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	Urban Legends Reference Pages: I Don't Like Mondays
		On 29 January 1979, 16-year-old Brenda Ann Spencer opened fire on children arriving at Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego from her house across the street, killing two men and wounding eight students and a police officer.
		That Spencer failed to kill any of the children she shot at was attributable to luck rather than any reluctance on her part to take their lives.
		Those who continue to be troubled by the callousness of Brenda Spencer's crime and concerned by her continued attempts to shift blame for her actions onto anyone or anything else can draw comfort from the knowledge that murderers are rarely granted parole in California.
	www.snopes.com /music/songs/mondays.asp (829 words)

	Spencer
		Louis Andrew Spencer was born in 1853, near Wheeling, West Virginia, the son of Thomas G. Spencer and Mary Jane Harris Spencer.
		In 1897, Louis Andrew Spencer bought a small spring wagon, hitched his last two horses to it, and with his four oldest sons, Orrie, Elmer, William, and Earnie, they headed for "Sun Station," Texas, which is about a mile north of Nederland, Texas, on the Kansas City Southern Railroad.
		Elmer Spencer also told of the 1915 hurricane, at which time a large oil tank broke loose from a Gulf Refining tank farm and floated to Nederland as a result of high water that came into the edge of town.
	www.wtblock.com /wtblockjr/spencer.htm (2394 words)

	Brenda Ann Spencer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Brenda Ann Spencer (born April 3, 1962 in San Diego, California) wounded eight children and one police officer and killed two adults in a shooting spree at Grover Cleveland Elementary School in the San Carlos section of San Diego, California, on Monday, January 29, 1979.
		Spencer will be eligible for parole again in 2009.
		In 2005, she claimed that she was drunk and under the influence of PCP at the time of the shootings and also that her father, Walter Spencer, had sexually abused her as a child (a claim she'd failed to make during the earlier years of her incarceration).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brenda_Ann_Spencer (421 words)

	Definition of Brenda Ann Spencer
		Brenda Ann Spencer was a school shooter who was infamous during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
		She wounded eight children and one police officer and killed two adults in a shooting spree at Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego, California, on January 29, 1979.
		Spencer's crime, lack of remorse, and inability to provide any non-trivial explanation for her actions when captured inspired the song I Don't Like Mondays by the Boomtown Rats, written by Bob Geldof.
	www.wordiq.com /definition/Brenda_Ann_Spencer (338 words)

	The Shape of Days: I don’t like Mondays
		Across the street from the Spencers’ modest, middle-class San Diego home was the campus of Grover Cleveland Elementary School, an entirely ordinary school for kids between the ages of six and twelve.
		It was a place Brenda knew well; she’d attended Cleveland as a child, and had been caught and arrested the previous summer for sneaking onto school grounds and breaking windows there.
		Brenda sat in her bedroom, rifle in her hands, for six and a half more hours.
	theshapeofdays.com /2007/04/16/i-dont-like-mondays.html (722 words)

	ProWW Professional Women of Wrestling - Glamour Girls
		This Swedish beauty invaded the US in the 1960s and returned to her native homeland after only a few months, as she found that professional womens wrestling in the US was too rough and tough for her mat style of wrestling.
		Ann was always the “baby doll” and often received severe beatings from larger and meaner girls.
		A very compact 145 pound wrestler who stood only about 5’5”, Betty Ann was a terror in the ring and loved dishing out pain, especially to her white rivals.
	www.proww.com /vintage/glamourgirls/show_glamourgirls.asp (1254 words)

	Dogmatika :: books >> culture >> stuff
		Spencer killed two adults, wounded eight children and one adult (a police officer).
		When later questioned by police as to her motive, Spencer replied: "I don't like Mondays [...] it was fun [...] this livens up the day," and explained that she had no particular targets.
		Firstly, Spencer did not kill because she was bullied or stifled in some way.
	dogmatika.com /dm/books_more.php?id=1260_0_3_0_M (2151 words)

	School Shooting Timeline
		Spencer pled guilty to two counts of murder and assault with a deadly weapon and was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.
		It appears Brenda is a very sick individual and if she after all these years hasn't taken responsibility for her actions--than she is a freak!
		I agree that Brenda is messed up, but arguing about it won't change anything.
	www.knowgangs.com /school_resources/timeline/1970_1979/8.php (634 words)

	Axis of Evel Knievel: January 29
		Twenty-eight years ago today, a 16-year-old girl named Brenda Ann Spencer shot eight children and three adults -- two of whom died -- at Grover Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego.
		Asked after her arrest to explain her motive, Spencer merely told police that she didn’t like Mondays.
		Labels: Andrew Jackson, Brenda Ann Spencer, Edward Abbey, George Bush
	axisofevelknievel.blogspot.com /2007/01/january-29.html (488 words)

