Postcard of the Day

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[peteralway.livejournal.com]

I miss Sandy, the mechanical penny-a-ride pony at Meijer who plays that song while jostling small children. I'd hear that song a lot when I walked there on bad-weather days. Though I tend to hear Monica's vulgar words to it when I hear it play.

[peteralway.livejournal.com]

Speaking of old TV music, I heard this played on the classical station a couple of days ago. It reminded me of the kind of music that western Michigan TV stations would stick in odd places to fill the silence, maybe behind an ad for a local business, or over the titles for the local movie show. And it got me thinking of some of the vintage postcards you put up. So I have to ask--What postcard in your real or virtual collections fits this music the best in your mind. Particularly the first part of the music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lxz86P5pcbM

[fflo.livejournal.com]

Maybe something like this?



Or this?



Or one of these?



I definitely think "typing".

[peteralway.livejournal.com]

The thoroughly modern and efficient office of today. Of course, that reminds me of this piece: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akwfqjtBn7Y

That said, when I heard "holiday for strings," I thought it must be by Leroy Anderson. When my brother Dave died, I inherited a CD of Leroy Anderson, and I felt that his music was just *in the air" when I was a kid. At least in adult square culture. It seems that so many of your postcards have that same 50's-60's adult square culture vibe that I hear in this sort of music.

[fflo.livejournal.com]

Oh, there ya go--- that's the typewriter song!

Didja see that documentary about the high-production-value real-Broadway-stars custom musicals for big-company conventions? Ooh, look, you can find it by googling that phrase I just used there.

Looks like it's not in the AADL catalog yet. I'll request they procure it.

[peteralway.livejournal.com]

I heard about the industrial musicals when the producer of that documentary was interviewed on at least one NPR show. I hope it appears at the library because I'd love to see it.

It reminds me of "We are the Men of Texaco" from when I was a kid.