Teachers love their Awareness Days' Calendar. Black History Month. World Environment Day. International Literacy Day. There’s always something to build a lesson on if you go searching.
Along the way, I’ve come across some truly ridiculous
awareness days… and so… you can guess the rest.
What better day to start than January 16th?
It's National
Nothing Day!
National Nothing Day is an "un-event" created in
1972 by newspaper columnist Harold Pullman Coffin and observed in the United
States annually on January 16 since 1973.
Its aim is “to provide Americans with one National Day when
they can just sit without celebrating, observing or honouring anything”.
We need this day in the UK too!
Here are some sweets nothings to help us celebrate….
Sinéad
O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U
Diana Ross & The Supremes - Nothing But Heartaches
Lee Hazlewood & Lula - Nothing
Dire
Straits - Money For Nothing
I Want My MTV… but not anymore, I guess.
Manic
Street Preachers featuring Traci Lords – Little Baby Nothing
Gilbert
O'Sullivan - Nothing Rhymed
Roddy Hart - Nothing Is Broken
Metallica
- Nothing Else Matters
John Grant - All That School For Nothing
Gwen
Guthrie - Ain't Nothing Goin' On But The
Rent
Echo
& The Bunnymen - Nothing Lasts Forever
The Decemberists - Everything I Try To Do, Nothing Seems To Turn Out Right
Bachman-Turner
Overdrive - You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
Let’s rock!
We need it in Germany as well. Great selection of songs
ReplyDeleteI feel that I may have to observe this day!
ReplyDeleteI observe this day at least once a week
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ReplyDeleteBravo, C.
DeleteExcellent selection of nothing songs. I immediately wanted to add Oh! Sweet Nuthin' by The Velvet Underground, but then that's just another long-term effect of the High Fidelity soundtrack.
ReplyDeleteReminds me of Bill Drummond's No Music Day campaign. A nothing day is good with me. Sitting and doing nothing, staring vacantly into space, is one of my favorite activities.
ReplyDeleteThanks for making me smile, Rol.
ReplyDeleteA handful more songs to add to the excellent list
Monday Night Nothing - Malcolm Middleton
Nothing Left - Buzzcocks
Nothing Like You - Frightened Rabbit
Nothing To Be Done - The Pastels
Nothing Can Stop Us - Saint Etienne
Could make quite a number of ICAs out of the word!