Saturday, May 9, 2026

On this day in music history - The album Love Comin' Down, by Sue Foley (2000)


Love Comin' Down


by Sue Foley

was released on May 9, 2000.

Track list:

Two Trains; Empty Cup; Love Comin’ Down; You’re Barkin’ Up the Wrong Tree; Same Thing; Let My Tears Fall Down; Let Me Drive; To Be Next to You; Mediterranean Breakfast; Am I Worthy; Oh Baby (We Got a Good Thing Goin’); How Strong.

Friday, May 8, 2026

Born on this day – Peter Benchley, author of Jaws:

 

Peter Benchley


Writer

May 8, 1940 – February 11, 2006


Credits:

Books:

Jaws (1974); The Deep (1976); The Island (1979); The Girl of the Sea of Cortez (1982); Q clearance (1986); Rummies / Lush (1989); Beast (1991); White Shark / Peter Benchley's Creature (1994); Time and a Ticket (1964); Ocean Planet (1995); Shark Trouble (2002); Shark! (2002); Shark Life (2002); The Movie Book (2016).

Movies, video and television:

A Quint-mas Carol (2016); Amazon (1999–2000); Byline Showtime (1988); CBS Summer Playhouse (1987); Creature (1998); Cruel Jaws (1995); Dolphin Cove (1989); E! True Hollywood Story (2002); Expedition Earth (1990); Film '80 (1980); Good Morning America (1976–1994); Great White Shark: Truth Behind the Legend (2000); Hollywood Insider (2020); Hunt for the Great White Shark (1994); Hunters of the Reef (1978); I Love 1970's (2000); In the Teeth of Jaws (1997); Jaws (1975); Jaws (1987); Jaws (2000); Jaws (2009); Jaws 2 (1978); Jaws 3-D (1983); Jaws Unleashed (2006); Jaws: Deleted Scenes (2000); Jaws: From the Set (1974); Jaws: The Revenge (1987); Jaws: Ultimate Predator (2011); Jeremiah of Jacob's Neck (1976); Jordan Hates (2016); Les nouveaux rendez-vous (1980); Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994); MythBusters (2005); Personal History: Foreign Hitchcock (2004); Shark (1975); Shark Week (2018); Sharksploitation (2023); The American Sportsman (1982); The Beast (1996); The Book Programme (1974–1975); The Deep (1977); The Great Houdini (1976); The Island (1980); The Making of 'Jaws' (1995); The Man Who Loves Sharks (1992); The Merv Griffin Show (1986); The Mike Douglas Show (1976–1977); The Reader (2008); The Search for Atlantis (2000); The Shark Is Still Working: The Impact & Legacy of 'Jaws' (2007); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1974–1980); Today (1976); Universal Studios Theme Parks Adventure (2001); Wogan (1991); World of Audubon (1988).

#Jaws #TheDeep #Beast

Recommended reading:


Jaws

by Peter Benchley.
 
Published by Ballantine Books.
First published 1974.
Paperback.
 
ISBN-10: 0345544145
ISBN-13: 978-0345544148
 
Description from the original hardcover inner sleeve:
A girl swims lazily in the cool midnight sea - the shark, attracted by the movement, glides unerringly on to its prey; and the girl is next seen as a hideously mangled carcass in the flotsam left by the receding so begins the terror which will reign in Amity, a holiday resort on Long Island which is just preparing for another successful summer season.

Sharks are rare in those waters; and great white sharks – three-ton, thirty-foot eating machines which hunt alone – are almost unheard of. But Martin Brody, Amity’s police chief, realizes that the killer must be a shark, and begins to suspect which kind. The beach, he sees at once, must be closed.

But Amity depends on its summer season, and there are people behind the town’s development who are not prepared to contemplate a financial loss. The shark will surely move on. The girl’s death must be ‘an accident’. Reluctantly Brody gives way to pressure.

From that moment the monster in the sea becomes more than the killer of individual victims. It becomes an evil presence felt throughout the town, shaking it out of its complacency and exposing its innermost fears and tensions; and Brody will not be able to face himself again until he has cleared the ocean of its menace. Peter Benchley’s magnificent story ends with a sea-chase which for tension and drama is second to none.

This novel is a spectacular achievement and ensures that Benchley will be the most avidly read novelist of the year.

Carl Sagan, on imagination:

 

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were.
But without it, we go nowhere.
- Carl Sagan.


Born on this day – Phillis Wheatley:


Phillis Wheatley


Writer

May 8, 1753 – December 5, 1784

Credits:

Book:

Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (1773).
 

