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About this kid
Greg Volk is a freelance writer whose TV credits include Cash Cab and Pawn Stars. He desperately clings to his own youth while living and writing in Brooklyn. Likes include history and things that are awesome. Dislikes include chores and being told what to do. Follow his 140-character rebellion @kidsthosedays. MORE→
Monthly Archives: June 2011
From the Archives: Girls need be barefoot, pregnant and on the sidelines
The Library of Congress has a really neat project cataloging historic American papers called Chronicling America. Newspapers, you remember those, right? This one caught my eye, so much that I present it essentially without comment because, like almost any reality … Continue reading
Posted in 1920s
Tagged Age Discrimination, Chauvinism, Girls, Primary Source Hilarity, Sports, Teenagers, Wildcats the movie, Women
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Dress shoes, no socks: a bibliography for men
Since the birth of summer and poppable collars, dress shoes without socks have been among the stuff rich people love. Dress-Shoes-No-Socks around the web: – The official tome: – Some dude at GQ.com legitimately asks… I come from an affluent … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion
Tagged boat shoes, dress shoes, GQ, loafers, oxfords, preppy style, rich people, Washington Post, without socks
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KTD afraid of cheesy stage theatrics
This is not your creepy uncle/walking corpse Alice Cooper’s Rock and Roll. He allegedly had the following to say to Music-News.com (which is a web site that apparently exists) about today’s young musicians. I think they’re afraid to rock, I … Continue reading
Posted in Music
Tagged Alice Cooper, blood, Dockers, Gap, Gene Simmons, Gwar, rock and roll, stage theatrics
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John Philip Sousa: Marcher, Luddite
These talking machines are going to ruin the artistic development of music in this country. “March King” John Philip Sousa was against innovation, unless it involved a new kind of tuba named after him. I’m guessing he wouldn’t have had … Continue reading
Had it up to here with those ankle-sporting harlots
If you’re like me, you’ve had way too much of bobby soxers‘ shenanigans. Always flashing shin, talking “Errol Flynn this” and “Errol Flynn that.” Take a steno class already! A Time Magazine article from 1956 has the lowdown on this … Continue reading
Posted in 1950s
Tagged 1950s, Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer, Bobby Socks, Bobby Soxers, Cary Grant, Errol Flynn, Eugene Gilbert, Myrna Loy, pollster, Shirley Temple
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