	Brenda Ann Spencer Details, Meaning Brenda Ann Spencer Article and Explanation Guide
		This livens up the day." She also noted that There was no reason for it, and it was just a lot of fun; It was just like shooting ducks in a pond; and [The children] looked like a herd of cows standing around, it was really easy pickings.
		Spencer's crime, lack of remorse, and inability to provide any non-trivial explanation for her actions when captured inspired the song I Don't Like Mondays by the Boomtown Rats, which was played incessantly on Monday mornings by album-oriented rock format radio stations in the United States throughout the 1980s.
		This is an Article on Brenda Ann Spencer.
	www.e-paranoids.com /b/br/brenda_ann_spencer.html (320 words)

	Don't Laugh, It Just Encourages Him by Wild Pig UK
		Spencer used a rifle her father had given her as a gift (she had wanted a radio).
		Those who continue to be troubled by the callousness of Brenda Spencer's crime and concerned by her continued attempts to shift blame for her actions onto anyone or anything else can draw comfort from the knowledge that murderers are rarely granted parole in
		My cute little anthem about hating Mondays was really about attempted mass murder, and the incredibly cold, disconcerting comment made by Brenda Spencer to justify her crime.
	wildpiguk.blogstream.com /v1/pid/202558_For-Saturday-Night-Fever-3-24-The-Stories-Behind-The-Music-Redux.html (3810 words)

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		Although the hypothalamus is linked to the control of emotions, evidence that his tumour was the cause of Whitman’s actions has been regarded as inconclusive.
		The first junior school killing spree by a student was recorded in 1979 when Brenda Ann Spencer opened fire at Cleveland Elementary School, California wounding eight children and one police officer and killing two adults.
		The tragedy was later immortalised by the Dublin band, the Boomtown Rats, in the song I Don’t Like Mondays: when Brenda was questioned about her motive for the killings, she reportedly said,
	www.frmb2u.com /2007/04/17/the-columbine-phenomenon.html (2077 words)

	Lawyers, Guns and Money: I Don't Like Mondays
		On Oprah Winfrey’s 25th birthday, 29 July 1979, a 16-year-old girl named Brenda Ann Spencer shot eight children and three adults at Grover Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego.
		She fired the shots from her house -- located just across the street from the school -- with a rifle her father had gotten for her for Christmas.
		Asked to explain her motive after the six-hour seige at her house came to an end, Spencer told police that she didn’t like Mondays.
	lefarkins.blogspot.com /2007/01/i-dont-like-mondays.html (181 words)

	ks386's Xanga Site
		I can't even keep tract of the incidents now as they just become more regular and frequent by the day.
		One historical case that really caught my eye was Brenda Ann Spencer- i posted more about her at the end.
		In the lyrics boomtown rats wrote about the incident with brenda ann, the line i love the most is "what reasons do you need".
	www.xanga.com /ks386 (755 words)

	Boomtown Rats - I Dont Like Mondays \| The News is NowPublic.com
		of Brenda Spencer came over the news wire.
		Brenda Ann Spencer (born 3">April 3, 1962 in California">San Diego,
		Spencer's crime, lack of remorse, and inability to provide a serious
	www.nowpublic.com /boomtown_rats_i_dont_like_mondays (877 words)

	The Chronic Curmudgeon: The 59 Best One Hit Wonders Ever: #2-1
		But in the US, this was it -- this sad commentary inspired by US school shootings (god bless the NRA -- after all, it's important to protect our right to slaughter each other in cold blood).
		16 year old Brenda Ann Spencer's father had given her a rifle for Christmas (now there's fatherly love for ya!), and merely a month later Spencer took it to school and slaughtered kids for no reason.
		Literally no reason; when asked why she did it, she issued the famous statement that became this song's title.
	www.thechroniccurmudgeon.com /archives/2007/02/the_59_best_one_19.htm (545 words)

	Family of William Spencer
		Some families know a great deal about their roots; others know very little.
		This site is an attempt to record what I've learned about our Spencer family history.
		In these modern times, families tend to be scattered all over the country, if not the world.
	members.tripod.com /~Ronron1/familyofwilliamspencer (152 words)

	Ir-ruminations: Umpteenth Blog Posting on Virginia Tech
		Their death, no matter how unexpected and ugly, will somehow serve as a catalyst for change.
		we've seen this before - brenda ann spencer in 1979 and eric harris and dylan klebold in 1999.
		I believe the change, most of the time, is not a high profile one.
	irruminations.blogspot.com /2007/04/umpteenth-blog-posting-on-virginia-tech.html (298 words)

