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Our Presidents: “Q: Why do you guys only do things about the past 82 years?”

Sat, 26 May 2012 02:27:58 -0400

Our Presidents: “Q: Why do you guys only do things about the past 82 years?” :

Good question. The short answer is that the 82 year time frame of “Our Presidents” corresponds with the 13 administrations from Presidents Herbert Hoover through George W. Bush.

The longer answer starts some time around 1939. During Franklin D. Roosevelt’s second term in…

ourpresidents: Celebrating the life of Betty Ford, April 8,...

Sat, 26 May 2012 02:26:44 -0400

ourpresidents:

Celebrating the life of Betty Ford, April 8, 1918 - July 8, 2011

First Lady Betty Ford and daughter Susan share the President’s chair in the Oval Office. December 8, 1974.

-from the Ford Presidential Library and Museum

ourpresidents: Remembering Betty Ford. April 8, 1918 - July 8,...

Sat, 26 May 2012 02:17:11 -0400

ourpresidents:

Remembering Betty Ford. April 8, 1918 - July 8, 2011.

First Lady Betty Ford greets newly-arrived Vietnamese children at the Camp Pendleton Refugee Camp in California. May 21, 1975.

-from the Ford Presidential Library and Museum

ourpresidents: Happy birthday to all who share the same...

Sat, 26 May 2012 02:15:45 -0400

ourpresidents:

Happy birthday to all who share the same birthday with Gerald R. Ford! On July 14, 1913 the 38th President of the United States was born in Omaha, Nebraska.

Here’s a young Gerald, around 3 years old, with his pet Boston Terrier. Different sources identify the dog as either Spot or Fleck. Circa 1916.

-from the Ford Presidential Library

ourpresidents: On this day in 1960, Lyndon B. Johnson accepted...

Sat, 26 May 2012 02:15:04 -0400

ourpresidents:

On this day in 1960, Lyndon B. Johnson accepted the nomination as John F. Kennedy’s running mate for Vice President of the United States at the Democratic National Convention.

-from the Johnson Presidential Library

Tuneage: Ghouls and Ghosts and Spooks. Oh My!

Fri, 25 May 2012 09:31:44 -0400

Tuneage: Ghouls and Ghosts and Spooks. Oh My!:

tuneage:

It’s getting close to Halloween, and you think your only musical option is “Monster Mash”, right? Wrong.

There’s a surprising amount of good music out there that fits the Halloween vibe perfectly (in feel, if not in theme) without being cheesy, but too many people overlook it. Well now’s your…

tuneage: How about a little comic relief for the weekend? This...

Fri, 25 May 2012 09:31:12 -0400

tuneage:

How about a little comic relief for the weekend? This sketch comes from the British comedy The Fast Show, which regrettably hung up its boots for good in 2000. Give it a name, brothers and sisters, it’s Indie Club. (Thanks, Inky.)

tuneage: The Beatles - “All My Loving” On September 9, 2009,...

Fri, 25 May 2012 09:29:57 -0400

tuneage:

The Beatles - “All My Loving”

On September 9, 2009, the Beatles will be reintroduced to America with the remastering and rerelease of their entire catalog. This date also marks the release of The Beatles: Rock Band.

Each album will feature the track listings and artwork as it was originally released in the U.K. and come with expanded booklets including original and newly written liner notes and rare photos.

With all of the likely hype that is about to happen over the next couple of days, we at Tuneage would like to remind you of how it all began. The above video is the Beatles first appearance on American television which occurred on February 9, 1964 on the Ed Sullivan Show.

tuneage: WWTB This just might be the biggest WWTB we’ve had...

Fri, 25 May 2012 09:29:02 -0400

Balmorhea - Constellations

Efterklang - Magic Chairs

Eluvium - Similes

Jaga Jazzist - One Armed Bandit

Joanna Newsom - Have One on Me

Holly Miranda - The Magician's Private..

Shearwater - The Golden Archipelago

Shout Out Louds - Work

Xiu Xiu - Dear God, I Hate Myself

tuneage:

WWTB

This just might be the biggest WWTB we’ve had yet. We hope you have money left for a t-shirt when you’re done buying all these:

Balmorhea - Constellations (buy the CD/buy the MP3s)

Efterklang - Magic Chairs (buy the CD/buy the MP3s)

Eluvium - Similes (buy the CD/buy the MP3s)

Jaga Jazzist - One-Armed Bandit (buy the CD/buy the MP3s)

Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me (buy the CD)

Holly Miranda - The Magician’s Private Library (buy the CD/buy the MP3s)

Shearwater - The Golden Archipelago (buy the CD/buy the MP3s)

Shout Out Louds - Work (buy the CD/buy the MP3s)

Xiu Xiu - Dear God, I Hate Myself (buy the CD/buy the MP3s)

tuneage: WWTB I guess those couple of quiet weeks were just...

Fri, 25 May 2012 09:27:45 -0400

Antony & the Johnsons - Swanlights

Badly Drawn Boy - Photographing...

Belle and Sebastian - Write About...

Idlewild - Post Electric Blues

Joshua Radin - The Rock and the Tide

The Klaxons - Surfing the Void

Styrofoam - Disco Synthesizers...

Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz

tuneage:

WWTB

I guess those couple of quiet weeks were just leading up to this week of excellent.

Antony and the Johnsons - Swanlights (buy the CD/buy the MP3s)

Badly Drawn Boy - It’s What I’m Thinking: Photographing Snowflakes (buy the CD/buy the MP3s)

Belle & Sebastian - Write About Love (buy the CD/buy the MP3s)

Idlewild - Post Electric Blues (buy the CD/buy the MP3s)

Joshua Radin - The Rock and the Tide (buy the CD/buy the MP3s)

Klaxons - Surfing the Void (buy the MP3s)

Styrofoam - Disco Synthesizers & Daily Tranquilizers (buy the CD/buy the MP3s)

Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz (buy the CD/buy the MP3s)

British Invasion(s)

Fri, 25 May 2012 09:23:34 -0400

shitmystudentswrite:

Also, the United States was under strict control by their English rulers. When people are under strict supervision and a harsh set of rules and expectations, eventually something will have to give. The Revolutionary War was exactly that, the reaction from Americans once they realized they could not longer put up with the controlling power bloc. Similarly, teenage girls in the sixties experienced a similar phenomenon: Beatlemania.