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Robert Johnson was an itinerant Delta blues singer and guitarist who lived from 1911 to 1938. He recorded 29 songs between '36 and ‘37 for the American Record Corporation, which released eleven 78rpm records on their Vocalion label during Johnson's lifetime, and one after his death. Like many bluesmen of his day, Johnson plied his craft on street corners and in juke joints, ever rambling and ever lonely, all while writing songs that romanticized that existence. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Johnson accomplished this with such an unprecedented intensity, marrying his starkly expressive vocals with a guitar mastery, that his music has endured beyond his short life.

Cabo San Lucas is a resort city at the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula, in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. Rated as one of Mexico's top five tourist destinations, Cabo is known for its beaches, scuba diving locations, Balnearios, the sea arch El Arco de Cabo San Lucas, and marine life. The waters around Cabo are home to marine wildlife including rays, sharks, mahi-mahi, and striped marlin. With a population of about 200k, Cabo San Lucas together with San José del Cabo are collectively known as Los Cabos, together forming a metropolitan area of about 350k. The Los Cabos Corridor has become a heavily trafficked vacation destination for tourists, with numerous resorts and timeshares along the coast.

Opryland USA (later called Opryland Themepark and colloquially "Opryland") was a theme park in suburban Nashville, Tennessee. It operated seasonally (generally March to October) from 1972 to 1997, and for a special Christmas-themed engagement every December from 1993 to 1997. During the late '80s, nearly 2.5 million people visited the park annually. Billed as the "Home of American Music," Opryland USA featured a large number of musical shows along with typical amusement park rides, such as roller coasters. Opryland became very successful during the mid-1970s. By the 1977 season, the park was the most popular tourist attraction in Nashville, drawing nearly two million guests annually, mostly from Tennessee and adjoining states.

A boogie van is 50% muscle car, 50% rolling room, and 100% party. Whether it's cruising the local strip, or hitting the highway for an extended road trip to nowhere, the classic boogie van aims to please. So be sure to batten down the hatches and secure your load, and let's boogie!

The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers is an underground comic about three stoner freaks (similar to, but distinct from, hippies) from San Francisco. The trio first appeared in The Rag, an underground newspaper published in Austin, Texas, beginning in May 1968, and were regularly reprinted in underground papers around the United States and in other parts of the world. Later, their adventures were published in a series of comic books. The lives of the Freak Brothers revolve around the procurement and enjoyment of recreational drugs, particularly marijuana. The comics present a critique of the establishment while satirizing counterculture. The freaks consist of Freewheelin' Franklin Freek, Phineas T. Phreak, and Fat Freddy Freekowtski.

Rocky Mountain High is a 1972 folk song about the serenity found in the Rocky Mountains. The song was controversial when the FCC was permitted by a legal ruling to censor music deemed to promote drug abuse. Numerous radio stations cautiously banned it until the son'g author explained that the "high" was an innocent description of the sense of peace he found in the Rockies. Of course, that doesn't stop recreational drug users still maintaining an association with the song, one that was only reinforced when Colorado legalized marijuana in 2012. Regardless of what your high is, you can't beat experiencing the Rockies from Colorado, home to Rocky Mountain National Park as well as the range's highest peak, Mount Elbert, at 14,440 ft.

When it comes to hip hop style, the ’90s went hard, and as a result, many of those designs are still hanging tough today.

Gordon Lightfoot was a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music. He is credited with helping to define the folk-pop sound of the '60s and '70s. He has been referred to as Canada's greatest songwriter, and was known internationally as a folk-rock legend. His name is synonymous with timeless songs about trains and shipwrecks, rivers and highways, lovers and loneliness.

Beginning with a single store at Century Plaza in Birmingham, Alabama in 1977, Just For Feet became one of the largest and fastest growing athletic chains in America. By 1999, Just For Feet had over 140 superstores in 25 states. Several features helped to distinguish Just for Feet stores from its competitors, including in-store basketball courts, walls of TVs airing sporting events, in-store appearances by professional athletes, loud rock and dance music setting the scene, and in-store snack bars. Despite things looking up for Just For Feet, a 1999 game day TV spot ended up being their undoing after the ad was decried as being racist. The sharp decline in sales helped to expose widespread accounting fraud, leading to Just For Feet's demise.

