BoomerByte - The Soundtrack of a Generation
BoomerBytes is an audial pastiche of sounds from the Baby Boomer Era (1940s-1960s). Content consists of public domain government films, PSAs, political campaign materials, and various clips that recall innocent times with a menacing Cold War backdrop. Relive fears of Communist paranoia, teenage social etiquette films, how to survive nuclear warfare as well as historic moments that marked the decades of children growing up in the wake of World War II. Note from Joe Hill; I am NOT "Joe Hill, author and son of writer Stephen King." Joe Hill is my real name and I am not related in any way to the famous labor organizer, Joe Hill.
BoomerByte - The Soundtrack of A Generation - A Hard Road Recalled
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"A Hard Road Recalled" The media often obscures some of the more difficult passages of the 1950s and 1960s. One of the unique aspects of the Baby Boomer era is its dual aura. On one side it was "Happy Days, Elvis, Malt Shops and Groovy Times," while on the other, the world often teetered on destruction and our nation was deeply troubled and divided. Putting together a short podcast that fully encompasses the Civil Rights Movement and how it profoundly shaded the lives of all growing baby boomers is nearly impossible. This is a mere "souvenir matchbook" or "ticket stub" recollection of those turbulent times. One thing is for sure. Baby Boomers entered a world that was deeply racially divided, lived to witness the excruciating pain of the subsequent violence and struggles---and lived to see a Black President take the oath of office on January 20, 2009.
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