There was a time when the Beatles were trash - a disposable commodity, with a career life expectancy of a couple of years at the top, if they were really hot. Guitar groups were on their way out, the common wisdom went, and anyway, they were just writing these goofy little teenage love songs.
Read MoreDateline - January 23, 1964. Two well-meaning teens from Frankfort, Indiana have recently come into possession of hard, incontrovertible proof that the heretofore incomprehensible words to the Kingsmen’s “Louie, Louie” are actually descriptive of acts that would make a hooker blush.
Read MoreThe Bay of Pigs invasion was sunk before it even hit the beach. But hold up a minute -- What if Nixon had won? Not just the election, but the invasion? If Nixon had won the election of 1960, he may not have second guessed the Company’s game plan - he may have drowned any guilt on his conscience re: the subject of spilt blood with a glass or three of his favorite red wine.
Read MoreEver wonder why that really terrible song keeps getting played on the radio? That one that everyone knows, and everyone loathes.
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