(In Part 1 of this essay we explored the rise of the rock star in popular culture as a function of television. Part 2 touched on the ascendance of album rock. In the third and final installation, we look at…
TV Reinvented the Rock Star
Month: November 2013
Why the JFK Assassination Still Resonates 50 Years Later
Today marks exactly a half-century since the assassination of the man on the half-dollar. Incredibly, for a nation that lives in the now and doesn’t hold on to past trauma for long, we still treat the JFK assassination as something…
50 Years Since the Death of the First Television President
As you are being made aware by the media, this week marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Fifty years is an eternity in politics, especially American politics, and yet the Kennedy assassination continues to resonate…