Charles Apple
@charlesapple.bsky.social
Creator of nationally-distributed Further Review pages for the Spokesman-Review. Based in Lilburn, Georgia. First book was published in November 2024.
70 years ago Monday, Rosa Parks declined to give up her seat to white riders of a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus. Her arrest kicked off a 382 bus boycott that helped lead to the end of bus segregation. My Further Review in today's Spokesman-Review.
November 30, 2025 at 2:36 PM
70 years ago Monday, Rosa Parks declined to give up her seat to white riders of a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus. Her arrest kicked off a 382 bus boycott that helped lead to the end of bus segregation. My Further Review in today's Spokesman-Review.
Elvis mustered out of the Army in 1960, returned to the U.S. and resumed his recording career. He had three giant No. 1 hits that year. The third of those, "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" hit No. 1 65 years ago today.
November 28, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Elvis mustered out of the Army in 1960, returned to the U.S. and resumed his recording career. He had three giant No. 1 hits that year. The third of those, "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" hit No. 1 65 years ago today.
Some of what we know — or what we think we know — about the first Thanksgiving in 1621 has been overtaken by myth. My Further Review in today's Spokesman-Review is a Turkey Day fact check.
November 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Some of what we know — or what we think we know — about the first Thanksgiving in 1621 has been overtaken by myth. My Further Review in today's Spokesman-Review is a Turkey Day fact check.
110 years ago today, Albert Einstein published his General Theory of Relativity. What did the theory say? What did it mean? And whaddya mean he had TWO Theories of Relativity? My Further Review in today's Spokesman-Review attempts to explain all...
November 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
110 years ago today, Albert Einstein published his General Theory of Relativity. What did the theory say? What did it mean? And whaddya mean he had TWO Theories of Relativity? My Further Review in today's Spokesman-Review attempts to explain all...
A half-century ago today, "Opening Soon at a Theater Near You" featuring newspaper movie critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert debuted on Chicago's WTTW. Perhaps you'll give a "thumbs up" to my Further Review in today's Spokesman-Review...
November 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM
A half-century ago today, "Opening Soon at a Theater Near You" featuring newspaper movie critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert debuted on Chicago's WTTW. Perhaps you'll give a "thumbs up" to my Further Review in today's Spokesman-Review...
The first Pixar movie, "Toy Story," opened 30 years ago Saturday. My Further Review in today's Spokesman-Review takes readers "to infinity ... and beyond!"
November 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The first Pixar movie, "Toy Story," opened 30 years ago Saturday. My Further Review in today's Spokesman-Review takes readers "to infinity ... and beyond!"
When John Lennon was my age, he had been dead for 23 years.
November 21, 2025 at 12:56 AM
When John Lennon was my age, he had been dead for 23 years.
Christmas gifts. You know you need to start shopping. Make it easy on yourself. Give the gift that any book lover will enjoy: "Further Review: The Stories Behind the History You Thought You Knew." Find it at Amazon:
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November 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Christmas gifts. You know you need to start shopping. Make it easy on yourself. Give the gift that any book lover will enjoy: "Further Review: The Stories Behind the History You Thought You Knew." Find it at Amazon:
www.amazon.com/Further-Revi...
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Mama ... Just built a page ... About Queen and singer Fred, don't waste a minute 'til it's read ... My Further Review on this hit song, a half-century old now, in today's Spokesman-Review.
November 20, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Mama ... Just built a page ... About Queen and singer Fred, don't waste a minute 'til it's read ... My Further Review on this hit song, a half-century old now, in today's Spokesman-Review.
I thought some of you might be hoppy to know that Mark Twain published his first short story, "Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog," 160 years ago today. My Further Review in today's Spokesman-Review.
November 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I thought some of you might be hoppy to know that Mark Twain published his first short story, "Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog," 160 years ago today. My Further Review in today's Spokesman-Review.
Somebody mentioned my career a couple of weeks ago, so I thought it might be time to update my career job longevity chart... Yeah, I've held my current job much longer than any other job I've ever worked.
November 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Somebody mentioned my career a couple of weeks ago, so I thought it might be time to update my career job longevity chart... Yeah, I've held my current job much longer than any other job I've ever worked.
"Home Alone" starring 9-year-old Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern and Catherine O'Hara was released 35 years ago today. My Further Review in today's Spokesman-Review.
November 16, 2025 at 2:10 PM
"Home Alone" starring 9-year-old Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern and Catherine O'Hara was released 35 years ago today. My Further Review in today's Spokesman-Review.
"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest starring Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher was released a half-century ago next Wednesday. It would win five Oscars, including Best Leading Actor and Actress, Best Director and Best Picture. My Further Review in today's Spokesman-Review.
November 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest starring Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher was released a half-century ago next Wednesday. It would win five Oscars, including Best Leading Actor and Actress, Best Director and Best Picture. My Further Review in today's Spokesman-Review.
