Episode 341: I Hurt Myself Doing the Lindy Hop

Show Notes Episode 341: I Hurt Myself Doing the Lindy Hop This week Host Dave Bledsoe attempts to do the DC Hand Jive and gets a good slap in the face for being fresh. (Again) On the show this week we talk about that time in the late 1990’s when we all thought we could swing dance! (We were wrong, we were so very wrong!) Along the way we learn about that time Dave tried on a Zoot Suit only to have it violently reject his body. From there we dive right into the history of Swing music in general and how fifty years after it was popular it came back in a big way for a very short period of time. (As always, blame Capitalism) We find out how a perfect storm of cultural appropriation and Hollywood nostalgia managed to convince Generation X they were so money they did not even know how money they actually were. (Turns out, money is an illusion just like the idea we could all do the Charleston and not look like idiots) Then we learn how the Swing Craze ended just as fast as it began. Our Sponsor this week is Big Daddy D’s Powerful Pomade, because your hair isn’t going to slick back itself. We open with Gen X talking about why they Swing and close with Big Country Ska being thankful for their good fortune. Show Theme: https://www.jamendo.com/track/421668/prelude-to-common-sense The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/-VUvw2eT26E We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Wikipedia Swing Music https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing_music Zoot Suit Riots https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/zoot-suit-riots Why ‘Hell of a Hat: The Rise of ’90s Ska & Swing’ Makes the Case for a Maligned Genre: Book Excerpt https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/hell-of-a-hat-the-rise-of-90s-ska-swing-book-excerpt-9631485/ Let’s All Remember The Late-’90s Swing Revival https://www.stereogum.com/1851924/lets-all-remember-the-late-90s-swing-revival/columns/sounding-board/ "Swingers" and the Fashion Faux Pas that Swept America https://www.grailed.com/drycleanonly/swingers-fashion-faux-pas Back in the Swing https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/music/features/swing1026.htm Swing dance in the 90’s and early 2000’s https://thehomeofhappyfeet.com/swing-dance-as-a-90s-kid/ Uncited Additional Reading: https://www.avclub.com/read-this-remembering-the-90s-swing-revival-1798247356 https://swingonin.com.au/neo-swing-bit-history/ https://www.cracked.com/article_30008_why-was-the-90s-so-obsessed-with-swing.html https://www.upworthy.com/gen-x-swing-music-obsession-explained?rebelltitem=6#rebelltitem6 https://mistressofmusic.wordpress.com/2014/09/07/the-swing-revival-of-the-late-90s-how-did-that-happen/ https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/swing-revival-1998-defense-essay-8458221/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing_revival https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoot_suit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoot_Suit_Riots Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices