Displaying items by tag: USA
Thursday, 24 November 2016 18:49
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
The Beatles, The Fab Four, The Mop Tops, John, Paul, George and Ringo, the band that doesn’t need any introduction.
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Thursday, 13 October 2016 16:18
A Short History of Holland, Dozier and Holland (1962-67) on ZANI
Lamont Dozier and brothers, Brian Holland and Edward Holland, Jr. were a song writing and production partnership who wrote and arranged many of the Motown hits from 1962–1967.
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Tuesday, 27 September 2016 17:14
Otis Ray Redding, Jr (1941 - 1967)
Otis Redding Jr was born in 1941 in Dawson, Georgia. When he was three the family moved to Macon where his father was a minister.
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Music
Wednesday, 21 September 2016 15:24
Route 66 Documentary - Iconography of the American Highway
U.S. Route 66 (US 66 or Route 66), also known as the Will Rogers Highway and colloquially known as the Main Street of America or the Mother Road, was one of the original highways within the U.S. Highway System. Route 66 was established on November 11, 1926, with road signs erected the following year.
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Monday, 12 September 2016 16:12
Timothy Leary - Documentary
Timothy Leary was early advocate of LSD experimentation. Leary taught psychology at Harvard and by 1960 was doing experiments with LSD and other...
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Wednesday, 17 August 2016 11:40
1968 Olympics The Black Power Salute
The protest that took place on top of the victory stand in Mexico City on the 16th October 1968, by US athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos (supported by Australian Peter Norman) was one of the greatest moments in the history of the Olympics.
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Tuesday, 05 July 2016 12:12
Wanda Jackson The First Lady of Rockabilly
Wanda Jean Jackson was born in 1937 in Maud, Oklahoma. Her father taught her to play the piano and guitar.
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Tuesday, 05 July 2016 11:44
Hunter S. Thompson Omnibus 1978
BBC program Omnibus features Nigel Finch's 50-minute 1978 documentary of Hunter S. Thompson and Ralph Steadman titled "Fear And Loathing In Gonzovision" at the beginning and "Fear And Loathing On The Road To Hollywood With Dr. Hunter S. Thompson And Ralph Steadman" at the end.
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Tuesday, 05 July 2016 10:58
Dean Cavanagh on Hunter S Thompson– The Don
I wrote this piece on my favorite writer in the early nineties for Positive Energy of Madness and soon after started a penpal friendship with him.
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Culture
Wednesday, 29 June 2016 15:28
Guns n Roses - The Band That Time Forgot
They epitomise everything that a rock n' roll band should be, Guns n Roses will always be up there in history as one of the greatest acts ever. This classic documentary goes behind the scenes to chart their rise to worldwide acclaim. Watch the whole feature exclusively on this channel for free.
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