Richard R LeeSep 15, 2024
#NuclearMadness still surrounds us #FortyYearsAfter. ‘The most horrific, sobering thing I’ve ever seen’: BBC nuclear apocalypse film Threads 40 years on https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/sep/15/threads-nuclear-apocalypse-bbc-tv-drama-40-years-on-mick-jackson-interview?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
‘The most horrific, sobering thing I’ve ever seen’: BBC nuclear apocalypse film Threads 40 years on

Ahead of a timely re-airing of Mick Jackson’s famously bleak docudrama, its director recalls why he unleashed a mushroom cloud on Sheffield in 1984

The Guardian
Richard R LeeJul 18, 2024
Rest in Peace old mate. #DaveLoggins #Nashville.
#FortyYearsAfter (and a bit).
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/17/arts/music/dave-loggins-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8E0.x0YX.waVHlzsnTSSC&smid=url-share
Dave Loggins, Who Wrote Hits for Himself and Others, Dies at 76

After tasting fame with “Please Come to Boston” in 1974, he became a major Nashville songwriter. He also wrote the theme to the Masters golf tournament.

The New York Times
Show threadRichard R LeeFeb 2, 2024
A keeper. #FortyYearsAfter +.
@morganrees
Richard R LeeJan 24, 2024
Much has been written about this time period and the events associated with it, but it’s all meaningless unless you were there to experience it first hand. Sigh. #FortyYearsAfter. Forty years ago Apple debuted a computer that changed our world, for good or ill https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/24/apple-macintosh-ad-super-bowl-1984-21st-century?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Forty years ago Apple debuted a computer that changed our world, for good or ill

In many ways, the long 21st century began when Apple launched the Macintosh with its ‘1984’ Super Bowl ad

The Guardian
Richard R LeeNov 27, 2023

#TheLads - #SixtyYearsAfter #FiftyYearsAfter #FortyYearsAfter.

The nicest people/family which I ever had the pleasure to work with, much less know.

Congrats to Barry for his celebration, but as he would tell you up front he is accepting this honor for all the Brothers. #BeeGees #BrothersGibb #kennedycenterhonors

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/2023/11/27/barry-gibb-kennedy-center-honors-bee-gees/

The Bee Gees’ Barry Gibb has written more hit songs than almost anyone

Kennedy Center honoree Barry Gibb has written an estimated 1,000-plus songs. “If we enjoyed something, we wrote it,” he says.

The Washington Post
Richard R LeeAug 21, 2023

It's disheartening that the resurgance of both the #vinyl disc and the #CD are being driven (primarily) by collectors and not Audio (Music) Enthusiasts. To accept the crap which comes out of today's #Digitalstreaming CODEC's is simply barmy!

#AnalogDisc #CompactDisc

#AnalogRenaissance #VinylRevival #SixtyYearsAfter #FiftyYearsAfter #FortyYearsAfter.

The CD finds new life among #genz collectors https://wapo.st/3sjlNtk

The CD finds new life among Gen Z collectors

Buyers born long after the CD's heyday are looking for affordable ways to support the artists they love.

The Washington Post
Richard R LeeJul 19, 2023

#jameshansen pulls no punches, #FortyYearsAfter. The #ClimateApocalypse.

‘We are damned fools’: scientist who sounded climate alarm in 80s warns of worse to come https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/19/climate-crisis-james-hansen-scientist-warning?CMP=share_btn_tw

‘We are damned fools’: scientist who sounded climate alarm in 80s warns of worse to come

James Hansen, who testified to Congress on global heating in 1988, says world is approaching a ‘new climate frontier’

The Guardian
Richard R LeeMay 19, 2023

Still a masterpiece, #FortyYearsAfter. ‘Local Hero’ (1983) review — a Scottish-American charmer with a sublime soundtrack

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/a462f4a8-f571-11ed-bbd9-d67390476214?shareToken=5447cf85cd414234f5df76d9a791446b

Local Hero (1983) review — a Scottish-American charmer with a sublime soundtrack

★★★★★ British-American culture clashes have powered so many classics, from Two’s Company to An American Werewolf in London to Ted Lasso. Yet more winning than

The Times