John Moschitta Jr. became famous for talking fast in a 1982 Federal Express commercial. His skill proved hard to imitate.
Category Archives: History
Brian’s Violin
In Chicago, if you want to have a jam band in your apartment, it’s helpful to have neighbors who are doing equally loud things.
Rekha Recalls
Madison, Wisconsin in the 1980s was a great place for campus activism, but personal experiences around this activism were often complicated. Meanwhile, in Minneapolis, the Wedge Co-op was a little granola shop helping to start Minnesota’s organic food scene. In 2008, they purchased The Gardens of Eagan (located at that time not in Eagan but Northfield, MN) but then sold it in 2015.
The Wailers
Bob Marley died in 1981, Peter Tosh in 1987, but their spirits remain strong, especially in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Flatbush.
Grandma’s First Message
In fall of 1988, I went to visit my grandmother in Lakeland, Florida. She was born not just before answering machines but also before the technology of automatic switchboards was widespread.
