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Short Stories on the History & Power
of Popular Culture
— Stories by Jack Doyle —
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“Nader’s Raiders”1968-1974 Ralph Nader’s student |
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“Goldfinger”1959-1965 The James Bond film |
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“Beatles History”1960s-2012 Beatles’ biographies, |
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“Barack & Bruce”2008-2012 Bruce Springsteen & other |
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“Empire Newhouse”1920s-2012 From newspapers & magazines |
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“The Yogi Chronicles”1940s-2012 The life and times of |
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“Power in the Pen”1962-1963 Rachel Carson’s book, Silent |
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“Brian’s Song”1977-2012 Brian Lamb’s C-SPAN |
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“Apple Rising”1976-1985 Steve Jobs & Steve Wozniak |
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“The iPod Silhouettes”2000-2011 Apple’s dancing figures |
“The Jack Pack”Pt.1: 1958-60 Frank Sinatra’s “Rat Pack” |
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“The Jack Pack”Pt. 2: 1961-64 Good times JFK Inaugural |
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“Barracuda Politics”2008 Sarah Palin campaign music |
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“Reagan & Springsteen”1984 How Bruce Springsteen’s |
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“FDR & Vanity Fair”1930s Magazine cover art & |
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“1968 Presidential Race”Democrats Paul Newman & friends |
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“Google & Gaga”2011 Lady Gaga & Google make |
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“Rockwell & Race”1963-1968 Norman Rockwell’s art |
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“Dylan’s Hard Rain”1962-1963 Bob Dylan’s song, “A Hard |
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“The Love Story Saga”1970-1977 A best-selling book, |
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“Reese & Robbie”1945-2005 Baseball statue of two famous |
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“U.S. Post Office”1950s-2011 Magazine art from the |
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“Murdoch’s NY Deals”1976-1977 Rupert Murdoch, media |
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“Bandstand Performers”1957 Dick Clark’s “American |
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“Enemy of the President”1970s Cartoonist Paul Conrad |
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“Strange Fruit”1939 Billie Holiday sings |
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“Wayne For Camels”1950s Hollywood’s John Wayne |
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“Celebrity Buffett”1960s-2010 Billionaire Warren Buffett |
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“Mia’s Metamorphoses”1966-2010 Mia Farrow’s life changes: |
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“Remington’s West”1959 A John Hancock Co. |
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“Watching The Wheels”1980-1981 John Lennon sings about |
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“Talkie Terror”Late 1920s Silent film stars & all of Hollywood faced the perils |
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“Harlem Nocturne”1939-1980s Saltry saxophone tune |
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“Pitcher Perfect”1963-1966 Brooklyn’s Sandy Koufax |
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“Pearl White”1910s-1920s A daredevil heroine |
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“Wall Street’s Gekko”1980s-2010 A fictional Wall Street |
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“Early Beach Boys”1962-1966 The five guys who |
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“Early Beach Boys”Pt. 2: Six Songs Gorgeous harmonies & |
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Music, Marketing, Technology
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Advertising & Celebrity
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“Paint It Black”1966-2000s A Rolling Stones tune has |
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“Dinah Shore & Chevrolet”1951-1963 “See-the-U.S.A.” tune |
“Do You Love Me?”1962 & 1988 A 1962 Motown hit song |
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“Motown’s Heat Wave”1963-1967 Martha & the Vandellas’ |
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“Beatles in America”1963-1964 New rock ‘n roll group |
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“Dear Prudence”1967-1968 The history of a beautiful |
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“Four Dead in O-hi-o”1970 A protest song recalls |
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“RFK in Brooklyn”1966-1972 A Robert F. Kennedy |
“Taylor Swift, Rising”2003-2009 A 19-yr-old singer/ |
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Sting: “Russians”1985 A song about the Cold |
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“The Sound of Money”2009 A Dutch pension fund |
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“Be My Baby”1960s-2010 The Ronettes & Phil Spector produce a game- |
“American Bandstand”1956 – 2007 How Dick Clark & TV |
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“The Bourne Profitability”1985 – 2007 How Jason Bourne & Co. |
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“Ted Turner & CNN”1980s & 1990s Media pioneer shakes up |
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“Stones Gather Dollars”1989-2008 The Rolling Stones’ |
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“JFK, Pitchman?”2009 A popular ex-President is |
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“Legs: Cyd Charisse”1950s-1990s Statuesque beauty of MGM |
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“Joplin’s Shooting Star”1966-1970 Janis Joplin’s last |
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“I Guarantee It.”1960-1970s Joe Namath of the NY Jets |
“Beatles’ Closed-Circuit Gig”March 1964 The Beatles’ first-ever, live U.S. |
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“Disney Dollars”1930s Walt & Mickey become |
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“Of Bridges & Lovers”1992-1995 A best-selling love story, |
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“Bette Davis Eyes”1981 A top song of the 1980s |
“Big Chill Marketing”1980s & 1990s How a 1983 movie named |
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“Big Chill Promo”1983 & 1998 Trailer for 1983′s The Big Chill provides overview of story, music & characters. |
“Start Me Up”
“Dennis & Ameriprise”
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Please see “More Stories, p. 2.” — Click here.
