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By Randal C. Hill
“I looked more like a young boy than a girl model.” DAME LESLEY LAWSON (AKA TWIGGY)
She became one of the world’s early supermodels, known by her first name only and possessed a unique look that defined...
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By Randal C. Hill
It was the late 1950s, and comic-book sales were stagnating. So was the enthusiasm of Marvel Comics creator Stan Lee, following two decades in his high-pressure, often-chaotic world of work. He later recalled to Rolling Stone Press, “I got to...
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By Randal C. Hill
Get your motor runnin’, head out on the highway Lookin’ for adventure and whatever comes our way -Steppenwolf
“Easy Rider” was the ultimate epochal, and ultimately doomed, buddy picture, a movie replete with drugs, rock ‘n’ roll, sex and violence as elements of the seductive allure of freedom...
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By Jan Larraine Cox
This “momentary” pause that now continues into a third month is encouraging many of us to reset our lives. We are learning to let go of things we really don’t want any more; things that may be holding...
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By Randal C. Hill
Melanie (full name Melanie Anne Safka) began her performing career as a folk singer in such hip Big Apple coffeehouses as the Café Wha? Later, at the Brill Building—the New York music-world hotspot—she met record producer Peter Schekeryk, her future manager and husband. With his connections, Melanie recorded a demo (demonstration record) called “Beautiful People,” a haunting original ballad that earned her some airplay on New York’s underground radio kingpin, WNEW-FM. (“I...
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By Rebecca Fending
Modern day Halloween holds so much history, but mainly European. From trick-or-treating to the timing of the holiday itself, October 31 is all about celebrating harvest with spooky activities. But, just south of the...
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By Kathy Megyeri
On August 7, a dignified, small but memorable ceremony will take place in Dunedin, FL, when the Quilt of Valor Foundation awards Vietnam veteran Patrick Kennedy, a resident of Trinity, FL, its Quilt of...
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By Randal C. Hill
In October 1969, shortly after the release of “Abbey Road”, Beatle fans everywhere were suddenly digging up “evidence” of a music-world tragedy—the death of Paul McCartney.
What did the rumor about Paul say?
According to the rumor, he had argued with the other Beatles during a 1966 recording session. Supposedly, early in the morning of Wednesday, November...
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By T. Michele Walker
At first glance, St. Pete seems like a somewhat modern, 20th century locale. But in spite of its relatively late incorporation date of 1912, the history is indeed rich, dating back to 1528...
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By Randal C. Hill
Pop music star Tony Orlando was born Michael Anthony Orlando Cassavitas in 1944 in Hells Kitchen, New York, to a Puerto Rican mother and a Greek father. By age 15, Tony had formed...
