July 21, 2026
Tag: Welcome to the Monkey HOuse
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Welcome to the Monkey House
Enrico Caruso and the
First Celebrity Trial
of the 20th Century3 Comments
In the first decade of the 20th century, Enrico Caruso was by all accounts the most popular singer in the world – both an internationally renowned performer and a standard bearer for the phonograph industry. He was, in fact one whose celebrity grew out of a mass media, but he also depended on his charisma,
Past Article
July 22, 2021 1 Comment
C – R – I – C – K – E – T. From the Middle English word criket, that defines any of a family of jumping insects, or the Middle French word criquet which is a game played with a bat and ball. Postcards from Here or There explain the differences.