Four more losses to reflect on here as summer ends in 2026…
These guys were an artist, illustrator, and graphic designer whose brilliantly colored, cosmic imagery became closely associated with the psychedelic and “flower power” culture of the 1960s; a fashion designer and costumier, known for Cher, Elton, Tina Turner, Dolly, Carol Burnett Show, etc; an actor best known for principal Richard Belding in Saved By the Bell; and a punter, quarterback for Minnesota, Atlanta, and Los Angeles .
These are songs that contain the word “Lola” in their lyrics.
“Lola” is one of the Kinks’ most famous and enduring songs, written by Ray Davies and released as a single on June 12, 1970, from the album Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One. Musically, it combines rock, pop, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, bass and drums, while its memorable chorus helped make it an international hit.
Historical recollections identify the Monarch-NuGrape Company in Doraville, Georgia, as a canner of Brownie.
Brownie Chocolate Drink was a regional American chocolate beverage that became a nostalgic favorite, particularly across the southeastern United States. Despite the name, it was not a liquid version of the chocolate brownie dessert. Rather, Brownie was a sweet, milk-based,
The founding father of American tiki culture.
Donn Beach, born Ernest Raymond Beaumont-Gantt on February 22, 1907, was an American restaurateur, adventurer, bartender, and entrepreneur who is widely regarded as the founding father of American tiki culture. He was born in Limestone County, Texas, and was raised largely in New Orleans, where his father was a hotelier who later became
This is a series of posts that will talk about my favorite Keyboard players.
So far I’ve chosen, Keith Emerson, Rick Wakeman, Eumir Deodato, Gershon Kingsley, Jon Lord, Elton John, Billy Joel, Nicky Hopkins, John Paul Jones, Richard Wright, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Billy Preston. Let me chose some more to consider.
Originally, the drink mixes were sweetened primarily with cyclamate, an artificial sweetener that became extremely popular during the 1960s because it provided sweetness without the calories of sugar.
Funny Face Drink Mix was one of the most recognizable powdered soft drink brands of the 1960s and early 1970s, remembered for its brightly colored flavors, whimsical advertising, and memorable cartoon mascots. Introduced by the Pillsbury in 1964, the product entered a rapidly growing market for inexpensive powdered beverage mixes that could be prepared at home by simply adding water.
The name “tupelo” is generally associated with trees that grow in forests, swamps, floodplains, and other wet environments, although not every tupelo requires saturated soil.
Tupelo trees are a group of deciduous trees belonging to the genus Nyssa, a genus native primarily to North America and especially well represented in the eastern and southeastern United States. The name “tupelo” is generally associated with trees that grow in forests, swamps, floodplains, and other wet environments, although not every tupelo requires saturated soil. The word itself is believed to have Native American origins, probably deriving from Creek words meaning “tree” and “swamp.”
The expression can describe a dishonest salesperson, a charlatan, a con artist, or anyone making extravagant promises about a product, service, investment, or idea.
The expression “snake oil salesman” is one of the most colorful insults in the English language, and today it means much more than someone who literally sells a dubious medicine. A snake oil salesman is a person who promotes something as valuable, effective, or miraculous when it is actually worthless, deceptive, or seriously exaggerated. The expression can describe a dishonest salesperson, a charlatan, a con artist, or anyone making extravagant promises about a product, service, investment, or idea.
The company traces its origins to March 1960, when founder H.J. Griffith opened the first Griff’s Burger Bar in Wichita, Kansas.
Griff’s Hamburgers, often known through the years as Griff’s Burger Bar, is one of the surviving regional fast-food chains from the great expansion era of American hamburger restaurants during the mid-twentieth century. The company traces its origins to March 1960, when founder H.J. Griffith opened the first Griff’s Burger Bar in Wichita, Kansas.
The area’s modern history began in the 1870s when extensive chrysotile asbestos deposits were identified beneath the hills surrounding the community.
The town now known as Val-des-Sources, located in Quebec’s Eastern Townships, is one of the most unusual communities in Canadian history because it was built almost entirely around one mineral: asbestos. For well over a century the community was internationally famous under its former name, Asbestos, Quebec, a name that was synonymous with one of the world’s richest chrysotile asbestos deposits.
