Five Go Down to the Sea? were an Irish post-punk band from Cork, active
during 1978 to 1989. Vocalist and lyricist Finbarr Donnelly (pictured),
guitarist Ricky Dineen and brothers Philip O'Connell (bass) and Keith
O'Connell (drums) formed the band as Nun Attax when they were teenagers.
They became known for Donnelly's absurdist lyrics and stage presence,
Dineen's angular guitar and bass parts, and a rhythm section influenced
by Captain Beefheart. After developing a following in Ireland in the
early 1980s, they changed their name to "Five Go Down to the Sea?" and
moved to London. They did not find commercial success and split up in
1985. Donnelly and Dineen reformed in 1988 as Beethoven, and released
the EP Him Goolie Goolie Man, Dem the following year. Their reformation
was short-lived, as Donnelly drowned on 18 June 1989, aged 27. The
band's reputation has grown over time and they have influenced later
generations of Irish musicians, especially a succession of dryly
humorous Cork bands.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Go_Down_to_the_Sea%3F>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1858:
Charles Darwin received a manuscript by fellow naturalist
Alfred Russel Wallace on natural selection, which encouraged him to
publish his own theory of evolution.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Russel_Wallace>
1954:
Carlos Castillo Armas led a CIA-sponsored invasion force across
the Guatemalan border, beginning the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_Guatemalan_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat>
1967:
American musician Jimi Hendrix burned his guitar on stage at
the end of a performance at the Monterey Pop Festival in California.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix>
1981:
The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, the first operational aircraft to
be designed around stealth technology, made its maiden flight.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_F-117_Nighthawk>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
meet one's Waterloo:
To be decisively defeated by an encounter with a powerful opponent or a
problem that is too difficult.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/meet_one%27s_Waterloo>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Some people want to fill the world with silly love songs And
what's wrong with that? I'd like to know 'Cause here I go again... I
love you.
--Paul McCartney
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Paul_McCartney>