Cultural Futures Exchange
Here’s the place where we examine different elements of cultural ephemera, be it music, movies, tv, stage and dive into the context and time that they came out, what’s happened since, and our take on the future “valuation” on an imaginary stock exchange of this item in terms of if you should go long--the value will go up--go short--the value will decrease, or stay neutral. Join us!
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Episodes
Sunday Mar 06, 2022
Sunday Mar 06, 2022
Nevermind the Sex Pistols (we’ll get to them at some point) here’s Nirvana! In our second episode we decide whether an album that seemed to change the world in the early ‘90s will stand the test of time. Along the way, we find out…
How a deodorant marketed to teenage girls changed the Sunset Strip almost overnight from a thriving music scene to a ghost town
How NOT to use a fake ID
Why Jeff shouldn’t be allowed new toys
How Sammy Hagar and Quarterflash eventually turned into Fecal Matter
How the embarrassing 80’s nadir of a once-great 70’s band paved the way to the House of Kurts
What the hell is “grunge”? (actually we still don’t really know)
How to properly “yarl”
Let us know what you think at culutralfuturesexchange@gmail
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Sunday Feb 20, 2022
Sunday Feb 20, 2022
For our first episode, we decide the future prospects of Kiss “Alive”. Will it stand the test of time and increase in cultural values or will it plummet to the “Rock Bottom”? On this show we answer the pertinent questions:
Why “Alive” is more like “Astudio”
Why you might think twice about sharing a room with Ace Frehley
How Peter Criss may look like a pussy cat but he’s really a badass former gangbanger
How Paul Stanley saved the world’s ears from the world’s most interminable drum solo
And How Great Gene Simmons (thinks he) is.
Let us know what you think at culutralfuturesexchange@gmail.com
All audio clips are used under the "Fair Use" Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act in 1976; Allowance is made for "Fair Use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research.
Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.
All rights and credit go directly to its rightful owners. No copyright infringement intended.