Ash Wednesday, Day of Ashes, 40 days before Good Friday. I'm not Catholic, but I once was. Ashen forehead. Ashes to ashes, funk to funky, we know Major Tom's a junkie.

Also, on this day in 1964, The Beatles made their first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show.

Wow! Marshall Crenshaw plays a free show this Thursday night at the always fun Rodeo Bar on 3rd. Ave. Sponsored by Maker's Mark!