POP CULTURE

To quote my fellow Hoosier, the great Kurt Vonnegut, on the wonder of the Beatles: “I say in speeches that a plausible mission of artists is to make people appreciate being alive at least a little bit. I am then asked if I know of any artists who pulled that off. I reply, ‘The Beatles […]

THIS IS A TEST FROM MARS EDIT

“Before Elvis I used to lie in bed at night with the lights off, and listen to country music very low on the radio, the tiny orange lights of the tube amplifier shining through the slits in the radio’s back. I sang his songs in front of the mirror. I imitated his smile, raising the […]

“In Haight-Ashbury (a part of San Francisco that I had never even heard of despite having grown up in the city) Victorian houses were taken over by longhairs now called “hippies.” In these rambling houses people created one-room homes, placing multicolored tie-dyed sheets over the windows. Peacock feathers sprouted from jars. Layers of inexpensive Oriental […]

“Spring came and the trees blossomed. By summer they were full and green, and it came time to think about getting a job. In Westport, Connecticut, I walked into Klein’s department store on Main Street because Klein’s had the largest book department in the area. I asked Stanley Klein, the son of the owner, if […]

This video is a link from You Tube. All copyrights remain with the original copyright holders. (See out link policy) “NEW YORK CITY, 1952…When I was in second grade in New York City I was forced by my parents to wear short pants to school and an “I Like Ike” button on my shirt. I […]

FROM AN AMERICAN STORY: “We drove down Highway One past the pine forests that grew in Point Lobos; then the trees cleared, and the road paralleled the ocean, shortly to start a steep climb winding up the mountain. The hills were brown, dried by the summer sun. Mountain lions still lived there, I was told. […]

This video is a link from You Tube. All copyrights remain with the original copyright holders. (See our link policy) FROM AMERICAN STORY: “…The Beatles’ first film, A Hard Day’s Night, came out. I could barely understand their accent. Pursued everywhere by screaming fans, the Beatles never stopped running. In the United States in 1965 […]

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