On this day in music history:

Behind the Mask by Fleetwood Mac (1990)

Leave Your Sleep by Natalie Merchant (2010)

Behind the Mask

Album by Fleetwood Mac,

released April 9, 1990.

Track list: Skies the Limit; Love Is Dangerous; In the Back of My Mind; Do You Know; Save Me; Affairs of the Heart; When the Sun Goes Down; Behind the Mask; Stand on the Rock; Hard Feelings; Freedom; When It Comes to Love; The Second Time.

Leave Your Sleep

Album by Natalie Merchant,

released April 9, 2010.

Track list: Nursery Rhyme of Innocence and Experience; Equestrienne; Calico Pie; Bleezer's Ice-Cream; It Makes a Change; The King of China's Daughter; The Dancing Bear; The Man in the Wilderness; maggie and milly and molly and may; If No One Ever Marries Me; The Sleepy Giant; The Peppery Man; The Blind Men and the Elephant; Adventures of Isabel; The Walloping Window Blind; Topsyturvey-World; The Janitor's Boy; Griselda; The Land of Nod; Vain and Careless; Crying, My Little One; Sweet and a Lullaby; I Saw a Ship A-Sailing; Autumn Lullaby; Spring and Fall: To a Young Child; Indian Names.

On this day in movie history - Impulse (1990):

Impulse

directed by Sondra Locke,

written by Leigh Chapman,

based on a story by John DeMarco,

was released in the United States on April 6, 1990.
Music by Michel Colombier.

Cast:

Theresa Russell, Jeff Fahey, George Dzundza, Alan Rosenberg, Nicholas Mele, Eli Danker, Charles McCaughan, Lynne Thigpen, Shawn Elliott, Angelo Tiffe, Christopher Lawford, Nick Savage, Dan Bell, Tom Dahlgren, Daniel Quinn, David L. Crowley, Mark Rolston, Russell Curry, Pete Antico, Karl Anthony Smith, Paul Acerno, Maria Rangel, Don Ruffin, Cliff McLaughlin, Paul A. Calabria, Valente Rodriguez, Ronald L. Colby, Robert Phalen, Douglas Rowe, Wendy Gordon, Jerry Dunphy, Jerry Martinez, Peder Melhuse, Sorin Serene Pricopie, Thomas Rosales Jr., Elaine Kagan, Michael McCleery, James Edgcomb, J. Michael Flynn.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1990)

Star Trek: Voyager (1999)

The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek (2022)

Star Trek: Picard (2022)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 3. Episode 19.

Episode entitled: Captain’s Holiday.

Released March 31, 1990.

Directed by Chip Chalmers.

Written by Ira Steven Behr, Ronald D. Moore.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Jennifer Hetrick, Karen Landry, Michael Champion, Max Grodénchik, Deirdre Haj, Jeremy Doyle, Kristina Kell, Tim McCormack.

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 5. Episode 19.

Episode entitled: Think Tank.

Released March 31, 1999.

Directed by Terrence O'Hara.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Michael Taylor, Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, Bryan Fuller, Nick Sagan.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Jason Alexander, Christopher Darga, Christopher Shea, Walter Altman, Majel Barrett, Phil Crowley, Marvin De Baca, Steven Dennis, Tarik Ergin, Steve Rankin.

The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek

Season 1. Episode 11.

Episode entitled: The Stars Above.

Released March 31, 2022.

Directed by Brian Volk-Weiss.

Visual Effects and animation by Jeremy Samples.

Cast: Vaughn Armstrong, Robert Beltran, Brannon Braga, Ronny Cox, Joseph D'Agosta, Nicole de Boer, Ike Eisenmann, Richard Herd, Gregory Itzin, Dominic Keating, Jack Kehler, Christopher Lloyd, Cirroc Lofton, Scott MacDonald, Matt Malloy, Donna Massetti, Matt McCoy, Gates McFadden, Ronald D. Moore, Nichelle Nichols, Leonard Nimoy, Andrew Robinson, Mark Rolston, Cristine Rose, William Morgan Sheppard, Brent Spiner, Michael Westmore, Wil Wheaton, Peter White, Barbara Williams, Wade Williams, Rudolph Willrich, Mel Winkler, Rick Worthy.

