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Category: “The Twilight Zone”

"In the Twilight Zone"
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Stax: “In the Twilight Zone”

Dave Thompson points out in his 2001 history of Funk — “The [Isaac] Hayes/[David] Porter team was responsible for hits across the Stax spectrum, including Carla Thomas’s ‘B-A-B-Y,’ Sam & Dave’s ‘Hold On! I’m a Comin” and ‘Soul Man,’ Ruby Johnson’s ‘I’ll Run Your Hurt Away,’ and The Astors‘ ‘In the Twilight

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"The New Twilight Zone"
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The Dead: In the Twilight Zone

For those keeping count, today’s piece is (gulp) the 666th posted since Zero to 180 began December 12, 2012.  What better way to face down this (meaningless) milestone by paying tribute to a classic television series — and a musical ensemble both — that bravely broke the bounds of conformist

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