Archive for April, 2006
T-Shirts - Personal Billboards
by Susie Watson on April 26th, 2006
Some of us let our T-shirts do the talking, saying what we are afraid to say out loud. With slogans like “I’m with Stupid” to “I Have a Degree in Liberal Arts - Do You Want Fries With That?” - the ubiquitous T is a true pop culture icon that reflects the sentiments of the moment more truthfully than the verbal vernacular. Susie and Barb offer up some of their favorites and talk about just what it all means.
Music: Buy A T-Shirt Funk - from the mind of Steve Peterson
Music of Memory
by Susie Watson on April 19th, 2006
Barb and Susie address the sensory power of music in our memories. Snatches of song can bring back experiences and even entire decades of our past. From childhood to the present, from silly to serious, music weaves through the fabric of our lives. Click on comments and leave your musical musings.
Fragrance Trends - Smells like Teen Spirit
by Susie Watson on April 11th, 2006
Ah, youth! Anything to attract the opposite sex. We talk about the burgeoning teenage body spray market: Axe, Tag, etc., and how some schools are considering a ban for health (asthma) reasons. Nostalgic memories of English Leather, Musk, Taboo, and others remind us of past lives. Hotels are even getting in on the act, picking fragrances for their lobbies to make you feel ‘comfortable.’ And the fascinating news that McDonalds uses a flavoring to insure continuity in the taste of every French fry, regardless of the potato or the grease!
Music: Smells Like Teen Spirit covered by Opium Jukebox
TV Show Themes - Reflecting Life or Determining it?
by Susie Watson on April 4th, 2006
Barb and Susie reflect on the themes of TV shows past and present. One genre in particular - family situation series - has gone from the Father Knows Best variety through All in the Family to Arrested Development, and on to Friends and Sex in the City, showing first the perfect family, then the imperfect family, the dysfunctional family, and then the family made up of friends, not relations. Did this reflect our lives or actually determine our attitudes? Listen in and decide for yourself.