“Bond. James Bond.”

“Let my people go!”

“That’s right. I’m just CRAZY about Tiffany’s!”

“Why Don’t We Do It In The Road. Fuckin’ hell kind of era is that?”

“To protect the sheep you gotta catch the wolf, and it takes a wolf to catch a wolf.”

“It’s such a nice sounding word for what it means: a fortunate accident.”

October 5 has been a big day for movie releases over the years: 1956 brought us Cecil B. DeMille’s last movie and his crowning achievement, “The Ten Commandments.” DeMille is the narrator of the story of the book of Exodus. If you haven’t read it, the good guys win in the end.

Four years later brought us “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” and the adventures of NYC socialite Holly Golightly, played by the legendary Audrey Hepburn.

James Bond movies turn 50 years old today, as “Dr. No” came out today in 1962. Who’d have thought there  would be 22 sequels? (To date)

Not much to say about this 1979 release, so just look at the picture.

2001 brought us two great movies on October 5th and they couldn’t have been more different:

The crown jewel of REM’s album catalogue came out today in 1992 (argue amongst yourselves, but I’m not alone, both Peter Buck and Mike Mills agree.) “Automatic For The People” If “Everybody Hurts” is arguably the sixth best song on the album, you’ve pretty much hit it out of the park. My rankings would go: 1. Nightswimming 2. Find the River 3. The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight 4. Man on the Moon 5. Try Not to Breathe 6. Everybody Hurts 7. Sweetness Follows 8. Drive

A distant second for best album ever released on October 6 would go to this one:

It was among the first rock ‘n roll albums around in the Hubbell house and I still no every word from side one by heart.

“Cats In the Cradle” and “Magic Carpet Ride” were released as singles today in 1975 and 1968. The debut song from John, Paul, George and Ringo came out today in 1962.

They did well, but not quite as well as guys who were born and died today: Ray Kroc was born today in 1902 and Steve Jobs died in 2011.

— Bill Hubbell