"Except don’t say voilá! because you’ll hear it on the playback. In fact, you’ll hear everything. Take off your shoes. Close the window. Take the phone off the hook." 😅
Thank you for highlighting these memories,, so different from now, that most of us grew into adulthood with. I think you and I often look to understand how (and where) the social fabric has shifted, looking for evidence of what that's done to humanity. That our collective experiences have morphed and dwindled is surely paramount.
Also, here we go again with synchronicity, given that I'm still creating my own version of "mixtapes" via Spotify and shared one today. I've created playlists for my kids every year since 2019. Where there's a will, there's a way!
Thank you Stew for capturing the history: all so relatively recent and incredibly fast-paced, from analogue to digital, LP and cassette to CD and now streaming. Great also to think back to the days when we had the morning and evening newspapers delivered, and the newsreels in the movie theaters. Quite amazing that our kids and grandkids would have to google so much of what we experienced in our lifetimes!
Newsreel date and content, and your description have me wondering. Post WWII, of course, starts in autumn of 1945. 1942 is only 11 months after the date that will live in infamy when the US military industrial complex is just shifting into 3rd gear. The switch to fridges and toasters is, as you say, post WWII a few years off from 1942. I wonder if they got the copyright date wrong, or if the copyright is for United Newsreel Corp. and not the actual publication of the newsreel.
Our friend Pete still enjoys making mixed tapes on CDs as holiday and birthday presents. He has an collection of vinyl to be envied.
I wondered about that. It is way too early to be celebrating kitchen tables. I need to go back and check the original source material. Thanks for the careful read.
"Except don’t say voilá! because you’ll hear it on the playback. In fact, you’ll hear everything. Take off your shoes. Close the window. Take the phone off the hook." 😅
Thank you for highlighting these memories,, so different from now, that most of us grew into adulthood with. I think you and I often look to understand how (and where) the social fabric has shifted, looking for evidence of what that's done to humanity. That our collective experiences have morphed and dwindled is surely paramount.
Also, here we go again with synchronicity, given that I'm still creating my own version of "mixtapes" via Spotify and shared one today. I've created playlists for my kids every year since 2019. Where there's a will, there's a way!
Thank you Stew for capturing the history: all so relatively recent and incredibly fast-paced, from analogue to digital, LP and cassette to CD and now streaming. Great also to think back to the days when we had the morning and evening newspapers delivered, and the newsreels in the movie theaters. Quite amazing that our kids and grandkids would have to google so much of what we experienced in our lifetimes!
Newsreel date and content, and your description have me wondering. Post WWII, of course, starts in autumn of 1945. 1942 is only 11 months after the date that will live in infamy when the US military industrial complex is just shifting into 3rd gear. The switch to fridges and toasters is, as you say, post WWII a few years off from 1942. I wonder if they got the copyright date wrong, or if the copyright is for United Newsreel Corp. and not the actual publication of the newsreel.
Our friend Pete still enjoys making mixed tapes on CDs as holiday and birthday presents. He has an collection of vinyl to be envied.
I wondered about that. It is way too early to be celebrating kitchen tables. I need to go back and check the original source material. Thanks for the careful read.