Happy 86th Birthday Valentino
Today is the 86th birthday of the fashion designer Valentino. His half a century run as the head of his self-named fashion house redefined what the modern woman wore and what she wanted to wear. The...
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View ArticleHappy 84th Birthday Michael Graves
Today is the 84th birthday of the architect and designer Michael Graves. You know his products, you love his products. That dish scrubber didn’t grow on a tree or out of the ground, someone designed...
View ArticleHappy 123rd Birthday Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale
Today is the 123rd birthday of the eccentric socialite and documentary film subject Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale (Big Edie). It’s no exaggeration to state that the documentary film Grey Gardens changed my...
View ArticleHappy 102nd Birthday John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Today is the 102nd birthday of the 35th president: JFK. Upon accepting the New York Liberal Party nomination in 1960, he is quoted as saying: If by a “Liberal” they mean someone who looks ahead and...
View ArticleHappy 103rd Birthday John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Today is the 103rd birthday of the 35th president: JFK. NAME: John F. Kennedy OCCUPATION: Civil Rights Activist, U.S. Representative, U.S. President BIRTH DATE: May 29, 1917 DEATH DATE: November 22,...
View ArticleXTC – “Living Through Another Cuba” (1980)
XTC – “Living Through Another Cuba” (1980) Like “Enola Gay,” XTC’s “Living Through Another Cuba” is another ’80s track that looks to past atomic era events to illuminate their current moment, this time...
View ArticleHappy 104th Birthday John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Today is the 104th birthday of the 35th president: JFK. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left. NAME: John F. KennedyOCCUPATION: Civil Rights...
View ArticleXTC – “Living Through Another Cuba” (1980)
XTC – “Living Through Another Cuba” (1980) Like “Enola Gay,” XTC’s “Living Through Another Cuba” is another ’80s track that looks to past atomic era events to illuminate their current moment, this...
View ArticleHappy 105th Birthday John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Today is the 105th birthday of the 35th president: JFK. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left. NAME: John F. KennedyOCCUPATION: Civil Rights...
View ArticleMusic Monday –“Living Through Another Cuba” – XTC (1980)
XTC – “Living Through Another Cuba” (1980) Like “Enola Gay,” XTC’s “Living Through Another Cuba” is another ’80s track that looks to past atomic era events to illuminate their current moment, this...
View ArticleHappy 106th Birthday John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Today is the 106th birthday of the 35th president: JFK. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left. NAME: John F. KennedyOCCUPATION: Civil Rights...
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