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Jan
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I can’t believe the film Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune (aired last night on American Masters)  did 95 minutes on Phil Ochs with no mention of “Power and the Glory.” What were they thinking?

Jan
20th
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Panasonic “Jamesport” portable clock radio/phono, 1968 via I’ll Be Traveling Sans The Strawberry Alarm Clock (by Charm and Poise)

Panasonic “Jamesport” portable clock radio/phono, 1968 via

I’ll Be Traveling Sans The Strawberry Alarm Clock (by Charm and Poise)

Jan
19th
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Like tuning into NPR, knitting and canning, watching “Sunday Morning” is one of the very few and particular activities that can be enjoyed by little old ladies in Dubuque and their grandkids in Williamsburg.
— Charles Osgood finds a new generation of squares hep to his old-fashioned ‘Sunday Morning’ style | Capital New York (via JimRomenesko.com)
Jan
17th
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One of American broadcasting’s great double acts: Howard Cosell and Muhammad Ali for ABC’s Wide World of Sports (bring it back, ESPN!), 1972 (via Muhammad Ali’s birthday, photos through the years - Framework - Photos and Video - Visual Storytelling from the Los Angeles Times)

One of American broadcasting’s great double acts: Howard Cosell and Muhammad Ali for ABC’s Wide World of Sports (bring it back, ESPN!), 1972

(via Muhammad Ali’s birthday, photos through the years - Framework - Photos and Video - Visual Storytelling from the Los Angeles Times)

Jan
16th
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Beyond the Roots of Lounge is participating in the Stop American Censorship campaign on Wednesday, January 18 (we’re even censoring early). Call or write your representative or senator and tell them in your own words why SOPA and PIPA are such lousy ideas. It’s important to use your own words if you can, and not a form letter, because those contacts actually initiated by individuals with Congress are considered to represent the opinions of as many as 100 of their other constituents.

Beyond the Roots of Lounge is participating in the Stop American Censorship campaign on Wednesday, January 18 (we’re even censoring early). Call or write your representative or senator and tell them in your own words why SOPA and PIPA are such lousy ideas. It’s important to use your own words if you can, and not a form letter, because those contacts actually initiated by individuals with Congress are considered to represent the opinions of as many as 100 of their other constituents.

Jan
13th
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Dusty Springfield, “Son of a Preacher Man” 1968. From the staging it looks like an American variety show, but which one?

rookiemag:

Dusty Springfield doing “Son Of A Preacher Man” on a TV show where her floor length white and green sparkle gown matches/blends her in with the fake willow tree set. So much greatness here. Bracelet sleeves on a floor length gown. So much charisma. The pouf of her hair adding a good five inches to her height. That thing she is doing with her hands.

—Jessica H.

Jan
12th
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Newsbeast will go back to the future this March, redesign the book with its 1960s layout for special Mad Men tie-in issue. (via Newsweek Reviving Its 1960s Design for ‘Mad Men’ Issue | MediaWorks - Advertising Age)

Newsbeast will go back to the future this March, redesign the book with its 1960s layout for special Mad Men tie-in issue.

(via Newsweek Reviving Its 1960s Design for ‘Mad Men’ Issue | MediaWorks - Advertising Age)

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Video: Charles & Ray Eames: The Architect and the Painter | Watch American Masters Online | PBS Video

Documentary aired last month, is now streaming at video.pbs.org
Jan
8th
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It is important to realise that in all the years I have been in the music industry the only people that treated me with any real respect was a butter manufacturer
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Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols on his butter ads

Posh punk: fashion turns the clock back to 1977—The Observer

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1976’s Station To Station, made at the height of the wee-in-the-fridge era and yet - incredibly given that Bowie claimed to not actually remember making it - arguably his best album. (via David Bowie: myth-maker turns 65 away from limelight—The Guardian)

1976’s Station To Station, made at the height of the wee-in-the-fridge era and yet - incredibly given that Bowie claimed to not actually remember making it - arguably his best album. (via David Bowie: myth-maker turns 65 away from limelight—The Guardian)