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 – 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 …
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LBJBR’s Acting Profile -Steve McQueen
What can one say about Steve McQueen that the phrase “Steve McQueen: King of Cool” doesn’t already cover? Not much. Granted, much like James Dean and Kurt Cobain, McQueen’s legend has passed into mythology and, …
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This Month in Cinema and Music History: November 29, 1895 – Choreographer Busby Berkley Born
Without Busby Berkley, the world of video in music would be entirely different from how we know it today. As the sound era began, the cameras to record the revolution were huge and bulky behemoths. …
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Ex-Presidents Meet to Celebrate Donald Trump
(Editors’ note) It’s not often that you get former US Presidents all together all in one room at the same time. Working out schedules, linguistics and security, not to costs to taxpayers themselves make the …
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This Month in Film and Music History – November 29, 1957: Film Composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold Passes Away
Once upon a time, a composer of film music stood before an orchestra of live actual human beings who played real instruments. We got to know their names as well. They did more than enhance …
