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A trip back to the ’80s, with the feel of a more innocent age, whatever the reality
2 days, 17 hours ago

A trip back to the ’80s, with the feel of a more innocent age, whatever the reality

LA Times  

Book Review Playworld By Adam Ross Knopf: 528 pages, $29 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. Adam Ross’ extraordinary second novel, “Playworld,” is a beguiling ode to a lost era, one that predates helicopter parenting, cellphones and perhaps even cynicism. She was thirty-six, a mother …

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Shel Talmy, produced hits by The Who, The Kinks and other 1960s British bands, dead at 87
1 month, 1 week ago

Shel Talmy, produced hits by The Who, The Kinks and other 1960s British bands, dead at 87

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Shel Talmy, a Chicago-born music producer and arranger who worked on such British punk classics as The Who’s “My Generation” and The Kinks’ “You Really Got Me,” helped oversee hits by Manfred Mann and the duo Chad & Jeremy and was an early backer of David Bowie, has died. Talmy was a recording engineer in his mid-20s …

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Shel Talmy, record producer who oversaw hits by the Kinks and the Who, dies at 87
1 month, 1 week ago

Shel Talmy, record producer who oversaw hits by the Kinks and the Who, dies at 87

LA Times  

Shel Talmy, the American record producer who helped foment the British Invasion by capturing the scabrous guitar riff in the Kinks’ “You Really Got Me” and Roger Daltrey’s stuttering vocal line in the Who’s “My Generation,” died Wednesday. His death was announced in a post on his Facebook page, which said he “passed away peacefully at home” in Los Angeles …

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My mom tried to ban Shel Silverstein's "Where the Sidewalk Ends"
1 year, 2 months ago

My mom tried to ban Shel Silverstein's "Where the Sidewalk Ends"

Salon  

Once upon a time, my mom tried to ban Shel Silverstein's "Where the Sidewalk Ends" from my Christian elementary school library. So with the end goal of solving the mystery of what offended my mom, I decided to analyze Shel Silverstein's "Where the Sidewalk Ends" with that same biblical rigor. * * * I predicted my mom's book-banning story would …

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Coal Block Scam: CBI Court Frames Charges Against Former IAS Officer, Others
1 year, 6 months ago

Coal Block Scam: CBI Court Frames Charges Against Former IAS Officer, Others

Live Law  

The Special Judge for Coal Block Cases at Rouse Avenue District Court has framed charges in the 2007 coal block corruption case against former IAS officer D.G Philip, who was the Managing Director of Maharashtra State Mining Corporation Ltd and Avinash Manohar Rao Warjukar, who was the Chairman of MSMCL from December 2006 to June 2010. Special Judge Arun Bhardwaj …

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The 100 greatest children's books: Who voted?
1 year, 7 months ago

The 100 greatest children's books: Who voted?

BBC  

The 100 greatest children's books: Who voted? Ich bin wie der Fluss Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp – Literary translator and children's book consultant, United Kingdom 1. Le temps des secrets Dr Melanie Ramdarshan Bold – Senior Lecturer in Children's Literature, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom 1. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Chris Smith – Children's author and broadcaster, United Kingdom …

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L.A. Affairs: This is why I ignored the warnings against a workplace romance
4 years ago

L.A. Affairs: This is why I ignored the warnings against a workplace romance

LA Times  

He did not seem to want anything more than to be friends. Jobwise, I did a stint as public relations director in Los Angeles for the University of Judaism, where my expectations soared — as did those of my mother — that I would finally meet a “nice Jewish boy.” I also began answering personal ads in the Jewish Journal. …

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