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Podcast: Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson
Episode: “Illustrated Songs” Were Proto-Music Videos Almost A Century Before MTV
Description: Today in 1981, the debut of MTV. It brought music videos to the mainstream, but it didn't invent them - in fact, there were proto-music videos almost a century before the cable channel first appeared. Plus: starting tomorrow in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the 4th Annual Youth Hoop Dance Championship. The Complete History of the Music Video: From the 1890s to Today (Open Culture)4TH ANNUAL YOUTH HOOP DANCE CHAMPIONSHIPIf you want your Cool Weird Awesome, support it as a backer on Patreon