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3. The Turbulence of 1968: RFK, MLK, Vietnam, LBJ

by Soref • September 30, 2016 • 0 Comments

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Lyndon Johnson won the 1964 Election in a landslide, and managed to get landmark legislation passed early in his term. Yet, by early 1968, the Vietnam War had become so unpopular that Johnson decided not to run for a second term as President. Four days after he shocked the country by pulling out of the race, Martin Luther King was assassinated. Two months later, Bobby Kennedy was gunned down, and the Democratic Party limped into their Chicago convention, where open rebellion and brutal suppression broke out. It was the Year that Everything Changed.

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2. Did TV Invent the Rock Star?

by Soref • September 30, 2016 • 0 Comments

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On the second episode of the TV ROOM PODCAST, we notice that the phenomenon of the rock star came about just when the television was arriving en masse in American living rooms, and we wonder if this was mere coincidence or something more?

Podcasts, The Age of Television

1. The Age of Television (1948-??)

by Soref • September 30, 2016 • 0 Comments

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On the very first episode of the TV ROOM podcast, we discuss: What exactly is the Age of Television? What are its origins? How did it change us? When will we know it’s over?

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4. The Summer of Love (Part I)

by Soref • September 20, 2016 • 1 Comment

4. The Summer of Love (Part I)

1950s, 1960s, Film, Obituaries

The Other Nixon (1930-2016)

by Soref • July 26, 2016 • 0 Comments

Marni Nixon was a name that Hollywood did its best to keep out of the credits, even as she found herself in one after another cinematic blockbuster of Hollywood’s Golden Age that featured the likes of Ingrid Bergman, Audrey Hepburn, Sophia Loren, Marilyn Monroe, and a young Natalie Wood.

1970s, Los Angeles, Rockford Files, television

ROCKFORD FILES: “This Case Is Closed” S1 E6

by Soref • April 16, 2016 • 3 Comments

A plane touches down at LAX. Moments later, Jim Rockford is striding through the terminal with cagy purpose and the feigned nonchalance of a man who knows he’s being watched. Rockford finds a payphone and reports to his client, a Mr. Warner Jameson. Rockford informs Jameson that something “a little weird” happened back in Newark, and that Jim will fill him in later. But first he has to go home, shower and change. It’s pretty obvious from Jimbo’s body language that whatever happened in Jersey has left him feeling uneasy and unclean.

1970s, television

Match Game 74, Episode 165

by Soref • December 3, 2015 • 0 Comments

In the same way that Mad Men opened a door into the lives of 1950s squares and turned them into more interesting and fully-realized characters, Match Game gives us an unscripted glimpse into what was really going on behind the big hair and wide collars of 1974.

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The Obama Interview and the 21st Century Horatio Alger Myth

by admin • August 31, 2015 • 1 Comment

For creatives in these challenging times, Marc Maron represents the Horatio Alger myth, the proof that despite the ever-dwindling odds of making a sustainable career in the arts, just by being yourself–as Marc Maron does–the world will reward you somehow…

Music, Public Advocacy, San Francisco

San Francisco City Hall 100–A Day in the Life of the Bay Area

by Soref • August 30, 2015 • 0 Comments

City Hall 100 was ostensibly a celebration of the century mark of the San Francisco City Hall structure itself, but the reason people came out on this June 2015 evening was not for events that happened 100 years ago, but for what started 50 years ago when San Francisco entered the rock and roll era: People were there for the live music.

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