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Category Archives: USA
What do Mickey Mouse and D.H. Lawrence have in common
On January 1, 2024, thousands of copyrighted works from 1928 will enter the US public domain, along with sound recordings from 1923. They will be free for all to copy, share, and build upon. This year’s highlights include Lady Chatterley’s Lover by … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Film, History, movies, Music, Theater, USA, Writing
Tagged Agatha Christie, Buster Keaton, Marx Brothers, Mickey Mouse, Walt Disney
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Retro Travel Time
For nearly a century kids of all ages in North America have enjoyed playing with classic the View-Master. Now there’s a wonderful YouTube channel that combines travel and history in a unique format. Created by Dave Machin, the channel remixes … Continue reading
Posted in Film, History, Photography, Tech, USA
Tagged toys, travelogues, U.S. travel, View Master
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It was a strange time in America.
What are you going to do with 390 photographs of Christmas trees ? by Richard Brautigan I don’t know. But it seemed the thing to do in that first week in January 1964, and I got two other people to … Continue reading
An Alternative Christmas Carol
Carol For Another Christmas was directed by Joseph L. Manckiewics for the United Nations and was written by the inimitable Rod Serling. The unusual 1964 television special was presented without commercial interruptions. It was the first of a series of … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Film, Theater, USA
Tagged A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, Rod Serling, Twilight Zone
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“Twas the night before Christmas”
In 2006 Bob Dylan surprised the listeners to his satellite radio show, Theme Time Radio Hour, with a reading of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas. The poem first appeared in print on December 23, 1823. No author was cited for the work then called A … Continue reading
A Hazy Shade of Winter
When I look out of the window this time of the year, I am often reminded of the classic 60s song A Hazy Shade of Winter by Simon and Garfunkel. In my region of North America, December frequently brings dreary, damp … Continue reading
Free Ebooks with a difference
Like everything else the cost of ebooks has continued to rise. So, it’s a relief to find a website that offers new digital editions of public domain and out of print books for free. The volunteers at Standard Ebooks reproduce well-formatted … Continue reading
A very special Christmas special
Widely regarded by me as the best holiday special of all time (Cher, Oprah, Grace Jones, Frankie & Annette, Little Richard, KD Lang AND the New York Gay Men’s choir will be there to welcome you…on screen…!), nothing gets you … Continue reading
Would you like to buy a bridge
I’ve recently been watching a period drama series set in New York City during the early 1880s. A number of episodes feature story lines about the building of the world famous Brooklyn Bridge which officially opened on May 24, 1883. … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Books, History, Photography, Public Transport, USA, Writing
Tagged Brooklyn, Hart Crane, New York City, Publishing and Printing, Walker Evans
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I think I could turn and live with animals
Song of Myself, 32 Walt Whitman I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contain’d, I stand and look at them long and long. They do not sweat and whine about their condition, They … Continue reading
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