.... of the year!”
Before Staples appropriated part of that song for its back to school sales campaign, featuring parents gleefully gliding through the aisles shopping, with children glumly dragging their...
opinion by Karen Hatter | 50 wks ago | updated 50 wks ago 1872 views | 67 recommendations | 12 comments
Everything gets recycled.Punk nostalgia gets its day in the limelight at Christie's on November 24 with a Punk Rock Auction at Rockefeller Center in New York.I was left wondering what the Bob Dylan-Joan Baez (1965) Concert Poster was doing there until I understood the name of...
created by leconcierge | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 43 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
While food shopping this afternoon, I have to admit that I had a bit of a sticker shock after I noticed Caprice des Dieux (Caprice of the Gods) in the Cheese Display.I felt a pang of nostalgia as it was one of my mother's picks when I was growing up in France.That was until I...
Berlin's Tempelhof Airport, which has been on death row for awhile now, has run out of appeals. Despite its historic attributes, the airport will be bulldozed to make way for Berlin's first intercontinental...
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The 40th Anniversary of the Events of May 1968 is around the corner.Soixante Huitards are not the only ones to commemorate. Youngsters from 1978 (and current ones) get their shot with the 30th Anniversary 'Rock Against Racism' Concert on Sunday, April 27 in London.The...
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MySpace, Bebo, and even Facebook are for the youngsters, right? So what do you do if you have a few strands of silver popping up on that head of dark hair, and just might enjoy The Beatles, Rush, and Blondie more...
Many girls and guys from this era's bands are now over 50 (those who made it) as are many of their fans. Soundcheck (on WNYC FM) has a Punk Turns 30 program today. Spin Magazine offers a should I say bleak or honest look back on these days, 1977, in New York City in Eat...
Fellow PhoLister Shannon Clark from San Francisco just wrote 'Ignore the Critics, go see the movie 'Across the Universe'... His take on the film brought back to mind a dormant project of mine which would have people Across the Universe or more accurately Around...
Well, actually the driver's from Los Angeles, but still. The New York Observer has a hilarious profile of the Heartschallenger, a pink ice cream truck driven by a self-described "f*cking most hard-core LA bitch...
created by Brian A Kennedy | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 1903 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
Opinion
Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor
Academia say Knowledge is "food for the soul", Universities are in place to nourish young minds, who upon graduation go out into the world to make their mark....
This 60's Icon now has its Official Web Site. On this 40th anniversary
of the 'Summer of Love' a Special Screening of the Movie with Michelle
Phillips and Lou Adler takes place tonight at the IFC Center in New
York.Rest of story...Serge the Concierge
In the ongoing battle over whether or not Cosi, a cafe, should be permitted in the Cleveland Park neighborhood of Washington, DC there are few people without an opinion. By a nearly 2 to 1 margin, neighbors who...
created by Bill Adler | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 2266 views | 10 recommendations | 2 comments
" Nostalgia rules at auction By JOHN FOLDING SUN HERALD BILOXI - "If I could have any car here it would be that little '65 Volkswagen," said Linda Oden of Birmingham, Ala. "The white one with the black top. I used to have one, so I guess it's nostalgia." Oden and her friend,...
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Reading about the book 'Cantine' on 'Chocolate and Zucchini' and shopping for School Supplies over the week-end sent me back in time to the very early 60's..