Having shaped the sound of Novation’s iconic synths – including Bass Station, Supernova, Bass Station II, Peak and Summit, Chris has left an indelible imprint on our heritage, and we will always be grateful for his influence and inspiration. Summit and Peak firmware v2.0 is the last addition to the legacy of Chris Huggett’s innovative synth design work with Novation. You can read about the full details of firmware v2.0 by visiting the Components update page for Summit and Peak. The full details can be found in the release notes. The firmware update v2.0 includes a number of bug fixes. A new Lo-Fi delay mode enables a more vintage style sound. Additional effects modulation destinations open up more experimental sound design. New effects, including Chorus Modes, Flanger, and Phlanger add new tonalities. Animate Envelopes and Arpeggiator Chance open more creative performance possibilities. Now you can create bigger, wider, and more intricately textured soundscapes.Ĭreate deeper and more experimental sounds with new mod destinations, noise as a mod source, and additional LFO 3 and 4 parameters. New spread modes, panning per voice, and panning in the mod matrix give additional control and allows for sound design in the stereo field. A range of effects improvements brings new tonalities with the addition of Chorus Modes, Flanger, Phlanger, new effects modulation destinations and Lo-Fi delay. Experiment with expansive sound design with modulation and unpredictability. Summit and Peak owners will now be able to create bigger, wider, and more intricately textured soundscapes with updated stereo controls. Firmware v2.0 brings in essential improvements and a multitude of features across stereo controls, modulation, unpredictability, and effects, that give you powerful tools to shape your sound. Novation has just launched its biggest update yet for Summit and Peak. ""Powerful new tools to shape your sound. Learn more about the Summit and Peak Firmware Update v2.0: A range of effects improvements brings new tonalities with the addition of Chorus Modes, Flanger, Phlanger, new effects modulation destinations and Lo-Fi delay You will now be able to create bigger, wider, and more intricately textured soundscapes with updated stereo controls. In the biggest update yet for Summit and Peak, Firmware v2.0 brings in essential improvements and a multitude of features across stereo controls, modulation, unpredictability, and effects, that give you powerful tools to shape your sound. Focusing on Peak, Enrique will be showcasing some of the powerful new tools firmware v2.0 brings. "In this edition of Novation Live, Enrique introduces the new firmware update that's available for our polysynth duo - Summit and Peak.
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Her voice is alternately hoarse, breathy, belting, and sweet, and she’s got a keen sense of when to switch modes. She’s not the best singer in the world, but she uses what she’s got pretty effectively. I still don’t get the sense that Cyrus has entirely grown up-she’s only 21, after all-but watching Unplugged last night gave me reason to hope that she would be one of the few who miraculously makes it through, guided in no small part by genuine talent. Sure, that may have been a somewhat embarrassing sentence to read, let alone type, but it’s true! Miley Cyrus has displayed, over the past few months but especially in last night’s concert, a sureness with her public image that few stars her age have, particularly those with origin stories as scrutinized and once carefully groomed as hers. The Miley idea of cool actually did feel almost cool, in the way that watching someone having fun doing what they love to do, and doing it well, tends to be cool. It’s not that she wasn’t putting on a show-she was, just in a purer sense than it maybe seemed like she was interested in doing during the VMA’s hoopla. She put on a silly twang and seemed entirely comfortable letting the sexy-sleazy Angeleno shtick drop for a few minutes so she could perform a song from a completely different genre just because she likes it.Ī lot of the hour felt like that: relaxed, unapologetic even. Rather than seeming out of place or, worse, like a cheap attempt to prove some deeper knowledge of music, it was genuine and fun. She gamely invited the enthusiastic audience to sing along, on both new hits like “Wrecking Ball” and old covers like “Jolene.” She’s done “Jolene” before, but here in the context of her new adult self, a confident party girl with a playful pop-art streak, it worked in a way it hasn’t before. She kept the theatrics to a minimum (there was a horse costume at the beginning) and gave concise, even humble introductions to each song. Her set, made up mostly of songs from Bangerz, was clean and efficient. So now comes Unplugged, a small but certainly respectable medium through which to communicate, mostly ungarbled, the new Miley Cyrus. But it didn’t get the attention it really deserved-and Cyrus didn’t get enough praise for maturing as a musician-lost as it was in a sea of finger-wagging and lame Halloween costumes. Plenty of people recognized Bangerz for what it was, a competently and surprisingly