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Life At The Top Of The Dial
The WDBS Story
WDBS is an institution, as much a part of local culture as Somethyme Restaurant, Apple Chill Fair, Breadmen’s, Carrboro and canoeing the Haw River. It’s one of the things that makes this area a nice place to live. Without it, life would be different.
February 1978Cartoons By David Terrenoire
The cartoons in this selection are available as a PDF only. Click here to download.
November 1977Cartoons By David Terrenoire
The cartoons in this selection are available as a PDF only. Click here to download.
October 1977Photographs By Gary Thaxton And Enrique Vega
Gary and Enrique will be exhibiting a two-artist show at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Arts (SECCA), 750 Marguerite Drive, Winston-Salem, through October 28.
October 1977Photograph By Ron Howard
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October 1977A Banana By Any Other Name
The Case Against Brand-Name Vegetables
Four years after the Chiquita campaign had been launched, United had captured nearly a third of the country’s market at prices 10 to 15% higher than other bananas. Through brand name promotion, United had convinced consumers to pay more for Chiquitas than other bananas and to like doing it.
July 1977Kicking The Corpse, Or Is This Love?
I’m having a hard time writing this. I think I’ve figured out why. I want it to be a eulogy, but I can’t stop kicking the corpse. I want you to care that another American newspaper has expired. But I wonder if I care.
July 1977Too Old To Rock And Roll, Too Young To Die
Mike looked at me quizzically while Greg Wells, another WQDR disc jockey (or “jock,” as they say in the business), delivered this devastating insight: “Well, you know what it is, Dave . . . You’re just getting old.”
May 1977
