It's Day 297 of the Year 2018 CE
So, October 24, 2018 - for my reference if nothing else.

Goebbels may or may not have said "If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. ", but if he did, he was right. According to Counterpunch:

Repetition is the way the big lies are adopted as truths: Tell the same falsehood 26 times, according to advertising industry research, and the audience will accept it as common knowledge.
-- : https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/10/18/the-ten-big-lies-of-traditional-...

Advertising, PR, and propaganda are all peas in a pod. So, of late, are "News" and government announcements and information. This is not to say that any and all information provided by such sources is necessarily false, only that the incessant repetition which they practice creates "truth" regardless of the actual truth or falsity of the assertions being constantly repeated. Unjustifiable linguistic insinuations of veracity are part and parcel of the problem as well. Back around the 19th or so a source spoke about the impact of all of Turkey's "revelations" about Kashoggi. Sorry, folks, but, Turkey "revealed" zip shit they, instead, asserted and alleged much. The past several years have seen an increasing use of this type of misuse of language, as well as repetition that, malicious or not, has created an endless stream of unverified and unsubstantiated "truths", some of which became known to be false, many more of which are probably also false, and some of which are probably true.

So I'm going to pass on further verbiage today and just celebrate a few musical personages who were either born or died on this day in various years.

Saunders Teddell, or Saunders Terrell, Sonny Terry: born October 24, 1911. A practitioner of Piedmont Blues and general folk music, vocals and harmonica. Probably best known for his collaborations with fellow Piedmont Blues player Brownie McGhee. Recieved a nod from Van Morrison on "Cleaning Windows"

Willie Mabon: R&B singer, songwriter and pianist, born October 24, 1925.Had one of Chess Records' biggest hits until Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley came along, which was also one of the first R&B hit records covered by a mainstream white artist.

Jiles Perry "J. P." Richardson Jr., "The Big Bopper": a rockabilly musician, singer and songwriter born October 24, 1930. Died in a plane crash with Buddy Holly and Richie Valens.

William George Perks Jr, Bill Wyman: bass player, all around musician, singer, singwriter and producer born October 24, 1936. One of the British musicians who participated in Howlin' Wolf's London Sessions https://youtu.be/ik2lfP9_iyg, and the major cult hit Jamming with Edward, https://youtu.be/tziyYhJKwPI but probably best known as a member of the Rolling Stones.

Santo Farina: a guitarist born October 24, 1937. Best known for his work with his brother Johnny Farina.

Bill Dees: a singer, guitarist and songwriter who died October 24, 2016 and is best known for his collaborations with Roy Orbison.

Robert Thomas Velline, Bobby Vee: a pop singer, songwriter and musician who died October 24, 2017 and didn't bounce back.

Antoine "Fats" Domino Jr.: a pianist, singer and songwriter who dies on October 24, 2017.

(Image is author's own)

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