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Indispensable
The following is a chapter of a short book I am writing about my grandfather, Orrick Johns, and the first half of the 20th Century. He was born in 1887 in St. Louis, Missouri. He was equivalent to Millennial in his time. He was the Lost Generation—the first generation to come of age in the 20th Century. What they remembered of the 19th Century is what we remember, just as everyone born after 1980 will get to define the memory of the 20th Century. Orrick Johns was a successful writer, poet and playwright who who rubbed elbows with most of the literary names and legendary figures of his time, and he was forgotten. The following is part of an investigation into the process of history that left behind my grandfather.
By The Page Collective3 years ago in Humans
Classic Sesame Street: Sweeping the Clouds Away
Many of us have warm memories of Classic Sesame Street, a time when live Muppets filled out a cast which was only augmented by a few puppets known to the cast as "socks." This golden era lasted from the late 1960s to the mid-80s, when live Muppets were almost completely replaced with actors in costume and puppeteers. The living cast were subject to the same chaotic, dark forces let loose in the rest of society in those years. It was a different time, when artists were given more leeway, and scandals could still be silenced, or at least tolerated. What follows is an oral history of Classic Sesame Street as told by the Muppets themselves, as they try to set the record straight.
By The Page Collective3 years ago in Geeks
The Magic Arrow
The wide cargo bay of dirtship rode so high that the trees seemed half as tall on either side of the Old 40. Gathered around EJ, and scattered across the top of the canvas-covered cargo, were three types of faces—the drained, the bored, and the unconscious. He held up a jug of shortwater and deck of cards. “The game’s three jack,” he shouted. “Who’s in?”
By The Page Collective3 years ago in Fiction