Born on this day – Arthur Q. Bryan:


Arthur Q. Bryan


Actor

May 8, 1899 – November 30, 1959

Credits:
A Corny Concerto (1943); A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen (1942); A Mutt in a Rut (1959); A Pest in the House (1947); A Star Is Bored (1956); A Study in Socks (1942); A Wild Hare (1940); Alice in Wonderland (2010); All Star Revue (1951); An Itch in Time (1943); Ant Pasted (1953); Any Bonds Today? (1942); AzUrArInG's YouTube Poops (2018); Back Alley Oproar (1948); Beanstalk Bunny (1955); Behind the Tunes: Blanc Expressions (2003); Behind the Tunes: Bugs - A Rabbit for All Seasonings (2003); Behind the Tunes: Forever Befuddled (2003); Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go Hollywood (2004); Behind the Tunes: Wagnerian Wabbit - The Making of 'What's Opera, Doc?' (2004); Beulah (1952); Big Bill Tilden (1941); Blow Ups of 1947 (1947); Broadway Serenade (1939); Broken Lance (1954); Bugs' Bonnets (1956); Bugs Bunny Superstar (1975); Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1982); Bugs Bunny's Cupid Capers (1979); Bugs vs. Daffy: Battle of the Music Video Stars (1988); Confederate Honey (1940); Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson (1952); Dad for a Day (1939); Dangerous Dan McFoo (1939); Design for Leaving (1954); Doc Corkle (1952); Don't Axe Me (1958); Duck! Rabbit, Duck! (1953); Each Dawn I Crow (1949); Easter Yeggs (1947); Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime (1941); Elmer Fudd's School of Hard Knocks (1993); Elmer's Candid Camera (1940); Elmer's Pet Rabbit (1941); Fresh Hare (1942); General Electric Theater (1954); Grand Central Murder (1942); Groom and Bored (1942); Hare Brush (1955); Hare Do (1949); Hare Remover (1946); Hare Tonic (1945); Heir-Conditioned (1955); Hell's Outpost (1954); Here Come the Nelsons (1952); Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983); I Love Lucy (1952); I Stole a Million (1939); Idea Girl (1946); I'm from Arkansas (1944); Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes (2003); It's a Great Life (1955–1956); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955); Johnny Doughboy (1942); Kit for Cat (1948); Larceny, Inc (1942); Little Accident (1939); Look Who's Laughing (1941); Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary (1986); Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 3 (2014); Looney Tunes Sing-Alongs (1998); Looney Tunes: Spotlight Collection (1940); Man of the World (1931); Manpower (1941); Meet Millie (1952–1956); Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices (2008); Merrie Melodies: Starring Bugs Bunny and Friends (1990); Millionaire Playboy (1940); Mopey Dope (1944); Moryaki zashchishchayut Rodiny (1931); Movieland Quiz (1948); Mr. Elephant Goes to Town (1940); Mr. Wright Goes Wrong (1946); My Hero (1953); National Barn Dance (1944); Nutty News (1942); Our Miss Brooks (1953–1955); Past Perfumance (1955); Pepe Le Pew's Skunk Tales (1986); Person to Bunny (1960); Pests for Guests (1955); Private Secretary (1956); Producers' Showcase (1956); Professional Father (1955); Quack Shot (1954); Quizzing the News (1948–1949); Rabbit Fire (1951); Rabbit of Seville (1950); Rabbit Rampage (1955); Rabbit Romeo (1957); Rabbit Seasoning (1952); Road to Rio (1947); Road to Singapore (1940); Robot Rabbit (1953); Samson and Delilah (1949); Screen Directors Playhouse (1955); She Wouldn't Say Yes (1945); Slick Hare (1947); So You Want a Model Railroad (1955); So You Want to Be a Paper Hanger (1951); So You Want to Be a Policeman (1955); So You Want to Be on a Jury (1955); So You Want to Enjoy Life (1954); So You're Having Neighbor Trouble (1954); South of the Boudoir (1940); Stage Door Cartoon (1944); Swing Out the Blues (1943); Swing with Bing (1940); That's Warner Bros.! (1995); The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1957); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952–1956); The Big Snooze (1946); The Bigger Bubble (2025); The Bob Hope Show (1955); The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show (1986–2000); The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special (1980); The Bugs Bunny Show (1961); The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour (1968–1978); The Bugs Bunny/Road-Runner Movie (1979); The Bugs n' Daffy Show (1996–1999); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1952); The Dark Horse (1946); The Devil Bat (1940); The Devil Thumbs a Ride (1947); The Fall of 2008 (2024); The Go-Getter (1956); The Great Library Misery (1938); The Great Radio Comedians (1972); The Greatest Show on Earth (1952); The Halls of Ivy (1954–1955); The Hank McCune Show (1950–1953); The Hardship of Miles Standish (1940); The Hare-Brained Hypnotist (1942); The Lieutenant Wore Skirts (1956); The Life of Riley (1953–1957); The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame (1991); The Old Grey Hare (1944); The People's Choice (1956); The Red Skelton Hour (1956); The Spike Jones Show (1954); The Super Snooper (1952); The Two Mouseketeers (1952); The Unruly Hare (1945); The Vitamin G-Man (1943); The Wabbit Who Came to Supper (1942); The Wacky Wabbit (1942); hese Glamour Girls (1939); This Is a Life? (1955); To Duck... or Not to Duck (1943); ToonHeads (2000); Upswept Hare (1953); Wabbit Twouble (1941); Warner Bros. Cartoons Golden Jubilee 24 Karat Collection - Bugs Bunny's Wacky Adventures (1985); What Makes Daffy Duck (1948); What's Opera, Doc? (1957); What's Up Doc? (1950); What's Up Doc? A Salute to Bugs Bunny (1990); What's Up, Doc? (1972); Wideo Wabbit (1956); Wise Quackers (1949); Yankee Dood It (1956); Your Jeweler's Showcase (1952); Zane Grey Theatre (1957).

