Tears for Fears were scheduled.
Cyndi Lauper was ill or having surgery IIRC.
The Eurythmics - Annie Lennox apparently lost her voice temporarily.
Talking Heads were supposed to perform.
Religious Faith, Scientific Faith
The actions of the Catholic Church and the other Christian churches during the Second World War were augmented after the war by many well-known actions of religious figures to carry out the teachings of the Church. Even before the war, Father John LaFarge had...
This first post is a perfect example of why we needed to have a Vignettes thread, folks: I had completely forgotten our offline discussions about Las Vegas.
For the record, here's what the Strip looks like in the world of the Three Amigos:
Russell Road to Tropicana Avenue (West)
- Mandalay Bay...
(OOC: As you may have surmised from TheMann's last post, we have reached the wrap-up point for this little saga. We've basically made the points we wanted to make about the world of the Three Amigos.
We're going to be posting a "Three Amigos Vignettes and Details" thread, with a link to this...
Thank you very much.
A few other things that I would consider part of the vision for TTL's world:
-The high-speed rail systems that TheMann mentions above would of course be supplemented by a plethora of conventional passenger trains, light-rail systems, and the like. Generally speaking, in...
In the summer of 2017, a casual traveler would have been well advised to avoid the city of Zurich in Switzerland, for it would have been all but impossible to get a hotel room there. The Swiss city, usually better known for hard-nosed business dealings than for spiritual discussions and public...
Well, your tastes and history aren't necessarily the same thing.
To answer the OP's questions:
The Beatles were still culturally very relevant in the mid-1970s, partly because Seventies pop culture was essentially a big hangover from the Sixties, partly because the Seventies failed to produce a...
July 13, 1985 - Live Aid
By the time the formal reunification of the extinct People’s Republic of China with the Chinese mainland took place, the tragic famine that had spread across Manchuria and threatened millions more lives there had already spurred into action the largest one-time charity...
(Little side vignette:)
In the summer of 1980, Penn State Nittany Lions head coach Joe Paterno began hearing rumors about one of his assistant coaches, Jerry Sandusky. The rumors alleged that Sandusky had made use of a children's charity he had founded, Second Mile, in 1977, to gain access to...
Great addition, man! Good job!
It's a sobering reminder to all of us: We often write about warfare on this site from a 10,000-foot perspective - "the Allies attack XYZ" or whatever - without remembering that, even in a victorious war, there is a price in human life. Thank you for reminding us...
In the fall of 1979, about a year after being elected to the papal chair, Pope John Paul II made his first official visit to the Western Hemisphere, traveling to all of the Three Amigos.
The Pope pointedly traveled first to Mexico, where he was greeted by an ecstatic crowd of over 1 million...