A cassette from Halmstad, a chorus for the world
A student’s cassette copy, a burst of airplay in Minneapolis, and suddenly Roxette were everywhere. Behind those enormous choruses was…
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A cereal bowl on the carpet, cartoons on the screen — Saturday morning TV in America, 1981
At 7:00 AM, the television was already glowing, the cereal was going soft, and kids across America were hopping between…
Space: 1999 — television’s bold leap into the unknown
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UHF 17 at Sundown
Dust hangs in the air, hoofbeats echo, and under layers of painstaking make-up Roddy McDowall gives the small screen one…
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A Cassette Click, a Radio Dial, a Shelf of Tapes — Amazon Picks for Music and Retro Fans
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