Quarter Past
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Researcher, pre-20th-C videogames
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Fun trivia tidbit: News outlets apparently didn’t report on the Elvis-Nixon meeting until a couple of years later.
Also, this particular #AT40 is going to be challenging for us rockheads. Be prepared to befriend the older kids behind the arcade wearing Led Zeppelin t-shirts more than once.
Also, this particular #AT40 is going to be challenging for us rockheads. Be prepared to befriend the older kids behind the arcade wearing Led Zeppelin t-shirts more than once.
December 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Fun trivia tidbit: News outlets apparently didn’t report on the Elvis-Nixon meeting until a couple of years later.
Also, this particular #AT40 is going to be challenging for us rockheads. Be prepared to befriend the older kids behind the arcade wearing Led Zeppelin t-shirts more than once.
Also, this particular #AT40 is going to be challenging for us rockheads. Be prepared to befriend the older kids behind the arcade wearing Led Zeppelin t-shirts more than once.
December 19, 1970:
Tell yourself it’s the 70s if you need to.
Two days from now, Elvis will visit Richard Nixon in the White House.
Commercial video games don’t exist yet, but we’re still headed to the arcade to listen to the #AT40 and play whatever add-a-ball pin tables are there.
Tell yourself it’s the 70s if you need to.
Two days from now, Elvis will visit Richard Nixon in the White House.
Commercial video games don’t exist yet, but we’re still headed to the arcade to listen to the #AT40 and play whatever add-a-ball pin tables are there.
December 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
December 19, 1970:
Tell yourself it’s the 70s if you need to.
Two days from now, Elvis will visit Richard Nixon in the White House.
Commercial video games don’t exist yet, but we’re still headed to the arcade to listen to the #AT40 and play whatever add-a-ball pin tables are there.
Tell yourself it’s the 70s if you need to.
Two days from now, Elvis will visit Richard Nixon in the White House.
Commercial video games don’t exist yet, but we’re still headed to the arcade to listen to the #AT40 and play whatever add-a-ball pin tables are there.
It's my man's time to shine!
December 16, 2025 at 11:57 PM
It's my man's time to shine!
December 10, 1977:
Saturday Night Fever will hit theaters later this week, but the soundtrack has been on sale for about a month.
We’re headed to the arcade to play Super Bug and listen to the #AT40.
Spoilers: This countdown features the most memory-holed #1 song of the decade in its top spot.
Saturday Night Fever will hit theaters later this week, but the soundtrack has been on sale for about a month.
We’re headed to the arcade to play Super Bug and listen to the #AT40.
Spoilers: This countdown features the most memory-holed #1 song of the decade in its top spot.
December 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
December 10, 1977:
Saturday Night Fever will hit theaters later this week, but the soundtrack has been on sale for about a month.
We’re headed to the arcade to play Super Bug and listen to the #AT40.
Spoilers: This countdown features the most memory-holed #1 song of the decade in its top spot.
Saturday Night Fever will hit theaters later this week, but the soundtrack has been on sale for about a month.
We’re headed to the arcade to play Super Bug and listen to the #AT40.
Spoilers: This countdown features the most memory-holed #1 song of the decade in its top spot.
The greatest coin-op magazine cover ever published has finally found its forever home
December 13, 2025 at 1:17 AM
The greatest coin-op magazine cover ever published has finally found its forever home
Plan your party now
December 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Plan your party now
If you only know this #AT40 song from Coven, then it's your lucky day
Behold, the gatefold from their debut album Witchcraft Destroys Minds and Reaps Souls
Many hails
Behold, the gatefold from their debut album Witchcraft Destroys Minds and Reaps Souls
Many hails
December 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
If you only know this #AT40 song from Coven, then it's your lucky day
Behold, the gatefold from their debut album Witchcraft Destroys Minds and Reaps Souls
Many hails
Behold, the gatefold from their debut album Witchcraft Destroys Minds and Reaps Souls
Many hails
December 4, 1971
Tonight’s the night: Some stupid with a flare gun will fire a pyro wad into the ceiling of the Montreux Casino, burning it to the ground and torching the entirety of Frank Zappa’s gear and equipment.
We’re headed to the arcade to listen to the #AT40 and play 4-person pinball.
Tonight’s the night: Some stupid with a flare gun will fire a pyro wad into the ceiling of the Montreux Casino, burning it to the ground and torching the entirety of Frank Zappa’s gear and equipment.
We’re headed to the arcade to listen to the #AT40 and play 4-person pinball.
