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Abraham Lincoln Kitsch

Posted in visual culture, tagged , , , , , , on October 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Dear daydream believers, You might have heard, say here, or here, or (shout-out to my adviser) here, that 2009 marks the bicentennial of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. And what better way to celebrate his memory than with Brown University’s enormous collection of “Lincolniana“—though I keep reading it as “Lincolnalia,”  suggesting both paraphernalia and a [...]

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Love songs from the phonograph age

Posted in music, tagged , , , , on October 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Dear citizens of the land of nod, Today’s entry comes to you courtesy of UC Santa Barbara’s fabulous Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project–an archive of music from the early 20th century, when songs were recorded on hard wax cylinders. You could literally spend hours here building your ITunes playlist. Just imagine wooing your sweetheart with such ethnically-sensitive tunes as Irving Berlin’s “Sweet Italian Love,” [...]

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Home improvement (not the sitcom, I swear)

Posted in domesticity, tagged , , , , , on October 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Dear compatriots in soporific studies, One drawback to working from home is that the couch always looks far more attractive than the computer screen. I find myself contemplating this dilemma today on the arrival of our long-awaited sofa, named by its manufacturers “Rachel,” not to mention our new platform bed, named “Elan.” That’s right, Rachel [...]

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