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  1. V.C. Brunswick

    Hunting Hitler on the History Channel

    The theory expounded by The Tesla Files is that Tesla was working on a supposed Death Ray weapon and that he sold the plans to both Germany and the Soviet Union, except that it couldn't be built because the plans were incomplete -- This is their theory, not mine. In the typical scholarly...
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    The End of the Collector Mindset

    In my recent experience a measure of rarity can be garnered from the frequency that something turns up on eBay. There are a couple of things on my want list that appear to be exceedingly rare because they hardly, if ever, turn up on eBay. And it's not even anything that old -- one of them is a...
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    What was the last TV show you watched?

    Hornblower -- "Examination for Lieutenant" episode. Fun Fact: Series 1 of Hornblower was filmed in Yalta and the exterior of the place where young Midshipman Hornblower (Ioan Gruffud) goes for his exam is the Livadia Palace which was the site of the Yalta Conference during WWII. In the episode...
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    What are you listening to?

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    Music suggestions 20's 30's big band & jazz?

    Ambrose and his Orchestra -- If I Didn't Care (1939) vocal by Vera Lynn
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    Music suggestions 20's 30's big band & jazz?

    Ben Selvin and his Orchestra -- Dancing In The Dark (1931)
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    Today in History

    Happy 4th of July! :D
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    Your favourite commercials

    Cisco -- Don't Have a Meltdown (2008) Believe it or not, this was actually an ad for Cisco, a high tech company that specializes in networking hardware. When I first saw it I thought it was for real. (Warning: Strong Language)
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    Songs That Sound Alike

    The one that perplexes me is Following You Around, which was one of several theme songs used by Morecambe and Wise on their TV show. It was originally written and recorded in 1928 by Roger Wolfe Kahn but someone named Sylvan Whittingham Mason claims to have written it in 1970. And, indeed, she...
  10. V.C. Brunswick

    What are you listening to?

    Frank Sinatra -- You Make Me Feel So Young
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    The Good Neighbor Policy; Latin music in the 30's and 40's....

    Miguel Calo y su Orquesta Tipica -- Los Despojos (1947) (Ruins) vocal by Raul Iriarte Come, get up, don't cry Or beg or plead with me I hoped that one of these days Kneeling at my feet You would bring your pain But the years have passed And my anger has faded And today I finally see you...
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    Music suggestions 20's 30's big band & jazz?

    Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orchestra -- Ziegfeld Follies Medley (1927)
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    Music suggestions 20's 30's big band & jazz?

    Broadway Nitelites (Ben Selvin) -- Just Another Day Wasted Away (1927) vocal by Irving Kaufman
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    What are you listening to?

    Carlos Gardel -- Silencio
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    Paris In The Roaring Twenties

    Is Photobucket still charging $400 to subscribe? I switched to Imgur.
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    Show us Your Vintage Police Gear

    Post 'em if you've got 'em. :)
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    The Non Shorpy Web All Stars.

    Foxtrot from 1919 written by Mexican composer Higienio Ruvalcaba when he was 14-years-old.
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    Show us your photography

    Los Angeles May 14, 2018
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    What was the last TV show you watched?

    How to be an interesting person -- Believe in at least one conspiracy theory. :D

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