LPs and the good old days.
I remember all those things!
- Slide rule in physics class.
- 8MM home movies
- Rotary telephone (and here is a good one) on a party line.
- Rabbit ears.
- A pocket transistor radio was pretty cool.
- LPs were cool because they were "Long Playing". More time for making out without changing the record. At least in theory.
- Hi-Fi stores (when stereos were "Hi-Fidelity Record Players with Sterophonic Sound") .
- A crazy thing called a Moog Synthisizer (a handful of whacky classical composers messed around with those, probably on dope).
- Paying a small fortune to do a demo tape because home recording was not financially or technically practical for most musicians.
- No method of distributing or sharing your music (such as the web).
- Heavy steel automobiles with the steering column that goes through your chest in a wreck.
- Seatbelts an option.
- Electroshock therapy.
- No one ate "wierdo food" like grains and vegetables. We all ate "healthy food" like a lot of red meat, milk, bread made with bleached white flower.
- We could stay warmer in the winter thanks to asbestos insulation.
- Everyone smoked.
- US and USSR poised to end all life on planet Earth in about 45 minutes.
- Air travel was too expensive for most people.
- Research papers took forever without computer technology (librarian makes phone calls to other libraries to find the books, etc.)
- Endless re-typing on a typewriter (no cut and paste).
- If you travelled for business, carrying 25 lbs. of dimes with you everywhere for pay phones.
Come to think of it, &$#&^ the old days! I like it better now!
You're making me feel old, here. It's a record, you know the 12", black plastic disc with grooves in it, that goes on a record player.
Victrolia's!!!!
