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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

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

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

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

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