December 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
December 4, 1971
Tonight’s the night: Some stupid with a flare gun will fire a pyro wad into the ceiling of the Montreux Casino, burning it to the ground and torching the entirety of Frank Zappa’s gear and equipment.
We’re headed to the arcade to listen to the #AT40 and play 4-person pinball.
Tonight’s the night: Some stupid with a flare gun will fire a pyro wad into the ceiling of the Montreux Casino, burning it to the ground and torching the entirety of Frank Zappa’s gear and equipment.
We’re headed to the arcade to listen to the #AT40 and play 4-person pinball.
Nov. 27, 1976
Just weeks removed from Carter winning the presidential election and exactly one (1) day after the Sex Pistols’ “Anarchy in the UK” released—we’re headed to the arcade to listen to #AT40.
Doctors say our case of disco is terminal.
There is only one game that everyone wants to play.
Just weeks removed from Carter winning the presidential election and exactly one (1) day after the Sex Pistols’ “Anarchy in the UK” released—we’re headed to the arcade to listen to #AT40.
Doctors say our case of disco is terminal.
There is only one game that everyone wants to play.
November 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Nov. 27, 1976
Just weeks removed from Carter winning the presidential election and exactly one (1) day after the Sex Pistols’ “Anarchy in the UK” released—we’re headed to the arcade to listen to #AT40.
Doctors say our case of disco is terminal.
There is only one game that everyone wants to play.
Just weeks removed from Carter winning the presidential election and exactly one (1) day after the Sex Pistols’ “Anarchy in the UK” released—we’re headed to the arcade to listen to #AT40.
Doctors say our case of disco is terminal.
There is only one game that everyone wants to play.
Bye darth! We'll post pics in your absence and be anxiously waiting come spring ✌️
November 27, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Bye darth! We'll post pics in your absence and be anxiously waiting come spring ✌️
look the reality is we’ll probably never figure out who dug this hole
November 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
look the reality is we’ll probably never figure out who dug this hole
Many of you seem to be really enjoying this #AT40, so it might be a good time to remind everyone that even in these good times the music industry is not to be trusted.
Here are two full-page ads in this week's Billboard offering this year's biggest hits in Christmas season music.
Here are two full-page ads in this week's Billboard offering this year's biggest hits in Christmas season music.
November 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Many of you seem to be really enjoying this #AT40, so it might be a good time to remind everyone that even in these good times the music industry is not to be trusted.
Here are two full-page ads in this week's Billboard offering this year's biggest hits in Christmas season music.
Here are two full-page ads in this week's Billboard offering this year's biggest hits in Christmas season music.
But also, what a week for television!
The night before, they gave Bowie a network special on NBC. A few days later, the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving special premiered on CBS.
AND tomorrow on NBC, Ol’ Blue Eyes will come out of a two-year hiatus to hock Magnavox products (including the Odyssey).
The night before, they gave Bowie a network special on NBC. A few days later, the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving special premiered on CBS.
AND tomorrow on NBC, Ol’ Blue Eyes will come out of a two-year hiatus to hock Magnavox products (including the Odyssey).
November 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
But also, what a week for television!
The night before, they gave Bowie a network special on NBC. A few days later, the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving special premiered on CBS.
AND tomorrow on NBC, Ol’ Blue Eyes will come out of a two-year hiatus to hock Magnavox products (including the Odyssey).
The night before, they gave Bowie a network special on NBC. A few days later, the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving special premiered on CBS.
AND tomorrow on NBC, Ol’ Blue Eyes will come out of a two-year hiatus to hock Magnavox products (including the Odyssey).
November 17, 1973
You can stay here, wallowing in sticky sex stories clogging up the timeline, or join us at the arcade over an #AT40 with an eclectic mix of soul, folk and country.
We’ll grow bored of the new Atari games Gotcha and Space Race within a half hour
Later tonight, this quote happens:
You can stay here, wallowing in sticky sex stories clogging up the timeline, or join us at the arcade over an #AT40 with an eclectic mix of soul, folk and country.
We’ll grow bored of the new Atari games Gotcha and Space Race within a half hour
Later tonight, this quote happens:
November 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
November 17, 1973
You can stay here, wallowing in sticky sex stories clogging up the timeline, or join us at the arcade over an #AT40 with an eclectic mix of soul, folk and country.
We’ll grow bored of the new Atari games Gotcha and Space Race within a half hour
Later tonight, this quote happens:
You can stay here, wallowing in sticky sex stories clogging up the timeline, or join us at the arcade over an #AT40 with an eclectic mix of soul, folk and country.
We’ll grow bored of the new Atari games Gotcha and Space Race within a half hour
Later tonight, this quote happens:
