Waffle House Family and other classics are now available for listening in the comfort of your own home via online jukebox. No longer must you drive the darkness of the American Highway seeking that 24-hour beacon of yellow squares; no longer suck your sweet tea from the straw as you seek out original Waffle House tunes while waiting for your hash browns (
scattered, smothered, and covered, of course) to arrive. Mary Welch Rogers, wife of House founder Joe Rogers, is one of several artists who recorded Waffle House-themed songs for the fast-food chain's jukeboxes. Most were penned by Buckner and Garcia of Pac Man Fever. While you're at it, visit the shrine, and enjoy David Wilcox's song about feel the peace that's cooked in grease.
posted by Miko
on Feb 18, 2007 -
15 comments
Before music videos on MTV, even before Scopitones (previously on MeFi
1,
2,
3), there were Soundies. In a brief period during the early 40s, patrons of bars, diners and bus stations could slip a dime into a Panoram jukebox and see a three-minute 16mm video clip projected inside the machine. Soundies featured popular musicians of the era including
Duke Ellington,
Fats Waller,
Nat King Cole, and
Louis Armstrong. You can also find
Soundies at Archive.org, including a great one from
Reg Kehoe and his Marimba Queens.
posted by Otis
on Dec 1, 2006 -
7 comments
The Scopitone, the 1960s French video jukebox, has been mentioned
before on MeFi, but I don't think
this site from New York's
Spike Priggen was up and running then. He's collected many Scopitone and Cinebox vids from the likes of Nino Ferrer, Francoise Hardy, Procul Harum and - naturellement! - Serge Gainsbourg. It's a marvellous well of '60s chic kitsch.
(Navigation can be a tad confusing as there are numerous sections to the site and many links are duplicated throughout, but it's well worth clicking away to see where you end up.)
posted by TiredStarling
on Apr 25, 2005 -
7 comments
The Scopitone was a French video jukebox that made its debut in 1960 and was imported into the US in 1964. Although they usually featured high production values, catchy melodies, and lots of gratuitous cheesecake, the singers were often relative unknowns and the music was square even by the standards of the day. Consequently, they never caught on in a big way outside of Europe, and many of the original Scopitone jukeboxes and films were destroyed. Fortunately for us, a few Scopitone enthusiasts have
catalogued the songs,
scanned the advertisements, and even preserved a few Quicktime clips of the original
French and
American Scopitone films.
posted by MrBaliHai
on May 4, 2003 -
9 comments
