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Texas Wonderful Courthouses Presidio County Courthouse in Marfa.  Restoration was part of the THCs Courthouse Preservation Program One of the most important programs at the Texas Historical Commission is their Courthouse Preservation Program.  With funding approved by the state legislature, the THC has provided valuable monetary and expert support to communities with historic courthouses. "Texas has more historic courthouses that any other state. Today more than 235 courthouses still stand that are least 50 years old. About 80 were built before the turn of the 20th century. By the end of that century, most of these structures were significantly deteriorated due to inadequate maintenance, insensitive modifications or weather related damage. The Texas Historical Commission (THC) documented the condition of 50 of the state�s oldest courthouses in the late 1990s and determined that counties lacked the resources to preserve the buildings for future generations. Providing assistan...

The Stormsville Shakers One And One Is The Complete Recordings 1965 67 uk wonderful mod beat with psych flashes 2015 issue Phillip Goodhand-Tait has had his songs recorded by artists ranging from Gene Pitney to Roger Daltrey and has also fronted a number of bands in his many decades in the music industry.  Cherry Red Group imprint RPM has collected 27 tracks by singer-musician-songwriter Goodhand-Tait, solo and with his bands The Stormsville Shakers and Circus as One and One is Two: Complete Recordings 1965-1967. Born in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, Goodhand-Tait began his music career while still in his teenage years.  In his new liner notes penned especially for this release, he recalls receiving the sum of five pounds for assembling a five-piece band to play a dance at the local drill hall in 1960.  After flirting with names The Royphillians, Phil Tone and the Midnighters, and The Vibrants, the group settled on The Stormsville Shakers in 1961. The band, fro...

The Great American Cereal Book Brings Back Wonderful Memories Cereals have contributed greatly to popular culture since their introduction in the late 19th century and grew exponentially larger with the introduction of sugary cereals in the middle of the 20th century. Indeed, when the major brands, including Post, General Mills and Kelloggs, catered to younger consumers, cereal became a pop culture phenomenon. Those products include Apple Jacks, Fruit Loops and Capn Crunch, and many arrived with a mascot, such as Tony the Tiger (Frosted Flakes), DigEm (Smacks) and the Monsters Cereals (Franken Berry Boo Berry and Count Chocula). Many of those classic cereals are still produced today, although not all of them are sugar based. More healthy cereal options, such as Cheerios, Shredded Wheat, Grape Nuts and Fiber One, are also discussed in the 2012 effort The Great American Cereal Book (Abrams Image) by Marty Gitlin and Topher Ellis. The authors trace the history of cereal in the United Sta...