Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Early Warning

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Jeff Masters at Weather Underground unearthed this brief video excerpt from a Bell Laboratory Science series episode in 1958, that include...
Friday, December 26, 2014

R.I.P. 2014 70s and 80s

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Several fond figures from TV some boomers in the 70s grew up on: Ralph Waite, the father in  The Waltons,  Dave Madden of The Partridge Fa...

R.I.P. 2014: the 60s

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From 60s music: most recently singer Joe Cocker.  Earler in the year: Jack Bruce (bassist for Cream), guitarist Johnny Winter, Bobby Keys ...

R.I.P. 2014: The 50s and Before

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From 1950s TV: comic genius Sid Caesar. Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., star of 77 Sunset Strip. From 1950s music: Phil Everly (left) of the Eve...
Friday, May 30, 2014

So Now It's Okay to Like the Bee Gees?

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Barry Gibbs, the last living Bee Gee, is playing to large crowds in a solo U.S. tour in 2014. He started in the huge Boston Garden, which...
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Sunday, February 16, 2014

Icons Connecting the Past and Future

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In the 1960s it was becoming clear that pop culture was becoming American culture. By now that seems perfectly normal. The media covers po...
Friday, December 27, 2013

R.I.P. 2013: The '70s and '80s

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Among those we lost in 2013 that boomers will remember from the 1970s and 80s: Peter O'Toole , seen here in his singular 1972 film ...

R.I.P. 2013: the '60s

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Among the many lost in 2013 boomers remember from the 1960s: astronaut Scott Carpenter, comedian Jonathan Winters , actress Karen Bl...

R.I.P. 2013: The '50s

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Among those we lost in 2013 who boomers remember from the 1950s:   Ray Harryhausen , master of stop-motion effects in many 1950s movie...