Timeless: How ‘Mad Men’ changed history on television
In 1972 the Robert Altman film M*A*S*H was turned into a weekly half-hour situation comedy series. In retrospect I’m stunned
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This Is The End: ‘Mad Men’ at the Museum of the Moving Image
Mad Men begins its final season on AMC next Sunday, April 5th. If you live in New York, this has
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The history of NYC in eight pop culture moments from 2014
In our 2014 Year In Review podcast, we didn’t have much time to talk about notable pop cultural events that
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History on television: new Boardwalk Empire, Copper petition, PLUS: Bowery Boys improvements on the way!
Frank and Al Capone, with Nelson Van Alden (played by Michael Shannon), at Western Electric’s Hawthorne Works in Cicero, although
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‘Mad Men’ ends this Sunday, and ‘Copper’ begins, but war and assassinations unite both
WARNING The article contains a couple light spoilers about the current season ‘Mad Men’ on AMC and a few on
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In Central Park, heated reactions to the assassination of Martin Luther King, while business booms at movie theaters
WARNING The article contains a couple light spoilers about last night’s ‘Mad Men’ on AMC. If you’re a fan of
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Recollections of the Electric Circus: “If you remembered much of what happened, you weren’t really there.”
The interior of the Electric Circus on St. Mark’s Place. Pic courtesy Christian Montone/flickrWARNING The article contains a couple light
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‘Mad Men’ notes: New York City on January 31, 1968
A press photo from Hair, the hottest show in town in early 1968, photographer Kenn DuncanWARNING The article contains a
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Odds and ends: Mad Men, NY Observer and great books!
Drinks with the Drapers: we may see the end of 1967 in the opening episode. (courtesy AMC)‘Mad Men’ Season 6
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City of debauchery: New York history and Sunday night TV
Party at Pompadou’s Bordello: Cocktails and carousing on ‘Copper’ Courtesy BBC America My first ever column for the Huffington Post
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‘Mad Men’ notes: New York City and electroshock therapy
Modern Mechanix celebrates an exciting new use for electricity! (Courtesy the great Modern Mechanix blog) WARNING The article contains a
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‘Mad Men’ notes: The 1960s enlightenment of New York’s natural history museum leaves taxidermy in the past
WARNING The article contains a couple spoilers about last night’s ‘Mad Men’ on AMC. If you’re a fan of the
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‘Mad Men’ notes: Hare Krishna blossoms in the East Village
Prabhupada in his early days in New York (Courtesy the Hare Krishna Movement blog) WARNING The article contains a couple spoilers
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‘Mad Men’ notes: Between Julia Child and Weight Watchers
WARNING The article contains a couple spoilers about last night’s ‘Mad Men’ on AMC. If you’re a fan of the
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‘Mad Men’ notes: The delirious world of Off-Off-Broadway
Radical thoughts, limited spaces: a performance at the Caffe Cino. Photo by Ben Martin (from an excellent website by Robert
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