[Homer_J_Simpson]

Best for last.

This one has an accompanying publicity photo of Benny Goodman and Gene Krupa mugging with their instruments. The header of the photo? "'ROCK-AND-ROLL' MEN." Can anybody cite an earlier reference to that term?

[SMARTY]

When American soldiers went to Europe, OUR swing and jazz hit that scene like a bomb blast. It was sort of like, you had root beer all your life and then someone gave you moonshine!

[supremedoctrine]

It’s always instructive to pick up old newspapers and examine them...I came upon an amazing collection of NY newspapers from the turn of the century at a yard sale and read articles about what was called “The War on Drugs” in our major cities, with the same earnest rhetoric we’ve all been hearing in our own lifetimes.

[supremedoctrine]

It’s always instructive to pick up old newspapers and examine them...I came upon an amazing collection of NY newspapers from the turn of the century at a yard sale and read articles about what was called “The War on Drugs” in our major cities, with the same earnest rhetoric we’ve all been hearing in our own lifetimes.