October 2013 Articles (7)

Kick up your heels, it's time to Shag!

It's the Shag, the latest dance craze to sweep the land!

It's a high-kciking, high energy dance perfect for this new "Swing" sound coming out of St. Louis, and it's changing the whole dance scene.

Where it comes from nobody knows for sure.  Some say Jersey, others Carolina.  There's a Carolina Shag and a St. Louis Shag, but tonight…

Hi everybody. I've been working creating a Roku channel for Dieselpunk Industries. I've submitted it for approval to the Roku channel store, but after reading Roku's three and half pages of requirements I don't know if that's ever going to happen. So in the meantime if you have a Roku device you can add the channel with the URL below. It might not show up immediately on your device, but if you update your Roku player's setting it should include the newly added channel.…

It's the dance so explicit the Vatican condemned it: the Turkey Trot!

This old Ragtime favorite is hot once again, folks, and the Cabaret is on the scene. One of the many "animal dances" of that era. [image from mentalfloss.com]

An influence for many of today's hottest dances, from the Foxtrot to the Charleston and even the Black Bottom, the…

Welcome to Two-Fisted Tuesdays, where we throw on our trench coats, don our fedoras, and walk down the mean streets of classic crime fiction.

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar was a crime drama that ran for over 12 years during the golden age of radio. The main character, Johnny Dollar, was a smart, tough, wisecracking insurance detective who tossed silver-dollar tips to waiters and bellhops. While always a friend of…

Shake what you got...we're doing the Shimmy!

It's the dance so scandalous it's been banned in places, a chest-out shoulder-shaking dance that sets the young folks (and the moral guardians) aflame! 

It's the Shimmy, a dance popularized by the great Gilda Grey in her stage acts, where her Shimmy stole the show from her voice!

You ready?  It's easy. 

Let's…

Welcome to Two-Fisted Tuesdays, where we throw on our trench coats, don our fedoras, and walk down the mean streets of classic crime fiction.

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar was a crime drama that ran for over 12 years during the golden age of radio. The main character, Johnny Dollar, was a smart, tough, wisecracking insurance detective who tossed silver-dollar tips to waiters and bellhops. While always a friend of…

I'm very pleased to report that the U.S. Government shutdown has NOT affected Pilsner's Picks (since we accept no government funds, never having been offered any— what's wrong with them, anyway?).

So, here's the October edition, right on schedule!

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