Posted on September 2, 2010, 10:21 pm, by Jack L. B. Gohn, under
Theme Songs.
Have I been defending my youthful tastes a little by portraying myself as a sophisticate-in-training with a yen for the challenging hidden within the mundane like a diamond in the rough? Probably. But with this next item, Lawrence Welk’s version of Calcutta, there is absolutely no making that argument. However intelligently constructed, it is musical kitsch, and one has to start with that.
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Ann Arbor,
Around the World in 80 Days,
Billboard Top Pop Singles Guide,
Calcutta,
California Girls,
easy listening,
exoticism,
Four Preps,
German music,
Heino Gaze,
India Country Side,
Jim Morrison,
Lawrence Welk,
Mitch Miller,
roller skating,
St. Thomas the Apostle School,
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Posted on July 21, 2010, 10:56 pm, by Jack L. B. Gohn, under
Theme Songs.
Rolling arpeggios, a haunting theme, spectacular effects, Detroit at its swankiest, and my dad …
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1958,
1960,
Ann Arbor,
Ballet at the Village Vortex,
Bay of Biscay,
Christian Radich,
Cinemiracle,
Cinerama,
Detroit,
easy listening,
Leonard Bernstein,
Madeira,
Michigan,
movie music,
movie themes,
Music Hall Theatre,
New York City,
On the Town,
Pablo Casals,
Park Shelton Hotel,
steel bands,
Walter Hogan,
Willow Run Airport,
Windjammer,
Windjammer (The Ship) Morton Gould,
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Posted on December 22, 2008, 4:28 pm, by Jack L. B. Gohn, under
The Big Picture.
Detroit had my whole lifetime to get this right: Snapshots of the rise and fall of the automobile industry and its home turf.
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Alex Tremulis,
Ann Arbor,
automobile industry,
Automotive Holdings LLC,
Bel Air,
Bloomfield Hills,
Buick,
Chevrolet,
Cobo Hall,
convertible,
Detroit,
Detroit Auto Show,
Detroit Metropolitan Airport,
Ernest Gohn,
Ford,
Grove Street,
Mustang,
Opel,
Peugeot,
race riots,
River Rouge,
Royal Oak,
rustproofing,
shock absorbers,
Tucker,
UAW,
United Auto Workers,
Woodward Avenue,
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