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Features a large 80s tribute collage, song lyrics, mix tapes, essays, links, and reminiscences.
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Driko's 80s Music and Nostalgia Some people call it retro but that term just doesn't sound right to me. I grew up during the 80s and relish all of those sometimes-hazy memories imprinted upon me from TV shows, movies, arcade games, current events, and just...Covering the early history of advertising in the United States, and drawn from the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at Duke University.
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EAA Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850 1920 American business and culture. Category Descriptions Information on all eleven categories. Provides access to browsing within individual categories. Timeline Overview of advertising and influential developments, 1850 1920. Search Search across all or within individual categories. About the site Copyright, citation,...Dedicated to the keeping the American Drive In alive.
http://www.driveintheater.com
Australian popular culture from 1949 to 1972 including music, movies, books, and sport.
http://www.menziesera.com/
The story of Levittown, not the first, not the only, but the best known suburban development of the post war era.
http://www.lihistory.com/specsec/levmain.htm
A Popular Culture Excavation Site - calls attention to unique, obscure, or extraordinary persons or areas of popular interest.
http://www.geocities.com/~jimlowe/
Features a random year in pop history every weekday.
http://www.pophistorynow.com/
Covers the arts, literature, fads, fashion, and other significant cultural hallmarks of the 1920s.
http://www.angelfire.com/co/pscst/
A mix of Americana, popular culture, and kitsch.
http://www.americanfolk.com
A dynamic history directory.
http://www.itseemslikeyesterday.com/
Pop culture magazine with features on motorcycles, teddybears, toaster foods and lunchboxes.
http://www.wholepop.com/
An informative collection of pop culture tidbits and facts about each decade of the twentieth century.
http://www.nhmccd.edu/contracts/lrc/kc/decades.html
Honoring the teen idol magazines of the 1950s; snapshots and articles on era teen idols, fashion, and makeup.
http://home.att.net/~boomers.fifties.teenmag/kookie.html
Humorous personal nostalgia site that covers all aspects of popular culture.
http://www.angelfire.com/pq/philgee
Takes you through the fashion history of the platform shoe.
http://www.geocities.com/FashionAvenue/1495/
Nuclear imagery in Popular Culture
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/nukepop/
An article on the impact of the mass circulation of newspapers on American cities at the end of the 19th century.
http://www.netreach.net/~wfox/popcult.htm
An analysis of current and future trends in popular culture by reference to past movements.
http://futuretro.net/
A site about the fads, events, entertainment, and nostalgia of each decade in the past 60 years. Articles and forums allow people to discuss current issues, as well as the events of the past.
http://www.wgeneration.com/
A roaring 20's resource featuring antique automobiles, classic radio, flappers, jazz, and movies.
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~rbotti/
Extensive resources about 'the bomb' and all its attendant pop culture fallout. Includes song lyrics, audio, and video.
http://www.conelrad.com
A look at the 1950s - music, TV, Elvis, Burna Shave, fads, fashions and slang.
http://www.fiftiesweb.com/
A guide to popular culture on the net.
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~popcult/
A collection of pictures. Includes movies, television, cartoons, music, and toys.
http://members.aol.com/saprano123/home.index.html
Mock-academic journal of pop culture criticism.
http://www.postmodernvillage.com/eastwest/
A personal scrapbook site recalling memories of the fifties and sixties. Contains lots of graphics on each page, and background sounds.
http://www.janscourtyard.com/fifties.htm
Celebrates early 20th-century lifestyle and architecture as represented by jazz, Roseville pottery, detective pulps, skyscrapers, Grauman's Chinese Theatre and Cozy Kitten salt and pepper shakers.
http://www.geocities.com/hepcat_paul
Trivia of American pop culture past and present.
http://www.secretfunspot.com
A baby boomer's teen photo collection of the fifties teen idols, including pictures and pinups of Troy Donahue, Fabian Forte, Kookie,Edd Byrnes,Ricky Nelson, Bobby Rydell, Pat Boone.
http://home.att.net/~boomers.fifties.pinups/index.html
An scholarly essay on defining the social and cultural tone of the 1990s, by James Arey.
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/jamesarey/19999.html
A collection of discussions that attempt to place the funk music and culture of the 1970s and 1980s in a broader historical context.
http://www.soul-patrol.com/funk/rev_ess.htm
Multi-media tours of the 1960s, '70s, and '80s. Includes views of music, lifestyles, fashion, and fads of the three decades.
http://members.tripod.com/lisawebworld1/nostalgia.html
From music to books, TV and movies to memorable events, a comprehensive collection of 70's culture.
http://www.casagordita.com/70s.htm
Articles discussing various aspects of pop culture, such as film, television, sports, and politics.
http://www.americanpopularculture.com/
News and commentary on pop culture events, as well as details about reality show episodes.
http://www.geocities.com/famousboom/
Offers feature stories, profiles, humor, critical essays, and online galleries devoted to pop culture of lasting value rather than momentary hype.
http://www.popcultmag.com/
Where you will find humor and parody about the cinema, people, trends and fads that shape our modern world.
http://www.cultureschlockonline.com/
True stories about America from the dollar bill to The Americans by Gordon Sinclair.
http://www.kilroywashere.org/006-Pages/06--0Rest-.html
Dissertation on the representation of rave culture in British media and legal discourse.
http://web.hku.hk/~h0014130/diss/
Information about fads from the past 100 years: hula hoops, disco, pet rocks, goldfish swallowing, flagpole sitting, mood rings, Rubik's Cubes, and 3D movies.
http://www.crazyfads.com/
A look at some of the humorous areas of pop culture, including a large section featuring the best and worst records from various years.
http://www.popculturemadness.com/
Provides extensive links, books currently available, postcards and other Route 66 information.
http://members.cox.net/jdmount/route66.html
Guide to retro American culture, featuring articles on music, movies, fashion, cocktails, pin-ups, collecting, and the retro lifestyle.
http://www.retroplanet.net/
Features culture essays on the 1980's.
http://www.freewebz.com/the1980svortex
Directory of popular culture links with some commentary on new movies and comics.
http://thisispop.50megs.com/
Non-for-profit endeavor designed to promote the history of malls as well as their nature, whether thriving or declining, and the impact of time and competition on these establishments. Features on various malls across the United States, dictionary, and a store locator.
http://www.deadmalls.com/