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Laura Lee

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Author of more than 20 books including Oscar's Ghost, novels Angel and Identity Theft, A Child's Introduction to Ballet & more. I mostly write about language, the stories we tell and the subjects of the books I've written. https://lauraleeauthor.wordpres

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Laura Lee @lauraleeauthor.bsky.social · Apr 13

If it sounds refreshing to take a break from all of the news and put yourself in another time and place for a while, might I suggest 1992 in a small market radio station? lauraleeauthor.wordpress.com/2025/04/12/a...

A New Novel about 1990s Radio Available Now

Saturn’s Favorite Music takes you into the world of small market radio at the beginning of the 1990s. It follows Clara Jane who is fresh out of broadcast school when she lands her first job i…

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Laura Lee @lauraleeauthor.bsky.social · 12h

Sad.

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Wait until he sees this one: youtu.be/2R8QxCD6ir8?...

The last speech of Ronald Reagan as president was on immigration

YouTube video by Montclair Immigration Network

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Ad for the Green Hornet radio show, Detroit Free Press, 1937.

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Bob Dylan & Joan Baez | Deportee | Woody Guthrie Cover | 1976

YouTube video by Wil

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The drawing of the ballroom reminds me of the first class dining room on Titanic.

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A ballroom with a White House attached.

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Which band name is better Toad the Wet Sprocket or Colonel Popcorn's Butter Band? lauraleeauthor.substack.com/p/not-that-n...

Not THAT Nirvana

Lesser-Known Bands Who Had Famous Names First

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Laura Lee @lauraleeauthor.bsky.social · 5d

I can't believe that there were TWO Toad the Wet Sprockets. open.substack.com/pub/lauralee...

Not THAT Nirvana

Lesser-Known Bands Who Had Famous Names First

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Laura Lee @lauraleeauthor.bsky.social · 5d

What could go wrong?

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The British music magazine Disc wasn't all that impressed with The Kinks debut single. (From the Feb 15, 1964 edition)

Laura Lee @lauraleeauthor.bsky.social · 8d

Before we were called GenX we were called the MTV Generation. Do you have any thoughts on the demise of MTV? Here are mine: lauraleeauthor.substack.com/p/mtv-a-thin...

MTV: A Thing We Did When We Were Younger

“And we’re going to turn our TV monitor off now for a short bit while we have some other work to do.

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Laura Lee @lauraleeauthor.bsky.social · 8d

Doesn’t have the same ring to it.

Laura Lee @lauraleeauthor.bsky.social · 9d

A reflection on the quiet fade out of MTV. open.substack.com/pub/lauralee...

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 10d

#OtD 16 Oct 1854 Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was born in Dublin, Ireland. Moving to London, he became an advocate of libertarian socialism and an early inspiration for what would become a movement for LGBT+ rights. Commemorated here: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...

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Laura Lee @lauraleeauthor.bsky.social · 10d

I love to explore old music magazines. I found some tracks I'd never heard before in a 1980 issue of Smash Hits. open.substack.com/pub/lauralee...

Smash Hits and the 1980 Tracks You Missed

Some Retro Music Finds in the Magazine Archives

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Laura Lee @lauraleeauthor.bsky.social · 11d

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A Texas District Has Just Banned Students from Secondary School Libraries

In order to ban books from its libraries, New Braunfels Independent School District has just closed its libraries to middle and high schoolers.

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Colleen [Redacted] @librarycolleen.bsky.social · 12d

Hawaii library system bans displays that refer to 'Banned Books Week,' rebrands to 'Freedom to Read' 📚
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Hawaii library system bans displays that refer to 'Banned Books Week,' rebrands to 'Freedom to Read'

Last week Lani Kawahara, who oversees the young adult section at Kauai’s largest library, set up her annual display to mark Banned Books Week, a national campaign that kicked off Sunday to spotlight t...

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Laura Lee @lauraleeauthor.bsky.social · 12d

It is a lot of work to write full articles. When you are thinking of it as “content” to “boost engagement” and build a brand I can see why people want to pawn it off on robots.

Laura Lee @lauraleeauthor.bsky.social · 13d

Oct 13 1933- A new Mae West film opened to great fanfare. MGM publicist Arthur L. Mayer, had even trained 70 parrots to squawk the title, "It Ain't no Sin." The only problem? When the film opened, they had changed the title to "I'm No Angel."
Mayer, disgruntled, left Hollywood for New York.

Laura Lee @lauraleeauthor.bsky.social · 13d

On this day in rock history: A Detroit DJ ignites the rumor that Paul is dead. open.substack.com/pub/lauralee...

Turn Me On Dead Man

The Rumor that Beatle Paul McCartney Was Dead Was Ignited By a Detroit DJ on this Date in 1969

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Laura Lee @lauraleeauthor.bsky.social · 15d

A little item from The Catholic Columbian, 1 June 1895

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A Short History of the Rock T-shirt. open.substack.com/pub/lauralee...

The History of the Rock T-Shirt

As I was folding my laundry today, I got to wondering about the history of the ubiquitous rock band t-shirt.

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Laura Lee @lauraleeauthor.bsky.social · 16d

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Oldest written customer complaint

This record is for the oldest written customer complaint to be discovered. This record is to be attempted by an organisation or institute. This record is measured in years.

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Laura Lee @lauraleeauthor.bsky.social · 17d

Songs that became hits thanks to radio DJs. lauraleeauthor.substack.com/p/songs-that...

Songs That Became Hits Thanks to Radio DJs

At its core radio is an opportunity to share music created in one place and time with a wider audience.

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pulp.aadl.org @pulp.aadl.org · 17d

Alive and Well:
@aadl.org's Dead Media Day celebrates the past in the digital age. The 10/12 event pays homage to retro media, entertainment, and ephemera. To get in the spirit of it, Pulp writer Lori Stratton shares five pieces of dead media from her personal collection.
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Photos of a reel-to-reel tape machine, a typewriter, a VHS tape, and a floppy disk.

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