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This week's comes from The Motels "Suddenly Last Summer" (1983). Not only is the song celebrating its 40th Anniversary this year but it was also featured in Episode 3 of our podcast.

#boomtownpodcast #80s #themotels #flashbackfriday #80smusic

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Welcome to the Boomtown · @boomtownpodcast
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This week’s is from Supertramp with “My Kind of Lady” (1982). The song was the last single released to feature co-founder Roger Hodgson.

#boomtownpodcast #80s #supertramp #flashbackfriday #80smusic

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Clara_Pirx · @Clara_Pirx
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„Today’s video takes us back to May, when Martyn Brabbins, Musical Director of @E_N_O, directed the RCM Symphony Orchestra with Stravinsky’s ballet Petrushka.

Enjoy the dramatic range of moods and stories in this epic, hour-long concert“

youtube.com/watch?v=hTxsMfWd0G

#flashbackfriday

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Dale · @Dgun8
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From Mike Kitts, aka The Happy Hippie--

"Remember your brother at the end of the line."

#flashbackfriday #quote

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CarveHerName · @CarveHerName
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, 25 Aug 1932, Amelia Earhart successfully lands in Newark, New Jersey, to become the first woman to fly solo across the USA.

Earhart breaks a series of first flights, before disappearing during an attempt to fly around the world in 1937.

#flashbackfriday #histodons #womeninhistory #womenpilots #onthisday

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CarveHerName · @CarveHerName
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, 25 Aug 1804, Alicia Meynell (aka Alicia Thornton) rides at the York races in England. Side-saddle.

She is now recognised as the first woman racing jockey.

#flashbackfriday #EnglishHistory #thisgirlcan #histodons #womeninhistory #onthisday

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Jessi Minter · @chameleon_muse
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From 2012. I told Julia her new reverse walker probably wouldn't work on grass, but she wanted to try anyway. 😊

#flashbackfriday #determination #disability #cerebralpalsy

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letsglo · @letsglonow
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lets revisit memorable hits from the past that still resonates with us today. Share your favorite throwback tunes and rock the weekend 🔥

#flashbackfriday

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Welcome to the Boomtown · @boomtownpodcast
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This week’s is Billy Idol “Dancing With Myself” (1981). Originally recorded a year earlier with Generation X, this version was included on his debut solo EP.

#ilikeleather #boomtownpodcast #80s #billyidol #flashbackfriday #80smusic

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CarveHerName · @CarveHerName
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, 18 Aug 1920, women in the US gain the right to vote when the 19th amendment is ratified by Tennessee, the 36th state to ratify it.

#flashbackfriday #votesforwomen #americanhistory #histodons #womeninhistory #onthisday

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Jon Gary ☑️ · @jongary
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to this stolen stuff I saw in the Museum of Loot, aka the British Museum.

#flashbackfriday

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Greg Miller · @gregmillerwrites
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Todd Graham · @Metrogram
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Hey, remember 2016? when NYT and @UpshotNYT started a catalog of the HUNDREDS of people who Tr*mp publicly INSULTED?
But it grew so monumently huge they had to give up at 600, and before Tr*mp presidency even started?
Yep, good times! nytimes.com/interactive/2016/0

#flashbackfriday

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John Kennedy · @GrantMeStrength
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Biorhythms were the nerd equivalent of astrology, but with sin waves.


#retrocomputing #flashbackfriday

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Welcome to the Boomtown · @boomtownpodcast
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This week’s is “Hey Ladies” (1989) from Beastie Boys.

#boomtownpodcast #beastieboys #80s #flashbackfriday #80smusic

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Jill K. · @Jedi_Jill
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