Blue Monday Jamboree Blue Monday Jamboree Blue Monday Jamboree is an old-time radio variety program in the United States. It was broadcast initially (beginning January 24, 1927) on KFRC in San Francisco, California, then was distributed on the West Coast by the Don Lee Network and was later carried nationwide on CBS. Bill Oates wrote, in his biography of Meredith Willson, that the program was "one of the most popular West Coast originated radio shows in the early 1930's." Radio historian John Dunning wrote that the program was "known in the West as 'the daddy of all variety shows.'" "Blue Monday Jamboree" "contained
Worst Day of the Year Ride Worst Day of the Year Ride The Worst Day of the Year Ride is the annual cycling event held in Portland, Oregon, in the United States. The ride, supposedly timed to the worst weather day of the year, has been called a "statement that bikers in Portland are willing to put tire to road regardless of how awful and depressing the weather may be". Riders pay to participate. It is common for cyclists to wear costumes. Race organizers started a costume contest and the event has been called a "winter Halloween for cyclists". The Worst Day of the Year Ride