Born on this day – Robert Johnson:

Robert Johnson

Blues singer

Guitarist

Harmonic player

Songwriter

May 8, 1911 – August 16, 1938

Credits:

Album:

Robert Johnson: The Centennial Collection (2011).

Movies, video and television:

11.6 (2013); Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe (1990); American Epic (2017); Among Giants (1998); Animal House of Blues: How a Community Helped Create a Hollywood Blockbuster or Two (2012); B.B. King: The Life of Riley (2012); Bank Roll (2012); Baseball (1994); Beat the Devil (2002); Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music (1993); Boys on the Side (1995); Cadillac Records (2008); Chocolat (2000); Crepuscular Suburban Blues (2009); Crossroads (1986); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2009); Dancing with the Stars (2007); Danville 2nd Ward Young Men (2010); Dark (2017); Deep Water (2022); Desperate Man Blues (2003); Dickey Betts & Great Southern: Back Where It All Begins - Live at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame + Museum (2005); Die Harald Schmidt Show (1995); Down Terrace (2009); EarthBound (1994); Elementary (2013); Employee of the Month (2004); Eric Clapton & Friends in Concert: A Benefit for the Crossroads Centre at Antigua (1999); Eric Clapton and Friends (1988); Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars (2017); Eric Clapton: Sessions for Robert J (2004); Eric Clapton: Standing at the Crossroads (2021); For the Boys (1991); Freaks and Geeks (1999); Fringe (2009); Get on Up (2014); Ghosts of Mississippi (1996); Gimme Shelter (1970); Great Performances (2005); Greenleaf (2017); Grudge Match (2013); Guardami (1999); Guitar Hero (2005); Guitar Man (2015); Holes (2003); Hounddog (2007); I Am Not Okay with This (2020); iBrain (2013); Kings of the Road (1976); Kopps (2003); Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones (1973); Late Show with David Letterman (2011); Led Zeppelin (2003); Led Zeppelin: Travelling Riverside Blues (1990); Life on Mars (2007); Luck (2011); Luther (2013); Matlock (1989); Misfits (2010–2011); Music High Classroom (2012); Not Fade Away (2012); Patti Cake$ (2017); Phoenix (1998); Post Mortem (1999); Power (2015); Pump Up the Volume (1990); Red Tails (2012); Rush: R30 (2005); Saturday Night Live (1991–1995); Scratch (2001); SeaChange (1998–1999); Sid Meier's Railroads! (2006); Soap&Skin: Me and the Devil (2015); Starbuck in Rock Concert (1973); Stoned (2005); Suck (2009); Supernatural (2006); Sweet Talk (2015); The Blues (2003); The Blues Brothers (1980); The Cream of Eric Clapton (1990); The Demons (2015); The Downbeat (2010); The Ed Sullivan Show (1969); The Five Devils (2022); The Good Wife (2014); The Jeff Healey Band: Live at Montreux 1999 (2005); The Last Summer (2019); The Man Who Fell to Earth (2022); The Missing (2014); The Music Never Stopped (2011); The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll (2009); The Search for Robert Johnson (1992); The Secret Policeman's Other Ball (1982); The Skeleton Key (2005); The Stones in the Park (1969); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2010); The Wolf of Wall Street (2013); Thunderground (1989); Tu cara me suena - Argentina (2015); Two Trains Runnin' (2016); Under the Rainbow (2013); Unplugged (1992); When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? (1979); Where the Road Runs Out (2014); Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016); Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland (2006).

