This music video clip is from the 1986 movie True Stories by the Talking Heads. John Goodman, playing the lovable bachelor Louis Fyne, sings a very good version of the notable Talking…
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George Maciunas was a founding member and the central coordinator of Fluxus, an international community of artists, architects, composers, and designers. He made several short films called FluxFilms. Here are a couple…
Perfection salad? How about gelatin salad? Also called jelly salad, congealed salad or molded salad. Throw in some grated carrots, cottage cheese, cream cheese, marshmallows and nuts. Your guests will…
In 1957, the United States Housing & Home Finance Administration formed the Women’s Congress on Housing. This design group was to be a representative view of all the things wanted…
True music fans will appreciate these rare Beatles photographs. And, if you can’t tell, this photo shoot set the norm for the now hackneyed obligatory band picture. This type of photograph…
The Budweiser brand as we know it may very well have flown to Europe when the purchase of the American brand by Belgian company InBev was completed for $70 per…
Fascism is a form of radical authoritarian nationalism that came to prominence in early 20th-century Europe. The first known fascist movements emerged in Italy during World War I, before it spread to other European countries. Facism is opposed…
American composer John Cage (1912-1992) represented the type of eternally questing artist who, as soon as he solved one problem, moved on to the next problem or series of problems.…
Beef Stroganoff is a Russian dish of sautéed pieces of beef served in a sauce with sour cream. From its origins in mid-19th-century Russia, it has become popular around the world,…
The Newspaper Association of America (NAA), the main auditing source for America’s newspapers, has reported that ad revenue for newspapers has suffered its biggest decline since the 1950s. Online advertising…
This is a classic music video from Madness, the English ska band from Camden Town, London. They started in 1976 as part of the late 1970s and early 1980s 2Tone ska…
The remote future is a time that is many years distant from the present. It is characteristically after the span of time culturally defined as “tomorrow.” “The Remote Future” Remotely Controlled…
Pin-up girls posed for mass-produced photographs. These pictures saw wide appeal across popular culture. The photos themselves are for informal display. Just pin them up on a wall. These pictures…
