It’s The Birthday Of The Jukebox, The Old-School System For On-Demand Music

Today in 1889, inventor Louis Glass moved his "nickel-in-a-slot" into a saloon in San Francisco, beginning the age of the jukebox and giving the generations without smartphones and streaming services the chance to push a button and listen to a song.

By |2024-12-15T15:47:27-05:00November 23, 2020|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |
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A Big-Time Librarian Kept “Goodnight Moon” Off The Shelves For 25 Years

Despite being one of the most iconic children’s books of its time, the New York Public Library didn’t have a copy of “Goodnight Moon” for decades, because an influential librarian didn’t like it.

By |2024-12-15T15:48:50-05:00January 14, 2020|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |
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