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A collection of 53 posts

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Smiles of Earth

Time for a cultural consumption catch-up

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The Nielsens: November 12-18, 1984

Reliving the highs and lows from the television ratings this week in 1984

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Anticipation

Read this instead of biting your nails

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The Nielsens: September 10-16, 1984

The highs and lows of the TV ratings from this week in 1984

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Boom, Child

Cutouts Gone Wild!, Styx style

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An Imaginal Diskussion

The concept album is alive and well

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Sayin' Hello to the Folks

It's a Cutouts Gone Wild! kind of Thursday

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Bringing It Back Around

Listening, reading, watching, looking

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Jivin'

How's everyone doing?

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The Nielsens: July 16-22, 1984

Reliving the highs and lows of the TV ratings from this week in 1984

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Bye, Bob

Farewell to a legendary straight man

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#AmWriting

I've got the fever for the flavor of another chapter

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I Have Returned

Home again, home again, jiggity-jig

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Brats Matter

Let the past live in the past

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Where Does the Time Go?

I may look lazy, but on a molecular level I'm quite busy

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Soulsville U.S.A.

The house that Jim, Estelle, and Al built

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Everyone Wins

Taking a moment to breathe at the crossroads

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Soundtrack Love Affair

Praising some gems from (mostly) little-heard film and television soundtrack

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The Nielsens: May 21-27, 1984

Reliving the highs and lows of the TV ratings from this week in 1984

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Every Stitch and Seam

A day spent with the latest from some North Carolina boys on repeat

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One and Done: '80s Sitcom Edition

Some sitcoms in the '80s were huge hits. Many others were not

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The Nielsens: April 23-29, 1984

Looking back at some highs and lows of the TV ratings from this week in 1984

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Funny Glasses Day 2024

I hope your cones and rods are okay

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The Nielsens: March 26-April 1, 1984

Looking back at the highs and lows of the TV ratings from this week in 1984

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Did These Kids Murder Power Pop?

When does a musical genre "die"? And is it possible for a couple of cartoon characters to kill it?