1970s
Follies of the Madmen #553
In 1970, everything was psychedelic, including kids' vitamins. The subtext of handing out groovy pills could not be denied.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jan 22, 2023 -
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Category: Advertising, Children, Nutrition, Psychedelic, 1970s
Casseroles I Have Known
For some reason, this 1973 cookbook sounds rather melancholy.
Posted By: Alex - Thu Jan 19, 2023 -
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Category: Cookbooks, 1970s
Rent-a-Drunk
For only $3 a night, Colin White would rent out one of the drunks from his pub to liven up a party.So his employees could legitimately claim to be professional drunks.
Asbury Park Press - Nov 26, 1971
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jan 11, 2023 -
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Category: Business, Inebriation and Intoxicants, Jobs and Occupations, 1970s
The man who fell 3300 feet and only broke his nose
1972: 19-year-old Bob Hall fell 3300 feet when his parachute malfunctioned. He landed face first on a runway. Somehow, he not only survived, but he only broke his nose and busted up his teeth.The photo below was taken after his fall.
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Posted By: Alex - Mon Jan 09, 2023 -
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Category: Accidents, Human Marvels, 1970s
Lafleur!
As far as I know, the genre of disco hockey-instruction music is limited to this one album released by Guy Lafleur in 1979.
Montreal Gazette - Sep 11, 1979
Posted By: Alex - Mon Jan 02, 2023 -
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Category: Music, Sports, 1970s
Unauthorized Dwellings 27
As you can read at the Wikipedia page, these evictions were for naught, as the planned dam was never built.Newspaper source: The Morning Call (Allentown, Pennsylvania) 28 Feb 1974, Thu Page 7
Column below is extension of leftmost column above.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jan 02, 2023 -
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Category: Regionalism, Lakes, Ponds, Rivers, Streams, Swamps and Other Bodies of Fresh Water, Unauthorized Dwellings, 1970s
Decoy Santas
Arizona Daily Star - Dec 10, 1976
Posted By: Alex - Sun Dec 25, 2022 -
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Category: Crime, Police and Other Law Enforcement, 1970s, Christmas
Captain Entropy
The creator's Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Dec 24, 2022 -
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Category: Drugs, Education, Music, Science, Children, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1970s
Hasbro’s Screwball
An early instance of "revenge of the nerds."
Posted By: Paul - Fri Dec 23, 2022 -
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Category: Geeks, Nerds and Pointdexters, Sports, Toys, Advertising, 1970s, Puzzles
George Crumb’s “Black Angels”
Let us all know when you jump ship.The composer's Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Dec 20, 2022 -
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Category: 1970s, Cacophony, Dissonance, White Noise and Other Sonic Assaults
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