It’s named after LBJ and LBJ approves of everything named after him. No Kennedys were asked. The Committee run it. Johnson ran the Senate for a long time. Thomas Swan writes less than you think. …
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This Month in Music History – January 2, 1969: The Beatles Begin Recording “Let it Be” Album
Released in 1970, Let it Be remains the black sheep of the original, non-compilation albums of the Beatles. Nestled in amongst some of the greatest music ever put to record, ie The White Album and Abbey Road, Let it Beremains one of the Beatles top albums, …
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President Trump Makes Good on Campaign Promises, F@cks Up Washington Permanently
Tonight President Donald Trump’s head rests easy on the two empty Big Mac wrappers he scarfed down before turning in for the night. It hasn’t been often in the two troubled years of his presidency …
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New Fox News Study Reveals This Reality All Just a Stephen Miller Cosmic Dream (Sean Hannity Actually Hookah Smoking Caterpillar In Spare Time)
If the evening news wasn’t bad enough. Wars and death all around; the four Herbert Hoover’s of the Apocalypse riding their Pontiac Azteks up and down the block in front of CNN, all of them …
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This Month in Music History – December 16, 1966: Jimi Hendrix Releases First Single ‘Hey Joe’
The creative flame that Jimi Hendrix ignited, burned brightly, far brighter and greater than anyone else’s. It would, on the other hand, burn out quickly, ending in the early death of a promising young musical …
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This Month in Music History – December 20, 1973: Pop Singer Bobby Darin Passes Away Due to Health Issues
A fever that the young Bobby Darin contracted in his childhood would, ultimately, end his life prematurely. A young boy, just beginning his life, would be given a death sentence that his doctor informed him …
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The Helen Mirren Files – ‘Age of Consent’
Age of Consent remains a fascinating film of contradictions. The 1969 film, based on the autobiography of the Austrailian painter Norman Lindsay, starred James Mason as painter Bradley Morahan. The Australian painter has lost his …
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LBJBR’s Actor Chronicles – Helen Mirren
Helen Mirren has had a long and varied acting career. She has played characters that range from Elizabeth II to a young girl living in the outback in Austrailia with her grandmother, who poses nude …
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Ford Mustang: The Forgotten About Cultural Icon – Part 1
Car Mania struck the United States in the latter 1940s. World War II had ended and, for the most part, everyone’s attention turned homeward bound. Young men were coming home to resume the lives they …
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The Song of Jennifer McReynolds (Update)
There is a girl. Every day, you may pass her by Not see her or just look the other way How tragic for you Not too see The reason for day and night She is …
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LBJBR’s Actor’s Guide: William Powell
If you know who William Powell is, dear readers, then you are among the lucky few. A case could be made that Powell is one of the greatest actors of all time. While neither handsome …
