By: Tim Smolko (Athens, Georgia) // Like Pez, Peeps, and Pop Rocks, a novelty song is a sugar rush for the ear. The great number of novelty songs about the Cold War attests to the fact that people needed to diffuse their fear of the Soviet Union, and the possibility of nuclear war, with humor … Continue reading Celebrating the Nuclear Apocalypse with Tom Lehrer
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“You’ll Tic Tic All Day Long”: The Cold War, Geiger Counters, and Doris Day
By: Tim Smolko (Athens, Georgia) // Some wars are good. Most are bad. Some are just plain weird. The Cold War was definitely weird, and one of the best ways to grasp its weirdness is to listen to Cold War novelty songs from the 1940s to the 1960s. The oddest of them all may be … Continue reading “You’ll Tic Tic All Day Long”: The Cold War, Geiger Counters, and Doris Day
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