Comments on: The LP Record.

By: awittykitty

awittykitty — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:35:55 +0000

Barbie Dolls were invented 22 years after John McCain was born, and they turn 50 this year. I only know this because I was born the same year as Barbie.

By: nan

nan — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:42:51 +0000

so? and your point is? I pick experience. BHO has NO experience at all! He hasn’t even held down a real job! Scares the shit outa me!! I’d rather have a grandfather with two sons in Iraq running the U.S. than a Liberal so Liberal he falls of the end of Liberal.

By: cynmac

cynmac — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:55:13 +0000

Oh, I meant add John Glenn to the death pool. ;)-

By: cynmac

cynmac — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:54:07 +0000

Hey, don’t be messing with my Chuck. “Chuck Norris doesn’t sleep, he waits” is my favorite t-shirt.

Back on topic - the Space Program is younger than McCain. NASA was started from military missle programs after WWII and with ex-Nazi scientists like Von Braun. And all the stuff we got from the space program, like velcro and Tang is younger than him too.

John Glenn is however, older than John McCain, born in 1921. I have to remember to add him to my 2009 death pool. Yeah, I said it.

By: traian

traian — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:54:23 +0000

Chuck Norris is younger than McCain. And Chuck Norris represents Eternity.

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 05:07:15 +0000

Ex-Australian Prime Minister John Howard (at 67 years old) is younger than John McCain…and we voted him out last year for being too old!

By: allie0720

allie0720 — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:04:46 +0000

The Polaroid Instant Camera is younger than McCain. So is the Polaroid Corporation. The camera was introduced in 1947, 10 years after the corporation was founded (1937). According to Wiki, they no longer manufacture the Instant Camera (as of February of this year, apparently).

By: tghsrhg

tghsrhg — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 23:10:03 +0000

Buzzad

Buzz.bazooka is a lot younger than everyting!!!! FÖRST!!!111! FAKE!!1

By: Cheyney

Cheyney — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:27:44 +0000

Betamax, as above poster defends survival of LPs, is alive and well. In fact it is the preferred format for many, if not most, TV shows on the air today.

I wanna know if Lime-green jello, the color of McSame’s backdrop for last Tuesday’s speech, is younger than McCaint.

By: Kate

Kate — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:23:01 +0000

The Annual Iditarod Sled Dog Race is younger than him. It started in 1973. I thought that was interesting.

By: Jen

Jen — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:00:40 +0000

8 tracks anyone? invented in 1964 and largely replaced by compact cassette tapes by the 80s…

By: Steph

Steph — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:42:08 +0000

In the same family: VHS tapes, invented in 1976. Doesn’t seem that long ago, but they managed to win format war after format war against Betamax, Laserdiscs, etc…

By: PPM

PPM — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:03:03 +0000

the disposable diaper (depends for example) was invented in 1942. john mccain was six. john mccain is older than disposable diapers.

By: Mertz

Mertz — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:58:49 +0000

Not a bad idea on inventions that came and went, but the LP is hardly gone. In fact, vinyl sales have consistently been the only part of the music industry that has seen growth and consistent profit over the last several years.

As a DJ and avid music collector, I end up buying somewhere between 3-5 LPs every month (and that doesn’t count vinyl singles which as you posted are very different from LPs).

Check out sites like http://www.turntablelab.com and you’ll see that not only are LPs still coming out every single week, but the market is alive and well.

Great blog, great idea on the inventions no longer in use, but the LP record is NOT a “wildly popular invention that came and went during McCain’s lifetime.”

By: Erik

Erik — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:57:19 +0000

Prefrontal lobotomy was performed for the first time in America sixteen days after McCain’s birth. (Not on McCain, mind you.)