An interesting history of a bygone era.
Category Archives: Popular Culture
Well, That Should Settle It
Charlie Sheen says he’s not crazy any more.
The Last March Of The Ents
January Games
How the players and fields stay warm. College is smart enough to play all of its January games in warm climates.
The Mystery Of Glenn Miller’s Plane
Is still unsolved, but it looks like the “friendly fire” theory isn’t true.
Google+
Is it breaking the Internet?
Man, That Was An Ugly Win Last Night
But I’ll take it. Unlike most of the Big Ten, both teams from Michigan managed to squeak out victories.
Why Can’t Hollywood?
Because they don’t care, any more than they care about getting science right. And it never occurs to them that maybe this is one of the reasons why they haven’t been doing well in terms of selling movie tickets. The Deer Hunter was ruined for me by shooting what was supposed to be Pennsylvania in the Olympic Mountains, but apparently they don’t realize how stupid that was, or care that it was so grating to some people.
Watching TV With Your Kids Over The Holidays?
Try Firefly. I noticed that there was a Firefly festival last weekend on one of the cable channels.
Yes, Virginia, There Really Were Communists
…and Woodie Guthrie was one of them. And along with Pete Seeger, an apologist for Stalin.