#65: Barbed Wire, Hoodies & Chokeslams

A bunch of stuff to catch up on while you're practicing social distancing!

“Sometimes the best thing you can do is not think, not obsess. Just breathe and have faith that all will work out for the best.”

It’s MONDAY!

CULTURE THINGS:

• The Strange Saga of the Real-Life Simpsons House in Nevada

• What Know-It-Alls Don’t Know, or the Illusion of Competence

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MUSIC THINGS:

• The Man Who Recorded, Tamed, and Then Sold Nature Sounds to America

• Questlove On Just Blaze's Maddening Genius

MARKETING THINGS:

• What Ever Happened To Waterbeds?

• The Preposterous Success Story of America’s Pillow King

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TUNES!

PLAYLIST: 90s TEEN SEX COMEDY SOUNDTRACK

This playlist is for people who loved 90s teen sex comedies like She’s All That, Can’t Hardly Wait, American Pie…you get it. This is a fun one!!!!!

WASH YOUR HANDS!

STAY IN THE HOUSE!

CHECK ON YOUR LOVED ONES!

BE SAFE OUT THERE!

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