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Googling my way to California

By Matthew Rutledge on 10/07/2009

I don’t want to speak out of place, or much too soon, but let’s just say that someday I might move to California. I am still kind of cold to the concept of Californiana, as I call it — to me, California is the blonde beauty that every­one else picks, while I was always eying chiseled, rough Chicago or indus­tri­ally hand­some Manchester.

But I visited it for the first time as an adult in March and I was admit­tedly taken ..read more

Posted in Americana, Californiana | Tagged 20th century, Americana, california, Californiana, economy, google maps, moving | Leave a response

Somebody check the woofers!

By Matthew Rutledge on 09/09/2009

We gotta real hot mic here!

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I would argue that this is the height of the “second golden era” of Saturday Night Live.  I know every last one of these songs, too.  Best moments: the neigh in “The Devil Came Down From Georgia”, and the way Bobbi sings “black hole sign-ign, won’t you come…”

Posted in Americana, video | Tagged Americana, ana gasteyer, comedy, humor, saturday night live, television, will ferrell | Leave a response

If you are what you drive…

By Matthew Rutledge on 07/27/2009

Then you’re in the shop weekly, French designed by built in Wisconsin by angry AMC employ­ees, and 0–60 in 12 seconds!

Don’t get me wrong, I love Renaults, I really do, I just can’t think of a worse time in US history for them to have hit the domestic market.

Posted in video | Tagged 1983, ad, advert, advertisement, Americana, car, commercial, Cultural Ephemera, french, renault | Leave a response

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