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8 days ago by acb
Thatcher-era sophistipop frontman wrote wine-bar soul anthem to impress post-punk crush object
music
history
1980s
sophistipop
yachtrock
8 days ago by acb
BBC News - The Cold War rival to Eurovision
9 days ago by acb
The story of the Communist bloc's odd attempt at a Eurovision-style song contest, with all the requisite politicised rigging. Oddly enough, Finland participated in both this and Eurovision.
eurovision
ussr
warsawpact
coldwar
history
communism
bizarre
9 days ago by acb
History of the fascist roots of the Olympics
27 days ago by acb
Fun fact: the IOC was run, until recently by a Spanish Falangist.
history
olympics
fascism
ideology
totalitarianism
27 days ago by acb
From Dictatorship to Democracy: The Role Ex-Nazis Played in Early West Germany - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
11 weeks ago by acb
West Germany's establishment was riddled with Nazis from the start; which is probably why it didn't collapse like de-Baathified Iraq. Sometimes one has to make ugly compromises.
history
germany
nazi
11 weeks ago by acb
A (US) Conservative argument against the Enlightenment
june 2011 by acb
Had things turned out differently, Cultural Marxism may have been routed, and we could be living in a golden age of Christian monarchies
rightwingers
history
psychoceramics
june 2011 by acb
State Library of New South Wales' Flickr photostream
october 2008 by acb
Historic Australian photographs, now on Flickr (with geotagging), albeit in low resolution only.
history
australia
flickr
sydney
october 2008 by acb
Photos of (mostly) Eastern-bloc vintage computers from the Museum of Technology, Warsaw
august 2008 by acb
Includes knockoffs of Western PCs and 8-bit home computers
retrocomputing
tech
history
poland
easternbloc
august 2008 by acb
Negritude 2.0 | Retelling the History of Black Music: Part I: Adventures in Retro-ism
march 2008 by acb
When given a choice between innovation and reverence, black music fans choose innovation every time.
music
retro
culture
history
black
afroamerican
society
soul
funk
race
march 2008 by acb
Don To Earth: possibly the world's oldest blogger
december 2006 by acb
I hope I'm this lucid and interesting when I'm in my 90s.
blog
history
raconteur
interesting
december 2006 by acb
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