father and son stories - Highbrow Magazine
WEB1 day ago · father and son stories. Later my father put on a gray sweater. We ate chili by a fire. We talked about baseball. My father smiled. He was growing a beard. One day he would be smiling in the Denver Airport of Death, but today he was smiling under normal non-death conditions; breathing without making …
From Master Juba to ‘Happy Feet’: A Brief History of Tap Dancing
WEBDec 31, 2012 · Master Juba and other black dancers performed for blacks and Irishmen in 1840s New York City. He won many contests against talented white dancers, including some with Irish dancer Jack Diamond. Irish jig and clog-dancing fused with African-American moves like the shuffle and slide, which eventually led to tap dance.
Actor Kristoffer Polaha’s Journey to Stardom - Highbrow Magazine
WEBApr 8, 2021 · Rather than follow “America’s Prince” with increasingly important TV and movie roles, Polaha landed a string of starring appearances in television shows that seemed promising, launched … and then stalled … time and again. From 2004 to 2012, Polaha had key roles in the nighttime soap “North Shore,” the sitcom “Miss Guided,” the romantic comedy “Valentine,” the relationship ...
A Brief History of Whisky, the ‘Water of Life’ - Highbrow Magazine
WEBFeb 27, 2013 · The earliest record of distilling in Scotland is from 1494, according to whisky.com. It was often made in monasteries and used for medicinal purposes, termed “aqua vitae,” or “water of life.”. After whisky went through an underground smuggling period due to taxes on both malts and the whisky itself, the government passed the Excise Act ...
U.K. | Highbrow Magazine
WEB1 day ago · Beyond the media spectacle and daily tourists, a parallel world exists within London. A world that seems not to observe the visitor. A reality away from the opulence, the speed and the cosmopolitan daily routine.
How Do the World’s Healthiest People Live? - Highbrow Magazine
WEBFeb 16, 2022 · National Geographic researcher and best-selling author Dan Buettner spent two decades researching areas of the world where people live the longest, healthiest lives, and identified five locations where people consistently live to 100 or beyond. He calls these areas “The Blue Zones”: Sardinia, Italy. The islands of Okinawa, Japan.
Satan, Saturn, and Rock’n’Roll: The Mythology of the 27 Club
WEBAug 21, 2014 · The coincidence is so eerie, and yet so compelling, that the curse of the 27 Club has become one of rock music’s best-known mythologies. Rock ‘n’ Roll is, after all, a genre driven by obsession with the supernatural and the occult. Castigated since its earliest days as “the devil’s music” for the way it seemed to infuse teenagers ...
The Influence of Woody Guthrie Continues, a Hundred Years Later
WEBJul 8, 2012 · Guthrie caught that spirit, that strong, hard will, and immortalized it. Years after his death, in celebration of his birth, we can only imagine that this spirit, strong as ever, will continue on, carried by generations to come. The spirit of Guthrie, his message and legacy have been passed on like the Olympic torch, and new fires are kindled ...
‘Queenmaker’ Spotlights the Shallow World of New York Socialites
WEBMay 20, 2023 · “Queenmaker: The Making of an It Girl” deserves great credit for documenting an interesting mix of absolute vapidity and tragedy. The film is an expose of the early 2000s socialite scene that turns into a confusing and sad profile of an individual who was drawn into their world during a vulnerable time in their life and never recovered from the mark it left on them.
Travis Burke and the Art of Adventure Photography
WEBJun 3, 2018 · The Editors. Travis Burke’s creative approach to outdoor adventure photography stems from his own perspective on life. His dedication to conquering anything thrown at him and living life with no regrets shines through in his photographs. Whether it’s walking a slackline over canyons, freediving through caves in the ocean or capturing the ...