SOCIAL ENGINEER, HEAL THYSELF
HERE AT SimanaitisSays, I avoid political matters, especially local ones. There is a surfeit of websites addressing them and, besides, statistics show that typically more than half of you, bless … Continue reading
THE FIRST U.S. CIVIL WAR
DISPUTED SURVEYS led to the first war between U.S. citizens. The year was 1835, 26 years before the Battle of Fort Sumter and the American Civil War. The conflict, known … Continue reading
KFAC, REMEMBERED FONDLY
ONLY RECENTLY, in researching “The Birth of Los Angeles TV,” did I learn that Auburn/Cord/Duesenberg auto mogul E.L. Cord was the C of Los Angeles classical radio station KFAC. (A … Continue reading
THE BIRTH OF LOS ANGELES TV
PHILO T. FARNSWORTH may not have foreseen what he started. In 1927, the same year Charles Lindbergh flew non-stop New York to Paris, Farnsworth transmitted a televised image at his … Continue reading
TV HISTORY AND CULTURE
MY PRINCIPAL enthusiasms for television are British (its mysteries and period dramas) and historical (TV’s place in an evolving culture). I unearthed a book on this latter topic. I’ll save … Continue reading
DISNEY ANIMATION: THE ILLUSION OF LIFE
LET’S CELEBRATE Disney animation and also the near-term evolution of publication. Initially published in 1981, the book Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life has been the classic work describing the … Continue reading
FREEZER CLEAN-OUT GUMBO
I HAVE several gumbo recipes, some so wonderfully authentic with Andouille sausage, filé and the like that I daren’t serve them without a couple Abita brews. Another is FCO (Freezer … Continue reading
WHAT’S MODERN?
I CONFESS, I don’t usually read Elle Decor. However, its September 2015 issue caught my interest: “What’s Modern Now?” Being a sometimes Luddite who still likes to think I’m edgy … Continue reading
SIMANAITIS SAYS, SON OF THE SEQUEL
THIS BEGINS the fourth year of SimanaitisSays.com. Many thanks to those who have made its composition so very satisfying. Today I offer a selection of past items and accompanying videos … Continue reading
I’VE GOT (MORE THAN) ONE LITTLE LIST
LEPORELLO’S LIST in Mozart’s Don Giovanni got me thinking about other lists of people. Who are they? How did they get on the list? This clearly calls for some research, … Continue reading
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