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var days = new Array();
var msgs = new Array();
var d = 0;

//d=d+1;
//days[d] = "December 20, 2010";
//msgs[d] = "<a target='_blank' href='http://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/'>Sydney Festival</a> starts Jan 10th!<br><a target='_blank' href='http://www.fallsfestival.com/'>The Falls Music Festival (TAS)</a> starts Dec 29th!";



//music pick
//d=d+1;
//days[d] = "December 22, 2010";
//msgs[d] = "<a target='_blank' href='http://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/'>Sydney Festival</a> starts Jan 10th!<br>and <a target='_blank' href='http://www.tamworthcountrymusic.com.au/'>Tamworth Country Music Festival</a> starts Jan 16th!<br><img src='http://www.musicbizaustralia.com/images/check.jpg' width='14' height='16'><a target='_blank' href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtXrKo8Btfc'>Saturday Music Video Pick</a> (Bobby McFerrin) <a title='Suggest a video you&#39ve found on YouTube' href='contact.htm'><img border='0' src='images/suggestvid.jpg' width='92' height='14'></a>";

//d=d+1;
//days[d] = "December 23, 2010";
//msgs[d] = "<a target='_blank' href='http://www.fallsfestival.com/'>The Falls Music Festival (TAS)</a> starts Dec 29th!<br><a target='_blank' href='http://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/'>Sydney Festival</a> starts Jan 5th!<br>and <a target='_blank' href='http://www.tamworthcountrymusic.com.au/'>Tamworth Country Music Festival</a> starts Jan 11th!";


d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 1, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>HAPPY NEW YEAR!<br>Have a great year of music!";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 2, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Franz Xaver Brixi's birthday 1732";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 3, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Fats Domino recorded 'I'm Walkin'<br>on this day in 1957.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 4, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Giovanni Battista Pergolesi's birthday 1710";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 5, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Nicolai Karlovich Medtner's birthday 1880";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 6, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Max Bruch's birthday 1838";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 7, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Francis Poulenc's birthday 1899";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 8, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Sigismond Thalberg's birthday 1812";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 9, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>John Knowles Paine's birthday 1839";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 10, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1949 vinyl records were introduced (45 rpm and 33.3 rpm).<br>and on this day in 1956<br>Elvis Presley recorded his first songs<br>as an RCA Victor artist in Nashville.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 11, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Johann Christian Sinding's birthday 1856";

//music pick
d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 12, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Jacques Duphly's birthday 1715 "; //<img src='http://www.musicbizaustralia.com/images/check.jpg' width='14' height='16'><a target='_blank' href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rXcdcDB2S8'>Saturday&#39s //Music Video Pick</a> (Hang drums) <a title='Suggest a video you&#39ve found on YouTube' href='contact.htm'><img border='0' src='images/suggestvid.jpg' width='92' height='14'></a>";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 13, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1854 Anthony Faas<br>of Philadelphia, PA, patented the accordion";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 14, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Composer Francois-Joseph Dizi<br>was born on this day 1780";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 15, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1961<br>Motown Records signed The Supremes.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 16, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1932 Duke Ellington<br>and his Orchestra recorded<br>'It Don't Mean a Thing'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 17, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1728 was<br>Composer Johann Gottfried Muthel";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 18, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1939 Louis Armstrong and<br>his orchestra recorded 'Jeepers Creepers'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 19, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1853 Verdi's opera<br>'Il Trovatore' premiered in Rome.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 20, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1586 was<br>Composer Johann Hermann Schein.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 21, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1942 Count Basie and<br>His Orchestra recorded 'One O'Clock Jump'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 22, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1971 The Joe Cocker<br>film 'Mad Dogs and Englishmen'<br>debuted in London.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 23, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1941 Artie Shaw<br>and his orchestra recorded 'Moonglow'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 24, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1936 Benny Goodman<br>and his orchestra recorded<br>'Stompin' at the Savoy'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 25, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1969<br>Creedence Clearwater Revival<br>released the 'Proud Mary' LP.";

d=d+1; 
days[d] = "January 26, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>It's <a target='_blank' href='http://www.australiadaylive.gov.au/'>Australia Day</a><br>On this day in 1911<br>The Richard Strauss opera<br>'Der Rosenkavalier'<br>premiered in Dresden, Germany.";
//<br><a target='_blank' href='http://www.leekernaghan.com/'>Lee Kernaghan</a>  named Australian of the Year 2010<br><a target='_blank' href='http://www.tamworthcountrymusic.com.au/'>Tamworth Country Music Festival</a>  is on until tomorrow<br><img src='http://www.musicbizaustralia.com/images/check.jpg' width='14' height='16'><a target='_blank' href='http://www.musicbizaustralia.com/Jazztube/jazztube046.htm'>Saturday&#39s Music Video Pick</a> (Tommy Emmanuel ) <a title='Suggest a video you&#39ve found on YouTube' href='contact.htm'><img border='0' src='images/suggestvid.jpg' width='92' height='14'></a>";

