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WEB1 day ago · Trevor J. Houser. Later my father put on a gray sweater. We ate chili by a fire. We talked about baseball. My father smiled. He was growing a beard. One day he would be smiling in the Denver Airport of Death, but today he was smiling under normal non-death conditions; breathing without making fearful choking faces, with his bowl of chili, and ...
Numbers Stations, Shortwave Radio, and Their Role in the …
WEBSep 5, 2014 · Many nights, Spooks turn on their shortwave radios and drift through the frequencies. On any given night, one can hear amateur radio stations broadcasting church sermons, utility traffic for aircrafts – with the right equipment, you can hear/contact the International Space Station. Yet one of the most eerie, mysterious uses of shortwave is that of the numbers stations: stations that feature ...
From Master Juba to ‘Happy Feet’: A Brief History of Tap Dancing
WEBDec 31, 2012 · Master Juba and other black dancers performed for blacks and Irishmen in 1840s New York City. He won many contests against talented white dancers, including some with Irish dancer Jack Diamond. Irish jig and clog-dancing fused with African-American moves like the shuffle and slide, which eventually led to tap dance.
Satan, Saturn, and Rock’n’Roll: The Mythology of the 27 Club
WEBAug 21, 2014 · The coincidence is so eerie, and yet so compelling, that the curse of the 27 Club has become one of rock music’s best-known mythologies. Rock ‘n’ Roll is, after all, a genre driven by obsession with the supernatural and the occult. Castigated since its earliest days as “the devil’s music” for the way it seemed to infuse teenagers ...
Remembering Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius of Silent Comedy
WEBSep 12, 2014 · One argument for the eclipse of Lloyd – who has been referred to by film historian Kevin Brownlow as “the third genius” of silent comedy (along with Keaton and Chaplin) and by others as the “King of Daredevil Comedy” – is that though he produced many of his own films, he never took a directing or writing credit, as did the other two ...
Actor Kristoffer Polaha’s Journey to Stardom - Highbrow Magazine
WEBApr 8, 2021 · Rather than follow “America’s Prince” with increasingly important TV and movie roles, Polaha landed a string of starring appearances in television shows that seemed promising, launched … and then stalled … time and again. From 2004 to 2012, Polaha had key roles in the nighttime soap “North Shore,” the sitcom “Miss Guided,” the romantic comedy “Valentine,” the relationship ...
A Brief History of Whisky, the ‘Water of Life’ - Highbrow Magazine
WEBFeb 27, 2013 · The earliest record of distilling in Scotland is from 1494, according to whisky.com. It was often made in monasteries and used for medicinal purposes, termed “aqua vitae,” or “water of life.”. After whisky went through an underground smuggling period due to taxes on both malts and the whisky itself, the government passed the Excise Act ...
The Opera Industry’s Struggle to Remain Relevant
WEBAug 25, 2014 · In the fall of 2013, the NYCO filed for bankruptcy. The demise of this major opera company has prompted a series of questions regarding the status of opera as an art form within the modern community, its relevancy, and contributions to society. While there seems to be a general consensus that opera is struggling, there is discord as to what the industry can do to salvage its future, or if ...
Joan Baez: 60 Years of Sound and Still Counting
WEBOct 5, 2023 · Sandra Bertrand. Joan Baez made a noise—a big one. Still shy of 20, when this legendary folk singer and protest activist adorned the cover of Time magazine, she could hit the purest notes anyone had ever heard or could remember. And we all know early stardom can be the harbinger of a shaky destiny. That veritable candle can …
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WEBSep 10, 2024 · intellectual magazines. A Brief History of The New Republic: From Lippmann to Peretz to Hughes. Benjamin Wright. The New Republic was on the verge of collapse just shy of its 100 th birthday. But in March of 2012, Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes swooped down to its rescue, saving the iconic magazine …
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