1950-1959

EDWARD R MURROW in Wikipedia I was two years old when the Loyalty Order was signed, I was nine by the time Joe McCarthy’s ten year reign of innuendo was brought to an end after ABC broadcast the Army hearings where the Army counsel Joseph Welch famously asked, “Have you no sense of decency” and […]

The “big package,” it turned out, was the Ode Records production of Tommy. Indeed, as a product it was a bit like the rock equivalent of Ben Hur with an all-star cast. The original Tommy, the brain child of Pete Townshend and The Who, was the self-proclaimed first rock opera. It was The Who’s first […]

  Then The Beatles go to work. They play endless tunes, theirs and others. Early American rock and roll is ever present; “Stand By Me,” “Blue Suede Shoes,” “Johnny B. Goode,” “Sweet Little Sixteen,” “All Shook Up,” “Don’t Be Cruel,” “Lucille”, “Good Golly Miss Molly.” FROM AN AMERICAN STORY. This video is a link from […]

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http://youtu.be/u99IBrL9lQM In 1949, when I was four, the amount of time the television was on was, say, 1/2 hour per day. Let’s assume that in those early shows the number of new images per minute was three. That would total to 630 new images per week. Since this number will grow substantially, and so we […]

In 1949, when I was four, the amount of time the television was on was, say, 1/2 hour per day. Let’s assume that in those early shows the number of new images per minute was three. That would total to 630 new images per week. Since this number will grow substantially, and so we will […]

I missed the radical importance of the transformation that had been happening since I sat in front of the tiny black and white screen in my parents’ apartment in New York City, my mind beginning to fill up with disparate images, far-flung images. (FROM AN AMERICAN STORY) This video is a link from You Tube. […]

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