According to various legends, the Loveland Frogman was first sighted by a traveling salesman driving along an unnamed Loveland, Ohio road late at night in 1955. In one story, the driver was heading out of the Branch Hill neighborhood when he spotted three figures stood erect on their hind legs along the side of the road, each 3 to 4 feet in height, with leathery skin and frog faces. In other versions of the story, the creatures were spotted under or over a poorly lit bridge, and one held a wand over its head that fired a spray of sparks. In 1972, the Loveland Frogman legend gained renewed attention when a Loveland police officer reported to a colleague that he had seen an animal consistent with descriptions of the frogman.

Vortex was a steel roller coaster located at the KI amusement park in Mason, Ohio. Designed and manufactured by Arrow Dynamics at a cost of $4 million, the ride officially opened to the public on April 11, 1987. Vortex debuted as the tallest, full-circuit roller coaster in the world, with a height of 148 feet. It was also the first coaster to feature six inversions. Vortex occupied the same location in the park once held by The Bat, the world's first suspended roller coaster. Tied to the coaster's debut, attendance at KI exceeded 3 million in 1987 for the first time. It accommodated more than 46 million guests throughout its lifespan, making Vortex one of the most frequently-ridden attractions in park history before closing in 2019.

1988's Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama (also known as The Imp) is an American comedy horror film loosely based on the classic short story, The Monkey's Paw. Notable for starring three of the '80s biggest scream queens, the film had a limited release in January 1988 and was later released to home video. Over the years, the film gained recognition as a "so-bad-it's-good" cult film. The story centers around a sorority ritual as pledges and their male companions steal a trophy from a bowling alley. Unbeknownst to them, the bowling trophy contains a devilish imp, a sadistic little ghoul with a diabolical sense of humor that makes their lives a living Hell.

Watermelon is the largest vegetable crop grown in South Carolina by acreage, so it would make sense that folks would celebrate these massive veggies. Yes, watermelon are vegetables (part of the cucumber family), though botanically the argument can be made that they are a fruit. Nonetheless, the Hampton County Watermelon Festival is a week-long event that has been held yearly during the watermelon harvest time in the towns of Varnville and Hampton in South Carolina. It features activities for all ages, including watermelon related contests, races, parades, and a tasting event. Visitors can enjoy delicious foods of all kinds and, of course, plenty of free farm fresh watermelon!

Founded in 1971 as the Vancouver Nats of the WCHL, the team moved to Kamloops, British Columbia, to become the Kamloops Chiefs in 1973. In 1977 the team moved to Seattle and was renamed the Seattle Breakers. The Breakers played in the Seattle Center Ice Arena, which had a seating capacity of 4,141 for ice hockey. Through eight seasons, the Breakers finished with a regular season record of 225 wins, 319 losses, 32 ties; and a playoff record of 11 wins and 21 losses, although they twice played in the West Division Finals. After the 1984–85 season, the Breakers were sold and renamed the Thunderbirds.

KLOL FM was a rock station in Houston, Texas that was on the air from 1970 until 2004. The last song broadcast by the legendary station was also the first it ever played, "I'm Free." Like many early rock stations, KLOL began as a free form/progressive outlet, then morphed over the years to AOR and then classic rock. KLOL now airs a Spanish Pop format as Mega 101.

In 1960, the White Motor Company entered the agriculture market with the purchase of the Oliver Farm Equipment Company. In 1962, White acquired the Cockshutt Farm Equipment Company of Canada. White increased its agricultural interests in 1963 with the acquisition of Minneapolis-Moline. In 1969, Oliver, Minneapolis-Moline and Cockshutt were merged to form White Farm Equipment with headquarters in Oak Brook, Illinois; White Motor Corporation's headquarters remained in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1975, Oliver, Minneapolis-Moline and Cockshutt were folded into the White brand. The green of Oliver, red of Cockshutt and yellow of Minneapolis-Moline tractors was replaced by the silver tractors of White's Field Boss line.

The wolf howling at the home has long been a symbolic image, and while wolves do indeed howl, it's a myth that they howl at the moon. Howling may be heard at night, but it's not a directed at the moon. Instead, it's used as a social rally call, a hail to hunt, or as a territorial expression. A howl can even help a lost wolf find its way home. A wolf separated from its pack uses a “lonesome howl” — a shortened call that rises in pitch. If answered, the wolf then responds with deep, even howls to inform the pack of its location. Additionally, individual wolves have different howls that can be heard and identified by other wolves up to seven miles away.