Born on this day – Robert Clampett:


Robert Clampett


Animator

Director

Producer

Puppeteer

May 8, 1913 – May 2, 1984

Credits:

A Beany Story (1952); A Cartoonist’s Nightmare (1935); A Corny Concerto (1943); A Coy Decoy (1941); A Great Big Bunch of You (1932); A Gruesome Twosome (1945); A Tale of Two Kitties (1942); Africa Squeaks (1940); Ain’t We Got Fun (1937); Ali-Baba Bound (1940); Along Flirtation Walk (1935); An Itch in Time (1943); Any Bonds Today? (1942); Baby Bottleneck (1946); Bacall to Arms (1946); Beany and Cecil (1988); Beany and Cecil Meet Billy the Squid (1959); Beauty and the Beast (1934); Behind the Tunes: A Conversation with Tex Avery (2004); Behind the Tunes: Animal Quackers (2003); Behind the Tunes: Blanc Expressions (2003); Behind the Tunes: Bugs - A Rabbit for All Seasonings (2003); Behind the Tunes: Forever Befuddled (2003); Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes - A Cast of Thousands (2006); Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go Hollywood (2004); Behind the Tunes: Man from Wackyland - The Art of Bob Clampett (2004); Behind the Tunes: Porky Pig Roast - A Tribute to the World’s Most Famous Ham (2003); Birdy and the Beast (1944); Booby Traps (1944); Book Revue (1946); Bosko at the Beach (1932); Bosko in Person (1933); Bosko Shipwrecked! (1931); Bosko’s Picture Show (1933); Boston Beanie (1947); Breakdowns of 1938 (1938); Buckaroo Bugs (1944); Buddy and Towser (1934); Buddy of the Apes (1934); Buddy Steps Out (1935); Buddy the Gob (1934); Buddy’s Beer Garden (1933); Buddy’s Beer Garden / Buddy the Detective (1934); Buddy’s Beer Garden / Buddy’s Adventures (1934); Buddy’s Beer Garden / Buddy’s Circus (1934); Buddy’s Beer Garden / Viva Buddy (1934); Buddy’s Day Out (1933); Buddy’s Show Boat (1933); Buddy’s Trolley Troubles (1934); Buffalo Billy (1954); Bugs & Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons (1989); Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout (1990); Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid (1942); Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid (1942); Bugs Bunny in Space (1977); Bugs Bunny Superstar (1975); Bugs vs. Daffy: Battle of the Music Video Stars (1988); Bwana Devil (1952); Bye, Bye Bluebeard / Behind the Tunes: Bosko, Buddy and the Best of Black and White (2005); Bye, Bye Bluebeard / Behind the Tunes: Fine Tooning (2005); Bye, Bye Bluebeard / Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go to War! (2005); Camera Three (1975); Cartoon Alley (2005); Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue (1990); Cat-Tastrophy (1949); Chicken Jitters (1939); Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs (1943); Cockatoos for Two (1947); Coo-Coo Bird Dog (1949); Country Boy (1935); Crazy Cruise (1942); Daffy Duck & Egghead (1938); Don’t Look Now (1936); Dough for the Do-Do (1949); Draftee Daffy (1945); Eatin’ on the Cuff or The Moth Who Came to Dinner (1942); Falling Hare (1943); Farm Frolics (1941); Fifty Years of Bugs Bunny in 3 1/2 Minutes (1989); Fighting Tools (1943); Flora (1948); Fowl Brawl (1947); Get Rich Quick Porky (1937); Gold Diggers of ‘49 (1935); Goofy Groceries (1941); Goopy Geer (1932); Hare Ribbin’ (1944); Having a Wonderful Time with Angels in Dirty Places (1938); His Hare Raising Tale (1951); Hittin’ the Trail for Hallelujah Land (1931); Hollywood Capers (1935); Hollywood Christmas Lane Parade of the Stars (1960); Honeymoon Hotel (1934); Horton Hatches the Egg (1942); I Haven’t Got a Hat (1935); I Like Mountain Music (1933); I Love to Singa (1936); I Only Have Eyes for You (1937); I Wanna Be a Sailor (1937); I’d