//<img src='http://www.musicbizaustralia.com/images/check.jpg' width='14' height='16'><a target='_blank' href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9a4ThBNacY'>Saturday&#39s Music Video Pick</a> (Victor Wooten solo bass) <a title='Suggest a video you&#39ve found on YouTube' href='contact.htm'><img border='0' src='images/suggestvid.jpg' width='92' height='14'></a>

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 27, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1756 was<br>Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 28, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1722 was<br>Composer Johann Ernst Bach";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 29, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1962<br>Warner Bros. Records<br>signed Peter, Paul and Mary";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 30, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1917<br>The Original Dixieland Jazz Band<br>recorded 'The Darktown Strutters' Ball'<br>(considered to be the first jazz record)";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 31, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1797 was<br>Composer Franz Schubert.";
//msgs[d] = "<br><a target='_blank' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Schubert'>Franz Schubert</a>'s birthday (1797 - 1828)";

//d=d+1;
//days[d] = "February 1, 2010";
//msgs[d] = "<br><a target='_blank' href='http://www.australianbluesfestival.com.au/'>Australian Blues Music Festival</a> in Goulburn starts Feb 12th";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 1, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1896<br>Puccini's opera La Bohčme was first<br>staged in Turin, Italy.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 2, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1949 the<br>first 45 RPM record was released.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 3, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1959 Buddy Holly (22),<br>Ritchie Valens (17),<br>and the Big Bopper (28)<br>died in a plane crash in Iowa.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 4, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1892 was<br>Composer Yrjo Kilpinen";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 5, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1940 Glenn Miller<br>and his band recorded 'Tuxedo Junction.'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 6, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1943 Frank Sinatra<br>made his debut as vocalist<br>on radio's 'Your Hit Parade.' ";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 7, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1871 was<br>Composer Wilhelm Stenhammar.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 8, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1965<br>'Stop in the Name Of Love'<br>by The Supremes was released.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 9, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1885 was<br>Composer Alban Berg.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 10, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1956<br>Little Richard recorded 'Long Tall Sally'.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 11, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1830 was<br>Composer Peter Arnold Heise";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 12, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1760 was<br>Composer Jan Ladislav Dussek.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 13, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1867 Johann Strauss'<br>Blue Danube Waltz was played<br>for the first time at a<br>public concert in Vienna, Austria.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 14, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1967<br>Aretha Franklin recorded her song<br>'Respect' in New York.<br><br>Happy Valentines Day!<br>If music be the food of love<br>...Play on!<br><br>and Happy Chinese New Year!";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 15, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1941<br>Duke Ellington and his orchestra<br>recorded 'Take the A Train'.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 16, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1709 was<br>Composer Charles Avison.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 17, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1653 was<br>Composer Arcangelo Corelli.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 18, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1959<br>Ray Charles recorded 'What'd I Say.'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 19, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1974 Dick Clark<br>premiered the American Music Awards.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 20, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1970<br>John Lennon's 'Instant Karma'<br>was released in the U.S.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 21, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1893 was<br>Composer Andres Segovia.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 22, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1956<br>Elvis Presley entered the music charts<br>for the first time with 'Heartbreak Hotel.'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 23, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1685 was<br>Composer George Frideric Handel";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 24, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1979 'Roxanne' was released by The Police.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 25, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1727 was<br>Composer Armand-Louis Couperin.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 26, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1977 The Eagles'<br>Hotel California was released.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 27, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1848 was<br>Composer Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 28, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1877 was<br>Composer Sergei Bortkiewicz.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 29, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1792 was<br>Composer Gioachino Antonio Rossini.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 1, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1810 was<br>Composer Frederic Chopin";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 2, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1824 was<br>Composer Bedrich Friedrich Smetana";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 3, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1931<br>The first jazz album to sell<br>a million copies was recorded.<br>'Minnie The Moocher' by Cab Calloway.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 4, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1678 was<br>Antonio Lucio Vivaldi";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 5, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1887 was<br>Composer Heitor Villa-Lobos.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 6, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1853 Giuseppe Verdi's<br>'La Traviata' opera debuted in Venice.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 7, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1875 was<br>Composer Joseph Maurice Ravel";
 
