John S. Carter John S. Carter John S. Carter, Jr. (June 14, 1945 – May 10, 2011), better known as simply Carter, was an American music producer, writer, arranger, instrumentalist, and A&R man. Carter was born the son of an oil wildcatter in East St. Louis, Illinois. His music career began in 1967 when he co-wrote "That Acapulco Gold" (a #70 hit on the "Billboard Hot" 100 chart) with Tim Gilbert of The Rainy Daze. Also with Gilbert, he co-wrote the lyrics to "Incense and Peppermints" by the Strawberry Alarm Clock. He first worked for Atlantic Records and was recruited to the A&R
Elliot Carter Elliot Carter Elliot Carter is a writer and historian in Washington, D.C. Carter is a contributing writer for Washingtonian Magazine and Slate. His work has appeared in outlets such as Atlas Obscura, Vice, Real Clear Defense, and DCist. His work is heavily focused on Washington D.C.’s architecture, geography and history. In 2016, Carter obtained maps of the District of Columbia compiled during the Cold War by a military intelligence office in the USSR. He noted in a television interview that the maps were far more detailed than contemporaneous public maps, capturing sensitive information about military bases and the layout of