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 - The Ads They Are 'A Changin'
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By the late 1960s it was more than clear that boomers were not going to repeat the sheltered, conservative lifestyles of their parents. Elvis, Rock&Roll and The Beatles saw to that!
Madison Avenue adeptly picked up on notions and nuances of change in their young customers. Advertisements adroitly packaged our needs to be young, fresh and alive all into highly marketable products that appealed to our libidos. This mash-up of tv ads takes us from the 50s through the 60s and reflects the changes in our maturing boomer society. Do you know what's going on, Mr. Jones?
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