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Jun 11, 2019

Strum master Cochran

Woo-ha. Back to the birth of rock n roll. A bit of a rebel. More of a musical innovator. An iconic song, we've all heard, but this is...

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Jun 11, 2019

Come on everybody!

One of the very first records I remember playing as a young child. It was only a tiny record player. We only had a handful of 45's. Boy...

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Jun 5, 2019

Unbelievable courage in the fight for freedom: D-Day

The horror of war is difficult to imagine. The invading evil killing ideology of Hilter's Nazi Germany hell bent on taking over Europe...

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Apr 27, 2019

The alluring ecstasy of gold

Tarantino acclaimed this as the finest directed movie of all time. The Good (Clint Eastwood), the Bad (Lee Van Cleefe) and the Ugly (Eli...

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Apr 27, 2019

Once upon a time (of creative genius) in the West

Ennio Morricone's most beautiful theme for Jill McBain's train arrival to news of her husband's death. Edda Dell’Orso’s heart-touching...

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Apr 15, 2019

Titanic safety lessons

A moment's silence to remember those who perished. The story now being taught even to young children. The most prestigious beautiful ship...

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Apr 14, 2019

Bevarian experience, Munich

A most impressive city. A most warmly charming of people. Munich exudes quality of life, memorable architecture both old and new,...

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Mar 31, 2019

Time, will it be?

Never thought of time so vast.... A fantastical crystal ball view of our Universe, accelerated into the far, far future. This is physics...

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Mar 24, 2019

Concorde engineering paradise

As young as I am, it's 50 years since the first test flight in 1969 of a plane from the future. I saw it take off once from Manchester...

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Mar 24, 2019

Evocative for every parent, to every child

Whoever (was it script fixer Tom Mankiewicz?) wrote these poignant words of Jor-El & Lara's final goodbye, my goodness they are powerful:...

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