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12:06pm
Mr Fab:
Ah, memories of being dragged by mom to K-Mart to get hideous polyester clothes for the new school year.
-"Come on now, which shirt do you like?"
-"None a them!"
Well, it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it...
12:08pm
Miss Mei:
I have mostly vague K-Mart memories, we went to other stores more often. I did go a couple times shortly before ours closed when I was in college
You call them hideous. Martha Stewart calls it Living.
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12:15pm
Mr Fab:
and the Jaclyn Smith colletion!
I'm sure, between acting gigs, Jaclyn Smith was sitting at her drawing board, whipping up new styles for her next KMart line..
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12:16pm
Roberto:
Oh shit, I just remembered I shared an office floor with K-Mart coprorate about 20 years ago. They were pompous jerks who worked for K-Mart!
Were people really still smoking at K-Marts as late as 1991? I'm a '95 baby so I wasn't there.
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12:23pm
Jay Current:
There was a K-Mart in my area that up until a few years ago. It had been going downhill since at least the late '90s and was in a pathetic state of being dirty and in general disrepair by the early '10s. I have no idea how it hung on as long as it did.
I'm not sure about K-Mart, but here in NYC, no smoking regulations in restaurants went into effect in 1995. It took about a year for places to fully catch on, aided in part by my yelling at anyone who attempted to light up while I was there.
Must have been the one on I-95 on the outskirts of Florence then, I believe that's South Carolina's only one. That place is huge in person. Did she get the Beaver Nuggets?
They had an entire counter of beef jerky when I went. I didn't eat lunch there though.
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12:39pm
Mr Fab:
1991, the heyday of gangsta rap, Nirvana was big, we've already had punk, goth...yet inside KMart, it might as well still be the '50s.
before everything became "alternative." There were still the squares over here, the underground over there. Before suburban moms started getting tattoos.
Stick to weird music! My two nickels (cents are being phased out by the U.S. Mint).
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12:53pm
Jay Current:
Pop culture associates the late '70s and early '80s with disco and new wave respectively, but every third or fourth song that hit the Top 40 during those years was stuff that sounded like this K-Mart tape.
Believe me if I had the money I'd be buying acetates, demo tapes etc all the dang time!
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12:56pm
Mr Fab:
My mother was a Brady Bunch mom, but they were all aging. Mom would have been well into her 50s by '91. Really doesn't seem like they were trying for younger shoppers yet, tho. Still all aimed at the increasingly outdated idea of a typical suburban mom, which might explain why the chain started going downhill.
Since I know that it isn't a "cash-in" move for you, I'm interested to hear your take.
I happened to be in the room of a media meet and greet with Quincy Jones shortly after Off the Wall was released. A memory of an interesting moment. Within the cognoscenti Jones with his already diverse career was more of a star than Jackson. He was and is considered a star maker but the heights of success he achieved with Jackson were stratospheric.
First big pop success was as producer for Lesley Gore's hits in the early 1960s. One of his first major gigs was playing trumpet with Lionel Hampton's swing band in 1953. In the 60s he wrote and arranged the music for many movies. But you can look at his Wikipedia page and follow what interests you.
My company had absolutely nothing to do with K-Mart, btw. It was completely random that we shared a floor with them. Most of the rest of the building was occupied by us.
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2:04pm
David The Splatter:
I've been at lunch, but I wanted to know if the Customer Service tape covered people who loudly believe all of your shoes are made by communist child labor. (I mean, yes, but not the point.)
2:25pm
<3:
i’m enjoying these elevator department store grooves with a four year old. she always tells me when the music sucks and is keen on this stuff so far
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2:49pm
Mr Fab:
Too late I'm sure, but it'd be perfect if Herbie started his show with The Humans song, "Get You Tonight," which starts with: "Attention all you Kmart shoppers, fill your carts.."
Listener comments!
: i sure do miss the ham and cheese sandwiches i would buy at k-mart back in the day
Mr Fab: RoboHi, RoboMei!
Jay Current: Miss Mei absorbing advertisement music to get ready for the next fundraiser pitch
Miss Mei:
↳ Jay Current @12:03
Gotta come up with new songs and skits to help promote!Miss Mei:
↳ Song: "K-Mart May 1991" by "Tape-A-Thon"
I recognise the song playing. Anyone know the name?Roberto: I don't care.
