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Modern America's TOP 100 Culturally Significant Movies: #97

Directed by enigmatic film noir notable John Landis (‘An American Werewolf In London', ‘The Blues Brothers', ‘National Lampoon's Animal House'), the 14-minute horror film spoof, MICHAEL JACKSON'S...

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Prince Don Carlo Gesualdo: "il Musical Macellaio di Venosa" as he was called by his fellow countrymen in the 16th Century... Translation: The Musical Butcher of Venosa77

Don Carlo Gesualdo: Prince, Composer and ... Murderer.

. The tormented life of Don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer, prince and statesman, reads as though from the pages of a suspense novel rather than the annals of Sixteenth Century musicology. Gesualdo, living...

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The Retro Revolution.                                 Old is New is Old, again....   Is New.74

The 'Retro' Revolution

It's been said that in order to move forwards, we must sometimes look to our past for guidance. Ok, nice words, as far as cause and effect logic goes. My son recently turned nine-years-old, and at nine, he's...

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JILTED SUPERSTAR: Part 20

. Growing up, I had positioned myself to be a collector of bad-vibes and negativity. Was I a complete stranger to myself, or merely a stranger...complete?( Or perhaps I was just a human being, just being...

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'List' Evaluation Criteria & Standards

. ***** More lists! More Top 10, Top 25, Top 100... Top WHATEVER lists! MORE MORE MORE!!!!!!!!!! Hey everyone, I was in the latrine last night and decided to write a list of my Top 25 WHATEVER and 'publish'...

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We Do Not Care Anymore

. ONLY my cigarettes to pass the time, To share the company, To numb the boredom of our absence, while Each is apart from the other. And while we're away, reminiscing, (‘Though not as before,) Everything...

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JILTED SUPERSTAR: Part 08

. INTRODUCTORY REVIEW: With the 21st Century firmly underway we certainly can not predict with any certainty where society will evolve. However, even in admitting our ignorance, we can still identify the...

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Interview With MIKE X

************************** INTRODUCTORY OVERVIEW: The Subject, identified as MIKE X, was born in 1957 and was a recovering alcoholic and narcotics addict. The Subject's decades of chronic substance abuse led...

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My Holiday In Heaven

. VENTURED up to Heaven week before last On an extended holiday. Heaven really is the place to be, Or the place at least in which to be seen. Seriously, everyone was there. WARHOL had a hair salon, ...

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JILTED SUPERSTAR: Part 04

.THE ATOMIC AGE (FIRST ERA): It is tempting for maturing generations to ask, "what is wrong with the world today?" This is not so much a new lament as it is a familiar hypothetical refrain asked by every...

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