Generally, somewhat cheesy promotional merchandise for a band, record label, or other entity in the music business, usually distributed at concerts. May include t-shirts, stickers, promo CDs, posters, etc. Often…
A potato chip or crisp is a thin slice of potato, deep fried or baked until crisp. Potato chips serve as an appetizer, side dish, or snack. Commercial varieties are…
Chiaroscuro, an Italian word for “clear–dark”, is a term in art for a contrast between light and dark. The term is usually applied to bold contrasts affecting a whole composition,…
Concerning art, when is the medium more valuable than the message? In this case, the medium (bronze) seems to have gained much more value lately than the visions or messages…
Salads for every occasion! Just stir chicken, lemon juice, celery, olives, onion and salt into some gelatin. Pour into loaf pan and chill until firm. Enjoy! Bon Appétit!
Launched in 1935 by Eastman Kodak, Kodachrome would soon become a very successful product for its maker. Kodachrome is a type of film that is called “color reversal film,” which…
Dick Wilson, is the character actor who turned “Please don’t squeeze the Charmin” into a household catchphrase as shopkeeper Mr. Whipple in the TV commercial campaign that ran for more than…
It’s easy to hypnotize … when you know how! Want the thrill of imposing your will over someone? Or making someone do exactly what you order? Try hypnotism! This amazing…
When something is cool, you say Far Out! It’s a phrase often used by beatniks and hippies. Apparently, the instructions for How To Get Far Out On A Bongo are to simply…
Since the cave days pictograms have been used by civilization to simply represent and communicate ideas, objects, activities and locations by means of an illustration. Today, pictograms are highly graphical…
Back in the 1980s, in the early days of MTV and the music video, there was an obscure one-hit wonder that was actually a novelty song from the comedy rock…
It’s for brunch, it’s for lunch, and it is completely awful. To make more, just double the ingredients. Mmmm, awfully good! Bon appétit!
Create advance interest in Valley of the Kings by dressing your ushers and other theatre personnel in Egyptian Fezzes. Also use them for street bally, parades; arrange to have several…
Besides being a 1989 song from the New York City band Living Colour, a cult of personality is a particularly pervasive political tactic most often used by political regimes that…
There has been a new beat lurking around the music scene for about 10 years in North America. The new beat, or sound, is called reggaeton (pronounced reggae-tone) and it…
“The most beautiful guitar in the world.” That is what the sales literature from Gretsch called their Model 6136 White Falcon. Angelic in form and celestial in sound, the White…
Mmmm, sautéed celery and mushrooms in butter. Bubbly milk and cream of chicken soup. Eggs with almonds folded in and served on fried Chinese noodles. It’s awfully good! Bon Appétit!
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Aluminum (or, Aluminium) is a chemical element in the boron group with symbol Al and atomic number 13. It is a silvery white, soft, ductile metal. Aluminum is the third…
The interwebs tell us that, in chemistry, a chemical substance is a form of matter that has constant chemical composition and characteristic properties. Chemicals cannot be separated into components by physical…
Afterimages are experienced when a prolonged or intense visual stimulus ceases. Because afterimages result from fatigue in portions of the retina, the visual afterimage seems to move with the eye,…
