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Music for Robots
Inside dozens of comic books in 1961 could be found the following advertisement: “Brand New – Created Just for You – the Most Amazing Half Hour on Record as FORREST J ACKERMAN himself time-travels to...
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Calling all Astrobillies!
Gene Vincent 1961 Tweet A lot of the posts on this blog are about the beginning of a story; such and such first did this in 1961 and went on to do that in the years that followed. Today’s post is...
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The Beatle Haircut is Born
It was fifty years ago today, Jürgen Vollmer taught the band how to do their hair. The traditional story has it that former Beatle bassist Stu Sutcliffe (living in Germany) was the first to wear the...
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Dartford Station
Model of a planned statue for Dartford Station to commemorate the first meeting of Jagger and Richards. On the morning of October 17, 1961, Mick Jagger, then 18, arrived at platform two of Kent’s...
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The Bobby Darin Dream Car
Forget the Batmobile; I’ll take Bobby Darin’s Dream Car. Andy Di Dia was a clothing designer from Detroit who spent seven years and over $150,000 building a car that puts the Ford Futura concept car...
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