IF: dream
“When you stop having dreams and ideals — well, you might as well stop altogether.” — Marian Anderson
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IF: cabin
Abraham Lincoln was born in Hodgenville, Kentucky in 1809 in a log cabin that he built with his own hands.
IF: criminal
Smooth…. until things got rough.
IF: folklore
This past weekend celebrated the 50th anniversary of the legendary Woodstock music festival that took place over three days on Max Yasgur‘s 600-acre dairy farm in upstate New York. Thirty-two acts performed at various — sometimes drastically-postponed — set times, filling the days and nights with an eclectic mix of folk, rock and blues. The …
IF: politician
In the center of a small cemetery in Plattsburg, Missouri, there is a marker on a grave that is inscribed incorrectly. It’s the final resting place for David Atchison, and the marker inaccurately states “President of the United States for One Day – Sunday, March 4, 1849” David Atchison was a lot of things, however, …
IF: mysterious
In the early 1950s, years before the world became aware of Bob Dylan or Joni Mitchell, Connie Converse wrote and performed songs for her friends at parties around the blossoming “bohemian” scene of Greenwich Village. Her delicate, poetic lyrics, her plaintive voice and her simple acoustic guitar accompaniment gave birth to the “singer-songwriter” genre before …
IF: electricity
“Benjamin Franklin may have discovered electricity, but it was the man who invented the meter who made the money.” — Earl Wilson Earl Wilson struggled for years as a writer. In 1942, he received an offer to take over a the column of a colleague who was going off to war. He was employed by …
IF: fox
This is it, Elizabeth! The big one! I’m comin’ t’ join ya, honey!
IF: war
In 1969, Motown’s mighty Temptations released their Psychedelic Shack album with the title track as the lead — and only — single. The second track on side two of the record was a Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong composition that offered fierce opposition to the continuing conflict in Vietnam. The song, “War,” featured three-way vocals by Dennis …
IF: muscles
“I’m a muscle fa-an!”