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Bones And Grooves: The Weird Secret History Of Soviet X-Ray Music
In Cold War Russia, getting your hands on an American rock record was close to impossible. But a few bootleggers found a way to hide their contraband in the last place anyone would think to look.
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Greetings from Hank Dietle’s, the Last Great Roadhouse in Suburbia
White Flint Mall, once the jewel of Rockville Pike, is history. A gleaming town center is rising on its ashes. But just across the Pike, the oldest bar in Montgomery County [Maryland] is still rocking. By Eddie Dean.
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Korean Girls Try American BBQ
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The American Breed - Bend Me, Shape Me
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The Japanese Wife
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Faith, Family and the American Farmer
The drama of a northern Colorado wheat harvest. Photography by Elliot Ross.
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Long Hours, Crowded Houses, Death by Trolley: America in 1915
The presidential campaign is replete with allusions to better times and eclipsed golden ages of American greatness. But in a new review from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the economist Carol Boyd Leon paints a sociological portrait of America as it was 100 years ago, when technology was meager, financial ruin was one downturn away, war was ongoing in Europe, and the choices that Americans have come to expect—in their cars, clothes, food...
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America’s Scandalous, Psychic, Forgotten First Female Presidential Candidate
Decades before women won the right to vote, Victoria Woodhull ran for president, started her own newspaper, and became one of America's first female stockbrokers. She also found time to advocate for free love and talk to ghosts. By Lyz Lenz.
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The last honky-tonk
A look at Southern Comfort’s history and the regulars who have made it a divey draw for decades. By Miranda Hawkins and Johnathon Kelso.
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Vagabond Express
Riding Greyhound from coast to coast, from the Great Depression to the Great Recession. By Haley Cullingham. (Feb. 5)
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Five 19th-Century Utopian Communities in the United States
Utopian communities in 19th-century America were considered by many to herald a new age in human civilization. Often led by charismatic leaders with high religious or secular moral ideals, these settlements experimented wildly with different models of government, marriage, labor and wealth. Hundreds of such societies littered the U.S. landscape during the 1800s, most disappearing without a trace. Here are five that made a lasting...
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White Trash Gothic
When I learned that Harper Lee’s second novel is to be published, the first thought that came to my mind was: Will it be as biased against the white poor as To Kill a Mockingbird? By Michael Lind. (Feb. ’15)
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That Old Black Magic
Johnny Mercer preferred to write lyrics while supine, eyes closed, “as if he could dream songs into existence.” By John Lingan.
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America’s Secret Societies: A New Book Probes Their Art and Mysteries
What is more titillating — knowing that someone is guarding a delicious secret you might never be invited to share, or being charged with protecting some precious confidence of your own? By Edward M. Gómez.
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NSFW Arise!
The Church of the SubGenius recruitment video from 1989, revised in 2004.
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How photography – and phrenology – helped make Abraham Lincoln president
“Political commentators have focused rightly on how ideology divides US politics, but the story of Lincoln’s face reminds us of technology’s unique capacity to change what we expect from our leaders.” By Joanna Cohen.
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How 43 Giant, Crumbling Presidential Heads Ended Up in a Virginia Field
After an ambitious monument went bust, big dreams—and big heads—remain. By Jennifer Billock.
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When the Messiah Came to America, She Was a Woman
On the rise and fall of American utopia. By Chris Jennings.
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Glory Halleluja
Odetta
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Star Trek Continues, Episode 5
“Divided We Stand”
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