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Wire Service: London Hospital 1928

grayflannelsuit
posted on November 1, 2018May 13, 2022
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September 8, 1928 – ABOVE LONDON’S CHIMNEY POTS – On the roof of the West London Hospital, situated in the busy Hammersmith quarter of the great Metropolis, has just been constructed a sand

Kayla Harrison, U.S. Judo Gold Medal Winner

Posted in Sports

Summing Up My Thoughts on the London 2012 Summer Olympics

Thanks to NBC's consistently poor efforts at broadcasting the Summer Olympics, I think I'm tired of watching them on

Opening of the Kiel Canal, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Posted in Featured Posts, Vintage Photo Wednesday

Vintage Photo Wednesday, Vol. 1 — Photochrom Prints, 1890s-1900s

Chris Holmes
posted on June 27, 2012March 11, 2013
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This week's vintage photos are from the Library of Congress's Photochrom Print Collection, covering the period of

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Presenting your 2012 London Olympic medal designs

A look at the medal designs for the 2012 London Summer Olympics, and a look back at what the 1948 London Summer Olympics medals looked

MusicVision print ad - Video Music Dynamite!

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Retrotisement: Video Music Dynamite from 1986!

Chris Holmes
posted on July 21, 2011
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This classic MusicVision ad from 1986 showcases the hottest videos from the hottest acts of the day, including Starship and Mr.

Posted in Listening Booth, Music

Listening Booth — Queen, “High Voltage” (London 1974)

Chris Holmes
posted on April 28, 2011November 5, 2013
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The listening booth offers up a gem of a bootleg concert from Queen's early days. It captures the band live in London, 1974, on their Queen II

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Sunday Jazz: The Bill Evans Trio, “Waltz for Debby” (1965)

Chris Holmes
posted on April 3, 2011April 7, 2011
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This week's Sunday Jazz showcases the Bill Evans Trio performing one of their staples, "Nardis," on the legendary BBC program Jazz

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Listening Booth – Karl Jenkins, “Agnus Dei”

Chris Holmes
posted on November 8, 2010November 11, 2010
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A lovely sample of contemporary classical, "Agnus

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Book report: The Murrow Boys: Pioneers on the Front Lines of Broadcast Journalism

Chris Holmes
posted on September 10, 2010
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It’s hard to imagine, especially for those of my generation or younger, but broadcast news was not always a wasteland of vacuous celebrity gossip, shallow political “analysis”, or

Wire Service: London Hospital 1928

Summing Up My Thoughts on the London 2012 Summer Olympics

Vintage Photo Wednesday, Vol. 1 — Photochrom Prints, 1890s-1900s

Presenting your 2012 London Olympic medal designs

Retrotisement: Video Music Dynamite from 1986!

Listening Booth — Queen, “High Voltage” (London 1974)

Sunday Jazz: The Bill Evans Trio, “Waltz for Debby” (1965)

Listening Booth – Karl Jenkins, “Agnus Dei”

Book report: The Murrow Boys: Pioneers on the Front Lines of Broadcast Journalism

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