La Monja Poseida (The Nun Possessed) is the title of the Spanish release of To the Devil a Daughter, a 1976 British-West German horror film directed by Peter Sykes, starring Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee, Honor Blackman, Nastassja Kinski and Denholm Elliott. It is based on the 1953 novel of the same name by Dennis Wheatley. The story follows an American occult novelist as he battles to save the soul of a young girl from a group of Satanists, led by an excommunicated priest, who plan on using her as the representative of the Devil on Earth.

CompUSA was a retailer and reseller of personal computers, consumer electronics, technology products and computer services. Starting with one brick-and-mortar store in 1984 under the name Soft Warehouse, by the '90s CompUSA had grown into a nationwide big box chain with at least 229 locations at it's peak. Crushed by competition from other brick-and-mortar retailers, corporate oversight which was out of touch with evolving market realities, and a failure to make a strong transition to online sales, CompUSA began closing what they classified as low performing locations in 2006. By 2008, only 16 locations were left, and by 2012, the remaining stores had all been sold off.

Con-way Freight was founded as a non-union spinoff by Consolidated Freightways (CF) in 1983 in Ann Arbor Charter Township, Michigan. CF’s business focus was long-haul transportation, with many of its routes averaging 1,300 miles. Research revealed that the most profitable segment of over-the-road transportation at the time was freight that traveled less than 500 miles, so a decision was made to pursue regional LTL operations. While deregulation through the 1980 Motor Carrier Act had left many carriers floundering and desperate for a buyout, CF elected to build Con-way from the ground up. The gamble paid off, and for the next three decades, Con-way Freight flourished, taking them through 2015 until they themselves were bought out.

Rolling room, stabbin’ cabin, bedroom on wheels… whatever you call it, there really is nothing quite like doing it in a van.

The Kalashnikov Model 1947, more commonly known as the AK-47, is quite possibly the most widely used shoulder weapon in the world. The initials AK represent Avtomat Kalashnikova, Russian for “automatic Kalashnikov,” for its designer, Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov, who designed the accepted version of the weapon in 1947. The AK-47 was recognized as being simple to operate, rugged, reliable under trying conditions, and amenable to mass production. Built around a 7.62-mm round with a muzzle velocity of some 700 meters per second, it had a cyclic firing rate of 600 rounds per minute and was capable of both semiautomatic and automatic fire. It has been estimated that some 100 million AKs have been produced—fully half of them outside Russia.

Founded in 1970 in Streator, Illinois, Luckey Trucking was a provider of dry bulk, liquid bulk, dry van transportation, warehousing, and logistics services to the chemical industry. Luckey’s operations included a trucking terminal, tank wash and more than 250 railcar locations. The company also operated warehouses that provided logistics services, and a network of six terminals located in Iowa, Ohio, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas.

Electra Woman and Dyna Girl is a live action superhero children's television series from 1976. The series aired 16 episodes in a single season, and when released on home video, the 16 segments, which were each about 12 minutes long, were combined into eight episodes. The program followed the crime-fighting exploits of caped superhero Electra Woman and her teen sidekick Dyna Girl, who worked in their normal lives as reporters for Newsmaker Magazine. In each episode, the duo dons brightly-colored spandex costumes, in a bright flash of light called an "Electra-Change;" get into the "ElectraCar;" and use an array of technically-advanced gadgets to thwart an eclectic collection of super villains.

Night Trap is a 1992 video game presented primarily through full-motion video (FMV). Night Trap tasks the player to observe teen girls visiting a house which, unbeknownst to them, is infested with vampires. The player watches live surveillance footage and triggers traps to stop the girls from being harmed. The player can switch between different cameras to keep watch over them and eavesdrop on conversations to follow the story and listen for clues. The game received mixed reviews, with critics praising the B movie quality, humor, and animation, but criticized the gameplay as shallow and limited. The game was one of the principal subjects of a 1993 Senate hearing on violent video games, prompting many retailers to pull the game from shelves.

Good Times is an American television sitcom that aired for six seasons from February 8, 1974, to August 1, 1979. Good Times was a spin-off of Maude, which itself was a spin-off of All in the Family, arguably making Good Times the first television spin-off from another spin-off. Good Times also was television's first African American two-parent family sitcom. The teenage son of the family, J.J., routinely delivered his signature catchphrase when something was to his liking, which was dynamite, pronounced like dyn-o-mite. The catchphrase became synonymous with the character and the actor that portrayed him, all while becoming a pop culture phenomenon of its own.

