Pages through the ages…
(Roughly) Daily often visits the British Library (as does your correspondent, every time he’s in London: pound for pound, the best museum experience in the world). Now, as part of that august...
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Every week, I scour Netflix for a movie rated at one star and put it in my queue, suffering through it for your entertainment so that you don’t have to. In the past, I’ve taken on anime cancer demons,...
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Click here to watch full-screen (at least some of) the history of Western dance music unfold Music tourism (visiting a city or town to see a gig or festival) is on the rise. But why stop at gigs and...
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click here for full size From Geotastic, “Vaguely Rude Place Names of the World.” ### As book our next vacations, we might recall that it was on this date in 1980 that Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will...
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The drum machine is one of the most effective musical inventions of our time. It’s affordable, easy to use, and ruthless in its precision, able to do exactly what it’s been told for as long as...
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