Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacturing Company
Founded in 1889, the Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacturing Company (SCLMC) was one of the many mills that helped transform Seattle into the lumber capital of
DEVO Nipples
Formed in Akron, Ohio, in the early 1970s, DEVO emerged as one of the strangest and most influential bands of the American new wave era.
Politithon ’70
In the fall of 1970, Florida voters were presented with an unusual experiment in political television. Politithon ’70 was a groundbreaking, live four-and-a-half-hour public-service broadcast
Slow Days
“We all have slow days, off days, days we feel tired or uninspired, but they are nothing to concern yourself with. Like the ocean, the
The Drew Wright UFO Sighting
On July 18, 1997, at around 10:00 a.m., Drew Wright was sightseeing in Rome when he captured this unusual photograph of a UFO in Rome.
Never Apologize For Burning Too Brightly
“Never apologize for burning too brightly or collapsing into yourself every night… that is how galaxies are made.” – Tyler Kent White
The Reason Milk Crates Have Such Stern Warnings on Them
Those stern warnings stamped on milk crates aren’t there to stop you from storing vinyl records. They’re a legal weapon against organized crime rings fueling
Garehime Music Co: The First Music, Radio, And Record Store In Las Vegas.
Jake W. and Edith Garehime came to Las Vegas in ’24. Jake was a jeweler by trade, but he also knew how to rebuild pianos.
When American Brewers Managed to Tank One of Germany’s Best Beers Domestically
Long before the American craft-beer revolution introduced drinkers to a seemingly endless variety of European styles, Löwenbräu was one of the names that defined imported
All Your Heroes Were on Drugs
Have you heard of “Stoicism”? They tell you it is a philosophy about austere reserve and self-control. Marcus Aurelius, the Roman emperor, is the great
The Ramones and CBGB: Forever Linked
The Ramones and CBGB were so integral to the development of the punk rock music genre in the mid-1970s that you can’t think of one
Welcome Space Brothers
UFOs, Past Lives, and the Space-Age New Age: Few organizations capture the wonderfully strange intersection of 1950s flying-saucer culture, New Age spirituality, psychedelic art, and