Long Before Bobby Bonilla’s 25 Year Gravy Train, This Random NFL Player Negotiated An Equally Creative And Lucrative Deal…

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If you pay attention to Celebrity Net Worth, or Twitter, or Facebook, or the news, or everyone on ESPN, you probably heard that today is very special day. July 1st is international Bobby Bonilla Day. […]

Japanese rockers Kikagaku Moyo: ‘Watching people board a train – that’s psychedelic!’ | Psychedelia

Frontman and drummer Go Kurosawa.

When we think of psychedelic music, we think of the Jimi Hendrix Experience, the 13th Floor Elevators, blurry images from Woodstock. But for Japanese band Kikagaku Moyo, psychedelia is exemplified by their nation’s countercultural heroes […]

A perfect song: Gladys Knight’s “Midnight Train to Georgia”

A singing group of one woman and three men, all dressed in white, performs onstage.

This essay is adapted from Danyel Smith’s new book, “Shine Bright: A Very Personal History of Black Women in Pop.” My questions have never changed. Been asking since L.A. was new to me. Since my […]

Homage to Spain’s railways: take the slow train for the best scenic routes | Spain holidays

Stained glass window at Bilbao-Abando Station.

Shared from www.theguardian.com Spain was a slow starter with trains. Its first tracks, between Mataró and Barcelona, covering about 20 miles, were laid in 1848, 18 years after the world’s first intercity line, between Manchester […]