Richard Linklater's memories of Apollo 11 turned into a touching and nostalgic film about space and the 1960s.
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Interview: Steven Kussin, Author of Novel ‘Five Freshmen: A Story of the Sixties’
Interview with Steven S Kussin author of 'Five Freshmen'.
Read More »DVD Review: ‘Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In: The Complete Series’
Rowan & Martin's "Laugh-In: The Complete Series," a comedy television classic, is now available to own for the first time.
Read More »Book Review: ‘One Nation Under Baseball: How the 1960s Collided with the National Pastime’ by John Florio and Ouisie Shapiro
'One Nation Under Baseball: How the 1960s Collided with the National Pastime Collided' by John Florio and Ouisie Shapiro while a reflective and entertaining read will disappoint those looking for a sharply focused analysis of the evolution of baseball during the time.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Ballad of the Green Beret: The Life and Wars of Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler from the Vietnam War and Pop Stardom to Murder and an Unsolved, Violent Death’ by Marc Leepson
Biographer tells the story of an iconic pro-military song and its effect on the soldier who wrote it and took it to the top single in the nation
Read More »Convention Review: AnachroCon Offers Adventure in Time (Atlanta GA, Feb. 2017)
AnachroCon is an immersive adventure in and exploration of time, the best kind of escapism. This year the theme was the '60s – any '60. Hippies mingled with belles from the Civil War era and cowboys from the Wild West.
Read More »DVD Review: ‘Janis: Little Girl Blue’ – Janis Joplin Documentary Bio
We see a few scenes of Janis and fellow musicians hard at work in the studio, and plenty of performance clips, but where the film excels is in showing us how her life fed her performances.
Read More »Interview: Rocco Lo Bosco, Author of ‘Ninety Nine’
Writing has taught me how to write. It has also aided my ability to think critically and examine what I feel in a more nuanced way.
Read More »Interview: Elisabeth Amaral, Author of ‘Czar Nicholas, The Toad, and Duck Soup’
"My memoir is a coming of age story that took place in during the fights for women’s rights, racial equality and the growing rage against the Vietnam war."
Read More »Grateful Dead 50th Anniversary Giveaway: ‘Owsley and Me: My LSD Family’ Memoir by Rhoney Gissen Stanley
Stanley's memoir chronicles her life working in the Acid King's lab, and as the third angle in a love triangle, and later under the care of the Grateful Dead.
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