In 1973, Richard Nixon was sworn in for a second term as President of the United States; George Foreman defeated Joe Frazier to become world heavyweight champion; The Vietnam War ended; Major League Baseball debuted the designated hitter; The Sears Tower became the world’s tallest building; Skylab launched; The Bahamas, Guinea-Bissau, and Papua New-Guinea became… Continue reading Three years before America’s bicentennial: A look back at 1973
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Camelot was just beginning: A look back at 1961
In 1961, The United States severed diplomatic relations with Cuba; John F Kennedy became the 35th President of the United States of America; Barbie’s boyfriend, Ken, debuted; Adolf Eichmann’s trial took place in Jerusalem; Sierra Leone, South Africa, and Kuwait declared independence from the UK; Alan Shephard became the first American in space; Newton Minnow… Continue reading Camelot was just beginning: A look back at 1961
Introducing the DeLorean: A look back at 1981
In 1981, Palau became an independent nation; The Iranian hostage crisis ended; Dick Beardsley and Inge Simonsen tied in the inaugural London Marathon; Bobby Sands began a fatal hunger strike; Ronald Reagan was shot by John Hinckley Jr,; Sandra Day O’Connor became the first female Justice of the Supreme Court; Donkey Kong was released; Ric… Continue reading Introducing the DeLorean: A look back at 1981
When America was a young 200: A look back at 1976
In 1976, The Philadelphia Flyers played a hockey game against the Red Army team of the Soviet Union; Apple Computer Company was formed; The Seychelles were granted independence from the United Kingdom; The United States celebrated its bicentennial; The Summer Olympics took place in Montreal; The “Son of Sam” terrorized New York City; Frank Sinatra brought Dean Martin onstage at… Continue reading When America was a young 200: A look back at 1976
I silently killed the last guardians of the last seductive galaxy
Kill Your Darlings (2013) Naive freshman Allen Ginsberg (Daniel Radcliffe) enrolls at Columbia University where he meets Lucien Carr (Dane DeHaan), Jack Kerouac (Jack Huston), William S. Burroughs (Ben Foster) and Edie Parker (Elizabeth Olsen). Carr bribes an older man, David Kammerer (Michael C. Hall) to write his papers by promising sexual favors, but when he grows bored with… Continue reading I silently killed the last guardians of the last seductive galaxy
On the road to charisma
Zero Charisma (2013) In his thirties, overweight, and living with his grandmother, Scott’s life revolves around the weekly Dungeons and Dragons game he hosts in his basement. When one of the regular players quits to save his marriage, Scott recruits Miles, a successful blogger, to replace him. Eventually, his jealousy of Miles’s success and popularity with… Continue reading On the road to charisma