nPosted on February 27, 2020
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n“Retro” is something influenced by the style (in fashion or music, for example) of the recent past.
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It could be an accurate copy – like digging an article of clothing out of a parent’s (or grandparent’s!) closet and copying it in your own size. Same sort of fabric, same general lines, same sort of trim, same everything.
It could be an accurate copy – like digging an article of clothing out of a parent’s (or grandparent’s!) closet and copying it in your own size. Same sort of fabric, same general lines, same sort of trim, same everything.n
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nOr wearing your hair in a 70’s-style afro.
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nIn music, a retro song that is a very close copy of the original is Weezer’s 2018 cover of Toto’s 1981 Africa.
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nBut most retro things are are a mix of old and new. They’re a new take on an old style, a fusion of new and old, or a song redone with a different twist. Like some of these modern versions of “hippie” styles:
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nMusically, I think that the 2015 Disturbed version of The Sound of Silence is just as awesome – but a bit more hard-hitting-modern – as the 1965 Simon and Garfunkel original – and it doesn’t try to be exactly the same.
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nAlso on this date:
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Read Me Day
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nDominican Republic’s Independence Day
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nToxicologist Alice Hamilton’s birthday
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nAnniversary of a plea for help regarding the Leaning Tower of Pisa
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nScience celebrations
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nAuthor Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s birthday
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nAuthor John Steinbeck’s birthday
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nBirthday of Constantine the Great
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nBirthday of Constantine Mavrocordatos
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nInternational Polar Bear Day
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nBirthday of writer and philanthropist Bertha Pappenheim
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nMarathi Language Day
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nPlan ahead:
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nCheck out my Pinterest boards for:
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nHistorical anniversaries in February
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nAnd here are my Pinterest boards for:
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