WR: Hello Miss Mei and folks.
David The Splatter: If it's Tuesday, it must be Hot Beef Sandwich day! :)
encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com...
Roberto: JK LOL I care a lot!
Mr Fab: Ah, memories of being dragged by mom to K-Mart to get hideous polyester clothes for the new school year.
-"Come on now, which shirt do you like?"
-"None a them!"
Roberto:
↳ Roberto @12:04
Well, it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it...Miss Mei: I have mostly vague K-Mart memories, we went to other stores more often. I did go a couple times shortly before ours closed when I was in college
Miss Mei:
↳ Mr Fab @12:06
You call them hideous. Martha Stewart calls it Living.Mr Fab: and the Jaclyn Smith colletion!
I'm sure, between acting gigs, Jaclyn Smith was sitting at her drawing board, whipping up new styles for her next KMart line..
Roberto: "K-Mart sucks." -- Rain Man
Roberto: Oh shit, I just remembered I shared an office floor with K-Mart coprorate about 20 years ago. They were pompous jerks who worked for K-Mart!
Miss Mei:
↳ Roberto @12:16
All those Blue Light Specials made their heads swell I guess!Roberto:
↳ Miss Mei @12:17
It was ridiculous. They acted like they were working for some high-end retailer, not that that would have been an excuse for being jerks.Jay Current:
↳ Miss Mei @12:03
Freeform is what we're aboutSo if you'd like to help us out
Send a cool donation down our route
Playing odd obscurities
We don't even charge a fee
So if you could spare some cheese
We'd appreciate it, there's no doubt
Miss Mei:
↳ Song: "K-Mart May 1991" by "Tape-A-Thon"
May 1991 vibes fitting the May 2026 vibes (for me at least)Roberto:
↳ Mr Fab @12:15
One of the corp communications people used to take calls with Jaclyn on the other side of my cubicle partition.Miss Mei:
↳ Song: "K-Mart May 1991" by "Tape-A-Thon"
Were people really still smoking at K-Marts as late as 1991? I'm a '95 baby so I wasn't there.Jay Current: There was a K-Mart in my area that up until a few years ago. It had been going downhill since at least the late '90s and was in a pathetic state of being dirty and in general disrepair by the early '10s. I have no idea how it hung on as long as it did.
Roberto:
↳ Miss Mei @12:22
I'm not sure about K-Mart, but here in NYC, no smoking regulations in restaurants went into effect in 1995. It took about a year for places to fully catch on, aided in part by my yelling at anyone who attempted to light up while I was there.Miss Mei:
↳ Jay Current @12:23
I think my local one closed in 2017. I bought an ill-fitting jacket there which I've since given to my girlfriendMr Fab:
↳ Miss Mei @12:22
i do recall smoking in offices/indoors at that time, tho it was in its final moments. Probably gone in a couple years.Miss Mei: (wasn't an ugly jacket just didn't suit me too great)
Roberto: And how about smoking on commercial flights? HOW IN THE HELL WAS THAT EVER CONSIDERED OKAY??
Jay Current:
↳ Miss Mei @12:22
I was born in '93 and I can barely remember smoking sections in some restaurants in South Carolina, so it wouldn't surprise me.Miss Mei:
↳ Jay Current @12:25
My memories go as far back as 1997. I don't remember smoking sections at that timeRoberto:
↳ Roberto @12:25
Oh, there are non-smoking sections. IT'S ONE DAMN AIRPLANE FFS!!Miss Mei:
↳ Jay Current @12:25
Speaking of South Carolina, my sister was just there. She picked up stuff from Buc - ee's for the familyMr Fab:
↳ Roberto @12:19
bet they were nice to her!Roberto:
↳ Mr Fab @12:26
Yeah, she was up to their high cultural standards lol.Roberto: Ohh now I hear it -- Lyin' eyes, you can't hide your lyin' eyes etc.
