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8 Jun 2021 2 minute read 0 comments RocketEnthusiast
Last week, I shared my favorite five underrated Tom Petty Songs from 1976-1989. In 1989, Petty released his first solo album Full Moon Fever which garnered critical acclaim. To me, none of the tracks really fit my "underrated" criteria - essentially...
7 Jun 2021 1 minute read 2 comments Cje95
77 Years ago today the weather was just right for the largest operation yet was launched to liberate France and then the rest of Europe from the clutches of Nazi Germany. Originally scheduled to go down on June 5, 1944, the day had to be moved due to...
6 Jun 2021 2 minute read 1 comment RocketEnthusiast
On June 6, 1970, former Pink Floyd frontman Syd Barrett played his first (and what would prove to be his last) concert as a solo artist. Today marks the 51st anniversary of that strange, yet intriguing performance. Barrett, accompanied on stage by Pi...
5 Jun 2021 21 minute read 7 comments YouveBeenGreeked
Sire, remember the Athenians. These words whispered into King Darius's ear every day since Athens aided in the Ionian revolt would not be forgotten easily. The revolt was ultimately a failure for the Greeks, and the Persians would not stop until...
5 Jun 2021 8 minute read 1 comment jozefkrichards
Outspoken, misunderstood, and yet an icon to many, Tupac Shakur became the face of rap in the 1990s before his murder in 1996. His life and music were filled with controversy, but they were also filled with insight, intelligence, and heart. 420 to 30...
4 Jun 2021 4 minute read 0 comments B0900223
Most people do not know this but the United States was not the first country to be offered to buy Alaska. There were other countries that were offered to buy the large mass of land west of Canada. One of those countries was Liechtenstein. But why was...
4 Jun 2021 4 minute read 1 comment tych0_21
BACKGROUND & ECOLOGY: Known Range Great Angelica (Angelica atropurpurea), also known as Purplestem Angelica, is a biennial flowering plant species native to Eastern North America from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada to North Carolina, USA an...
3 Jun 2021 5 minute read 4 comments jozefkrichards
They changed the face of rock and roll to something decidedly heavier when they hit the scene in the late 60s. Of course, I wasn't anywhere to be found back then, but 50 years later their music is still playing loudly from my speakers. 420 to 30: A M...
2 Jun 2021 6 minute read 3 comments jozefkrichards
One of the great 20th century poets also happens to be one of its greatest popular musicians as well, Bob Dylan. His music and lyrics have pervaded 6 decades of culture and few can claim authorship of more music in a single lifetime. In spite of a ca...
1 Jun 2021 2 minute read 2 comments Cje95
Last week brought to a conclusion a wild ride that was my internship on Capitol Hill. It was a crazy four months that really ended rather blandly. The new interns arrived last week and so far from what I have heard they have fit in really well. In th...
