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...
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...
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...
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)
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...
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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