thoughtfully put together pop album. It was a case of too much too quickly, everyone suffering from near-immediate Miley and twerking fatigue, so much so that the actual merits of the music she was making went sort of ignored. The latter half of 2013 was a busy time for Cyrus, with a “grownup” new album putting her in competition with club-thumping, gay-approved mega acts like Katy Perry and Lady Gaga-and, of course, her monocle-shattering performance at the MTV Video Music Awards nearly burning the Internet to the ground. And, rather satisfyingly, Miley Cyrus more than rose to the challenge. These days it’s mostly a decent opportunity for someone to hold our attention a bit longer than they would with a performance on an awards show or Saturday Night Live. Unplugged is, after all, the long-running special series that helped solidify Nirvana’s legacy, that provided the stage for Mariah Carey to record her instantly ubiquitous cover of “I’ll Be There,” that brought Bob Dylan to a new generation of youngsters. Last night, MTV aired an hour-long Miley Cyrus Unplugged special, an occasion for Cyrus to peddle her album Bangerz but also, more importantly, to assert some artistic cred. They like the real sport, they like the real fighter.” “I am grateful for the support of those people and they have shown me a lot of respect, even when I was fighting against a Mexican. “People say I fight in the Mexican style and that is an honor,” Golovkin said. The controversial draw a year ago won Golovkin a new legion of fans as most neutral observers thought he won the fight. He moved forward relentlessly, backing his heavy fists to get the job done, while Alvarez deployed a cagey and intelligent counter-striking approach.Ī different mind-set would likely have caused Alvarez to lose, but Mexico’s biggest boxing stars have been those who press forward with little thought of personal safety. GGG holds true to Mexican fighting traditions more than anyone, even though he’s not from there.” “Mexican fans are loyal and patriotic, but more than anything they love and honor the sport. “You have a Mexican fighter up against a guy who fights like a true Mexican,” Golovkin’s trainer, Abel Sanchez, told USA TODAY Sports. But on the most significant night of his athletic life, Alvarez must contend with the reality that a sizable portion of the Mexican fan base will throw its support behind Golovkin, the pounding puncher from Kazakhstan with a 38-0-1 record. Mexico carries the heartbeat of boxing within its soul more than any other nation and cherishes its sporting sons with reverence. LAS VEGAS – Strange winds blow through The Strip whenever a fight week of significance hits town, and so it is again with boxing’s biggest clash of 2018 fast approaching.Īfter a year to stew on their 2017 draw and plot lines aplenty having bruised their rivalry, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin have everything to fight for on Saturday night, their reputations, their pride and perhaps most of all, their respective countries. Canelo Alvarez II: Breaking down the historic rematch Congratulations, Nathan, on your latest victory! Good luck as you continue with your fighting career.Watch Video: Gennady Golovkin vs. With each passing fight, Nathan has proven to be a top prospect in the professional boxing world. He fell in love with the sport and turned professional at the age of 16. It wasn’t until he followed in his brother’s footsteps in becoming a boxer that he found his calling. He tried other sports including basketball, even making it on an all-star team. He continued playing baseball until his interest waned as he entered high school. Nathan has always been an athletic person since the young age of three when he played for the Pico Boys on the Bambinos. That crowd extended back here to Pico Rivera, where he received support from residents, along with teachers and students from his former schools supporting him online. It was a huge win in front of a huge crowd for “El Morenito”. Both fighters went the distance, but ultimately Nathan “El Morenito” Rodriguez out fought Mejia with a win by unanimous decision, improving his undefeated record to 11 and 0. This would be Nathan’s first scheduled 10-round fight. Nathan’s opponent would be Alexander Mejia from Nicaragua in a 10-round boxing match. Nathan started training camp with Team Canelo through new trainer Eddie Reynoso back in April and was officially announced on the Canelo Alvarez vs. During that bout, Rodriguez won by unanimous decision, continuing with his undefeated record of 10 and 0.įast forward to May 6, 2023, when Nathan would defend his undefeated record on a bigger stage as he joined the Canelo Álvarez undercard at Estadio Akron in Guadalajara, Mexico. His spotless record carried on from his hometown fight held at Smith Park when he fought Jerson Ortiz in November. With a bout ending in the first round, he made a lasting impression on everyone who witnessed the event as he improved his record to 9 and 0. Local boxer Nathan “El Morenito” Rodriguez made his United States debut on his 18th birthday in his hometown of Pico Rivera last summer. Lower San Gabriel River Recreation & Park District. With the Chrome Remote Desktop application, you can remotely control your PC from anywhere. Basically, anything you can do on your desktop, you can do from a smartphone. You can use your smartphone to run commands on your PC by connecting it wirelessly to your PC. Another advantage is that your smartphone or tablet is connected via the wired medium it will also keep the battery charging, which in turn will take longer compared to the wireless alternatives.