d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 8, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1714 was<br>Composer Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 9, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1737 was<br>Composer Josef Myslivecek";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 10, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1839 was<br>Composer Dudley Buck";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 11, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1963 Manfred Mann's<br>first concert was held in London";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 12, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1939 Artie Shaw<br>and his band recorded 'Deep Purple.'";
 
d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 13, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1973 Pink Floyd<br>released 'Dark Side of the Moon'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 14, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1681 was<br>Composer Georg Philipp Telemann";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 15, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1956 Colonel Tom Parker<br>became Elvis Presley's manager.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 16, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1963 'Puff The Magic Dragon'<br>was released by Peter, Paul and Mary.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 17, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1968 The Bee Gees made their<br>U.S. television debut on the 'Ed Sullivan Show.'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 18, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1844 was<br>Composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 19, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1957 Elvis Presley<br>bought the mansion he called Graceland.";
 
d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 20, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1936 Benny Goodman and his orchestra<br>recorded 'Christopher Columbus' in Chicago, IL.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 21, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1685 was<br>Composer Johann Sebastian Bach";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 22, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1963 The Beatles' first album,<br>'Please Please Me', was released in the U.K.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 23, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1743 Handel's Messiah<br>was performed for the first time in London";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 24, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1721 in Germany,<br>Johann Sebastian Bach published<br>the Six Brandenburg Concertos.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 25, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1881 was<br>Composer Béla Bartók";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 26, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1827<br>Composer Ludwig van Beethoven died.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 27, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1984<br>Cyndi Lauper released 'Time After Time'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 28, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1986 more than 6,000<br>radio stations of all formats played<br>'We are the World' simultaneously at 10:15 a.m. EST";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 29, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1951<br>'The King and I' opened on Broadway.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 30, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1719 was<br>Sir John Hawkins, the author of<br>the first history of music.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 31, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1732 was<br>Composer Franz Joseph Haydn";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 1, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1873 was<br>Composer Sergei Vassilievich Rachmaninoff";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 2, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1942<br>Glenn Miller and his orchestra recorded 'American Patrol'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 3, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1960<br>The Everly Brothers made their British concert debut";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 4, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1939 Glenn Miller<br>recorded his theme song, 'Moonlight Serenade'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 5, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1784 was<br>Composer Ludwig Spohr";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 6, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1925<br>Eddie Cantor recorded 'If You Knew Susie'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 7, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1949 The musical 'South Pacific'<br>by Rogers and Hammerstein debuted on Broadway.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 8, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1533 was<br>Composer Claudio Merulo";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 9, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1966 Percy Sledge's<br>'When A Man Loves A Woman' was released.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 10, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1864 was<br>Composer Eugene Francis Charles D'Albert";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 11, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1956 James Brown debuts<br>on the R&B charts with 'Please, Please, Please'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 12, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1954 Bill Haley<br>and the Comets recorded 'Rock Around the Clock'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 13, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1742<br>George Frideric Handel's 'Messiah'<br>was first performed publicly, in Dublin, Ireland";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 14, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1960 the musical<br>'Bye Bye Birdie' opened in New York City";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 15, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1968<br>Aretha Franklin recorded 'Think'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 16, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1971 The Rolling Stone<br>released 'Brown Sugar' in the UK";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 17, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1882 was<br>Composer Artur Schnabel"; 

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 18, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1863 was<br>Composer Felix Blumenfeld";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 19, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1868 was<br>Composer Max von Schillings";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 20, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1931 Louis Armstrong<br>recorded 'When It’s Sleepy Time Down South'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 21, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1961 The Beatles<br>debuted at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, England.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 22, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1966 'Wild Thing' by<br>the British band the Troggs was released in the U.S.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 23, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1891 was<br>Composer Sergei Prokefiev"; 

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 24, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1936 Benny Goodman<br>and his trio recorded 'China Boy.'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 25, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1967 The Beatles recorded<br>'All You Need Is Love' during a British TV broadcast."; 

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 26, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1960 the filming of<br>'G.I. Blues' with Elvis Presley, began";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 27, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1968 Simon & Garfunkel's<br>'Mrs. Robinson' was released.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 28, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1940 Glenn Miller<br>and his orchestra recorded 'Pennsylvania 6-5000'"; 

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 29, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1899 was<br>Composer Edward Kennedy 'Duke' Ellington"; 

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 30, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1957 Glenn<br>Elvis Presley recorded 'Jailhouse Rock'";

//EDITED to Here!!!!!!



