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Boulevard of Greedy Dreams
Child labor laws did not apply in my hometown. The young, and…
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S.O.S. Origins
Gene Laughter, an ex-lifeguard from the Fifties—nicknamed “Swink,”…
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Pertinent Points
“Dancing is a vertical expression of horizontal desire,”
said…
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Florentine Patio
Among the originators of the Shag was a bright-eyed kid from…
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Rosy Red Magic Box
There were only a few hundred thousand jukeboxes scattered around…
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Society of Stranders
Nostalgia for the Shag took root in the early Seventies. Competitive…
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Wild Peacocks
In the late Thirties and early Forties, the Shag was performed…
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Invention
In the old days, it was not cool to learn to Shag in public.…
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Ode to Subtle Wildness
A timeless moon is rising above the memory of a beach town. Beyond…