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Stickers, Pencils And Other Ways To Not Let The Man Keep You Down At The Book Fair

Send a textBefore Amazon wish lists and two-day shipping, there was a thin paper flyer, a crumpled order form, and a check your mom wrote with mild suspicion. The Scholastic Book Club wasn’t just about books. It was about waiting. About forgetting you even ordered anything. And then one day, the teacher opened a giant cardboard box and the classroom turned into Christmas morning (for some of us). More on that later. This week on Free Nights and Weekends, we welcome guest co-host, Jason Dean to rewind to the mini book fairs of the 1980s. The thrill of circling titles you’d never read. The disappointment of picking the wrong book. The strange power dynamics of who got the cool paperback and who got the weird one about horses. Whatever, man. I had $2.50. Gimmie them NFL pencils!   Show Sponsor The Digitize Center, America's Leader in DigitizingFree Nights and Weekends on Facebook Our WebsiteOriginal music provided by a few of the gentlemen of Supernal Endgame

...Escaped The Surly Bonds Of Science Class To Go Run Laps In Gym

Send a textIn the 1980s, history didn’t arrive on your phone. It arrived on a rolling television cart that wheeled into your classroom and got parked next to the chalkboard like a sacred object.On the day the Space Shuttle launch was shown live in schools across America, some kids watched in stunned silence. Others cracked jokes. Some had to catch the news at lunch because they were in some nerd math class.  Today, we welcome Chad Goucher to step up to the mic and we relive that era like two dudes that watched it happen from the same jr high! Reagan's White House SpeechFree Nights and Weekends on Facebook Our WebsiteOriginal music provided by a few of the gentlemen of Supernal Endgame

The Star Trek Dude Was A Liar. Probably

Send us a textWe were going to be chased into quicksand by Bigfoot during an earthquake! And Spock was there learching around to narrate our demise. Marc joins us this week as we look back at these GenX myths and some closer to home. Free Nights and Weekends on Facebook Our WebsiteOriginal music provided by a few of the gentlemen of Supernal Endgame

Great Selection of "Reabok" Shoes! Again

Send us a textSomewhere between the Diamond Ballroom and the North Canadian River in OKC lies Mecca for a 12 year old boy.  The double space before the beginning of each sentence here lets you in that a guy who remembers ET in the theaters is typing this.  But with that (a-hem) experience comes a wealth of "knowledge".  Like, where to get cheap jumper cables and some sweet nunchakus.  Let's go back to the mid-80's and explore The Old Paris Flea Market.     Free Nights and Weekends on Facebook Our WebsiteOriginal music provided by a few of the gentlemen of Supernal Endgame

Live at the Myriad! Well… “Live”; Milli Vanilli Is Sort Of Up For A Grammy Again, Again!

Send us a textThis week on *Free Nights and Weekends*, we get ready for The Grammys! We welcome in longtime friend and veteran musician Rick Toops — and the two dive headfirst into one of the wildest pop-culture stories of the late ’80s: the rise, fall, and unexpected comeback of Milli Vanilli. Yep. You read that right. Fab Morvan — one half of the most infamous duo in pop history — is nominated for a Grammy. Again. And it just so happens Rick was there, in Oklahoma City, watching Milli Vanilli perform at the Myriad right before the scandal broke. The crowd. The energy. The lip-syncing. The clues. The chaos. Rick walks Scott — and you — through the entire surreal experience. In this episode:  The night Milli Vanilli came to Oklahoma City. Rick’s behind-the-scenes musician perspective. How the duo shot to global superstardom * The fallout after the tapes stopped matching the lips * And how, somehow, decades later… redemption comes knocking at the Grammys. It’s nostalgic, it’s ridiculous, it’s musical, and it’s right here!Rick is a better keyboardist that any of us! Listen here! Free Nights and Weekends on Facebook Our WebsiteOriginal music provided by a few of the gentlemen of Supernal Endgame