Famous composers' birthdays and fantastic facts about them (molto emphasis on fantastic, non troppo emphasis on facts). If you want to know something worthwhile about your favorite composer, well then, you're on-line--go look them up. Otherwise, if you just want to kill time, click away here.
Today is the birthday of the famous composer Scarlatti. Now, if you asked "Which Scarlatti?" you get a pat on the head for knowing your classical composers. It's actually Alessandro Scarlatti's birthdate, he being the father of Dominico Scarlatti. Okay, for bonus points and the curtain that Francine is standing in front of,
Robert Johnson, one of the great-great-grandfathers of CPM (Corporate Pop Music) would be closing in on 100 today, if he was closing in on anything these days. Reportedly, he learned how to play the blues from the devil. Today, of course, anyone can do that by browsing to learnhowtoplaythebluesfromthedevil.com and typing in a credit card number, preferably one from a (soon-to-be former) friend's card.