Musical foundling. History of blues.
I waited for my next encounter with Maxwell Street and Chicago (the first in the August 2023 article) until I started my university studies. One day I learned that lectures…
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September 22, 2023
Chicago – Maxwell Street
In the not-so-distant past, these were points on the map marking places where unusual things happened, and where revolutionary ideas were born that changed the lives of ordinary people around…
August 7, 2023
The shadow of the City of Angels
It is always nice to return to the 'old rubbish', i.e. to places to which one has become attached, to which one has a weakness, which evoke fond memories. Almost…
May 19, 2023
Riots in 1992. Violence in the City of Angels Part 2.
<< Part 1 Serious rioting in 1992 had already begun on the first night (29th of April) following the announcement of Soon Ja Du's sentence. Koreans had been preparing for…
March 12, 2023
Who was Rodney King? Violence in the City of Angels Part 1.
Is violence an organic component of any great city? Despite the spontaneous desire to deny such a statement, we see that history and every day gives us evidence that it…
March 5, 2023
‘Happy city’ and people as hard as rocks. Boulder City. Part 2
<< Part I In the realities of the 1920s and 1930s, the West and the state of Nevada was a backward part of the USA that paled in comparison to…
December 17, 2022
A brutal planet and people as hard as rocks. Black Canyon Part 1
Do you have someone among your friends who is passionate about energy? Until a few months ago, the answer would probably have been - 'no, I don't'. Back then, energy…
December 10, 2022
The painting depicts the ceremony of the driving of the 'Last Spike' at Promontory Summit, UT, on May 10, 1869, joining the rails of the Central Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad.
Thomas Hill (1829-1908)
How “golden spike” became the most important event of the 19th century
There is no simple definition of 'fast'. To be reasonably correct, it is always necessary to specify what historical period we are talking about. There are still people among us…
November 4, 2022
Everything for sale. How controversial adverts work now and then
"Sell, sell, sell" is a classic call of militant salesmen around the world. The technical and psychological skills of controlling people's lust for new things have been improving for many…
October 14, 2022
Wealth has always traveled from West to East
Oligarch Part II
<< Part I William Andrews Clark's political success was not impressive, however. In 1907 Mark Twain described him in his essay, as the embodiment of corruption: “He is as rotten…
September 19, 2022