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a 96-mile border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, the North Sea to the northeast and east, and the Irish Sea to the south. It also contains more than 790 islands, principally in the archipelagos of the Hebrides and the Northern Isles. Most of the population, including the capital Edinburgh, is concentrated in the Central Belt—the plain between the Scottish Highlands and the Southern Uplands—in the Scottish Lowlands.

Floyd's Barbershop serves as the sole barbershop in the fictional small town of Mayberry, North Carolina. Floyd Lawson is the proud proprietor of the shop, and in addition to haircuts and shaves, the shop also serves as a gathering place for many of the men in the town to chat about the goings-on and current events. They often gather there to play checkers and gossip with one another, and women may occasionally enter the barber shop, this is seen as somewhat taboo and is a rare occurrence.

The legacy of the Sacramento Mile goes all the way back to 1959 when Grand National champion Carroll Resweber captured the first main at the California State Fairgrounds. Since that historic event, every top flat track motorcycle racer in the world has competed at the California Capitol City's legendary dirt oval, doing battle at speeds topping 140 miles per hour.

Debuting as a show car in 1989, the Viper supercar entered production and was released as a 1992 model. Introduced as a two-seat roadster, the Viper's key source of attention was it's massive 8.0-liter aluminum V-10 engine making 400hp mated with a six-speed manual transmission. Early Viper models lacked basic amenities such as sliding side windows and even outside door handles. In 1996, the Viper received more power, a stiffer chassis and the addition of a coupe body style choice. The 1996 Viper GTS Coupe received a more powerful 450hp.

Cosmic Ark is a video game published by Imagic in 1982. The objective is to gather specimens from different planets in a spaceship which contains the survivors from the city of Atlantis. There are two versions of the cartridge. One allows the player to toggle the starfield display on and off with the Black & White / Color TV switch, and another which the starfield cannot be disabled. The first stage has the player fending off meteor showers from all four sides of the screen by pushing the joystick to fire in the desired direction, similar to the 1980 arcade game Space Zap. The second stage requires the player to pilot a shuttle to a planet and use its tractor beam to pick up life forms.

Rum production has been an important part of Puerto Rico since the 16th century. While sugar cane harvesting has virtually disappeared in Puerto Rico (except for a few isolated farms), distilleries around the island still produce large amounts of rum every year, including 70% of the rum consumed in the United States. Puerto Rico has laws that lay out requirements defining Puerto Rican rum: It has to be made with molasses from sugar cane juice, must be produced using a continuous column still, be aged for a minimum of one year in white oak barrels, and lastly, it must be distilled and aged in Puerto Rico.

When David J. Heerensperger took over the Pay 'N Pak, it was an eight-year-old, $15 million-a-year company. By the time the reins were passed to his successor 20 years later in 1989, he had grown Pay 'N Pak to a $400 million-a-year company. Instead of simply retiring, Heerensperger decided to start over. Just two months after resigning from Pay 'N Pak, he incorporated his new company, calling it Eagle Hardware & Garden, resurrecting the name of the hardware store he founded in Spokane in 1959. With a motto of "More of Everything," Eagle's stores were bigger than the competition, averaging 120k square feet. Heerensperger grew Eagle rapidly, taking the company public inside of two years, and by 1995, was a $650 million-a-year company.

Tales from the Hood is a 1995 horror anthology film that presents four short urban-themed horror stories based on problems that affect the African-American community. Segments include police corruption, domestic abuse, racism, and gang violence, all presented within a frame story of three drug dealers buying some "found" drugs from an eccentric and story-prone funeral director. Critical reception for Tales from the Hood has always been pretty mixed, though the film, and it's two sequels, definitely have built up a small cult following.

Honeysuckle Rose (also known as On the Road Again) is a 1980 American romantic drama film that's a loose remake of the 1936 Swedish film Intermezzo. The story centers around Buck Bonham, a country singer, with a good family, struggling to find national fame. He juggles his music career with his responsibilities to his wife and son. He has everything going his way until the daughter of his former guitarist joins his tour. The road leads to temptation, which leads to his downfall.

The Gilmore Oil Company was an independent oil company in California which was founded by Arthur Fremont Gilmore after he struck oil on his dairy farm in the Fairfax district of Los Angeles in 1903. His son, Earl Bell Gilmore, took over the family business and expanded its distribution network which, at its peak, operated over three thousand gas stations on the West Coast. He promoted the company in a flamboyant style with much advertising, branding, and sponsorship. Gilmore Blu-Green Gasoline was one of Gilmore's primary fuel products, marketing as 'premium gasoline at a standard price.'