Love to Take Orders from You (1936); Injun Trouble (1938); Into Your Dance (1935); Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes (2003); It’s a Grand Old Nag (1947); I’ve Got to Sing a Torch Song (1933); Jasper Goes Hunting (1944); Jeepers Creepers (1939); Kitty Kornered (1946); Kristopher Kolumbus Jr. (1939); Lady, Play Your Mandolin! (1931); Les Chroniques du Mea (2018); Little Dutch Plate (1935); Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary (1986); Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 2 (1958); Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 (2011–2012); Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 3 (2014); Matty’s Funnies with Beany and Cecil (1962); Meet John Doughboy (1941); Merrie Melodies: Starring Bugs Bunny and Friends (1990–1993); Milk and Money (1936); Mr. and Mrs. Is the Name (1935); My Green Fedora (1935); Natural Vision 3-Dimension (1952); Naughty Neighbors (1939); Nutty News (1942); One Meat Brawl (1947); Page Miss Glory (1936); Patient Porky (1940); Pettin’ in the Park (1934); Picador Porky (1937); Pickled Puss (1948); Pied Piper Porky (1939); Pilgrim Porky (1940); Plane Dippy (1936); Plenty of Money and You (1937); Polar Pals (1939); Pop Goes My Heart (1934); Porky & Daffy (1938); Porky and Gabby (1937); Porky in Egypt (1938); Porky in Wackyland (1938); Porky the Rain-Maker (1936); Porky the Wrestler (1937); Porky’s Badtime Story (1937); Porky’s Duck Hunt (1937); Porky’s Five & Ten (1938); Porky’s Garden (1937); Porky’s Hero Agency (1937); Porky’s Hotel (1939); Porky’s Last Stand (1940); Porky’s Movie Mystery (1939); Porky’s Naughty Nephew (1938); Porky’s Party (1938); Porky’s Picnic (1939); Porky’s Pooch (1941); Porky’s Poor Fish (1940); Porky’s Poppa (1938); Porky’s Snooze Reel (1941); Porky’s Super Service (1937); Porky’s Tire Trouble (1939); Prehistoric Porky (1940); Rover’s Rival (1937); Så er der tegnefilm (2014); Scalp Trouble (1939); Shake Your Powder Puff (1934); Sittin’ on a Backyard Fence (1933); Slap Happy Pappy (1940); Slick Hare (1947); Slightly Daffy (1944); Smile, Darn Ya, Smile! (1931); Swiss Tease (1947); Tex & Judy (1962); That’s Warner Bros.! (1995); The Bashful Buzzard (1945); The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938); The Big Snooze (1946); The Blow Out (1936); The Bob Clampett Show (2000); The Bugs n’ Daffy Show (1996–1999); The Cagey Canary (1941); The Chewin’ Bruin (1940); The Daffy Doc (1938); The Film Fan (1939); The Golf Widow (1927); The Goofy Gophers (1947); The Great Piggy Bank Robbery (1946); The Henpecked Duck (1941); The Hep Cat (1942); The Lone Stranger and Porky (1939); The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame (1991); The Looney Tunes Show (2011–2013); The Old Grey Hare (1944); The Porky Pig Show (1964); The Shell Shocked Egg (1948); The Sour Puss (1940); The Timid Toreador (1940); The Up-Standing Sitter (1948); The Village Smithy (1936); The Wacky Wabbit (1942); The Wise Quacking Duck (1943); Thunderbolt the Wondercolt (1952); Tick Tock Tuckered (1944); Time for Beany (1949–1953); Tin Pan Alley Cats (1943); Tokyo Woes (1945); ToonHeads (1992–2003); Tortoise Wins by a Hare (1943); Troldspejlet (2010); Uncensored Cartoons (1982); Uncle Tom’s Bungalow (1937); Up’n Atom (1947); Ups ‘n Downs (1931); Wabbit Twouble (1941); Wacky Blackout (1942); Wagon Heels (1945); We, the Animals - Squeak! (1941); We’re in the Money (1933); What Price Porky (1938); What’s Cookin’ Doc? (1944); When’s Your Birthday? (1937); Willy the Wolf (1954); Wise Quacks (1939); You Don’t Know What You’re Doin’! (1931); You Ought to Be in Pictures (1940).