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Come for a Drink: How the Cocktail Party Came t...
Dinner parties require chairs, courses, and a certain amount of commitment. There are books on etiquette written about them. Cocktail parties are another story. There’s more informality to them. They're...
Come for a Drink: How the Cocktail Party Came t...
Dinner parties require chairs, courses, and a certain amount of commitment. There are books on etiquette written about them. Cocktail parties are another story. There’s more informality to them. They're...
The Art of the Souvenir: What You Bring Home Sa...
Is it just me, or did your grandmother have a whole collection of souvenir spoons? A palm tree or the Liberty Bell on the handle, “Niagara Falls” or “Miami Beach”...
The Art of the Souvenir: What You Bring Home Sa...
Is it just me, or did your grandmother have a whole collection of souvenir spoons? A palm tree or the Liberty Bell on the handle, “Niagara Falls” or “Miami Beach”...
How Music Shapes the Way We Travel
On Getting Somewhere Without Actually Going There's something a song can do that almost nothing else can. A few opening bars and you're not standing in your kitchen anymore, you're...
How Music Shapes the Way We Travel
On Getting Somewhere Without Actually Going There's something a song can do that almost nothing else can. A few opening bars and you're not standing in your kitchen anymore, you're...
EVERY GREAT ROAD HAS A SONGWRITER WHO DROVE IT
Most of us picture songwriting as a bolt of inspiration. A composer is playing around at the piano and: presto! A melody suddenly appears. A lyricist is standing nearby, listening...
EVERY GREAT ROAD HAS A SONGWRITER WHO DROVE IT
Most of us picture songwriting as a bolt of inspiration. A composer is playing around at the piano and: presto! A melody suddenly appears. A lyricist is standing nearby, listening...
How the Great American Songbook Helped America ...
By 1940, about 80 percent of American households owned a radio. For the first time in history, music could reach almost the entire country at once. Families gathered in living...
How the Great American Songbook Helped America ...
By 1940, about 80 percent of American households owned a radio. For the first time in history, music could reach almost the entire country at once. Families gathered in living...
The Secret Life of V-Discs
A Hidden History America's Wartime Music Problem By the summer of 1942, America had a music problem. The country had just entered World War II. Millions of Americans were serving...
The Secret Life of V-Discs
A Hidden History America's Wartime Music Problem By the summer of 1942, America had a music problem. The country had just entered World War II. Millions of Americans were serving...