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April 9, 2009: Twentieth Century Fads: Part I!!
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| Artist | Track |
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| Belbury Poly | From An Ancient Star |
| Les Sacqueboutiers | Merula: Ciaconna |
| The Box Tops | Whiter Shade of Pale |
| Alemayehu Eshete | Enat YeenDJere Enat |
| Banza | Saltarello |
| James Booker | Medley: Slow Down Baby, etc. |
Thu. 4/9/09 2:13am
thomas:
good morning, at least its morning here in the netherlands
Thu. 4/9/09 2:15am
thomas:
dave..... dave.......daaaaaaaisy
Thu. 4/9/09 2:16am
thomas:
easy to break record :D
Thu. 4/9/09 2:17am
thomas:
are the hipies unexplained?
Thu. 4/9/09 2:18am
joshua k:
fake famous phonies
Thu. 4/9/09 2:19am
brycepunk:
Night people! One of my favorite times of the week!
Thu. 4/9/09 2:24am
thomas:
too bad i have to get to work, but i'll check out the archives ;-)
saaaandy... can't you seeee
Thu. 4/9/09 2:26am
thomas:
shower us with knowledge dave
Thu. 4/9/09 2:33am
Nick the Bard:
Flagpole Sitting
Thu. 4/9/09 2:34am
thomas:
not everything that's specific for a period of time is a fad
Thu. 4/9/09 2:36am
Brian:
Fads of 1920's - pole sitting, dance marathons
Thu. 4/9/09 2:38am
Brian:
Crossword puzzles were invented earlier, but became wildly popular in the 1920s
Thu. 4/9/09 2:39am
joshua k:
http://www.badfads.com/pages/events/flagpolesitting.html
Thu. 4/9/09 2:41am
Josef:
I cant call cause i dont have a phone so i hope you are reading these on the air..... cause a big fad in the 1920s was a fascination with Egypt after the discovery of King Tut's Tomb. or would that be a trend?
anyways if you read and mention this then i write more and you can reach your comment goal!
Thu. 4/9/09 2:42am
Brian:
Hindenberg - 1937; You're thinking of Felix the Cat
Thu. 4/9/09 2:42am
max:
DUDE betty boop was in the late 20's on
Thu. 4/9/09 2:43am
max:
check out "bimbo's initiation"
Thu. 4/9/09 2:44am
max:
one of the craziest cartoons ever... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyH2U4I8MT8
Thu. 4/9/09 2:45am
Joshua K:
I just read playing Mahjong was a fad of the 20s.
Thu. 4/9/09 2:53am
Joshua K:
Amos and Andy first aired in 1928.
1930 mickey mouse first comic strip
Thu. 4/9/09 2:53am
max:
orson's last role was for transformers: the animated movie....
Thu. 4/9/09 2:54am
Josef:
'30s..... Frozen dinners became big
Thu. 4/9/09 2:59am
Joshua K:
This is a good page http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s2/Time/timefr.htm
Thu. 4/9/09 3:00am
Joshua K:
html... should have an L on it... oops
Thu. 4/9/09 3:03am
Joshua K:
Benny Goodman
Thu. 4/9/09 3:05am
Lori:
The Little Rascals
Thu. 4/9/09 3:09am
Lori:
Darla
WC Fields
Thu. 4/9/09 3:15am
Benjamin, uk.:
My dad wore shirts with detachable collars. He was a blue collar worker and wore detachable collars because the collars got dirty and wore out first, so he just bought new collars, which were cheaper than buying a whole new shirt.
Thu. 4/9/09 3:19am
Joshua:
All the long distance flight records, lindbergh, amelia earhart. The first commercial passenger planes... all that was in the 30s
Thu. 4/9/09 3:21am
Lori:
Abbott & Costello
Thu. 4/9/09 3:22am
Joshua:
I think most vodkas are actually made from grain these days instead of potato.
Thu. 4/9/09 3:23am
frenchy:
ouzo makes me sick. anise is the worst. abisnthe is yucky too.
Thu. 4/9/09 3:24am
brycepunk:
It's weird... I've tried calling twice in the past ten minutes but it just keeps ringing...
Thu. 4/9/09 3:25am
shaniquah:
can you dig a hole in my black hairy earth and place your "thing" in it?
Thu. 4/9/09 3:26am
Ben, uk.:
I drank absinthe once. It cost me £6 British pounds. It was so strong by the time I'd drunk it I was incapable of telling whether I was getting an alcohol buzz or a wormwood drug buzz from it. I've never drunk it again. You can also buy absinthe in Amsterdam , together with other more potent substances, which I haven't tried.
Thu. 4/9/09 3:28am
jocko:
tight black hairy earth
Thu. 4/9/09 3:28am
joshua:
I think we just entered zoot suit territory
Thu. 4/9/09 3:30am
josef:
Slinky was big in the '40s.... how's that for a fad??
Thu. 4/9/09 3:30am
en rich edbread:
your convo reminds me of taking acid with a group of friends that ends up talking til 9 in the morning. or just a regular coke night.
