Jeff
@pophistory.bsky.social
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Writer-professor with interest in how popular culture (movies and music) intersects with history, news, and life. Editor-in-chief of music and movie website, http://Chimesfreedom.com. Boomer dad. Reds fan. Living in NY.
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Broderick Crawford gives a solid performance as an aging swindler who leads a small team of criminals that cheat the poorest of poor people of everything they have.

He shows moments of tenderness and regret, yet it’s a life he can’t escape.

Loved this film and the locations where it was made. 👍
darrellclem.bsky.social
Lazy Saturday movie marathon starts with IL BIDONE (Italian, 1955, aka THE SWINDLE), a #Fellini film I’ve never seen.
Going into this one cold.
#FilmSky #MovieSky #ItalianCinema
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Tom Murton, whose prison reform work inspired a Robert Redford movie and a Bobby Darin song, passed away on today's date in 1990. www.chimesfreedom.com/2025/05/05/t...
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newyorkstateag.bsky.social
This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..
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Oh, brilliant RFK Jr., the self-appointed medical genius, has spoken! Apparently, every pediatrician, neurologist, and autism researcher in the world missed this groundbreaking discovery that circumcision causes autism. How could we have overlooked it?
Circumcision ‘highly likely’ linked to autism, RFK Jr. says in wild new Tylenol claim
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed there may be a link between circumcision and autism — due to the use of Tylenol following the procedure.
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pophistory.bsky.social
On this date in 1987, Columbia Records released Bruce Springsteen’s Tunnel of Love, and album many saw as reflecting Springsteen's troubled marriage to his then wife. . . . www.chimesfreedom.com/2014/10/09/t...
Tougher Than the Rest
Columbia Records released Bruce Springsteen's "Tunnel of Love" on October 9, 1987, and soon listeners sensed some troubles in Springsteen's marriage.
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Ray Charles & Barbra Streisand: “Crying Time” (Duet of the Day).

www.chimesfreedom.com/2019/03/18/r...
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jakevig.bsky.social
"Kids! come down for dinner! The ham and bananas hollandaise is ready!"
Old 1970s dish of food for ham and bananas hollandaise
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A majority of the surviving Nez Perce were finally forced to surrender on Oct 5, 1877, after the Battle of the Bear Paw Mountains in Montana. "Hear me, my chiefs, I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever." en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nez_Per....
Nez Perce - Wikipedia
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Amazon have removed the guns from their Bond posters, giving the tantalising impression that Sean Connery and Pierce Brosnan think you’re a wanker.
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On this day in 1954, Stevie Ray Vaughan was born. Widely hailed as one of the greatest guitarists of all time, the blues-rock legend led Double Trouble and left an enduring legacy with albums like Texas Flood and In Step.