Whatever Happened To…?
Garage bands? Every neighborhood had a garage band or two. Every decent party had a band playing. Every prom, homecoming, and dance of any sort had a band playing. Today? A few bands show up on indie labels, but how did they get there? I sure haven’t seen a garage band for years.
Sesame Street’s 40th Anniversary
In celebration of Sesame Street’s 40th anniversary, Google developed some new logos:
“Relics” of 1979! – The Early Show – CBS News
“Relics” of 1979! – The Early Show – CBS News. This is a cool series that recently featured the year 1979. They talk about Daisy Duke jeans, the General Lee remote car, Sergio Valente jeans, and of course, the disco ball. Check it out.
Arena Show? No Thanks.
There’s nothing more opinionated than a music critic. Well, maybe a beer critic, but that’s stretching things. I’m a huge music fan, and a critic, and I’m very opinionated. Here’s a favorite topic. I do not understand the appeal of large arena shows. I do not understand people who shell out several hundred dollars a [...]
Cigarette Machines
My kids don’t believe me. I tell them when I was a kid, you could go anywhere and buy cigarettes from a machine. When I was just starting to fool around with cigarettes in the early seventies, you could buy them out of a machine for about 50 cents a pack. We had a Dairy [...]
