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“A Crime To Remember” Investigation Discovery (episode featuring Mark R.Jones)
A Drinking Town With A Historical Problem (History)
Allman Brothers Band: Debut Album (Music)
A Reminder of Why We Do What We Do
Amazing Grace: Charleston’s Connection to the World’s Most Famous Hymn (History)
August: This Month In Charleston History (History)
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Bathory, Countess Elizabeth – Serial Killer (History & Crime)
Battery: From Marsh to Mansions (History)
BELL BOTTOM BLUES (Classic Rock Posts)
- Allman Brothers Band: Debut Album (Music)
- A Night At The Opera by Queen (Essentials – Music)
- Beatles, The: What The Critics Said
- Beatles Solo Songs – Top 20
- Best Rock and Roll Piano Songs
- Eldorado / Electric Light Orchestra
- Four Classic Albums, September 1, 1975-78
- LAYLA And Other Assorted Love Songs
- MEDDLE: The Classic Pink Floyd Begins
- Poco (A Case For The Hall Of Fame)
- Revolver / The Beatles (Essentials – Music)
- RUSH: All the World’s A Stage
- STYX: Crystal Ball
- Top Kiss Songs
Best Crime Novel Series: A List
Best Rock ‘n Roll Piano Songs (Music)
Best Songs Written By A South Carolinian: A List
Best Songs Written For A Movie: A List
BLACK HISTORY MONTH:
- Jonathon Jasper Wright: First Black State Supreme Court Justice
- Charleston: America’s Most Popular Dance
- First Memorial Day
- Freddie Green – “Mr. Rhythm”
- Robert Smalls: An Extraordinary Life
Books To Avoid – Even Under Penalty of Death!
BOOK REVIEWS:
- 1984 by George Orwell (Essentials – Book)
- A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute (Essentials – Book)
- American Elsewhere by Robert Jackson Bennett (Book Review)
- Big Finish, The by James W. Hall (Book Review)
- Birds of A Feather by Jacqueline Winspear (Book Review)
- Books To Avoid – Even Under Penalty of Death!
- Casual Vacancy, The (Book Review)
- City, The by Dean Koontz (Book Review)
- City of the Silent by Ted Ashton Philips, Jr. (Book Review)
- Changeless by Gail Carriger (Book Review)
- Charleston by Margaret Bradham Thornton (Book Review)
- Charleston Novels To Read (And Some to Avoid!)
- Charleston’s Ghosts: Hauntings in the Holy City by James Caskey (Book Review)
- Chinaberry Sidewalks by Rodney Crowell (Book Review)
- City of the Silent by Ted Ashton Philips (Book Review)
- Everybody Had An Ocean by William McKeen (Book Review)
- Fade by Robert Cormier (Book Review)
- First Frost by Sarah Addison Allen (Book Review)
- Fortunate Son by John Fogerty (Book Review)
- Forsaken, The by Ace Atkins (Book Review)
- Gate House, The by Nelson Demille (Book Review)
- Great Mischief by Josephine Pinckney (Book Review)
- Ghost, The by Robert Harris (Book Review)
- Gods of Guilt, The by Michael Connelly (Book Review)
- Gold Coast, The by Nelson Demille (Book Review)
- Good Money Gone by Mario Acevedo & Richard Killborn (Book Review)
- Hour Game by David Baldacci (Book Review)
- House of Thieves by Charles Belfoure (Book Review)
- I Travel By Night by Robert MacCammon (Book Review)
- Last Chance Saloon by Marian Keyes (Book Review)
- Lost Symbol, The by Dan Brown (Book Review)
- Lullaby, a Spenser novel by Ace Atkins (Book Review)
- Movies That Are BETTER Than The Books
- Murphy’s Law by Rhys Bowen (Book Review)
- One Second After by William R. Forstchen (Essentials – Book)
- One Year After by William R. Forstchen (A Review)
- The Passage by Justin Cronin (Book Review)
- Ranking The King: Stephen King Novels Ranks From Worst To Best (A List)
- Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (Book Review)
- Rocks: My Life In and Out of Aerosmith by Joe Perry (Book Review)
- Scariest Books I’ve Read: A List
- Skink: No Surrrender by Carl Hiassen (Book Review)
- Short Drop, The by Matthew Fitzsimmons (Book Review)
- Silent Corner, The by Dean Koontz (Book Review)
- Smoke Screen by Sandra Brown (Book Review)
- Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson (Book Review)
- Soulless by Gail Carriger (Book Review)
- Plague Novels To Read: A List
- Timebound by Rysa Walker (A Review)
- Time and Again by Jack Finney (Essentials – Books)
- Time Travel Novels: A List
- Vicious by V.E. Schwab (Book Review)
- Wake of Vultures by Lila Bowen (Book Review)
- Wayward Pines Trilogy by Blake Crouch (Book Review)
- What You Want Is In the Limo by Michael Walker (Book Review)
Born Today:
Randall Bramblett: A Concert Review
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Calhoun, John C. (History)
CAROLINA CRIMES:
- The Holy Trinity of Saxe-Gotha
- Trigger Burke in Charleston
- Richard Valenti – Super Christian
- Too Young To Die: The Execution of George Stinney, Jr, 1944 (History & True Crime)
Carolina Day – June 28, 1776 (History)
CELEBRITY ENCOUNTERS:
Charleston: America’s Most Popular Dance (History)
Charleston Battery: From Marsh To Mansions (History)
Charleston Elections: A Short History
Charleston Embraces Porgy & Bess … 81 Years Later! (History)
Charleston Ghosts: An Interview With James Caskey
CHARLESTON FIRSTS:
- America’s First Public Golf Course from Charleston Firsts (History)
- First American Public Orphan House from Charleston Firsts (History)
- First Memorial Day from Charleston Firsts (History)
- First Shot: Firing on Ft. Sumter
- H.L. Hunley – America’s First Successful Submarine Attack
- Jonathon Jasper Wright: First State Supreme Court Justice from Charleston Firsts (History)
Charleston Novels To Read (And Some to Avoid!)