ĭownload Splashtop (iOS) Chrome Remote DesktopĬhrome Remote Desktop lets you control your PC from your Android or iOS device. Splashtop provides a better experience than the wireless alternatives because it is more stable and has almost no lag, so you can interact with your secondary display in real-time. You can change the frame rate and quality of the extended display via the PC client, and you can also change the resolution of the extended display via the display settings on your PC. Once you enable it and respond to the prompt on your phone’s screen, you will be directly connected, and the display of the PC will be extended to the display of your phone or tablet.ģ. After you open the client on your phone, you will be prompted to enable USB debugging on your phone. Then connect your smartphone or tablet to your PC via a USB cable.Ģ. You only need to download the PC and the smartphone client to the respective devices. It also supports FullHD (1080p) resolution at 60 frames per second.ġ. The good thing is that by connecting via a wired medium, you get better resolution and frame rates when using your smartphone or tablet as a secondary screen. Therefore, the only connection mode in this application is the wired mode. This particular application requires you to connect your smartphone or tablet to your PC using only a USB cable. If you switch to a USB connection, the connection will be smoother.ĭownload Spacedesk (iOS) Splashtop Wired XDisplay Spacedesk works pretty well with the wireless option as well, though there may be a slight delay if you don’t have a very fast internet connection. There are a few more options available if you want to play around a bit. “ Extend” to make your secondary display an extension of your primary display. In the “ Multiple Display” settings, you can choose between several options, such as “ Duplicate” to have the same screen on both displays. You can find the display settings under the “System” option in the settings. Now go to the display settings of Windows and configure your smartphone or tablet as a secondary screen. The app should automatically detect the IP address and name of your system if you have also launched it on your PC.Ħ. Launch the app on your smartphone and connect it to your PC. Make sure your phone or tablet and your PC are connected to the same network.ĥ. Download the app and install it on your phone or tablet.Ĥ. Simply toggle the “Spacedesk status” switch from off to on.ģ. When you open the app, it will automatically detect and display all PCs on the same server that have the drivers installed.Ģ. Follow the steps below to connect your phone or tablet to your PC:ġ. Once the installation is complete, the setup is quite simple. The application is only available for Windows 7 and above. To use Spacedesk, you must first install the necessary drivers on your Windows PC. The resolution is decent and you also get touch support on your smartphone when it is connected. You can connect your Windows PC and your smartphone via USB, Wi-Fi, or LAN. Spacedesk is one of the most popular applications to turn your smartphone or tablet into a secondary display for your Windows PC. What’s more, all of these methods are free to use. We have listed the best ways to use your smartphone or tablet as a secondary display with your Windows PC. All you have to do is follow a few simple steps, and you are good to go. Believe it or not, these days, there are apps that let you use your existing smartphone or tablet as a second display with your Windows PC. A second screen opens up a whole new set of possibilities. Multitasking is pretty easy on Windows, but it gets even better when you have a secondary display to split up your tasks even better. Use Your Smartphone or Tablet as a Secondary Monitor on Windows
Her photo series’ explore the sexual, spiritual, and emotional nature of femininity. As an advocate for reproductive health, I had personally become aware of preventative measures for cysts, and the racial bias & micro aggression in medicine industry."