Posted By: Paul - Sun Jun 16, 2024 -
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Category: Art, Movies, Psychedelic, 1970s, Cacophony, Dissonance, White Noise and Other Sonic Assaults
Posted By: Alex - Thu Jun 13, 2024 -
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Category: Restaurants, Riots, Protests and Civil Disobedience, 1970s
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jun 08, 2024 -
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Category: Surrealism, Cartoons, 1970s
Thrillington is an album produced by English musician Paul McCartney, under the pseudonym Percy "Thrills" Thrillington.... [In] late 1976, McCartney decided to release the long-in-storage project, and devised a plan to publicize the album while obscuring his own involvement with it. In preparation for the release of Thrillington, McCartney invented the fictitious socialite Percy Thrillington, and even took out ads in various UK music papers announcing Thrillington's so-called comings and goings to generate curiosity and interest.
Released in April 1977, McCartney's name was mentioned only in the main liner notes where he is described as a friend of Percy. Thrillington went mostly unnoticed upon its release although it was reviewed by Rolling Stone magazine and mentioned in the "Random Notes" section.[5] Variety also reviewed the album, noting that "Whether Percy Thrillington is Paul McCartney or not is really irrelevant. What matters is that he (they) is (are) having fun."[6]
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jun 05, 2024 -
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Category: Hoaxes and Imposters and Imitators, Music, 1970s, United Kingdom
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jun 04, 2024 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Games, Money, 1970s, Europe
Posted By: Paul - Fri May 31, 2024 -
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Category: Domestic, Hygiene, Advertising, Retailing, Wimps, Milquetoasts and Cowards, 1970s
Posted By: Paul - Mon May 27, 2024 -
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Category: Toys, Advertising, AI, Robots and Other Automatons, 1970s
Henry was born in Paris, France,[3] and began experimenting at the age of 15 with sounds produced by various objects. He became fascinated with the integration of noise into music, now called noise music
Posted By: Paul - Sun May 26, 2024 -
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Category: Music, 1970s, Europe, Cacophony, Dissonance, White Noise and Other Sonic Assaults
Posted By: Paul - Tue May 21, 2024 -
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Category: Stereotypes and Cliches, Advertising, 1960s, 1970s, Women, Perfume and Cologne and Other Scents
Posted By: Alex - Fri May 17, 2024 -
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Category: Addictions, Television, Psychology, 1970s
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