Byline Archive

27/09/2022

In 1962, Rachel Carson published her landmark 'Silent Spring' - one of the most-influential books in the history of environmentalism. In 1997, author Kristin Kovacic reviewed 'Rachel Carson: Witness for Nature' by Linda Lear Holt for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: https://bylinearchive.org/rachel-carson-a-natural-phenomenon/

26/09/2022

On this date in 1969, Apple Records released The Beatles' Abbey Road - their 11th studio album and final recording as a quartet. In 2019, Toronto music critic interviewed producer Giles Martin about the 50th anniversary release. https://bylinearchive.org/why-did-the-fab-four-cross-the-road/

08/09/2022

We're currently behind password while we work out some rights issues. Stay tuned!

01/09/2022

On Sept. 1 in 1985, the wreckage of the Titanic was discovered in the Atlantic. Frank Whelan, a historian and columnist for The Allentown Morning Call, takes us through the often confusing hours after the Titanic struck an iceberg in the Atlantic. https://bylinearchive.org/the-night-the-titanic-went-down/

31/08/2022

Ten years after the shootout at Ruby Ridge in August of '92, it looked like the militia movement was fading. We now know it didn't. https://bylinearchive.org/slow-fade-from-ruby-ridge/

31/08/2022

Happy birthday Van Morrison (Official)! Music critic Thor Christensen takes us through his career from A to Z: https://bylinearchive.org/van-the-man-follow-the-reserved-van-morrisons-career-to-the-letter/

30/08/2022

Remember that time in 1985 when "Cagney & Lacey" took on the abortion issue?

All that to-do about tonight's Cagney & Lacey turns out to be much to do about not so much after all.

26/08/2022

From when the Mavs were still in Mark Cuban's future:

Mark Cuban's new house is big. How big? Twenty-four thousand square feet on seven in-town acres big. "Oh, it's obscene," the owner admits modestly. His grin betrays sly pleasure at the irony of it: one guy, with no wife or kids yet, in a place the size of a small hotel.

24/08/2022

We're working with legendary music critic Bob Claypool's widow to locate and publish his lost work. Bob was beloved by musicians such as Bruce Springsteen, to whom he lent albums from his collection, Dwight Yoakam and many others. Bob's book "Saturday Night at Gilley's" explored the honkytonk that was the basis for the movie "Urban Cowboy." Follow along as we add to the collection here: https://bylinearchive.org/author/bob-claypool/

Robert Lee “Bob” Claypool (1945 - 1989) was the long-time music critic of The Houston Post and, later, The Houston Chronicle. Considered one of the country's most influential music critics, Claypool was an early supporter of Bruce Springsteen, to whom he lent albums, and Dwight Yoakam, among oth...

24/08/2022

Are you a journalist looking for your lost stories? We're on a mission to recover and restore great journalism that fell off a table and never made it into a modern content management system. Get in touch and let's talk about how to find your ink-stained nuggets. Find more info here: https://bylinearchive.org/about-byline-archive/

Byline Archive is a non-commercial project to preserve journalistic works from the "pre-digital, post-merger world."

24/08/2022

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24/08/2022