Roberto:
↳ Song: "K-Mart May 1991" by "Tape-A-Thon"
I'm waiting for an online chat support agent and imagining this is my hold music.Mr Fab:
↳ Roberto @12:28
Wow, well spotted!Miss Mei:
↳ Song: "K-Mart May 1991" by "Tape-A-Thon"
This is making me want to do a soft rock / M.O.R. cover albumJay Current:
↳ Miss Mei @12:26
Must have been the one on I-95 on the outskirts of Florence then, I believe that's South Carolina's only one. That place is huge in person. Did she get the Beaver Nuggets?Miss Mei:
↳ Jay Current @12:32
She tried the brisket sandwich and enjoyed it.Jay Current: Some "She's Gone" sax going on now
Jay Current:
↳ Miss Mei @12:33
They had an entire counter of beef jerky when I went. I didn't eat lunch there though.Mr Fab: 1991, the heyday of gangsta rap, Nirvana was big, we've already had punk, goth...yet inside KMart, it might as well still be the '50s.
Miss Mei:
↳ Jay Current @12:37
My sister brought home two jerkies for us - korean barbecue and mesquite peppered. very good !Miss Mei:
↳ Mr Fab @12:39
May 1991? More like May 1971!Miss Mei:
↳ Song: "K-Mart May 1991" by "Tape-A-Thon"
Oh dear I adore the one we're hearing right now! What a vibe.Mr Fab:
↳ Mr Fab @12:39
before everything became "alternative." There were still the squares over here, the underground over there. Before suburban moms started getting tattoos.Miss Mei:
↳ Mr Fab @12:41
Can confirm quite a few of my friends who are suburban mothers have tattoos.Jay Current:
↳ Miss Mei @12:39
Yeah, their peppered jerky is excellent. I wanted to try their chocolate cake, but I didn't have the money for it that day.Roberto:
↳ Miss Mei @12:42
Everydamnbody has them now. And all over their damn bodies, too. Get off my lawn!Miss Mei:
↳ Roberto @12:48
the dream is to have a sleeve one day. But I'd much rather spend money on weird musicRoberto:
↳ Roberto @12:48
This includes my 29-year-old daughter, although hers aren't all over. Yet.Roberto:
↳ Miss Mei @12:50
That shit is UGggLy but ewe due ewe!Miss Mei:
↳ Roberto @12:50
it'd probably be cutesy stuff if anything. I'd like a raggedy ann tattoo for instanceRoberto:
↳ Miss Mei @12:52
Stick to weird music! My two nickels (cents are being phased out by the U.S. Mint).Jay Current: Pop culture associates the late '70s and early '80s with disco and new wave respectively, but every third or fourth song that hit the Top 40 during those years was stuff that sounded like this K-Mart tape.
Miss Mei:
↳ Roberto @12:53
Believe me if I had the money I'd be buying acetates, demo tapes etc all the dang time!Mr Fab: My mother was a Brady Bunch mom, but they were all aging. Mom would have been well into her 50s by '91. Really doesn't seem like they were trying for younger shoppers yet, tho. Still all aimed at the increasingly outdated idea of a typical suburban mom, which might explain why the chain started going downhill.
Roberto:
↳ Miss Mei @12:56
At least you can sell or trade that stuff if you tire of it, unlike toxins etched into your skin.Miss Mei:
↳ Roberto @12:56
I do love me some toxinsRoberto:
↳ Miss Mei @12:57
I like the kind I get from cat scratches and bites. Only because they come from my cats.Mr Fab:
↳ Jay Current @12:53
True! Like the idea that all '60s kids were hippies. Until you look at actual pic/film and see all the short hair and horn-rim glasses.Miss Mei:
↳ Roberto @12:58
My cat doesn't really bite. She lightly rests her teeth on your skin, but barely. it's like she just places them there.Roberto:
↳ Miss Mei @1:00
Nice kitty!Miss Mei:
↳ Song: "K-Mart May 1991" by "Tape-A-Thon"
This is one of my Karaoke go-tos.Mr Fab: is it me? I'm getting silence.
Miss Mei:
↳ Mr Fab @1:03
You were! I accidentally hit the "disable mic" key on my keyboard while typing. oops!Mr Fab: it's back!
