History's Dumpster

History's Dumpster = GLORIOUS trash! Kitsch, music, fashion, food, history, ephemera, and other memorable and forgotten, famous and infamous pop culture junk and oddities of yesterday and today. Saved from the landfill of time...

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Sony Music Pops Cassettes

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1985 was the year cassette players got colourful. The Sharp QT-50 was a hot item, neon and pastel colours got a comeback. So as Warne...

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

The Seattle Bubbleator

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This was the Seattle Center Bubbleator. A hydraulically driven clear glass "bubble" that illustrated in 1962 how elevators wo...

Monday, September 22, 2014

The Coon Chicken Inn: The WORST Restaurant Chain In History

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Uh-oh, we now see the shameful side of Seattle's otherwise awesome culinary history. It's hard to believe a place with a name lik...

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Sunday, September 21, 2014

If The Bomb Falls: A Recorded Guide to Survival (Tops/PRI, 1961)

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If a nuclear holocaust were to happen in 1961, you will need two albums. The Sam Sacks album I mentioned yesterday and this one. J...

Saturday, September 20, 2014

Sing It Again, Sam!: The Inimitable Song Stylings of Sam Sacks - Sam Sacks (Arliss, 1961)

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Sam Sacks was unquestionably an underrated musical genius. While Florence Foster Jenkins and Nina Hagen could sing a few notes on ...

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