Orwell’s 1984 prediction now seems like ancient history, but the Apple ad that played on the topic of the novel, was aired only one time and that was during the Super Bowl of that year, is still the most influential TV commercial in history!
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The Vidiot – Ken Nordine
This may not be fresh material, but it applies today more than ever! Another piece of word jazz from “the voice of Levi’s Jeans”, Ken Nordine – 92 and still going strong.
Continue readingSame Message, Different Millenium
Steve D.
Soul Unraveling …
The Cinematic Orchestra :: Lilac Wine
Continue readingMadiba Day – Celebration of Freedom
With the Nobel Peace Prize recipient’s 93rd Birthday coming up in July, here is an early celebratory post. I just heard this track today from one of my favorite bands of the late 80s and early 90s, Simple Minds. I don’t know how I would have missed this, but I did, or at least it didn’t make an impression back then.
Continue readingKen Nordine – The Fibonacci Numbers
The voice of Ken Nordine has a rather soothing quality about it. This particular piece is on the fibonacci numbers. The concept was used in ancient as well as modern architecture and can be found in practically anything created by Mother Nature herself.
Continue readingBefore there was a North Myrtle Beach
Our first trip to the beach as a family was in the summer of 1965. We lived in Poplar Apartments in Durham, NC in those days. Dad was in Duke medical school, Mom was a second-grade schoolteacher at Lakewood Elementary, I was about to start the first grade and Kim was still four years preconceived.
Continue readingU.S. Government Shutdown – 2011
I’ve heard all this before, is this scare tactics or is it an impending reality? Will this end my prospects for ever receiving a check from Social Security? And most importantly, how will this affect our progress in Libya?
Continue readingNostalgia
Images from days of yore in my hometown, recently appeared in the Local News Weblog:
“Lost Muncie”
Steve D.
A Cool Gust, Reminiscent of the Cold War
This caught my eye:
Russian assassin ‘sent to kill double agent who betrayed Anna Chapman’ – The Guardian.
Steve D.