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Diary - on the trouble of getting popular songs out of one's head, UFO's and English village life - Brief Article - Column I overheard him: "Gladys may be no Sarah Bernhardt but, by 'eck, she sure knows 'ow to lean over a balcony!" In my self-imposed role of drawing the ......(Continue Reading) Tearaway burkas & tinplate menorahs: what happens when you throw together a liberal comedian, a flag-waving country star, two Redskins cheerleaders, I NEVER SERVED in our nation's armed forces. I was of draft age during the Vietnam War, in college from 1969 to 1973, and the Selective Service people ......(Continue Reading)Randall Wallace: he's a former preacher and Scots-Irish "hillbilly" who has fought his way into Tinseltown. As a screenwriter and director, he Screenwriter and director Randall Wallace is a man on a mission to bring the values of America's heartland to Hollywood. Born in Tennessee of Scots-Irish ......(Continue Reading)Songs for Fat People: Affect, Emotion, and Celebrity in the Russian Popular Song, 1900-1955/Estrada?! Grand Narratives and the Philosophy of the Russian Songs for Fat People: Affect, Emotion, and Celebrity in the Russian Popular Song, 1900-1955 by David MacFadyen. Montreal, Québec and Kingston, Ontario, ......(Continue Reading)Culture clash: at the time of his death last month, Joe Strummer remained one of our most original musicians. John King on the honest voice of punk It was Juvenile Jim who introduced me to The Clash. He had bought their first album because it had a Union Jack on the cover and was showing it off in the playground. I borrowed it off him, had a l...(Continue Reading)
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