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That Time I Looked for UFOs: The UFO Flap of October 1973
February 26, 2023March 1, 2023

That Time I Looked for UFOs:
The UFO Flap of October 1973

October 1973.  US involvement in Viet Nam ended with the springtime Paris Accord, and the Nation was moving on. The meat shortages of summer were behind […]

Category: Counterculture, Lint Trap
Forgotten TV Shows:  Project UFO
July 20, 2022August 12, 2022

Forgotten TV Shows:  
Project UFO

“Ezekiel saw the wheel. This is the wheel he said he saw. These are Unidentified Flying Objects that people say they are seeing now. Are […]

Category: Lint Trap, TV Revolution
Dark Shadows Q & A: “Why Do Dogs Howl at Barnabas?”
April 30, 2022May 1, 2022

Dark Shadows Q & A:
“Why Do Dogs Howl at Barnabas?”

Taking a break from my hectic life, I paused to answer a blog-related email yesterday. While researching pointless minutia from a Dark Shadows Fan™, I found a […]

Category: Lint Trap, TV Revolution
A Bewitching Scent and a Spell:The Witchy World of Styx
March 16, 2022March 25, 2022

A Bewitching Scent and a Spell:
The Witchy World of Styx

There are those few times that social media serves a purpose other than pointless arguments. Midcentury Fashion is one of those rare groups where fights […]

Category: Counterculture, Fashionista, Lint Trap
The Sad Story of “Sweet Cream Ladies, Forward March”
January 30, 2022January 31, 2022

The Sad Story of “Sweet Cream Ladies, Forward March”

[Yes, I’ve been lazy. Here’s a new post! – Ed.] Nineteen-sixty-eight turned to 1969. The world, filled with an equal feeling of hope and dread, […]

Category: Counterculture, Lint Trap
Hail and Farewell:  Grier’s Almanac Ceases Publication
December 31, 2021April 1, 2022

Hail and Farewell: Grier’s Almanac Ceases Publication

When I was a child, two things always heralded the impending holiday season: the arrival of Sears Christmas Catalog and Grier’s Almanac. When those things hit […]

Category: Lint Trap
Fifty Shades of Scrooge
December 24, 2021December 26, 2021

Fifty Shades of Scrooge

I had planned a whole bunch of cheerful mid-century themed posts for this Christmas season.  But, on the day after Thanksgiving, Omicron decided it was a […]

Category: Counterculture, Lint Trap
“Farewell, People of the Page.” Author Anne Rice Has Died
December 12, 2021December 12, 2021

“Farewell, People of the Page.” Author Anne Rice Has Died

Another bit of sad news.  Author Anne Rice has passed away at age 80.  A prolific writer, she produced over 30 books from 1976 to 2018.  Her son, […]

Category: Counterculture, Lint Trap
That Time I Investigated a Haunted House
October 31, 2021October 31, 2021

That Time I Investigated a Haunted House

I can’t claim to have been a roaring success in my life.  Unless my lottery numbers match tonight, I never will achieve fame and fortune. It […]

Category: Lint Trap
Red Roses for a Blue Specter: Stop Trash Talking the Lowly Ouija Board
October 22, 2021October 24, 2021

Red Roses for a Blue Specter: Stop Trash Talking the Lowly Ouija Board

A few weeks ago, a good friend sent me a desperate text message in the middle of the afternoon: “I feel like I live on […]

Category: Lint Trap, Ship of Fools

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