Star Trek: Picard

Season 2. Episode 5.

Episode entitled: Fly Me to the Moon.

Released March 31, 2022.

Directed by Jonathan Frakes.

Created by Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Cindy Appel, Matt Okumura, Chris Derrick, Juliana James, Kiley Rossetter.

Based on Star Trek: The Next Generation, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Alison Pill, Annie Wersching, Michelle Hurd, Santiago Cabrera, Evan Evagora, Orla Brady, Isa Briones, Brent Spiner, John de Lancie, Penelope Mitchell, Lea Thompson, Leif Gantvoort, Jackie Geary, Ivo Nandi, Kay Bess, Oscar Camacho, Michelle Haro, Shaw Jones, Daniel Allen Mooney, Zach Sowers, Kareem Stroud, Guy Fernandez Jr., Richard Leacock, Justin Nickels, Jenya Shatilova.

On this day in music history:

Brigade by Heart (1990)

The Bitter Truth by Evanescence (2021)

Brigade

Album by Heart,

released March 26, 1990.

Track list: Wild Child; All I Wanna Do Is Make Love To You; Secret; Tall, Dark Handsome Stranger; I Didn't Want To Need You; The Night; Fallen From Grace; Under The Sky; Cruel Nights; Stranded; Call Of The Wild; I Want Your World To Turn; I Love You.

The Bitter Truth

Album by Evanescence,

released March 26, 2021.

Track list: Artifact/The Turn; Broken Pieces Shine; The Game Is Over; Yeah Right; Feeding The Dark; Wasted On You; Better Without You; Use My Voice; Take Cover; Far From Heaven; Part Of Me; Blind Belief.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

The Star Trek Reader II / book (1977)

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1990)

Star Trek: Voyager (1999)

Star Trek: Picard (2022)

The Star Trek Reader II

By James Blish.

Published by E P Dutton.

Published 1977.

First Edition.

Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 0525209603

ISBN-13: 978-0525209607

Description:

Here for the first time in hardcover are 19 of the most exciting episodes that ever appeared on the award-winning Star Trek television series. Novelized by the renowned science fiction writer James Blish, each of these stories is a little gem with a permanent sparkle, and their combination a collector's item.

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 3. Episode 18.

Episode entitled: Allegiance.

Released March 24, 1990.

Directed by Winrich Kolbe.

Written by Richard Manning, Hans Beimler, Ronald D. Moore.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Ron Jones.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Stephen Markle, Reiner Schöne, Joycelyn O'Brien, Jerry Rector, Jeff Rector, Joe Baumann, Michael Braveheart, Debbie David, Eben Ham, Richard Sarstedt.

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 5. Episode 18.

Episode entitled: The Fight.

Released March 24, 1999.

Directed by Winrich Kolbe.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Joe Menosky, Michael Taylor, Bryan Fuller, Nick Sagan.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Carlos Palomino, Ned Romero, Ray Walston, Majel Barrett, Tarik Ergin, Sylvester Foster, Peter Scott Harmyk, Susan Henley, Alicia Lewis, Michael Munoz, Erin Leigh Price, Pablo Soriano.

Star Trek: Picard

Season 2. Episode 4.

Episode entitled: Watcher.

Released March 24, 2022.

Directed by Lea Thompson.

Created by Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Juliana James, Jane Maggs, Travis Fickett, Matt Okumura, Chris Derrick, Kiley Rossetter.

Based on Star Trek: The Next Generation, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Alison Pill, Annie Wersching, Michelle Hurd, Santiago Cabrera, Evan Evagora, Orla Brady, John de Lancie, Madeline Wise, Ito Aghayere, Leif Gantvoort, Penelope Mitchell, Sol Rodriguez, Chloé Wepper, Karl T. Wright, Oscar Camacho, Sean Freeland, Kelli Dawn Hancock, Isabella Meneses, Brian Quinn, Kirk Randolph Thatcher, Danielle Thorpe, Dylan Von Halle, Kay Bess, Dartenea Bryant, Paul Lacovara.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1990)

Star Trek: Discovery (2022)

Star Trek: Picard (2022)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 3. Episode 17.

Episode entitled: Sins of the Father.

