I grew up in a household that had every Galaxy and Astounding from the 50s and quite a few Astounding from the 40s. I had the privilege of reading Asimov's stories in their original format. Recommendations from 1945 to today: Asimov's collection of short stories originally published as Nightfall and Other Stories, Heinlein's Have Spacesuit, Will Travel and Card's Speaker for the Dead.
Anything by those three are good, many are great. These are just my favorites.
My ex and I would pick a movie to see on Sunday afternoon. There were quite a few duds in that run. Can't Stop the Music was bad on all levels. Other bad movies had some redeaming aspects. The only highlight in this one was watching the Leatherman from The Village People sing Danny Boy on top of a conference room table.
The Legend of the Lone Ranger did not bomb because of the boycott. It bombed because it was a horrible movie. Poorly acted and filled with stupid joke-attempts. It stands out as the second worst movie I saw in a theater.
My brother has been asking for help in chasing these sort of mysteries for a couple of decades. If one wishes to get involved, many are posted as part of Geochaches. (http://www.geocaching.com/)
What made this one especially invigorating was the custom URL and the posting of physical clues around the world.
Los Angeles is not known as a "Museum Destination", but it has a complex surrounding the Tar Pits (Page and LACMA) that rival Chicago's. You will have to drive to Long Beach for an Aquarium, but it is well worth the effort. While you are there, do not miss the two Gettys and my favorite, The Hammer.
Being brought up on classical music and listening to Motown as a tween, Rhapsody in Blue was as strange to me as Frank Zappa. While its mother was classical, the father seemed more show tunes than jazz. It was only later that I understood that it was both the period at the end of one and the capital letter to start the other.
Somehow I do not think that volunteering for a makeover and being made to look ridiculous thrilled everyone. I only counted five (or so) out of the twenty in the video.
I dare say that Cinerama failed because the only good film that used it was How The West Was Won. The rest relied only on video sensationalism and that just not enough.
Anything by those three are good, many are great. These are just my favorites.
What made this one especially invigorating was the custom URL and the posting of physical clues around the world.