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Compleat

Years before The Beatles released their Anthology, the best movie about the band’s history was a 1984 movie called The Compleat Beatles. This was the first truly comprehensive documentary on the band, covering their earliest days all the way through their breakup. There’s the archival footage we’ve all seen before, but the people who made …

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More on Keyfax

Following up on my Keyfax post of a few weeks ago, I found this page by David E. Carlson which discusses Keycom and Keyfax. His Online Timeline is pretty interesting, too.

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Worth Losing Sleep Over

I saw on the ‘net today that the BBC’s CeeFax videotext service is turning 30 years old today. Unless you’ve spent time in the UK (or Europe, where the television broadcasters there have similar services), you probably aren’t familiar with CeeFax or videotext services. In the days before the internet, there was a lot of …

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Disco Demolition

25 years ago today, the old Comiskey Park saw its biggest crowd in a long time when Disco Demolition took place in between games at a Sox-Tigers doubleheader. Anti-disco music sentiment had been building for a while, and Chicago DJ Steve Dahl built an army of anti-Disco followers (The Insane Coho Lips) who enjoyed listening …

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C30 C60 C90 Go

A couple weeks ago, I was listening to Bow Wow Wow’s “C30 C60 C90 Go” and realized how appropriate the song is today, 20-some years after its release. It’s a tribute to portable cassette players and the beauty of being able to record what you want and carry it with you. The song also promotes …

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Ancient Scribblings

I used to have a weekly radio show on WHCM, the radio station at Harper College. Thursday afternoons from 5:00-7:00 pm was my gig, often going until 9:00 ’cause the guy who followed me didn’t always show up. When I joined in the fall of 1979, the station had a fairly loose format. The air …

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Jangly Bits

I was looking for something in my files and I ran across a whole bunch of other stuff that I think would be interesting to share. I decided to create a new category for this material called, “Dude, I Forgot About That!” I will admit right here that this category is only a thin veneer …

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