For today's post, I'm looking at a couple of firsts.
40 years ago today, Elvis Costello released his first single Less Than Zero. The song was written in response to Costello's disgust with a BBC interview involving a fascist union leader.
Less Than Zero was released as a punk record. But really, Costello's music was more in line with the British New Wave movement that spawned from punk. I'm not really what you'd consider a fan of Costello. However, thanks to Song Pop, I'm getting more exposed to his work and find that I really do like it!
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| A replica 1977 Elvis Costello World Tour t-shirt. |
There's a little bit of controversy with this song but I'll deal more with that in another post later on down the road.
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| Original logo for Focus on the Family. |
Now let's look at that other first. Today marks the first day that Christian psychologist Dr. James Dobson's Focus On the Family opened for business.
The faith-based organization isn't without it's controversies. But it's also done a lot of good offering counseling for parents, couples, and children. Another thing I've enjoyed about Focus On The Family over the years is the amazing job it's done with a long-running radio and later video series called Adventures In Odyssey about an eccentric inventor and the adventures he has with the residents of the town of Odyssey. They're very professionally done and for a Christian series as pretty entertaining.
Well that's my look at 1977 for today. But before I go, why don't we take a listen to Costello's Less Than Zero.
Enjoy...
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