So we get back to Rock Hill today ... we decide to stroll through the buildings where most of my art and communications classes were held ... and we run slap into Terry Plumb, who was my editor at the Rock Hill Herald from 1988 to 1993.
November 14, 2025 at 12:24 AM
So we get back to Rock Hill today ... we decide to stroll through the buildings where most of my art and communications classes were held ... and we run slap into Terry Plumb, who was my editor at the Rock Hill Herald from 1988 to 1993.
85 years ago today, Walt Disney's orchestral masterpiece "Fantasia" premiered at New York's Broadway Theater -- the same venue where "Steamboat Willie" had debuted, 12 years before. My Further Review in today's Spokesman-Review.
November 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
85 years ago today, Walt Disney's orchestral masterpiece "Fantasia" premiered at New York's Broadway Theater -- the same venue where "Steamboat Willie" had debuted, 12 years before. My Further Review in today's Spokesman-Review.
Well! This quote seems particularly timely today.
I've never seen this quote before. Came across it today while researching topics to consider building pages on next year.
I've never seen this quote before. Came across it today while researching topics to consider building pages on next year.
November 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Well! This quote seems particularly timely today.
I've never seen this quote before. Came across it today while researching topics to consider building pages on next year.
I've never seen this quote before. Came across it today while researching topics to consider building pages on next year.
Sharon and I are headed back to our old college town (Winthrop College) of Rock Hill, S.C., this week for Sharon's 40th graduation reunion. This will be the first time we've set foot in that city -- where we lived for so long in the early 1990s -- since my aborted move back there in 2008.
November 12, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Sharon and I are headed back to our old college town (Winthrop College) of Rock Hill, S.C., this week for Sharon's 40th graduation reunion. This will be the first time we've set foot in that city -- where we lived for so long in the early 1990s -- since my aborted move back there in 2008.
55 years ago next Monday, Douglas Englebart of the Stanford Research Institute was granted a patent for the computer mouse. Most of us didn't see a mouse until the introduction of the Macintosh computer, 14 years later. My Further Review in today's Spokesman-Review.
November 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
55 years ago next Monday, Douglas Englebart of the Stanford Research Institute was granted a patent for the computer mouse. Most of us didn't see a mouse until the introduction of the Macintosh computer, 14 years later. My Further Review in today's Spokesman-Review.
India-born Journalism professor Sonora Jha @sonorajha.bsky.social released her fourth book last month. It's getting all sorts of great reviews. My Further Review in today's Spokesman-Review.
November 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
India-born Journalism professor Sonora Jha @sonorajha.bsky.social released her fourth book last month. It's getting all sorts of great reviews. My Further Review in today's Spokesman-Review.
35 years ago Sunday, "Dances With Wolves" produced by, directed by and starring Kevin Costner, went into limited release in U.S. theaters. The film would be nominated for 12 Oscars. My Further Review in today's Spokesman-Review.
November 7, 2025 at 1:10 PM
35 years ago Sunday, "Dances With Wolves" produced by, directed by and starring Kevin Costner, went into limited release in U.S. theaters. The film would be nominated for 12 Oscars. My Further Review in today's Spokesman-Review.
60 years ago today, the U.S. and Cuban governments agreed to allow regular emigration airplane flights aimed at reunifying Cuban families who had loved ones in the U.S. Freedom Flights would begin Dec. 1, 1965. My Further Review in today's Spokesman-Review.
November 6, 2025 at 1:10 PM
60 years ago today, the U.S. and Cuban governments agreed to allow regular emigration airplane flights aimed at reunifying Cuban families who had loved ones in the U.S. Freedom Flights would begin Dec. 1, 1965. My Further Review in today's Spokesman-Review.
The S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald sank during a storm on Lake Superior a half-century ago next Monday. And a year later, Canadian folk singer Gordon Lightfoot released a song about the sinking. My Further Review in today's Spokesman-Review.
November 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald sank during a storm on Lake Superior a half-century ago next Monday. And a year later, Canadian folk singer Gordon Lightfoot released a song about the sinking. My Further Review in today's Spokesman-Review.
85 years ago this coming Friday, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington state twisted and danced in a windstorm and then collapsed. The bridge was only four months old. My Further Review in today's Spokesman-Review.
November 2, 2025 at 3:33 PM
85 years ago this coming Friday, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington state twisted and danced in a windstorm and then collapsed. The bridge was only four months old. My Further Review in today's Spokesman-Review.
I have no clue who Codey Dauch is, but man, he KILLED it with the cover of our hoops section today!
October 31, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I have no clue who Codey Dauch is, but man, he KILLED it with the cover of our hoops section today!
Also in today's paper is our basketball preview section, which is themed with Halloween, and trick-or-treating in comic book hero costumes. In my page about Gonzaga, I focused on the treats. Text by our sports editor, Ralph Walter.
October 31, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Also in today's paper is our basketball preview section, which is themed with Halloween, and trick-or-treating in comic book hero costumes. In my page about Gonzaga, I focused on the treats. Text by our sports editor, Ralph Walter.