Thu. 4/9/09 3:32am
Lori:
Rosie the Riviter
Pearl Harbor
Thu. 4/9/09 3:35am
Lori:
frisbees
The Baby Boom
Sweaters
Thu. 4/9/09 3:36am
Josef:
another '40s fad.... the Bikini was invented. not that you are reading any of my posts... :(
Thu. 4/9/09 3:45am
Lori:
Spam
Thu. 4/9/09 3:46am
JOsef:
The Jitterbug
Thu. 4/9/09 3:46am
Lori:
Spam
Thu. 4/9/09 3:48am
frenchy:
vaudeville was pre-40's
Thu. 4/9/09 3:50am
frenchy:
fantasia, pinocchio and bambi came out in 1940
Thu. 4/9/09 3:50am
Joshua:
how about hank williams
Thu. 4/9/09 3:53am
bob marley:
vacuum cleaner invented in 1901
Thu. 4/9/09 3:53am
Lori:
Spam
Slinky
Goldfish swallowing
Thu. 4/9/09 3:57am
thomas:
josef - i guess they are never reading comments
Thu. 4/9/09 3:58am
thomas:
they dont deserve 86 comments :D lets all stop at 85 to taunt the night people
Thu. 4/9/09 4:02am
Dave In London:
You can use my backyard in Hackney - London, for the time capsile. The MTA museum is in Brookyln, and it's fun place to see subway trains.
Thu. 4/9/09 4:11am
Lori:
I think the song was Sara
Thu. 4/9/09 4:13am
thomas:
sings "oh lori" for lori
Thu. 4/9/09 4:19am
Lori:
Monopoly
Miniature golf
Thu. 4/9/09 4:27am
thomas:
mini toothbrush dispensers
Thu. 4/9/09 4:29am
thomas:
even the commenters dont read comments :D
Thu. 4/9/09 4:35am
bakelite:
are you going to post the playlist ?
i'm falling asleep, goodnight night people.........
Thu. 4/9/09 4:35am
Josef:
whered the isnsightful and thoroughly engaging conversation go?
Thu. 4/9/09 4:36am
thomas:
who cares about the music
Thu. 4/9/09 4:37am
thomas:
that was meant in appreciation of the talkies
Thu. 4/9/09 4:44am
thomas:
all commenters are asleep. and i'm at work. alone.. again
Thu. 4/9/09 4:50am
thomas:
still going for that extra comment
Thu. 4/9/09 4:52am
thomas:
2 more hours to go, hang in there night people
Thu. 4/9/09 4:52am
thomas:
these math questions are killing me :D
Thu. 4/9/09 4:54am
thomas:
ps: i need to know the make and type of you reverb unit
Thu. 4/9/09 4:56am
thomas:
i meant youR ofcourse.. and the unit really needs a nickname
Thu. 4/9/09 5:00am
joshua:
Like is there a standardized IQ test somewhere... if you take one made by someone else the results would be different.
Thu. 4/9/09 5:06am
Dave in London:
Lionel Trains were big in the late 1940's and 50's. Also, plastic was invented down the street from me in London in 1928. Did not come into pratical use until WW2.
Thu. 4/9/09 5:11am
thomas:
everybody needs a nemesis
Thu. 4/9/09 5:16am
thomas:
nemesea would acutally be a cool topic
Thu. 4/9/09 5:17am
thomas:
this is comment 73 with one hour to go
Thu. 4/9/09 5:19am
thomas:
74 just for the hell of it
Thu. 4/9/09 5:23am
thomas:
party like its 1975
Thu. 4/9/09 5:24am
thomas:
76 so what is exactly your point in wishing for 86 comments? i bet they wont be added to the time capsule anyway
Thu. 4/9/09 5:26am
thomas:
77 crazy japanese swordfighters in a barrel
Thu. 4/9/09 5:28am
thomas:
78 bottles of absynth on the wall
Thu. 4/9/09 5:29am
thomas:
79 running that extra mile
Thu. 4/9/09 5:30am
thomas:
80 all those calculations feels like im playing brain training for the mentally challenged
Thu. 4/9/09 5:31am
wha?:
I'm listening, and I'll bet he's talking about Greystone in Morris Plains. (I'm not a cop,)
Thu. 4/9/09 5:31am
thomas:
there are actually 81 dimensions
Thu. 4/9/09 5:32am
thomas:
+ that one makes 83
Thu. 4/9/09 5:33am
joshua:
Theres some delay on the internet
Thu. 4/9/09 5:34am
Dave in London:
I have a straight jacket if you want it!
Thu. 4/9/09 5:35am
josef:
i wonder which decade breaking records first became a big fad?
Thu. 4/9/09 5:36am
Dave in London:
it's ex US Army, leather & burlap type material
Thu. 4/9/09 5:36am
thomas:
so there you have it, comment 86
Thu. 4/9/09 5:37am
wha?:
Yeah, you have to wonder how many people are in straight jackets for recreational purposes.
Thu. 4/9/09 5:43am
Joshua K:
Maybe ghosts are some kind of jungian collective archetype brain illusion
Thu. 4/9/09 5:45am
Dave in London:
I think ghost are memories left behind, like a recording but left in places not on tapes.
Thu. 4/9/09 5:46am
thomas:
from Holland.
have a good morning's sleep guys
Thu. 4/9/09 5:52am
L:
Good show.
THX!
Thu. 4/9/09 5:52am
m:
Kudos from an overtime worker @ Barcelona Spain. Ha.
Thu. 4/9/09 5:54am
thomas:
5 minutes to go, hang in there
Thu. 4/9/09 6:08am
thomas:
is the last clerk left
Thu. 4/9/09 6:26am
thomas:
haunting the post-broadcast comment list..
Thu. 4/9/09 8:08am
thomas:
STILL HERE!
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