	Shooting Girl-ery \| BlogHer
		When you said above that you couldn't recall "when a woman took out her anger" by randomly killing a bunch of people, I immediately thought of these examples:
		Brenda Ann Spencer shot up a San Diego school in 1979.
		Here's a National Geographic story that attempts to investigate why: Female Suicide Bombers: Dying to Kill
	blogher.org /node/11127 (1026 words)

	Some Ramblings from Mr. Gueguen
		Before he became famous for charity Bob Geldof was the singer of the group the Boomtown Rats.
		Their best known song, at least in North America, is "I Don't Like Mondays," written in response to a 1979 shooting by Brenda Ann Spencer.
		While standing in a store today I was surprised to hear the song playing on Saskatoon's Magic 98.3 FM.
	timgueguen.blogspot.com (3167 words)

	Bob Geldof - News, Pictures, MP3, Videos and Gossip
		In 1979, the group shot to international fame with their second UK No. 1, "I Don't Like Mondays".
		This was equally successful, as well as controversial; Geldof wrote it in the aftermath of Brenda Ann Spencer's attempted massacre at an elementary school across the street from her house in San Diego, California, at the beginning of 1979.
		It was later covered by rock group Bon Jovi, when Geldof joined them for a duet of the song on June 25, 1995, at a concert in Wembley Stadium in London, almost exactly ten years after Geldof performed the song at Live Aid.
	www.celebsoup.com /Bob_Geldof.html (591 words)

	YouTube - COOKIE MONSTER BALCONYTV.COM 04/09/2006
		Written by Bob Geldof and performed by The Boomtown Rats it was the band's second number one single.
		Inspired by the actions of Brenda Ann Spencer when she killed two and injured nine in January 23rd 1979 and her lack of remorse, and inability to provide a serious explanation for her actions when captured other than the reason 'I don't like Mondays'.
		Despite being a major hit in the UK it only reached #73 on the Billboard Hot 100, partly due to Geldof's antagonistic attitude towards the radio stations.
	www.youtube.com /watch?v=-VJpaLWxDJY (615 words)

	Bob Geldof
		In 1978, they had their first Number 1 single with "Rat Trap", which was the first New Wave chart-topper in the UK.
		A follow-up, "I Don't Like Mondays", was equally successful and also controversial, as Geldof wrote it in the aftermath of Brenda Ann Spencer's attempted massacre at an elementary school across the street from her house in San Diego, California at the beginning of 1979.
		Geldof quickly became known as a colourful spokesman for rock music.
	www.scrup.com /bobgeldof.htm (222 words)

	Interventionguide.com Effects of PCP
		A blank stare, rapid and involuntary eye movements, and an exaggerated gait are alleged to be among the more observable effects.
		Horrifying acts of violence have been committed by people high on the drug; a well-known example is Brenda Ann Spencer, who claimed to have committed her high school massacre while under the influence of alcohol and PCP.
		Auditory hallucinations, image distortion, severe mood disorders, and amnesia may also occur.
	www.interventionguide.com /effects_of_pcp.htm (187 words)

	Live 8 Concert - Bob Geldof
		The "new wave/punk" band had a string of small time hits in the UK and broke through to international popularity in 1979 with the controversial single "I Don't Like Mondays."
		The title of the song referred to a tragic event where 16-year-old Brenda Ann Spencer opened fire on children arriving at Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego, California.
		When asked what impelled her to do it, she replied ''I don't like Mondays.
	www.thelive8concert.com /geldof.htm (462 words)

	Scoop Archives
		Thirty years ago, Bob Geldolf and the Boomtown Rats took their songI don’t like Mondays, to No 1 in the UK.
		It told the story of an horrific shooting spree of 16 year old Brenda Ann Spencer, who killed two adults, and injured eight kids and a...
		In considering the complex web of issues entangled in our social security system, I sought some conventional wisdom from the Waitangi Tribunal.
	www.scoop.co.nz /archive/scoop/index.html?k=238 (7178 words)

	I Don't Like Mondays - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		I Don't Like Mondays is the title of:
		I Don't Like Mondays (quote) - a quote from killer Brenda Ann Spencer justifying her actions.
		Garfield, the famous cartoon cat's famous catchphrase, usually said as 'I hate Mondays'.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/I_Don't_Like_Mondays (122 words)

	The Boomtown Rats (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In addition to this historic single, the band also released "Like Clockwork", a song popular as an opener to their live performances, and "She's So Modern".
		''[The Fine Art of Surfacing]'', the band's third album, described the Rats' foray into the U.S., and featured their most famous song, "I Don't Like Mondays", which was written in response to a school shooting in California by Brenda Ann Spencer, and also reached #1 in the UK.
		The most famous performance of this song came at Live Aid in 1985, when the theme of shattered innocence seemed to blend so perfectly with the theme of death and devastation in Africa:
	www.artistopia.com /the-boomtown-rats (1494 words)

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