July - the time for getting out into the crisp winter sun
A short description of some of the events that should happen in the gardens of Western Australia during July. Mary E. Maurer wrote in April, 1998 edition of 'The Writer' - "There is a feeling of nostalgia that unites most gardeners...." There [... more]
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Ken Kolsbun
As the boomer generation moves onward through the milestones of life, 1960s nostalgia holds tremendous meaning today. And nothing more eloquently symbolizes the counterculture era than the peace sign. How did this simple sketch become so powerful ... [... more]
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Francesca Marciano
Francesca Marciano is a documentary filmmaker who divides her time between Rome and Kenya. This is her first novel. A mesmerizing novel of love and nostalgia set in the vast spaces of contemporary East Africa. From the critically acclaimed author ... [... more]
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Playing with Trains
Why do grown men play with trains? Is it a primal attachment to childhood, nostalgia for the lost age of rail travel, or the stuff of flat-out obsession? In this delightful and unprecedented book, Grand Prix legend Sam Posey tracks those who ... [... more]
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1926-1950 Vintage Childrens
 Too vintage for me: This collection might appeal to vintage radio enthusiasts, but it was too strange for my taste. Many of the recordings (like "Grandfather's Clock") sound rather operatic, not good for sing-a-longs, which I hoped they would [... more]
CDN$14.99
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Best Of The
From Amazon.com: The oft-touted critical notion that pop music revivals are usually spawned by reactionary nostalgia founders miserably when trying to explain swing music's resurgence, a renaissance seen over by latter-day hipsters born three decades [... more]
CDN$8.99
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Hansel & Gretel//Alice in Wonderland
Jane Powell in Wonderland: This is another excellent remastering of early Jane Powell recordings from producer Bernard Taylor and the folks at Britain's FLARE Records (who earlier this year released A SONG IN THE AIR). The new CD is a pairing of an [... more]
CDN$26.99
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Die Grossen Erfolge
not so great: The last 3 or 4 songs are old, good recordings. The other songs were more recently recorded and it sounds like an old lady with a 2 pack-a-day habit of no-filter camels was singing. Yuck. So I ripped the last few songs and burnt them onto [... more]
CDN$22.99
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Le Fou Chantant
From Amazon.com: Charles Trenet captivated the French public as a very young man and, like Edith Piaf, buoyed his listeners through some of the darkest days of modern French history. A prolific and highly literate wordsmith, he was also ahead of his time [... more]
CDN$11.99
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Song in the Air
A Song in the Air: This is an exqisite vocal collection by diminutive MGM musical great, Jane Powell. The pop and operetta standards offered were recorded by Powell for Columbia Records between 1946 and 1949 when she was still in her teens. The voice is [... more]
CDN$22.99
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1936-1944 Cant Help Singing
From Amazon.co.uk: Devoted fans aside, most people's awareness of Deanna Durbin is probably the result of a chance encounter with the occasional television matinée featuring an item from her prodigious film output of the 1930s and 40s. She was [... more]
CDN$14.99
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Marlene Dietrich Sings Berlin
FOXY BURLESQUE IN A RETRO WAY: marlene purrs and giggles on whimsical big band retro tunes and it seems shes is swooning in a hall of memories of all kind, and we can hear her pleasure and nostalgia,or comfrot trough it all. voice is as usual not that [... more]
CDN$14.99
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