It's cold and blustery in Los Angeles today. Here are some songs with lyrics about eiderdowns with which to keep warm.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Sing a song of eiderdowns
It's cold and blustery in Los Angeles today. Here are some songs with lyrics about eiderdowns with which to keep warm.
Monday, March 24, 2014
VideoDisc Day -- An introduction to the Capacitance Electronic Disc (CED) at the Amoeblog
On 22 March, 1981, RCA introduced a brand new but curiously retro analog video format, the SelectaVision CED VideoDisc system. Today the CED (Capacitance Electronic Disc) is all but forgotten but even at its most popular it wasn't well-known and was much widely-adopted than contemporaneous video formats like Betamax, VHS, and LaserDiscs.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Happy quasquicentennial, Orange County! at the Amoeblog
Today Orange County turns 125 years young. If you still think of Orange County as the land of God-fearing, science-hating, WASP suburbanites -- then you probably haven't been there in the last 20 years. Do yourself a favor and explore the nation's sixth most populous county, and one that Forbes recently said is more diverse than Los Angeles.
Monday, March 3, 2014
All-Female Bands of the 1960s - Happy Women's History Month! at the Amoeblog
The Beatles inspired thousands of teenagers around the world to form rock bands. Most were comprised, like the Fab Four, of fellows. However, there were at least 100 bands all-female rock bands formed in Argentina, Canada, Denmark Mexico, Finland, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, Sweden, The Netherlands, The Philippines, UK, USA, West Germany, Yugoslavia, and probably elsewhere.
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