It may never have been cool to be a Billy Joel fan. It certainly was not among my friends in 1982. But this is a great album. Joel’s 8th, it was produced by Phil Ramone and includes “Allentown,” “Pressure,” and “Goodnight Saigon.” And that’s just side one. Also I no longer care if it is […]
Richard Dysart, who played Dr. Copper in John Carpenter's _The Thing_ (1982), showed up on the Antarctic set with a nose ring in his right nostril. Carpenter let it ride, which means a 50-something military camp physician in 1982 Antarctica has a visible nose piercing throughout the film. — Read the rest
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Credited on the cover to “Kevin Rowland & Dexys Midnight Runners,” this was their second LP, the first with Mercury Records and the one with the massive hit...
Since 1982, a statue of Lady Justice has stood in front of the Vancouver Law Courts, her eyes blindfolded to highlight the ideal that justice should be applied evenly regardless of wealth, power or race. Yet over the past 30 years, Parliament and the courts have systematically restored her sight, creating a system that shows leniency to offenders based on the colour of their skin and denies…
Florida transferred $244 million of its Surface Transportation Block Grant money into transit from 2021 to 2023. (Joe Raedle / Getty…
Seventh studio LP from Costello and the sixth with The Attractions, out of F-Beat in the UK and Columbia in the US. A must have for collectors of...
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