Released March 17, 1990.

Directed by Les Landau.

Written by Ronald D. Moore, W. Reed Moran, Drew Deighan.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Gates McFadden, Charles Cooper, Tony Todd, Patrick Massett, Thelma Lee, J. Teddy Davis, Rachen Assapiomonwait, Majel Barrett, Michael Braveheart, BJ Davis, Bud Davis, Christopher Doyle, Eben Ham, Mark Lentry, James McElroy, Joseph Michael Roth, Mark Wilson, Natalie Wood.

Star Trek: Discovery

Season 4. Episode 13.

Episode entitled: Coming Home.

Released March 17, 2022.

Directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi.

Created by Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Michelle Paradise, Glenise Mullins, Brandon Schultz, Carlos Cisco.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, Wilson Cruz, Blu del Barrio, Tig Notaro, David Ajala, Oded Fehr, Stacey Abrams, Shawn Doyle, Chelah Horsdal, Tara Rosling, Annabelle Wallis, Hiro Kanagawa, Phumzile Sitole, Emily Coutts, Patrick Kwok-Choon, Oyin Oladejo, Sara Mitich, Orville Cummings, Raven Dauda, David Benjamin Tomlinson, Seamus Patterson, Adrian Walters, Michael Chan, Emmanuel John, Jean-Paul Najm, Fabio Tassone, Robinne Fanfair.

Star Trek: Picard

Season 2. Episode 3.

Episode entitled: Assimilation.

Released March 17, 2022.

Directed by Lea Thompson.

Created by Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Kiley Rossetter, Christopher Monfette, Matt Okumura, Chris Derrick, Juliana James.

Based on Star Trek: The Next Generation, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Alison Pill, Annie Wersching, Michelle Hurd, Santiago Cabrera, Evan Evagora, John de Lancie, Jon Jon Briones, Chloé Wepper, Sol Rodriguez, Richard Chiu, Gattlin Griffith, Steve Gutierrez, Matt Kaminsky, Peter Lindstedt, Maggie Pacleb, Marcelo Tubert, Kay Bess, Chris Bores, Floyd Anthony Johns Jr.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1990)

Star Trek: Discovery (2022)

Star Trek: Picard (2022)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 3. Episode 16.

Episode entitled: The Offspring.

Released March 10, 1990.

Directed by Jonathan Frakes.

Written by René Echevarria, Ronald D. Moore.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Ron Jones.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Gates McFadden, Hallie Todd, Whoopi Goldberg, Judyann Elder, Diane Moser, Hayne Bayle, Maria Leone, James G. Becker, Rachen Assapiomonwait, Michael Braveheart, Carrie Crain, Leonard Crofoot, Kristina Kell, Mark Lentry, Tim McCormack, Keith Rayve, Andy Wiley.

Star Trek: Discovery

Season 4. Episode 12.

Episode entitled: Species Ten-C.

Released March 10, 2022.

Directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi.

Created by Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Kyle Jarrow, Glenise Mullins, Brandon Schultz, Carlos Cisco.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Wilson Cruz, Blu del Barrio, Tig Notaro, David Ajala, Shawn Doyle, Chelah Horsdal, Tara Rosling, Annabelle Wallis, Hiro Kanagawa, Phumzile Sitole, Emily Coutts, Patrick Kwok-Choon, Oyin Oladejo, Sara Mitich, Orville Cummings, David Benjamin Tomlinson, Jahkeil Goldson, Fabio Tassone, Robinne Fanfair, Shelley Owens.

Star Trek: Picard

Season 2. Episode 2.

Episode entitled: Penance.

Released March 10, 2022.

Directed by Doug Aarniokoski.

Created by Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Akiva Goldsman, Terry Matalas, Christopher Monfette, Michael Chabon, Matt Okumura, Chris Derrick, Juliana James, Kiley Rossetter.

Based on Star Trek: The Next Generation, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Alison Pill, Annie Wersching, Michelle Hurd, Santiago Cabrera, Evan Evagora, Isa Briones, John de Lancie, Jon Jon Briones, Patton Oswalt, Toni Belafonte, Alex Diehl, Paula Andrea Placido, Hanna-Lee Sakakibara, Kay Bess, Katelyn Brooke, Bryant Burnett, Jimmy Chhiu, Stephen Dunlevy, Guy Fernandez Jr., Floyd Anthony Johns Jr., Brent Spiner, Amy Sturdivant.

