Bye Bye Bernie, I'm gonna miss you so/ Bye, Bye Bernie…Why'd ya have to go?
CULTURE THING:
How Fish and Chips migrated to Britain
MUSIC THING:
An Oral History Of Myspace Music
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MARKETING THING:
A History of Like: The pre-Facebook history of ‘likeability,’ and why there will never be a ‘dislike’ button.
TUNES!
PLAYLIST.: Every Black Wedding Ever
This is a classic from my archives. If you have ever been to a black wedding/interracial wedding with black people, you have heard every song on this playlist.
(If you haven’t ever been to a black wedding/interracial wedding with black people, you really need to get out more once we’re allowed to do that kind of thing again.)
By the way: If you missed yesterday’s one-hit wonders playlist, it’s below!
Until tomorrow…
WASH YOUR HANDS!
STAY IN THE HOUSE!
CHECK ON YOUR LOVED ONES!
BE SAFE OUT THERE!
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