//d=d+1;
//days[d] = "May 6, 2010";
//msgs[d] = "<br><a target='_blank' href='http://www.thredbojazz.net.au/'>The Thredbo Jazz Festival, (NSW)</a> May 8th";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "May 7, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1833 was<br>Composer Johannes Brahms";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "May 8, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br><a target='_blank' href='http://www.thredbojazz.net.au/'>The Thredbo Jazz Festival, (NSW)</a> today!";



d=d+1;
days[d] = "May 10, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Happy Mothers' Day";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "May 17, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1866 was<br>Composer Erik Satie";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "May 22, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1813 was<br>Composer Richard Wagner";


d=d+1;
days[d] = "May 22, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br><img src='http://www.musicbizaustralia.com/images/check.jpg' width='14' height='16'><a target='_blank' href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQXn5ba0aT8'>Saturday&#39s Music Video Pick</a><br>(Amazing Hang Drum Solo)<br> <a title='Suggest a video you&#39ve found on YouTube' href='contact.htm'><img border='0' src='images/suggestvid.jpg' width='92' height='14'></a>";
d=d+1;
days[d] = "May 29, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1922 was<br>Composer Yannis Xenakis";


d=d+1;
days[d] = "June 1, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br><a target='_blank' href='http://www.sonnyrollins.com/'>Sonny Rollins at the Sydney Opera House </a> <br>First time in Australia!";


d=d+1;
days[d] = "June 2, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1857 was<br>Composer Edward Elgar";


d=d+1;
days[d] = "June 15, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1843 was<br>Edvard Grieg";


