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Titanic’s 100th Anniversary: My Grandfather Had a Ticket and a Dream
Pop got a little gift for all the hard work he had been doing: a third class ticket for passage on the Titanic.
Read More »Music Review: David Sylvian – A Victim of Stars: 1982-2012
Excellent two-CD set of David Sylvian's music over the past 30 years.
Read More »Music Review: Aztec Two-Step – Cause & Effect
Aztec Two-Step returns us to protest songs from the coffeehouse days for their 40th anniversary release.
Read More »Music Review: Clark Terry – The Happy Horns of Clark Terry / It’s What’s Happenin’ [Impulse 2-On-1]
It's a Clark Terry double header.
Read More »Book Review: Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China by Paul French
Murder and mutilation in Peking.
Read More »Act Now and Avoid Summer Disaster of Hunger and Famine
If we act now, we can stop famine and save millions of lives.
Read More »Music Review: Alice Coltrane – Huntington Ashram Monastery / World Galaxy (Impulse 2-on-1)
Great new reissue series affords opportunity to hear classic Alice Coltrane recordings.
Read More »Music Review: Joe Deninzon & Stratospheerius – The Next World
Joe Deninzon & Stratospheerius’s The Next World is bright colored progressive rock for musicians to appreciate and for fans to enjoy.
Read More »Book Review: Cary Grant: A Life in Pictures Edited by Yann-Brice Dherbier
If you are looking for lots of fabulous photos of Hollywood icon Cary Grant, without too much insight into his films or life, this makes for a nice coffee table book.
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