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Retro Video- House of the future
Disneyland’s 1957 Monsanto House of Tomorrow.
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United Kingdom Talk Thursday 7th August 2008
Thursday's edition of my three times a week talk show.Watch the show here on CURRENT TV on Tues, Thurs & Sats.
In today's show :
Fun times.
Changing lives.
Ice cream anyone ?
Skegness.
What do you now call a disco ?
Too many chip shops.
Caravans everywhere.
I wish I was an American teen in the 50's.
Goldfish noises.
Looking for something to eat.
Help others.
Decomposing quickly.
Check your route.
Boating.
I hear Mei Mei singing.
Gary's bought a motor bike.
Donkeys.
We moan about stupid things.
A new place for Bingay in September.
You need to be up to date.
Helping people in Peru.
Tommy wants the rest of the story !
Email :
chris@unitedkingdomtalk.co.uk
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Is that Chuck Berry on my spine?
"In the USSR and Eastern Europe in the 1950s underground night spots would play music pirated from the west. The only media they had were recorders etched into discarded X-ray film."
Wow! How'd they do that??
"...enterprising young people with technical skills learned to duplicate records with a converted phonograph that would "press" a record using a very unusual material for the purpose; discarded x-ray plates. This material was both plentiful and cheap, and millions of duplications of Western and Soviet groups were made and distributed by an underground roentgenizdat, or x-ray press, which is akin to the samizdat that was the notorious tradition of self-publication among banned writers in the USSR."
If I may indulge my pun-ny self: how hip!! "In the USSR and Eastern Europe in the 1950s underground night spots would play music pirated from the west. The only media they ... more -
Former R&B singer gets 9 years in prison for bank robbery
An elderly former R&B singer who said he robbed a bank to pay his medical bills was sentenced to more than nine years in prison Wednesday.
Lester Russaw, 74, told U.S. District Judge Solomon Oliver during a sentencing hearing that he was desperate for money after losing his job. He failed to find work after months of looking, he said.
"I wasn't greedy," Russaw said. "I didn't do this because I wanted to buy drugs. I didn't do it to buy a big screen TV or a Rolex watch
Russaw was part of a group named the Coronets who had a top hit in 1953 titled "Nadine". An elderly former R&B singer who said he robbed a bank to pay his medical bills was sentenced to more than nine years in prison W... more -
Tokyo Rockabilly Dancers of Harajuku
Harajuku these days is famous for the Goth Lolita crowd but years ago it was home to the takenoko-zoku (bamboo-shoot kids). One group took after early rock-n-roll fashion and dance away to old rock.
They were driven off by the police en masse ten years ago but some diehards still get together and dance away to old rock-n-roll tunes. Harajuku these days is famous for the Goth Lolita crowd but years ago it was home to the takenoko-zoku (bamboo-shoot kids). One group ... more -
LSD-induced drawings
A crazy collection of drawings that formed part of a 1950's investigation into the effects of LSD on the brain. The drawings speak for themselves, but are accompanied by some rather comical drug chatter...
Patient:
"I can feel my kness again, I think it's starting to wear off. This is a pretty good drawing -- this pencil is mighty hard to hold."
Doctors note:
(He is holding a crayon)
Maybe the drugs don't work... A crazy collection of drawings that formed part of a 1950's investigation into the effects of LSD on the brain. The drawings spea... more -
Your Teeth, Dear
A short compilation film equating the vigors of youth with healthy teeth and a stern warning to those who don't brush. Culled from 1950s and 1960s archival footage. A short compilation film equating the vigors of youth with healthy teeth and a stern warning to those who don't brush. Culled fr... more
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Stagger Lee crayon music video
crayon interpretation of "Stagger Lee" by Lloyd Price by Erika Brooks Adickman myspace.com/popwaffle
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