Charleston’s Real Heritage: A Commentary
Clark Mills Studio: Charleston’s Forgotten National Landmark (History)
Club Forty-Five Organized (History)
Countess Elizabeth Bathory – Serial Killer (History)
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Denmark Vesey Conspiracy (History)
A Drinking Town With A Historical Problem
Dylan Goes Electric At Newport Folk Festival, 1965 (History)
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1886 Earthquake History (History)
ELDORADO: A Symphony By The Electric Light Orchestra (Music)
Ellington At Newport 1956 (Essentials – Music)
Emmanuel Shooting – No Words (Commentary)
ESSENTIALS
- 1984 by George Orwell (Essentials – Book)
- A Night At The Opera by Queen (Essentials – Music)
- A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute (Essentials – Book)
- Essential Christmas Songs – All Others Are Superfluous
- Ellington At Newport 1956 (Essentials – Music)
- Jazz Me Blues: Story of An American Standard (Essentials – Music)
- One Second After by William R. Forstchen (Essentials – Book)
- Rhapsody in Blue: First Performance (Essentials – Music)
- Revolver / The Beatles (Essentials – Music)
- Songs For Swingin’ Lovers by Frank Sinatra (Essentials – Music)
- Time and Again by Jack Finney (Essentials – Books)
- Time Travel Novels: A List
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First Shot: Firing on Ft. Sumter (History)
First Memorial Day (History)
Friday 13th: History and Legend
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GEORGE WASHINGTON VISITS CHARLESTON:
Day 1 / Day 2 / Day 3 / Day 4 / Day 5 / Day 6 / Day 7 / Day 8 / Day 9
Graveyards That Contain Signers of The Declaration and Constitution
Gunpowder Plot, The, 1605 (History)
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Happy Birthday, William Goldman! (Commentary)
H.L. Hunley – America’s First Successful Submarine Attack from the book Charleston Firsts (History)
HISTORIC CHARLESTON IMAGES:
How And Why I Became a Non-Fiction Narrative Writer (Commentary)
How A South Carolinian Helped Break Lafayette Out Of Prison (History)
Hurricane Hugo Hits Charleston (History)
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Irrepressible Daisy Breaux, The (History)
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Jazz Me Blues: Story of An American Standard (Essentials – Music)
John Locke (History)
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Ladd & Issacs Duel (History)
LAYLA And Other Assorted Love Songs (Music)
Lightning Strike Ignites Charleston Romance (History)
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MEDDLE: The Classic Pink Floyd Begins (Music)
Movies That Are BETTER Than The Books (Commentary)
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NOT In The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (But Should Be)
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October 28: Volstead Act Passed
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Porgy & Bess – 81 Years Later (History & Commentary)
Plague Novels To Read (Books & Commentary)
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QUEEN: A Night At The Opera (Essentials – Music)
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The Republican Elephant – Creation of a Political Icon (History)
Revolver / The Beatles (Essentials – Music)
Rhapsody in Blue: First Performance (Essentials – Music)
RUSH: All The World’s A Stage (Music)
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Sarah Bernhardt Appears in Charleston (History)
September 1, 1975-78: Four Classic Albums
Short History of Charleston Before 1860 (History)
Songs For Swingin’ Lovers by Frank Sinatra (Essentials – Music)
South Carolina Entertainment and Music Hall of Fame, or Shame? (Editorial)
South Carolina’s Most Embarrassing Politicians (A Partial List, due to Length Requirements)
South Carolina and the U.S. Supreme Court (History)
Stephen King: Ranking The King (Books)
STYX: Crystal Ball (Music)
Swamp Angel Takes Aim At Charleston (History)
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2021 Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame Nominees
Thank You, Dr. Wilson! (Commentary)
Too Young To Die: The Execution of George Stinney, Jr, 1944 (History & True Crime)
Trigger Burke in Charleston (History and Crime)
Twelve Viewings of Christmas: A List
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U.S Custom House (History)
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What The Critics Said About The Beatles (History)
Why Are There No Members of the Jenkins Orphanage Band in the South Carolina Entertainment and Music Hall of Fame? (Commentary)
Why We Do What We Do (Commentary)
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X-Files Episodes: The Best (A List)
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