Did you buy "Monster Mash" in 1962?
If so, do you have any idea what might have happened to that 45? If you were born after 1962, I will assume that you did not buy the record when it first came out.
The Slice archive for Oct. 15, 2013
TUESDAY, OCT. 15, 2013
Frost on the inflatable pumpkin
Does anyone in your neighborhood have blow-up Halloween decorations in the front yard? I see several on my nippy bike ride to work in the morning. They always remind me of the fun readers have had over the years in describing the carnage of deflated…
Is use of "daily fishwrap" fading away?
www.twitchy.com Got an email this morning from a reader named Joe who used that expression to describe the SR. I know the guy and he was not trying to be mean. Though I think it might be fair to say he isn't always impressed with…
If you watch TV shows set in England
Sooner or later you have to ask yourself. Would I be able to drive over there? Or would I be too afraid that I might forget which lane I'm supposed to be in?
Excuses for leaving work early
Let's say there's a baseball game on TV at 1 o'clock that you want to watch at home. What can you say as you slip out during the noon hour? 1. "I need to check on something." 2. "I think I might be coming down…
This week on "MST3K" in 1991
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Sioux City's airport code SUX
Catherine Caskey saw the mention of GEG in today's column. "How could anything be worse than SUX for Sioux, City, Iowa?" she wrote. "My sister and I went to nursing school there and we referred to it as Suck City."
Sign of the season 1
i realize it's a limited population sample. but in the last couple of days, about one in three people leaving me phone messages sniff at some point while creating the recording. (yes, i know the first letters of the above paragraphs should be capitalized. but…
Technical difficulties, please stand by 2
Hope to have things back to normal shortly.
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