I know I’m taking this comic too seriously, but I’m a big fan of Benny Goodman’s music and 1938 was the year they played the famous Carnegie Hall concert. These 1938 people could be listening to some great music there for the first time. I’m envious.
For reference, people could see a concert by a band for just a few cents back then too.
His concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City on January 16, 1938, is described by critic Bruce Eder as “the single most important jazz or popular music concert in history: jazz’s ‘coming out’ party to the world of ‘respectable’ music.”
Growing up, these were the vinyls of my dad’s I got excited about. I had my Zepp and Pearl Jam tapes but this wasn’t what I’d be buying at J&R or Sam Goody, so it was a treat.
Sidenote: we went to Wayne’s World in theaters on a Cub Scouts trip (different era…) for some reason. We came home and I remember not even completely on the door raving about this awesome song from the beginning of the movie. Somehow he knows wtf I’m on about, and beckons me to the record player in the den, puts on Night at the Opera and blows my mind. First time actually listening to records with the old man, not just having them on and me also existing.
I know I’m taking this comic too seriously, but I’m a big fan of Benny Goodman’s music and 1938 was the year they played the famous Carnegie Hall concert. These 1938 people could be listening to some great music there for the first time. I’m envious.
For reference, people could see a concert by a band for just a few cents back then too.
$2.30 (adjusted 2025) to see Benny Goodman and his Orchestra? Sold
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Wow, amazing how cheap good entertainment could be if you don’t have a ticketmaster monopoly on ticket sales, BS “fees” and venue organizers.
Interesting and might’ve been the Great Depression I see
Benny Goodman on the Let’s Dance show was around 1934-1935.
Possibly the concert for this poster was from after that, but let’s use 1935 as a reference.
According to an inflation calculator, 10 cents is worth $2.36 today.
That’s still a pretty cheap concert ticket by today’s standards!
Ticketmaster had yet to enslave everybody.
Growing up, these were the vinyls of my dad’s I got excited about. I had my Zepp and Pearl Jam tapes but this wasn’t what I’d be buying at J&R or Sam Goody, so it was a treat.
Sidenote: we went to Wayne’s World in theaters on a Cub Scouts trip (different era…) for some reason. We came home and I remember not even completely on the door raving about this awesome song from the beginning of the movie. Somehow he knows wtf I’m on about, and beckons me to the record player in the den, puts on Night at the Opera and blows my mind. First time actually listening to records with the old man, not just having them on and me also existing.