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HISTORIAN HOWARD ZINN DIES AT 87

January 28th, 2010 · 1 Comment

via boston.com: Howard Zinn, the Boston University historian and political activist who was an early opponent of US involvement in Vietnam and whose books, such as “A People’s History of the United States,” inspired young and old to rethink the way textbooks present the American experience, died today in Santa Monica, Calif, where he was [...]

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BLACK JOE LEWIS AND THE HONEYBEARS: STAR TREK’S DEAD, MAN

August 31st, 2009 · 1 Comment

Black Joe Lewis is a Texas soul shouter who would have been at home on Sue in 1966 but finds himself instead on Lost Horizon with his band the Honeybears. He’s opened for Little Richard but his favorite rock ‘n’ roll band is Rocket From The Tombs and he loved Star Trek right up to the point J.J. Abrams got hold of it. This interview by Chris Ziegler.

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