A DATE WITH HISTORY: Tuesday, Aug. 4, 1953

In the Top Ten:I’m Walking Behind You by Eddie Fisher https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9-bGTUG24o On the Bestseller List: Uncle Pogo’s So-So Stories by Walt Kelly Photo credit: abebooks.com New In Theaters: The Maze https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b92iwO1XIx4 New In Comic Shops: Adventure Comics #191 Photo credit: mycomicshop.com On TV: Heaven for Betsy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBUOK54o9aA Magazine Roulette: Speed Age Photo credit: jimsmegamagazines.com Sports: …

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Poetry: River Sonnet by Tacey M. AtsittyWater levels have bled out,Like it had just bitten its lip& was about to swell – then rip:Read more Song In My Head: Across 110th Street by Bobby Womack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOg_8hCC4u4 Art: Dennis Geden’s Angel of Peace Tries Again Photo credit: artsy.net Quote: “You may choose to look the other …

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A DATE WITH HISTORY: Monday, Aug. 3, 1987

In the Top Ten: True Faith by New Order https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfI1S0PKJR8 On the Bestseller List: Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams Photo credit: abebooks.com New In Theaters: The Lost Boys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1Iqy6m7U7c New In Comic Shops: Madballs #5 Photo credit: mycomicshop.com On TV: The Lonely Lady https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EE4PJjlthc Magazine Roulette: Fangoria Photo credit: issu.com Sports: Minnesota …

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Poetry: It Comes in Every Storm by Olga OrozcoTranslated by Mary CrowAnd don’t you feel also, perhaps, a stormy sorrow of the skin of      time,like a scar that opens againthere where the sky was uprooted?Read more Song In My Head: Lungs by Lyle Lovett https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GqSQeviLbs Art: Luis Tomasello’s Objet Plastique N. 1026 Photo …

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A DATE WITH HISTORY: Monday, Aug. 2, 1965

In the Top Ten: What the World Needs Now Is Love by Jackie DeShannon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ2SAtkEsqU On the Bestseller List: Up the Down Staircase by Bel Kaufman Photo credit: abebooks.com New In Theaters: The Great Race https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9biklE2wA6M New In Comic Shops: Metamorpho #1 Photo credit: mycomicshop.com On TV: The Farmer’s Daughter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_XymI0RZWY Magazine Roulette: Black Belt …

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