1991: the iconic Coppertone ad on the side of the Parkleigh House apartments on Miami's Biscayne Boulevard (1991 -- a year before demolition)
facebook.com/photo.php?fbid… #Miami #brands

Dec. 22, 1986:
The Dolphins lose their final game at Miami's Orange Bowl, missing the playoffs for the first time since 1980. The game wasn't even televised in So. Florida; it didn't sell out in time for the NFL's blackout rule.
📼youtube.com/watch?v=JROVXO…
#Miami #Dolphins

Tracey Ullman describing Larry David's 🍒 = 💯
facebook.com/reel/108145191…
#Curb #Curb YourEnthusiasm #TraceyUllman

💯 listen: Senator Mark Kelly on Molly Jong-Fast's pod
open.spotify.com/episode/17XGua… #Ukraine #ForeignAid #ForeignAffairs #Europe #ForeignPolicy

Adam, 33, called five different dealers to get a price he could accept for his Costco gold bar.

One offered him $200 less than the $2,000 he paid -- a loss that would thwart his plan to rack up credit-card points by buying and quickly reselling gold
wsj.com/finance/invest…
#gold

📺 1981 🇨🇦
Rick Moranis plays Michael McDonald on SCTV
youtube.com/shorts/jtrp_6j…
SCTV Roger #yachtrock #SCTV

David Zaslav always gets paid 💰
Waiting for Matthew Belloni's take on the pod
wsj.com/business/media…
$WBD #Hollywood #Streaming #WarnerBros #HBO #MAX

Adam, 33, called five different dealers to get a price he could accept for his Costco gold bar.

One offered him $200 less than the $2,000 he paid -- a loss that would thwart his plan to rack up credit-card points by buying and quickly reselling gold
wsj.com/finance/invest…
#gold

WINZ I-95 FM in December 1981, featuring ads for Burger King, Miami MetroZoo and Coppertone
youtube.com/watch?v=E9QL7G…
#inflation #Miami #Florida Ron Magill Zoo Miami

📻 40 years ago in Miami: 'Bumper-to-bumper hits!'
facebook.com/photo/?fbid=49… #Miami

Great Depression: Workers replacing timbers on the Miami Ave. bridge (over the Miami River)
📷 GW Romer (1887-1971)
#Miami #TBT

Jimmy! 🚿🧼
x.com/nypost/status/…
#Goodfellas

Toyota: anything but a compelling EV offering in 2024
wsj.com/lifestyle/cars…
#EVs $TM #cars

#RVA
Put a dollar amount on all the copper, steel, aluminum and other materials that can be recovered / recycled from the ruins of the Richmond Coliseum (1971-2019).
richmondbizsense.com/2024/04/16/ric…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond_…
Michael Paul Williams Karri Peifer

I love it when I love a track that's so unknown (and unloved?) that YouTube doesn't even bother slapping on an ad
youtube.com/watch?v=IOvtsc…
#Loverboy #TBT #TheEighties

You don't crackdown your way to prosperity. Ask East Germany
$NFLX #streaming

Tracey Ullman describing Larry David's 🍒 = 💯
facebook.com/reel/108145191…
#Curb #Curb YourEnthusiasm #TraceyUllman

➡ Alicia Montgomery was a joy to work with at NPR's late, great Tell Me More. Loved pulling off ideas with her and Michel Martin
slate.com/business/2024/… #NPR #Slate #DEI #journalism #culture Slate

1st time ever California #WindWaterSolar peak supply exceeds 115% of demand 2 days in a row. Today's peak: 115.6%; yesterday's: 115.5%

Today 5.25 h>100% WWS
Yesterday, 4.75 h>100%
>100% for 34 of last 42 days

Today+yesterday's min (night): ~40%
Yesterday's avg (day+night): 69%

It took less than 10 years for Miami's HQ for cocaine-fueled opulence to become an abandoned crack den. We discussed that era in the latest Full Disclosure with Roben Farzad:
🎧 pod.link/903171979/epis…
#Miami #truecrime #grunge #cocaine #CoconutGrove Grove Grapevine #truestory #nonfiction Craig Pittman