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UPDATE: WHO IS THIS? by Fern Cohen views: 18 | rating: 10 | comments: 9

June 24, 2008 10:33 PM EDT -- OK, remember I posted a picture and asked "who is this man?"          well, it's time to reveal who he is. . . . more

Where Is Our Bobby Kennedy? by Sue * views: 56 | rating: 9.9 | comments: 33

August 15, 2007 09:48 AM EDT --      I finally had the opportunity to watch the film “Bobby” last night. I wanted to see it when it came out in the theaters, but our town didn’t show it. If you think . . . more

The changing of the media guard by gil asakawa views: 3 | rating: 10 | comments: 1

September 06, 2006 11:05 PM EDT --  I'm watching "JFK: Breaking the News," a fascinating documentary on WNET, one of the New York area's PBS stations, about the media coverage of the November, 1963 assassination of . . . more

My Dad's 80th Birthday by Fern Cohen views: 38 | rating: 10 | comments: 3

January 24, 2008 07:59 PM EST -- Today is my dad Irwin's 80th birthday. Yes he was born January 24,1928. Like all depression-era dads of the Jewish persuasion, his mantra is "Don't buy me anything; I don't want you to . . . more

Echoes of Radio in the Summer of Love by gil asakawa views: 11 | rating: 10 | comments: 6

June 21, 2007 08:39 AM EDT -- Interesting exercise in nostalgia with irony: KCUV-FM in Denver is celebrating the official kickoff of summer by recreating the sound of Denver's FM radio from 1967, complete with news items, radio . . . more

A Time Machine of classic Top 40 Radio by gil asakawa views: 218 | rating: 9 | comments: 12

September 24, 2006 03:02 PM EDT -- I grew up – like all baby boomers – during an era of radio when the Top 40 format was perfected during the first two decade of rock and roll, genres didn't divide up into separate formats. . . . more

What's in a Name? The Story of "Sukiyaki" by gil asakawa views: 466 | rating: 10 | comments: 20

September 27, 2006 09:04 AM EDT -- The Japanese are crazy about anything Western, especially anything American, right? It's true in many ways and on many levels, but one of my passions as a pop-culture critic has been to note how Americans . . . more

A previous generation's pop culture references by gil asakawa views: 43 | rating: 10 | comments: 12

September 17, 2006 10:55 AM EDT -- One of my ongoing passions is pondering the passing of pop culture references. Baby boomers have lived through decades of new hip phrases -- for instance, the hip word for "good" has evolved . . . more

"Love" is one you need: The Beatles reconsidered in a mashup by gil asakawa views: 69 | rating: 10 | comments: 31

November 26, 2006 10:45 PM EST -- It took the urging of Cirque du Soleil, the acrobatic dance performance group, to bring the music of the Beatles – the most iconic of 1960s baby boomer musical catalogs -- into the 21st century. . . . more

Let's Blast to the Past...Join Me For A Trip Down Memory Lane by Sue * views: 87 | rating: 10 | comments: 25

September 06, 2007 08:40 AM EDT --      My husband and I were talking last night about when we were kids and we used to race to the local stores in our respective towns that carried the WLS Survey. It was the skinny . . . more

Back in the 60's by Marilyn M. views: 26 | rating: 10 | comments: 23

September 12, 2007 04:22 PM EDT -- Are you old enough to remember back that far?  Back in the 60's?   When we had skates that fit over our shoes with skate keys?  I kept one on a string around my neck.   When . . . more

Introduction to The Toy Book by Gil Asakawa and Leland Rucker by gil asakawa views: 7 | rating: 10 | comments: 5

October 11, 2006 08:10 AM EDT -- Note: I'm re-posting this because when I orginally posted it, it was under the ID boomers.gather.com. I'm leaving that one up since there are a couple of comments on it and links to it. But I wanted . . . more

I can't separate Audrey Hepburn from "Mr. Yunioshi" by gil asakawa views: 282 | rating: 9 | comments: 11

October 05, 2006 02:21 PM EDT -- Audrey Hepburn, one of the great, classic actresses of Hollywood of the '50s and '60s, may have died in 1993, but she's alive and well in American pop culture. Her name, and the 1961 . . . more

"The Man from U.N.C.L.E.": an excerpt from "The Toy Book" by Gil Asakawa & Leland Rucker by gil asakawa views: 10 | rating: 10 | comments: 4

October 08, 2006 10:35 AM EDT -- Authors' note: "The Toy Book" is a social history of baby boomer-era toys. This is an excerpt from "The Big Bang Theory" chapter, which starts out covering the cowboy craze of the . . . more

Introduction to "The Toy Book" by Gil Asakawa and Leland Rucker by gil asakawa views: 12 | rating: 10 | comments: 4

September 06, 2006 10:54 PM EDT -- Note: This is the introduction to "The Toy Book" (Knopf, 1991), written by Leland  Rucker and me  as an homage to the playthings of the baby boom generation. Our original working title . . . more

The American Ideal of 1776 by Marilyn M. views: 27 | rating: 10 | comments: 6

September 14, 2007 07:08 PM EDT -- I was going through the pages that I have saved in my favorites files, getting rid of ones that no longer exist and sorthing those that do into categories.  I came across the links for an entire book . . . more

A History of Boulder, Colorado's Music Scene by gil asakawa views: 407 | rating: 10 | comments: 6

November 06, 2006 09:17 PM EST -- Quick, think of the great music capitals of the U.S. -- New York, Nashville, Los Angeles, Motown (that would be Detroit), Austin, Memphis if you believe Elvis is still alive and Seattle if you're a . . . more

Those Were The Days by Marilyn M. views: 13 | rating: 10 | comments: 6

August 28, 2007 09:04 AM EDT -- Things were certainly different back in the Leave it to Beaver days.  Today's kids probably feel sorry for us, since we didn't have computers and game consoles to keep us busy.  Even . . . more