Įva Woolridge (she/her) is an African-American/Chinese-American photographer residing in Brooklyn, New York. I was left to process and research on my own. I was not given information on how one ovary would affect my hormones, whether I could have kids, or how it even developed. I spent the next two months feeling isolated, confused and depressed. On my way to surgery, the nurse told me it was her 6th cyst removal that week. If I was cared for earlier that day, they could have saved my right ovary, however by this time the cyst cut the blood flow and they needed to remove it. I was diagnosed with an 8cm dermoid cyst-it was the size of a grapefruit. It wasn’t until I forced myself into the nurse’s office that I was taken to the ER. I was in the hospital waiting room for 30 minutes before given attention. We left for the hospital where the driver showed me more compassion than the doctor. Once I began vomiting stomach acid, she re-diagnosed me and suggested it was probably appendicitis. As I teared up from pain, she jokingly asked me where I ate sushi the night before so she could avoid the restaurant. Once at City MD, a white, female medical professional glanced at me with little attention, and she told me it was probably food poisoning. From the ground I called my roommate to take me to City MD. My first thought was how I must have caught a stomach bug, but I soon dismissed this theory when I nearly passed out trying to stand. I fell alongside the toilet and began dry heaving while sweating profusely. 17, 2018, I experienced a sharp pain in my lower right abdomen followed by a wave of nausea. Eva’s story addresses symptoms of ovarian cysts and the micro aggressions Black women face during times of crisis with the goal of as well as helping other Black women from undergoing the same pain as her.Įach image is titled based on my emotional response during this two-month healing period: Denial, Blinding Pain, a Thorn of Micro-aggression, Shock, Surrender, The Weight of Trauma, Inspection, Reflection, Acceptance and Empowerment, in that order.Įva's hope is to share more stories of women who are affected by the negligence of the medical field, and visually celebrate how they overcame and empowered by their experiences. Her objective is to address the lack of information and medical attentiveness available for Black women regarding their reproductive health. "The Size of a Grapefruit" is a visual narrative based on Eva’s traumatic medical event which highlights the emotional stages from before, during and after her surgery. They're also popular in certain music genres for album covers and logos, such as heavy metal and punk. You'll often see Gothic fonts used in contexts like certificates, diplomas, or traditional pub signs. Due to their historic associations, they are often used to evoke a sense of antiquity, tradition, or solemnity. Today, Gothic fonts are typically used for specific, often decorative purposes. Where are Gothic Fonts Typically Used Today? You can learn more about the history of Gothic fonts from sources such as. Today, they continue to be used for specific design purposes, often to evoke a sense of history, tradition, or solemnity. The term "Gothic" was later coined in the Renaissance period, where the script was associated with the barbaric Gothic tribes, as the Renaissance scribes considered the script crude compared to the classical Roman scripts they admired.ĭespite falling out of favor for many centuries, Gothic fonts saw a revival in the 19th and 20th centuries, often used in newspaper mastheads and for creating a period effect in design. Its elaborate and stylized letterforms were often used in religious texts, including many copies of the Bible. The Gothic script has its origins in calligraphy, developed by scribes during the Middle Ages. The term "Gothic" in typography can refer to different styles depending on the context. Some well-known examples of gothic fonts include Textura, Old English Text, and Fraktur.ĭespite their name, Gothic fonts should not be confused with Gothic or Grotesque typefaces, terms used to describe certain types of sans-serif fonts. They are characterized by their ornate, complex letterforms, with heavy strokes and angular lines. Gothic fonts, also known as Blackletter fonts, are a type of script that dates back to the Middle Ages, used widely across Western Europe from the 12th to the 17th centuries. You can even include it in text messages, emails, or other places where you post text.FAQs About Gothic Fonts What are Gothic Fonts? It works great on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram (for your Instagram bio text, profile name, Instagram cations, and more), TikTok, YouTube, WhatsApp, SnapChat, Discord chats, and more. You can post it in social media profile names, comments, or posts. Gothic text can be posted anywhere you would write or paste normal text. To see what other Unicode text options are available, check out our full fancy text generator.
Also make sure your styling products are colorless: The dyes in tinted mousses, gels, and the like can tarnish gray hair. When you do wash and style it, use a flatiron or blow dryer and round brush to give your hair a sleek, straight look silver strands absorb light instead of reflecting it, making your mane look dull, and curly or wavy do’s only exaggerate the issue because there’s no smooth surface for light to bounce off of. Just be sure to only use it once a week: Many of these products contain a blue tint that can cause a purplish cast when they're overused.Įvery month, treat your hair to a clear gloss or glaze like John Frieda Clear Shine Luminous Glaze ($9, ) to coat the cuticle and boost shine.