In the 1980s, if you liked a song you went out and bought the single on 7-inch vinyl. If you loved it you went out and bought…
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The 1954 Chicago Auto Show was the venue for the unveiling of the Ford FX-Atmos – a concept car built by the Ford Motor Company.…
Stereoscopic films had been around since the 1920s, but the 1950s was unquestionably the golden age of 3-D, with excited teenagers flocking to the cinema…
THE BAWL GAME Baby-sitting. Self explanatory really. BOSS We know who the boss is…. Bruce Springsteen, of course. And as a verb, it means to…
ADIDAS Brand-name graffiti appearing primarily on running shoes, including a pair that glows in the dark. AGEISM Discrimination against the elderly for being old. AIR…
This was the first practical way to play recorded music in your car and was invented in 1964 by Bill Lear and developed by a…
“Awesome” is equal to or slightly better than “Cool”, certainly better than “Bad” (or “Bitchin”) and about on a par with “Gnarly”, but definitely nowhere…
During the 1950s and 1960s fascination with the Abominable Snowman (or Yeti) reached fever pitch. The Himalayan half-man, half-ape joined the Loch Ness Monster and the…
Aerobics word association – Lycra, Spandex, headbands, striped outfits, jiggling flab, overenthusiastic instructors, Flashdance (1983), sports bras, bike shorts, bad music, Richard Simmons, and in 1982, Jane…
The hair-do that simply exploded out of the head – BOOM! Also the hair-do that told everyone you were bigger, better and badder than all…
In the mid-1950’s, Milton Levine was enjoying Fourth of July festivities in Southern California’s San Fernando Valley, when the ant minions that he was watching…
“Ding Dong, Avon Calling” The most successful door-to-door makeup enterprise in history, Avon has been bringing front door service to housewives since 1886. The company…
Yuppie car rear-window signs proclaiming the presence of an ankle-biter in the car. The signs originated in 1985 as a way of informing rescue workers…
“Bagism” was a satirical performance art concept created by John Lennon and Yoko Ono in the late 1960s to combat social prejudice and stereotyping. The…
When the Bean Bag emerged in the late 60s and 70s it was heralded as the furniture of tomorrow for the well-heeled of today. It…
In the beginning, The Beatles – or rather The Quarrymen – were just another group that hoped to make a few records and some money.…
“Don’t fret cat, it’s all bells. We got no bread baby, but that’s not our bag anyway. So dig the crazy scene and don’t be…
The Bermuda Triangle is an area in the North Atlantic Ocean spanning more than 500,000 square miles where, over the years, many ships and planes…
In the extremes of the 80s, the “bigger is better” concept came also to hair. To follow the fashion precept that all things must be…
‘Bigfoot’ was a major fascination in the 1970s, explored in numerous documentaries (such as the In Search Of . . . series hosted by Leonard…