Category Archives: History Lessons
It Was the 3rd of June
While we won’t ever know for sure just what she and Billie Joe threw off the Tallahatchie Bridge, Bobbie Gentry’s lazy, throaty delivery of the story makes us feel the weight of its secrets and innuendo. Why not click the … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Leitmotifs, History Lessons, Music
Tagged 3rd of June, Bobbie Gentry, Emmett Till, Fancy, Ode to Billie Joe, Tallahatchie Bridge
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The Ballad of Jeffrey Dahmer, Part IV
This Is Out of Control (the last of four parts) On February 18, 1992, the New York Times ran an article about the sentence passed on Jeffrey Dahmer. I might not have paid it much mind if not for the … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Leitmotifs, Heroes, History Lessons
Tagged Jeffrey Dahmer, Rita Isbell
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