ĭaily washing and styling can dry out hair-keep your hair looking better between washes with a non-drying oil-absorber like Oribe Cote d'Azure Hair Refresher ($24, ). We like Pantene Pro-V Silver Expressions Shampoo ($5, ). Once a week, wash hair with a formula geared for gray to counteract yellowing caused by sun, pollutants, hard water, and smoke. Ammonia and peroxide-free, plus cruelty-free and phthalate-free. Just shampoo, condition, and glaze, and results intensify with each use. Keep tresses soft and healthy by doing the following:įor day-to-day cleansing, choose a moisturizing shampoo like Dove Quench Absolute ($6, cvs.com) to soften and smooth gray hair and make it appear more lustrous. 11.99 4.5 Write a review Enrich brunette hair with a hint of brown color from Luminous Glaze for Brunettes, which adds shine to reveal multi-dimensional tones, silky texture, and newfound vibrancy. When hair turns gray, the protective cuticle thins out, which can make strands coarse and prone to breakage. An above-the-shoulder, layered style that provides movement and softly frames your face is a good bet, but you've got options: Try browsing the for inspiration and ideas. "For gray to look glamorous and chic, your cut should be contemporary," says Mark DeVincenzo, creative director at the Frédéric Fekkai Salon in New York City. And most importantly, when your gray has grown out, don't regress to a matronly style. "A choppy cut looks youthful and helps hide your roots," says Jonathan Gale, a colorist at the John Frieda Salon in Los Angeles. Layers can also help camouflage multiple hues. Cropping your hair above your collarbone during the in-between period will lessen the contrast between gray and pigmented strands (you'll chop off most of your repeatedly-dyed ends). This gene often lay dormant until an instant of extraordinary physical and emotional stress activates it. The Metagene The Invasion! mini-series provided a concept for why humans in the DC Universe would survive catastrophic events and develop "super powers." One of the Dominators discovered that select members of the human race had a "biological variant" he called the meta-gene (also spelled "metagene"). The Vimanians in the series forced their super powered worker drones to mate with humanity's ancestors Australopithecus afarensis (3 million years ago), and later Homo erectus (1.5 million years ago) in order to create a race of super powered slaves. Introduction of superpowered alien genetic matter into human germline dna. Xenobrood Main article: Xenobrood Before the White Martians arrived on Earth, Lord Vimana the Vimanian overlord from the Xenobrood mini-series claimed credit for the creation of the human race both normal and metahuman, due to their Metahuman may also relate to an individual who has exceeded what is known as "The Current Potential" meaning ones ability to move matter with mind. The prefix "meta-" simply means "beyond", denoting persons and abilities beyond human limits. The Dominators use this term to refer to any human native of the planet Earth with "fictional superhuman abilities". 7 Websites o 7.1 Metahuman PressĨ See also 9 Notes and references 10 External linksĭC Comics: Origins & Definition Main article: Invasion! (DC Comics) The term metahuman was first used by a fictitious race of extraterrestrials known as the Dominators, when they appeared in DC Comics' Invasion! miniseries. Contents ġ DC Comics: Origins & Definition o 1.1 Xenobrood o 1.2 The Metagene o 1.3 White Martians o 1.4 Metavirus o 1.5 Population o 1.6 Exo-gene o 1.7 Homo magi 2 Novels o 2.1 Wild Cards 3 Comics o 3.1 Marvel Comics o 3.2 Ultimate Marvel o 3.3 Amalgam 4 Videogames o 4.1 City of Heroes o 4.2 Fallout 3 o 4.3 Marvel:Ultimate Alliance o 4.4 Infamous 5 Role playing games o 5.1 GURPS o 5.2 Shadowrun 6 Television o 6.1 Static Shock o 6.2 Birds of Prey o 6.3 Smallville o 6.4 Young Justice o 6.5 Hulk and the agents of S.M.A.S.H. Martin, first in the Superworld role playing system, and then later in his Wild Cards series of novels. The term as a referent to superheroes began in 1986 by author George R. The term is roughly synonymous with both mutant and mutate in theMarvel Universe and posthuman in the Wildstorm and Ultimate Marvel Universes. In DC Comics' DC Universe, a metahuman is a superhuman. When unicorn marketers are getting 88% open rates and 60% CTRs, every marketer in his or her right mind needs to pay attention. Facebook Messenger Marketing and Chatbots are revolutionizing marketing. This is the drip campaign chatbot builder in MobileMonkey.Ģ. You (yes, the non-coder, you) can make chatbots without even thinking about code. (Okay, we’re still working on the massage, but, hey, a chatbot can at least schedule one.)īefore you chalk up chatbots as one-more-thing-you-can’t-do-because-you-can’t-code, get this. Ĭustomers can download resources, schedule appointments, purchase tickets, check order statuses, self-segment, receive real-time updates from you, ask questions, get answers, power drip campaigns, and give you a Shiatsu massage. It’s much more than conversation.įacebook Messenger chatbots are specifically designed to work with Facebook Messenger and their capabilities are nearly endless. When applied to Facebook Messenger marketing, they take on a unique and powerful angle. Messenger marketing is using Facebook Messenger to connect to and communicate with prospective customers.