Recommended reading – The Owl: Justice Never Sleeps & The Owl: Scarlet Serenade:

The Owl: Justice Never Sleeps

By Bob Forward.

First published in 1984.

Republished in 2014.

Published by Brash Books.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1941298052

ISBN-13: 978-1941298053

Description:

Justic never sleeps.

Alexander L’Hiboux is a man who lives on the streets, who never sleeps, who never stops hunting his lawless prey… he is The Owl.

The most daring and original hero in crime fiction… in a debut novel that’s a relentless, pure-adrenaline rush.

It’s the mid-1980s. Crime in Los Angeles is running rampant. When the law can’t help you, there is one man who can: Alexander L’Hiboux, whose ability to sleep was destroyed in the ghastly tragedy that cost him his family. Now he’s justice-for-hire, prowling the streets and solving crimes with deadly finality. A desperate, grief-stricken shipping magnate hires The Owl to find the scum who brutalized his daughter…a quest that uncovers a shocking conspiracy that will rock the city.

“Mike Hammer is a wimp compared to The Owl,” – Bill Crider, author of Outrage at Blanco and the bestselling Sheriff Dan Rhoades mysteries.

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The Owl: Scarlet Serenade

By Bob Forward.

First published in 1990.

Republished in 2014.

Published by Brash Books.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1941298214

ISBN-13: 978-1941298213

Description:

Alexander L’Hiboux is a man who lives on the streets, who never sleeps, who never stops hunting his lawless prey. He is…

THE OWL

Haunted. Lethal. Unstoppable. Justice incarnate.

The most daring and original hero in crime fiction in a scorching, action-packed adventure.

SCARLET SERENADE

It’s the mean-streets of L.A. in the mid-1980s. When The Owl rescues a young punk-rock starlet from being kidnapped, he considered it just a minor good deed with a few dead bodies left scattered around. But he soon discovers that she’s the target of a gangland conspiracy that has half of the city’s underworld after her. Now the only thing between her and certain death is The Owl.

“Exhilarating! A pure action high unlike anything I’ve ever read before. The Owl is a cross between Batman and The Terminator…but he’s even more deadly and relentless,” –  Lee Goldberg, New York Times bestselling author of The Chase.

“It starts off over the top and builds from there. There’s action aplenty. The Owl absorbs more punishment than any two or three or four people in other novels,” – Bill Crider, author of Outrage at Blanco.

On this day in movie history - Nikita (1990):

Nikita

French title: La Femme Nikita,

directed and written by Luc Besson,

was released in France on February 21, 1990.

Music by Éric Serra.

Cast:

Anne Parillaud, Marc Duret, Patrick Fontana, Alain Lathière, Laura Chéron, Jacques Boudet, Helene Aligier, Pierre-Alain de Garrigues, Patrick Pérez, Bruno Randon, Roland Blanche, Joseph Teruel, Jacques Disses, Stéphane Fey, Philippe Dehesdin, Michel Brunot, Rodolph Freytt, Pavel Slabý, Tchéky Karyo, Jean-Luc Caron, Renos Mandis, Jean-Marc Merchet, Jeanne Moreau, Philippe Leroy, Patrick Serrière, Iska Khan, Heike Fisher, Patrick Buiquangda, Eddie Gaydu, Jose Steinmann, Philippe Hernando, Gerard Touratier, Jean Bedin, Edith Perret, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Jean-Pierre Pauty, Michel Campa, Murray Gronwall, Pierrick Charpentier, Rafael Sultan, Hubert Gillet, Fausto Costantino, Roberto Talanno, Pétronille Moss, Eric Prat, Mia Frye, Olivier Hémon, Philippe du Janerand, Christian Gazio, Jérôme Chalou, Jean Reno, Jean-Claude Bolle-Reddat, Jean Bouise, Patrick Chauveau, Maurice Antoni, Mathieu Archer, Alexis Dupuy, Michèle Amiel, Guy Van Riet, Xavier Bonastre.