Posted in Advertising, Sports Let’s Watch Cracker Baseball on TV Chris Holmes posted on January 20, 2015January 11, 2015 Comments Off on Let’s Watch Cracker Baseball on TV A vintage 1957 TV Guide for the Atlanta Crackers, members of the minor league baseball Southern Read More
Posted in Capsules Scenes from an A&P Supermarket Opening, Atlanta, 1965 Chris Holmes posted on August 27, 2013August 20, 2013 Comments Off on Scenes from an A&P Supermarket Opening, Atlanta, 1965 Scenes from the grand opening of an A&P supermarket in the Williamsburg Village shopping center, located in Atlanta, Georgia, in May Read More
Posted in Music New Adventures in Hi-Fi: My Journey Into R.E.M., Part 2 Chris Holmes posted on February 17, 2011 3 Comments Chris Holmes' discovery of R.E.M.'s discography continues with a look at the group's first two full-length albums - 1983's Murmur and 1984's Read More
Posted in Music New Adventures in Hi-Fi: My Journey Into R.E.M., Part 1 Chris Holmes posted on February 10, 2011February 10, 2011 3 Comments Chris Holmes' discovery of R.E.M.'s discography kicks off with looks at their first single, "Radio Free Europe," and their first EP, Chronic Read More
Posted in Books Book report: Single & Single Chris Holmes posted on June 29, 2009March 30, 2011 Comments Off on Book report: Single & Single Chris Holmes reviews Single & Single, a 1999 crime novel by Cold War-era author John le Carré. It's as close to a spy novel as you can get without Read More
Posted in Ephemera Send me a postcard, drop me a line… Chris Holmes posted on September 2, 2005January 29, 2013 Comments Off on Send me a postcard, drop me a line… Enjoy a random sampling of vintage American postcards from the '50s, '60s, and '70s. Don't forget to "leave the Read More