Introduced in 1986 as the centerpiece of an anti-littering campaign.
The saying “Don’t Mess with Texas” is widely understood today as a proud declaration of Texan identity and defiance, but its origins are far more practical and civic-minded than its swaggering reputation suggests. The phrase was introduced in 1986 as the centerpiece of an anti-littering campaign launched by the Texas Department of Transportation,
This is a series of posts that will talk about my favorite songs by Emerson, Lake & Palmer. See if you agree with any of these!
“Karn Evil 9” is a multipart progressive rock suite by Emerson, Lake & Palmer, written by Keith Emerson and Greg Lake and released in 1973 on the album Brain Salad Surgery, conceived as a futuristic, dystopian epic that blended classical influences, synthesizer-driven experimentation, and social commentary into one of the band’s defining works.
Toy built around the simple yet powerful idea of anticipation followed by surprise.
The jack-in-the-box is one of the most enduring and psychologically intriguing toys in Western tradition, built around the simple yet powerful idea of anticipation followed by surprise. At its most basic, the toy consists of a small box fitted with a crank that plays a tune while turning, culminating in a sudden moment when a figure springs upward from inside on a concealed coil. That moment of surprise, predictable yet endlessly amusing,
This is a series of posts that will talk about my favorite songs by Joni Mitchell. See if you agree with any of these!
Joni Mitchell’s “California,” written solely by Mitchell and released on her album Blue on 06-22-1971, is a wistful, free-flowing travelogue in which she describes wandering through Europe—Paris, Spain, and the Greek islands—while yearning for the emotional safety and creative freedom she associates
A cornerstone of Cornelia’s downtown identity.
Fenders Diner in Cornelia embodies a piece of transplanted Americana whose story begins not in Georgia but in the Northeast, where the stainless-steel, neon-rimmed diner structure was originally built. In the mid-1990s Russ and Judie Vinson purchased the vintage building, moved it south, and restored it as the centerpiece of a
This is a series of posts that will talk about my favorite songs about criminals. See if you agree with any of these!
“30 Days in the Hole” is a gritty hard-rock and blues-rock anthem written by Steve Marriott and first released in late 1972 by the English band Humble Pie as a single from their fifth album Smokin’ and later embraced as an album-oriented and classic rock staple despite failing to chart when originally issued; Marriott’s raw, soulful vocals
Several notable souls have been lost to start the new year.
These individuals were keyboards, guitar, six-string bass player for the Cure; a model, singer, and actress in multiple movies; rockabilly performer, film producer, actor and wrestling manager; and a Swiss author of pseudoscientific books which made claims about extraterrestrial influences on early human culture.
A “set” implied not a single object but an integrated configuration of parts designed to receive broadcast signals, decode them, and convert them into audio and visual output.
The phrase “TV set” emerged during the early decades of broadcasting, when the technology of home entertainment was still evolving and the language around it had not yet settled into the simplified forms we use today. In the 1920s and 1930s, experimental television receivers were assembled from multiple distinct components, often including a radio tuner, a display apparatus, a power supply, and a loudspeaker.
These are songs that contain the word “Generation” in their lyrics.
“For Pete’s Sake” is a 1967 song by the Monkees, co-written by Peter Tork and Joey Richards, and recorded during the Headquarters sessions at a moment when the band was asserting real creative control over its music. Sung by Micky Dolenz, whose clear and slightly urgent lead vocal contrasts with the song’s reflective tone,
Photographs taken in recent years show two “ghost signs” in Bethel — painted wall ads on Main Street and on Railroad Street.
Hines Ice Cream in Bethel, North Carolina, survives today more as a fragment of local memory than as a running factory, its presence marked by faded brick-wall advertisements and the occasional recollection in regional histories. Once part of a broader East Carolina network of small to mid-sized creameries that supplied drugstores, confectioneries, and grocery counters across the region, the Hines name appears in period
