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CitySketch – Roscoe Conkling
Roscoe Conkling was a Republican back when that meant being a supporter of the rights and dignity of African-Americans. He was also a believer in temperance and didn’t drink or smoke. The only vice he seemed to enjoy was having sex with married women. He was mayor of Utica before becoming a US Representative and Read more
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One Day Soon – Part One
One day soon My feet are going to leave the ground When they do They’re never coming down One day soon I’m going over to the other side When I do I’ll pretend that I’m satisfied Maybe you’re right and I’m wrong Maybe you’re winning and I’m losing Or maybe I’m winning and you’re losing Read more
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On This Day – Transistor Radio
On this day in 1955, Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering – a company that would become SONY – sold the first transistor radio. For kids growing up between then and the late 1970s when the Walkman portable cassette player was introduced (again by SONY), the transistor radio became what the iPhone is today: a connection. We Read more
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Butterfingers
You’re holding something delicate Butterfingers Try not to lose your train of thought Butterfingers Remember why you picked her up Butterfingers Don’t you ever let her drop Butterfingers Time is what it always was It just feels different because You don’t have as much left You don’t have as much Cross your legs and hope Read more
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I Feel Unfamiliar
It’s getting hard to tellDreams from nightmares from realityFrom “be careful what you wish” forOr “you get what you deserve”When the tide goes out on the oceans of sleepAnd leaves me on morning’s sticky shoreI feel unfamiliarClutching at indescribable sensationsJust out of reach Read more
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CitySketch – Bank of America Tower
On October 17, 1904, Amadeo Pietro Giannini founded the Bank of Italy in San Francisco to serve Italian immigrants whose fortunes were too small to be of interest to the American banks of the day. Unlike most of his fellow bankers, when the great earthquake struck San Francisco two years later Giannini was quick enough Read more
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