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Record Stores, Then & Now – Highlights from the 4/11 Rock and Roll Revisited
Up Front: It’s Friday!Meet Katie Bouman, the woman who discovered the black hole everybody’s talking about.Wikipedia Isn’t Officially a Social Network. But the Harassment Can Get Ugly. Via @NYTimesAnswers to yesterday’s advertising slogan quiz: “Come Alive – You’re in the Pepsi Generation”,“Where’s the Beef?” Actress Clara Peller for Wendy’s“,“You can be sure if it’s.. Westinghouse”,“Us…
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Summer in the (Motor) City – Highlights from the 4/10 Rock and Roll Revisited
Up Front: Click to EnlargeCoke creates a pigeon “flash mob” in 1960 by spreading grains for pigeons in Saint Mark’s Square, Venice, Via advertisingpics.tumblr.com.Quickly – How many of these slogans can you associate with their brands: “Come Alive”, “Where’s the Beef?”, “You can be sure if it’s..”, “I’d rather fight than switch”, “A little dab’l…
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Summer in the (Motor) City – Highlights from the 4/10 Rock and Roll Revisited
Up Front: Click to EnlargeCoke creates a pigeon “flash mob” in 1960 by spreading grains for pigeons in Saint Mark’s Square, Venice, Via advertisingpics.tumblr.com.Quickly – How many of these slogans can you associate with their brands: “Come Alive”, “Where’s the Beef?”, “You can be sure if it’s..”, “I’d rather fight than switch”, “A little dab’l…
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Ellie Greenwich – Highlights from the 4/9 Rock and Roll Revisited
Up Front: Tech Tuesday –The next versions of Apple & Google’s browsers will make it easier for websites you visit to track you. Firefox will be the only ecosystem to allow to disable this secret spy option. Via @BoingBoingAccording to NBC, 70% of us use social media. 80% say it’s a waste of time. Boy…
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Ellie Greenwich – Highlights from the 4/9 Rock and Roll Revisited
Up Front: Tech Tuesday –The next versions of Apple & Google’s browsers will make it easier for websites you visit to track you. Firefox will be the only ecosystem to allow to disable this secret spy option. Via @BoingBoingAccording to NBC, 70% of us use social media. 80% say it’s a waste of time. Boy…
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Highlights from the 4/8 Rock and Roll Revisited
Up Front:Automated music at your business in the days before Muzak. The Seeburg Select-o-Matic background music service, circa 1955. This unit played 45s. 4 years later, the Seeburg 1000 made its debut, which used special 9-inch, 16? rpm records, specially cut for businesses.What’s the secret to a long life? How we fuel our body is…