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Sunday, September 11, 2016

Rebirth of a Grand Old Rock 'n' Roller

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Guest blogger Eric Roberts reports PART ONE THE DREAM LIVES ON Above : EUC 100C as it appeared recently at the 2016 Rolls-Royce En...
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Sunday, August 7, 2016

Ain't It Marvellous!

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EUC 100C – John Lennon's "Lost" White 1965 Phantom V Comes Out Of Hiding To Receive Honors From The International Rolls-Royc...
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Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Dumb and Dumber

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Making a list was a Victorian-era parlor game, a way to fill the empty hours, a way to ward off boredom. As I’ve discussed before, there i...
Saturday, January 24, 2015

Frank Mazzola, 1935 - 2015

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Frank with his daughter Francesca It grieves me to report the sad news that my friend Frank Mazzola, who became one of the most influent...
Thursday, January 8, 2015

Elvis at 80

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Note: This blog is an amalgam of observations I've made previously, with a few additional remarks added. It seemed appropriate to (re)...
Monday, December 29, 2014

Xanthochroid

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Actress Tilda Swinton According to the Wiktionary , the term xanthocroi was introduced by biologist  T. H. Huxley, from the ancient Gr...
Saturday, December 27, 2014

An Obscure Conqueror of Fame

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Tara Murtha’s contribution to Bloomsbury Academic’s 33 1/3 series on classic albums, Ode to Billie Joe , is something of a sleight of hand...
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Saturday, December 6, 2014

Dolan - Dolan - Carless (Hard Meat)

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Five years ago, in December 2009, I posted a blog, The Importance of the Name , on Hard Meat, a British trio that released two albums on ...
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Saturday, March 15, 2014

Why Did John Lennon Buy A Second Phantom V?

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Guest blogger Eric Roberts writes: After a long hiatus, this rolling research project about the history  of John Lennon's white Ro...
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