d=d+1;
days[d] = "June 17, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Igor Stravinsky's birthday (1882 - 1971)";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "June 20, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Jacques Offenbach's birthday (1819 - 1880)";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "July 10, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Carl Orff's birthday (1895 - 1982)";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "July 17, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br><img src='http://www.musicbizaustralia.com/images/check.jpg' width='14' height='16'><a target='_blank' href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUQzXQhAgvw'>Saturday&#39s Music Video Pick</a> (Guitar solo) <a title='Suggest a video you&#39ve found on YouTube' href='contact.htm?Subject1=JazzTube video suggestion'><img border='0' src='images/suggestvid.jpg' width='92' height='14'></a>";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "July 26, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Wolfgang Amadé Mozart's birthday <br>(1756 - 1791)"; //<br><img src='http://www.musicbizaustralia.com/images/check.jpg' width='14' height='16'><a target='_blank' href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsgeTNnYywg'>Saturday&#39s Music Video Pick</a> (Weird Al) <a title='Suggest a video you&#39ve found on YouTube' href='contact.htm?Subject1=JazzTube video suggestion'><img border='0' src='images/suggestvid.jpg' width='92' height='14'></a>";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "August 1, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br><img src='http://www.musicbizaustralia.com/images/check.jpg' width='14' height='16'><a target='_blank' href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LqNP41KK7k'>Saturday&#39s Music Video Pick</a><br>(The DJ Symphony Project)<br><a title='Suggest a video you&#39ve found on YouTube' href='contact.htm?Subject1=JazzTube video suggestion'><img border='0' src='images/suggestvid.jpg' width='92' height='14'></a>";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "August 8, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br><img src='http://www.musicbizaustralia.com/images/check.jpg' width='14' height='16'><a target='_blank' href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HqQoLq5c2c'>Saturday&#39s Music Video Pick</a><br> (Anoushka Shankar on sitar) <br><a title='Suggest a video you&#39ve found on YouTube or elsewhere on the internet' href='contact.htm?Subject1=JazzTube video suggestion'><img border='0' src='images/suggestvid.jpg' width='92' height='14'></a>";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "August 22, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Claude Debussy's birthday (1862 - 1918)<br>Karlheinz Stockhausen's birthday (1928 - 2007)";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "September 4, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Anton Bruckner's birthday (1824 - 1896)";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "September 04, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br><img src='http://www.musicbizaustralia.com/images/check.jpg' width='14' height='16'><a target='_blank' href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggJZBq8SjJE'>Saturday&#39s Music Video Pick</a><br>(Little Richard - Tutti Fruti)<br> <a title='Suggest a video you&#39ve found on YouTube' href='contact.htm?Subject1=Music video suggestion'><img border='0' src='images/suggestvid.jpg' width='92' height='14'></a>";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "September 13, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Arnold Schoenberg's birthday (1874 - 1951)";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "September 25, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Dmitri Shostakovich's birthday (1906 - 1975)";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "October 9, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Camille Saint-Saëns' birthday 1835<br>and Giuseppe Verdi's birthday 1813";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "October 10, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br><img src='http://www.musicbizaustralia.com/images/check.jpg' width='14' height='16'><a href='http://www.musicbizaustralia.com/Jazztube/jazztube092.htm'>Saturday&#39s Music Video Pick</a><br> (John McAll - Atlantis) <br><a title='Suggest a video you&#39ve found on YouTube or elsewhere on the internet' href='contact.htm?Subject1=JazzTube video suggestion'><img border='0' src='images/suggestvid.jpg' width='92' height='14'></a>";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "October 12, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Ralph Vaughan Williams' birthday 1872";
//msgs[d] = "<br>Q. What is the minimum number of<br>musicians a band must have<br>to be considered a big band?<br><FORM>Answer:<INPUT TYPE='radio' NAME='radio' value='Ten'onClick='alert(value)'></form>";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "October 14, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Alexander von Zemlinsky's birthday 1871";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "October 15, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Bernhard Henrik Crusell's birthday 1775";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "October 16, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Albert Franz Doppler's birthday 1821";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "October 17, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Herbert Howells' birthday 1892";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "October 18, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Baldassare Galuppi's birthday 1706";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "October 20, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Charles Edward Ives' birthday 1874";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "October 21, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Sir Malcolm Arnold's birthday 1921";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "October 22, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Franz Liszt's birthday 1811";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "October 24, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Ferdinand Hiller's birthday 1811";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "October 25, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Georges Bizet's birthday 1838<br>and Johann II Strauss' birthday 1825";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "October 26, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti's<br>birthday 1685";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "October 27, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Niccolň Paganini's birthday 1782";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "October 28, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Henri-Jerome Bertini's birthday 1798";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "October 29, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Vivian Ellis' birthday 1904";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "October 30, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Peter Warlock's birthday 1894";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 1, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Roger Quilter's birthday 1877<br>and William Mathias' birthday 1877";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 2, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf's birthday 1739";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 3, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Samuel Scheidt's birthday 1587<br>and Vincenzo Bellini's birthday 1801";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 4, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Karl Tausig's birthday 1841";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 5, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Nicholas Maw's birthday 1935";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 6, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Adolphe Sax's birthday 1814<br>(the inventor of the saxophone)<br>and John Philip Sousa's birthday 1854";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 7, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Ferenc Erkel's birthday 1810<br>and William Alwyn's birthday 1905";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 8, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Friedrich Witt's birthday 1770";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 10, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Francois Couperin's birthday 1668";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 12, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Alexander Borodin's birthday 1833";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 13, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>George Whitefield Chadwick's birthday 1854";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 14, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Johann Georg Leopold Mozart's birthday 1719";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 15, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Elvis Presley made his acting debut<br>in the premiere of the movie<br>'Love Me Tender' this day 1956";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 16, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Paul Hindemith's birthday 1895";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 18, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Prince Louis Ferdinand's birthday 1772";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 19, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Mikhail Mihaylovich Ippolitov-Ivanov's<br>birthday 1859";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 20, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Daniel Gregory Mason's birthday 1873";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 21, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>The musical 'Anything Goes'<br>by Cole Porter, opened this day 1934";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 22, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Wilhelm Friedemann Bach's birthday 1710";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 23, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Manuel De Falla's birthday 1876";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 24, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Alfred Schnittke's birthday 1934";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 25, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev's birthday 1856";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 26, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Big band leader and trombone soloist<br>Tommy Dorsey died on this day 1956";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 27, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Anton Stamitz's birthday 1750";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 28, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Jean-Baptiste Lully's birthday 1632";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 29, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Gaetano Donizetti's birthday 1797";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 30, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Andres de Sola's birthday 1634";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 1, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Franz Xaver Richter's birthday 1709";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 2, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>'You're So Vain' by Carly Simon<br>was released this day in 1972";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 3, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Padre Antonio Soler's birthday 1729";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 4, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Andre Campra's birthday 1660";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 5, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died in Vienna<br>on this day 1791 at the age of only 35";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 6, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Lyricist Ira Gershwin's birthday 1896";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 7, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Bernardo Pasquini's birthday 1637";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 8, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Jean Sibelius' birthday 1865";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 9, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>The John Coltrane Quartet<br>recorded 'Love Supreme.' this day 1964";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 10, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Olivier Messiaen' birthday 1908";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 11, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Hector Berlioz's birthday 1803";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 12, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Bill Haley and the Comets recorded<br>'See You Later Alligator' this day 1955";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 13, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>The Beatles signed with manager<br>Brian Epstein on this day 1961";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 14, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>'Saturday Night Fever' premiered<br>in New York City on this day 1977";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 15, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Michel-Richard Delalande's birthday 1657";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 16, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Ludwig van Beethoven's birthday 1770<br>and Zoltán Kodály's birthday 1882";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 17, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Domenico Cimarosa's birthday 1749";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 18, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Antonio Stradivari died<br>in Cremona Italy 1737<br>He is recognized as the most<br>renowned violin maker in history.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 19, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Carl Perkins recorded the hit<br>'Blue Suede Shoes' on this day in 1955";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 20, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Franz Xaver Pokorny's birthday 1728";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 21, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Ludwig Schuncke's birthday 1810";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 22, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Carl Friedrich Abel's birthday 1723";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 23, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Joseph Bodin de Boismortier's birthday 1689";

