Inputting in old posts that didn’t get transferred so you may find posts from years ago in your feeds.
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07
Nov
Feed weirdness
You may notice some strange things going on with the RSS feed if you subscribe. This is all part of migrating old posts to wordpress. You will be receiving loads of old posts. also the new link for the feed is:
http://whistlinginthedark.com/feed
I have redirected the old feed to point to this but there it is in case you want it direct. I have also started to redirect old links to new entries as I put them in. This should help with broken links on your sites.
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02
Nov
Massive List of Links
Still working on the blog. Today’s addition is a massive links section. There are more to be added still. Links »
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31
Oct
Work in progress after new software install
Restoring posts after shifting to wordpress. Sorry for any broken links on your site because of this. the feed may also act a bit strange.
New feed url: http://whistlinginthedark.com/feed
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01
Nov
Hit of the Week: Whistling in the Dark – 1931
Whistling in the Dark {Silbando en la obscuridad}
Fox Trot
1144 – Durium Products Corporation – New York
Music by Dana Suesse
Lyrics by Allen Boretz
Performed by Sam Lanin’s Dance Ensemble
Whistling in the Dark was a 1931 Hit of the Week. These were cardboard records sold via newsstands for 15 cents during the Great Depression.
Hit of the Week records were promoted in 1929 with the following:
“This is the new Hit-of-the-week record. It is made of Durium, the great invention of a Columbia university professor. Its tone is as rich as the costliest record made. It is guaranteed to play perfectly longer than any other record. It won’t break if you drop it. It brings you the latest dance hits each week played by Broadway’s best orchestras, at the sensationally low price of fifteen cents! Each week our music jury, composed of Florenz Ziegfeld, Eddie Cantor and Vincent Lopez, selects the outstanding dance hits of the hour for the Hit-of-the-week recording. A new Hit-of-the-week record is on sale each Thursday at all news-stands in this city. Fifteen cents!” (source)
Digital Sheet Music Download for sale here (unless you are in U.S., Canada or Venezuela).
Shirts, posters, greeting cards and mugs with an image of sheet music for the song available here.
Radio Dismuke – Online station of 1920s & 1930s Popular Music and Jazz
They Might Be Giants’ Whistling in the Dark here