1954); Die Kreuzlschreiber (1950); Die vertagte Hochzeitsnacht (1953); Docteur Justice (1975); $ (1971); Douze heures d'horloge (1959); Duel with Death (1959); Dunja (1955); Échec au porteur (1958); Ein Herz schlägt für Erika (1956); Ein Leben wie im Flug (2007); Ein sturer Bock (1981); Enough Rope (1963); Erika Rabau: Puck of Berlin (2008); Everything or Nothing (2012); Film '08 (2008); Gala de l'union (1971); Ganovenehre (1966); Goldeneye: Where James Bond Was Born (2020); Goldfinger (1964); Goldfinger: The World Premiere (1964); Grabenplatz 17 (1958); Grand Hotel (1959); Greed in the Sun (1964); Harry Saltzman: Showman (2000); He Who Must Die (1957); Headquarters State Secret (1960); Heidelberger Romanze (1953); Heroes and Sinners (1955); Histoires insolites (1974); Hochzeit auf Reisen (1953); I Love Christmas (2001); Ich weiß, wofür ich lebe (1955); IMDb Originals (2015); In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross (1995); Is Paris Burning? (1966); It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958); J'ai tué Raspoutine (1967); James Bond 007 at the Movies (1986); James Bond Special Edition DVD Sampler (2002); James Bond Stars (2002); James Bond: A BAFTA Tribute (2002); James Bond: Licence to Thrill (1987); James Bond's 'Spectre' with Jonathan Ross (2015); Jons und Erdme (1959); Kabarett, Chanson, Kleinkunst (1978); Kleine Stadt - ganz groß (1961); Kochen (1953); Kölner Treff (1980); Lärm zermürbt (1954); Le bois des amants (1960); Legenden (2010); Licence to Dub: Post Synchronisation on the James Bond Films (2021); Ludwig (1973); Man on a Tightrope (1953); Mein Onkel Theodor oder Wie man viel Geld im Schlaf verdient (1975); MGM Sing-Alongs: Friends (1997); Morgengrauen (1954); Morgenstern am abend (1973); Musik & Gäste (1982); Nach Regen scheint Sonne (1949); Noch 'ne Oper (1979); OO-Heaven (2006); Peter Frankenfeld (1980); Preis der deutschen Filmkritik (1959); Premium Bond with Mark Gatiss and Matthew Sweet (2015); Prisoner of the Volga (1959); Redhead (1962); René Clément, témoin et poète (2013); Ring frei (1962); Rosemary (1958); Salto Mortale (1953); Schwabinger Bazar - Menschen Mode und Musik (1979–1980); Sean Connery: The Man and the Movies (2021); Seniorenclub (1992); Shadowman (1974); Showgeschichten (1988); Sky Movies 007 Ident: Gun Barrel and Clip Show (2012); Skyfall on Set (2012); Skyfall: Modern Day Bond (2013); Skyfall: Shooting Bond (2013); Sonntagsgeschichten (1976); Special Delivery (1955); Spectre: My Bond Song - Sam Smith (2015); Star unter Sternen (1969); Stars in der Manege (1965–1976); Tele-As (1988); Ten Little Indians (1974); The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960); The Ballad of Berlin (1948); The Bergman File (1978); The Best of James Bond 30th Anniversary Collection CD Television Commercial (1992); The Black Forest Hospital (1989); The Day It Rained (1959); The Eternal Waltz (1954); The Exotic Locations of 'Goldfinger' (2006); The Girl and the Legend (1957); The Girl from Flanders (1956); The Golden Patsy (1963); The Goldfinger Phenomenon (1995); The Incredible World of James Bond (1965); The Kidnapping of Miss Nylon (1959); The Little Vampire (1986–1987); The Longest Day (1962); The Man Without a Face (1975); The Return of Dr. Mabuse (1961); The Serpent's Egg (1977); The South Bank Show (2008); The Terror of Doctor Mabuse (1962); The Umbrella Coup (1980); The Upper Hand (1966); The World Is Not Enough: The Making of a Blockbuster (1999); They Were So Young (1954); Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies (1969); Those Fantastic Flying Fools (1967); Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965); Three Penny Opera (1963); Tod oder Freiheit (1977); Tonio Kröger (1964); Top Gear (2012); Triple Cross (1966); Typhoon Over Nagasaki (1956); Unsere Besten (2006); Unterhaltung auf Rezept (1984); Vergißmeinnicht (1965–1970); Via Mala (1961); Wagen Nr. 1 kämpft sich seinen Weg (1942); Waldwinter (1956); Was bin ich? (1972 / 1985); Wet Asphalt (1958); Wetten, dass..? (2006).