Anodyne is the fourth and final studio album by American alternative
country band Uncle Tupelo, released on October 5, 1993. The recording
of the album was preceded by the departure of the original drummer Mike
Heidorn and the addition of three new band members: bassist John
Stirratt, drummer Ken Coomer, and multi-instrumentalist Max Johnston.
The band signed with Sire Records shortly before recording the album;
Anodyne was Uncle Tupelo's only major label release until 89/93: An
Anthology in 2002. Recorded in Austin, Texas, Anodyne featured a split
in songwriting credits between singers Jay Farrar (pictured in 2007) and
Jeff Tweedy, plus a cover version of the Doug Sahm song "Give Back the
Key to My Heart", with Sahm on vocals. The lyrical themes were
influenced by country music and—more than their preceding
releases—touched on interpersonal relationships. After two promotional
tours for the album, which sold over 150,000 copies, tensions between
Farrar and Tweedy culminated in the breakup of Uncle Tupelo. Well-
received upon its initial release, Anodyne was re-mastered and re-
released in 2003 by Rhino Entertainment including five bonus tracks.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anodyne_(album)>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1789:
French Revolution: Upset about the high price and scarcity of
bread, thousands of Parisian women and their various allies marched on
the royal palace at Versailles.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_March_on_Versailles>
1910:
The Portuguese Republican Party organised a coup d'etat,
deposed the constitutional monarchy and implanted a republican regime in
Portugal.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_October_1910_revolution>
1963:
The U.S. suspended the Commercial Import Program, its main
economic support for South Vietnam, in response to oppression of
Buddhism by President Ngo Dinh Diem.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_Import_Program>
1973:
Seven nations signed the European Patent Convention, providing
an autonomous legal system according to which European patents are
granted.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Patent_Convention>
2011:
Two Chinese cargo ships were attacked on a stretch of the
Mekong River in the Golden Triangle area of Southeast Asia, and their
crew murdered.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mekong_River_massacre>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
amber:
1. Translucent fossilized tree resin, generally yellow or orange but
sometimes blue, often used as jewelry.
2. (in British English) The middle light in a set of three traffic lights,
between the red and the green lights.
3. (in biology, biochemistry and genetics) The RNA codon UAG, which stops
the third stage of protein production, translation.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amber>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
No man has received from nature the right to give orders to
others. Freedom is a gift from heaven, and every individual of the same
species has the right to enjoy it as soon as he is in enjoyment of his
reason.
--Denis Diderot
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Denis_Diderot>