d=d+1
days[d] = "December 24, 2010";
msgs[d] = "Thanks for visiting on Christmas Eve!<br>On this day in 1818<br>Franz Gruber of Oberndorf, Germany<br>composed the music for<br>&#34<a target='_blank' href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6P3fCDQVMI'>Silent Night</a>&#34 to words written by Josef Mohr.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 25, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>MusicBizAustralia.com wishes you a Very Merry Christmas!<br>On this day in 1818 &#34<a target='_blank' href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6P3fCDQVMI'>Silent Night</a>&#34 was performed for the first time, at the Church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorff, Austria.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 26, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Thanks for visiting on Boxing Day!<br>and good luck to the yachties on their way from <a target='_blank' href='http://rolexsydneyhobart.com/yacht_tracker.asp'>Sydney to Hobart!</a><br>Check the <a href='gig_guides.htm'>Gig Guides</a> for New Years Eve venues.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 27, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Check the <a href='gig_guides.htm'>Gig Guides</a> for New Years Eve venues.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 28, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Julius Rietz's birthday 1812";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 29, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Orchestra leader Paul Whiteman<br>died on this day in 1967<br>at the age of 76<br>Check the <a href='gig_guides.htm'>Gig Guides</a> for New Years Eve venues.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 30, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>Dmitri Borisovich Kabalevsky's birthday 1904<br>Check the <a href='gig_guides.htm'>Gig Guides</a> for New Years Eve venues.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 31, 2010";
msgs[d] = "<br>HAPPY NEW YEAR!<br>Have a great year of music!<br>Check the <a href='gig_guides.htm'>Gig Guides</a><br>for NEW Years Eve venues.";




function initArray() {
this.length = initArray.arguments.length;
for (var i = 0; i < this.length; i++)
this[i+1] = initArray.arguments[i];
}
var DOWArray = new
initArray("Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday");
var today = new Date();
var dayname = DOWArray[today.getDay()+1];


var months = new Array("", 
"January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June",
"July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December"
);


var mon = months[today.getMonth() + 1]; // month
var day = today.getDate(); // day
var year = y2k(today.getYear()); // year

function dateMsg() {
for (i = 0; i < days.length; i++) {
tempdate = new Date(days[i]);
tempmonth = months[tempdate.getMonth() + 1];
tempday = tempdate.getDate();
tempyear = y2k(tempdate.getYear());
if (year == tempyear && mon == tempmonth && day == tempday)
return("It&#39s " + dayname + " " + days[i] + ".  " + msgs[i]); // returns day message
   }
return("Today is " + dayname + " " + mon + " " + day + ", " + year + "."); // returns default
}

// Y2K Fix Function
function y2k(year) {
if (year < 2000)		
year = year + 1900;
return year;
}
//  End -->