Ĭhatbots are computer programs that simulate human conversations. So, what is Facebook Messenger marketing ? Facebook Messenger marketing with Chatbots, explained.įor just a minute, I’m going to pretend you know nothing about Facebook Messenger marketing and have never heard of chatbots. Facebook Messenger marketing with chatbots are too big to ignore We’re in a new era of digital marketing, and this is what you need to know about Facebook Messenger marketing and chatbots.ġ. Whether you’re a PPC specialist, an SEO, a CMO, or just a curious bystander, I wrote this for you. My goal here is to persuade you that you should be using Facebook Messenger marketing and chatbots as part of your marketing strategy. īased on the sources available, here are approximate dollar amounts that fast-food burgers cost in the US the year you were born. K eep in mind that Wendy's didn't join the competition until 1969 - but their single patties have always weighed 4 ounces. And, some burger prices were not readily available. Limited Edition ( Framed ) 36 Country Flag Pins One large Ronald 30th Pin brass engraved plaque Winner to add 10 for s&h I accept PayPal, money orders and cashiers checkPayment must be made within 7 days after close. Like anything else, the prices for these competing products have varied by region since the beginning - so all prices below are approximate, and will vary based on your geographic location. Happy 30th Birthday McDonalds Pins Commemorative Flag pins to celebrate McDonalds from 1955- 1985 in 36 areas around the world. per patty, they're about half the size of their competitors - but they've been around since 1921, and the chain is arguably the first fast-food chain in the US. If you've never had one, White Castle burgers are also called sliders for several reasons - not the least of which is that they're tiny. in a pound, so to keep a level playing field, that's 4 oz. īy contrast, Burger King's Whopper has been around since 1957 - and the patty was a 1/4 lb. The Quarter Pounder didn't exist until 1971. The chain's iconic Big Mac - which prompted the Economist to begin publishing its Big Mac Index as an international indicator of comparative individual purchasing power in 1986 - wasn't introduced until 1967. INSIDER compared each chain's most basic burger offerings to one another.Ī McDonald's hamburger in 1955 - when the company started - weighed 3.7 ounces, according to BuzzFeed. Some chains have differently sized patties. Payments for 20 years’ service are also worth £300 at the median, although in one organisation this rises to £7,500. Rewards on offer include a one- or two-night stay away, two weeks’ salary, four weeks’ paid leave and lunch for two. She staffed it with her family members and set up a credit system for locals in need.Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. At 15 years’ service, the median value of gift is £300. And when she returned to Galax, Price married the love of her life, used her money to buy the store she had been working in, and renamed it The Price Is Right. She flew on a plane (for the first time) to Chicago and appeared in a commercial to further promote the campaign. Since Scotty was a minor, his mother, Charlene Price, collected the winnings. “Once that record came about, all the worrying went away,” he said. “Keeping enough food in the house for everybody.”Īs a kid, Scotty didn’t even have enough money to eat more than occasionally at his favorite restaurant, McDonald’s. “Before that, it was working every day for a small paycheck, it was digging in change,” Scotty said. But on one record, the winning record, it’s sung correctly all the way through.Ī million dollars couldn’t have meant more anywhere than in Galax, Scotty told me over a Quarter Pounder meal at the Galax McDonald’s. On the flexis, you hear a “class” trying-and failing-to learn the song. The “Menu Song” lyrics are a full recitation of every item McDonald’s sold at the time. That number dwarfs the sales of Michael Jackson’s Thriller, the best-selling album of all time, which has sold 66 million copies.īut the McDonald’s promotion had a true Charlie and the Chocolate Factory twist: one of the 80 million records entitled the person who found it to a $1 million prize. (Check out “Melmac Girls” and “Take Me, ALF, to the Ballgame.”) And then, McDonald’s seriously upped the ante, printing 80 million flexis of its “Menu Song” in one go-the equivalent of an 80-times-platinum record. At one point, every kids meal from Burger King came with one of several flexi recordings by Alf. (See Kiss Krunch and Post Cereal’s Jackson Five campaign.)Īnd in the 1980s, fast food loved the flexi. When turntables were ubiquitous in family homes, flexis were often attached to the spines of magazines by a perforated edge, mailed out as postcards, and even ripped off of the back of cereal boxes. Often promotional in nature, flexis come in all shapes and sizes. Scotty’s first record was actually a flexi-disc, one of 80 million produced by McDonald’s in the late 1980s.Ī flexi-disc is any thin piece of vinyl or vinyl-coated paper you can play like a record. |
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