Featured Posts – Page 6 – The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

Winter Sports Festival in Iowa City and Sioux City, Iowa (artist unknown, 1940)

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More Posters of the WPA (Works Progress Administration)

Chris Holmes
posted on August 23, 2011July 20, 2012
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We present another gallery of some of the best posters from the age of the WPA (Works Progress Administration). 11 images featuring cool

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Jimi Hendrix

Posted in Featured Posts, Music, People

“Hope I die before I get old” — Do famous musicians really die young?

Chris Holmes
posted on August 9, 2011February 4, 2013
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Amy Winehouse is the latest member of the 27 Club. She joins a host of other musicians who have died young. But are they the rule or the

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Kiss band photo from 1973.

Posted in Featured Posts, Music

10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Kiss

Chris Holmes
posted on August 3, 2011February 4, 2013
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Kiss has been around for nearly 40 years and is a world famous rock & roll band. But I bet I can think of 10 thing you probably don't know about

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Posted in Featured Posts, Music, TV & Radio

30 for 30 — Our Favorite MTV Music Videos of All-Time

It's the 30th anniversary of MTV's launch, and so we decided to list our 30 favorite music videos of all-time. Pretty clever idea,

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hurricane on radar

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The 10 Deadliest Atlantic Hurricanes in History

Chris Holmes
posted on June 1, 2011June 11, 2013
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Here's a countdown of the ten deadliest Atlantic tropical cyclones

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1937 DeSoto convertible sedan

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Retrotisements — Classic Ads from Car Companies of the Past

A gallery of vintage advertisements from five defunct auto makers - Plymouth, DeSoto, Maxwell, Hudson, and

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The 10 Deadliest Tornadoes in World History

Here is a countdown of the ten most deadly tornadoes (or outbreaks) in recorded world

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Katherine Heigl as Izzie Stevens (Grey's Anatomy)

Posted in Featured Posts, TV & Radio

Just Shut Up! — 7 Television Characters I’d Like to Smack

Chris Holmes
posted on April 5, 2011October 12, 2012
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In the history of television, there have been a lot of really annoying characters. Here are seven of them that I want to smack for

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A History of NBC TV Logos

Posted in Featured Posts, TV & Radio

Proud As a Peacock – NBC Logo Evolution

Chris Holmes
posted on February 2, 2011February 19, 2022
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A retrospective gallery of NBC TV logos from the 1940s to the present day. All hail the

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