RFK JR AND FLUORIDATION—AAAS COMMENTS PART 1
PUTTING RFK JR. IN CHARGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH, to some of us, may seem darkly satirical given his brain-worm, whale-head, bear-corpse, and anti-vaccine proclivities, not to say other batshit conspiracy … Continue reading
HILL-AND-DALE VERSUS SIDE-TO-SIDE
A RESURGING INTEREST IN VINYL brings up the fascinating origins of recorded sound—and its two rivals Thomas Edison and Emile Berliner. My principal source for these tidbits is Lenny Lipton’s … Continue reading
BELINDA MULROONEY—KLONDIKE QUEEN OF HOSPITALITY PART 2
YESTERDAY, SMITHSONIAN’S MELANIE HAIKEN BEGAN “a swashbuckling story… that saw Mulrooney help build a city, make and lose several fortunes, and leave a lasting legacy as a Yukon pioneer.” Today … Continue reading
BELINDA MULROONEY—HOSPITALITY QUEEN OF THE KLONDIKE PART 1
IT’S OFT OBSERVED THAT real wealth in gold rushes came not to the pick-and-shovelers, but rather to the entrepreneurs selling these utensils. Smithsonian Magazine‘s Melanie Haiken offers an entrepreneurial variation … Continue reading
“RADIO CLASSICS” REDUX PART 2
THIS ALL STARTED WITH MY LISTENING TO ORSON WELLES performing in a Suspense! broadcast of The Dark Tower, a Kaufman and Woollcott melodrama. Today in Part 2, there’s the original … Continue reading
“RADIO CLASSICS” REDUX PART 1
AS RECENTLY SHOWN, MY SIRIUSXM “RADIO CLASSICS” listening habits occasionally lead to additional Internet sleuthing. This time around, it’s a 1944 Suspense! presentation of The Dark Tower, a radio melodrama … Continue reading
L.C. CRESSWELL’S AUTOMOTIVE ART—AND A QUIZ FOR YOU
LAURENCE POMEROY’S THE GRAND PRIX CAR cites no less than Leonardo Da Vinci. It would be typical of Pom to offer this quote in Tuscan dialect, but indeed he favors … Continue reading
FUN WITH CLERIHEWS
“A CLERIHEW,” MATHEMATICIAN HOWARD EVES WROTE, “is a form of light verse, akin to the limerick, that became popular in England.” Edmund Clerihew, 1875–1956, English novelist and humorist, inventor of … Continue reading
MAY I SERVE YOU?
BILL LANCASTER IS A SOCIAL HISTORIAN, author, and reader of London Review of Books. “Are You Being Served?” is a recent contribution of his to the LRB Letters column, October … Continue reading
アンダーグラウンド辞典 The Underground Dictionary Part 2
THERE’S GOOD LINGUISTIC FUN to be had with vintage international slang, in this case a 1971 Japanese underground dictionary. We continue here in Part 2, beginning below Fourteenth Street. going … Continue reading
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