Stereomood - turn your mood into music - free playlist for every mood in your life Radiooooo: Discover the Musical Time Machine That Lets You Hear What Played on the Radio in Different Times & Places Radio has always been a fairly transportive medium. During the Great Depression, entire families clustered round the electronic hearth to enjoy a variety of entertainments, including live remote broadcasts from the glamorous nightclubs and hotels where celebrity bandleaders like Count Basie and Duke Ellington held sway. 1950s teens’ transistors took them to a head space less square than the white bread suburbs their parents inhabited. During the Vietnam War, South Vietnamese stations played homegrown renditions of the rock and soul sounds dominating American airwaves. The Radiooooo.com site (there’s also a version available for the iPhone and Android) allows modern listeners to experience a bit of that magical time traveling sensation, via an interactive map that allows you to tune in to specific countries and decades. The content here is user-generated. Find a user whose tastes mirror your own? And you need not limit yourself to a single destination. Related Content:
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