Miss Mei:
↳ Song: "K-Mart May 1991" by "Tape-A-Thon"
I hope you guys are ready for an MJ-only episode. As I continue to sift thru his rarities, I'll construct itRoberto:
↳ Miss Mei @1:04
I'll be there! Lol get it?Miss Mei:
↳ Roberto @1:05
I get it, you want me to be starting somethingRoberto:
↳ Miss Mei @1:06
I do!Jay Current:
↳ Mr Fab @12:39
Counterpoint, 1991 was also the golden age of Bryan Adams ballads.Jay Current:
↳ Miss Mei @1:04
The Charlie and the Chocolate factory track you played a few weeks back was certainly something.Herbie: 👋
Miss Mei:
↳ Jay Current @1:11
Not sure if I have anything as whacky...Maybe the demo where MJ sings with a mouthful of what sounds like potato chips.Miss Mei:
↳ Herbie @1:12
greetings!Herbie: Did he say Jacklyn Smith?
Jay Current: Themes from VHS cartoons your grandmother bought-core
WR:
↳ Miss Mei @1:04
Since I know that it isn't a "cash-in" move for you, I'm interested to hear your take.I happened to be in the room of a media meet and greet with Quincy Jones shortly after Off the Wall was released. A memory of an interesting moment. Within the cognoscenti Jones with his already diverse career was more of a star than Jackson. He was and is considered a star maker but the heights of success he achieved with Jackson were stratospheric.
Miss Mei:
↳ WR @1:18
Quincy Jones had a hand in many great things. Something I need to familiarise myself more with.Miss Mei:
↳ Song: "The Customer IS King Or Queen" by "S.S. Kresge"
Join me as we learn how to be great employees!Roberto:
↳ Song: "The Customer IS King Or Queen" by "S.S. Kresge"
You got to make sure yo customer is SASSIFIEDMr Fab:
↳ Song: "The Customer IS King Or Queen" by "S.S. Kresge"
this store's a big gyp!There's an expression you dont hear much anymore.
Miss Mei:
↳ Mr Fab @1:24
Forgot about that expression!WR:
↳ Miss Mei @1:20
First big pop success was as producer for Lesley Gore's hits in the early 1960s. One of his first major gigs was playing trumpet with Lionel Hampton's swing band in 1953. In the 60s he wrote and arranged the music for many movies. But you can look at his Wikipedia page and follow what interests you.Roberto:
↳ Miss Mei @1:26
It's considered culturally insensitive these days.Roberto:
↳ Song: "The Customer IS King Or Queen" by "S.S. Kresge"
"How to deal with Karens"Roberto:
↳ Song: "The Customer IS King Or Queen" by "S.S. Kresge"
I'd sooner eat a bowl of my cat's puke than work in customer service.Jay Current:
↳ WR @1:27
I wonder what single artist has the most intimidating discography.Miss Mei:
↳ Song: "The Customer IS King Or Queen" by "S.S. Kresge"
Woah the arguing hahahahaWHO NEEDS K-MART ANYWAY
Herbie:
↳ Song: "The Customer IS King Or Queen" by "S.S. Kresge"
Haha - this is great!Jay Current:
↳ Roberto @1:32
My office is next door to our call center. You can overhear countless arguments with the willfully ignorant.Roberto:
↳ Jay Current @1:38
Oof. Yeah I used to work on the same floor as our subscription support department. My headphones weren't nearly noise cancelling enough.Herbie: The ol' switcheroo!
Miss Mei:
↳ Song: "The Customer IS King Or Queen" by "S.S. Kresge"
This is hilariousRoberto: You might want to update the name of the show to "Audio Only I Care About."
Jay Current:
↳ Song: "The Customer IS King Or Queen" by "S.S. Kresge"
"Remember, you are always speaking ex cathedra for corporate."Roberto:
↳ Song: "The Customer IS King Or Queen" by "S.S. Kresge"
"Cover our ads" I thought he was going to say something else hahaMiss Mei:
↳ Roberto @1:47
same!Roberto:
↳ Song: "The Customer IS King Or Queen" by "S.S. Kresge"
Treat your customer like a kind or queen even if he's really just A LITTLE BITCH.Roberto:
↳ Roberto @1:48
*kingMiss Mei:
↳ Roberto @1:48
WHO NEEDS K-MART ANYWAY!Roberto:
↳ Miss Mei @1:56
My team was very happy when we didn't have to share a floor with them anymore.Roberto:
↳ Roberto @1:58
Oh jeez I can even still remember the name of the gal who sat on the other side from me. She used it on the phone all the time. She was annoying AF.Roberto:
↳ Roberto @2:00
My company had absolutely nothing to do with K-Mart, btw. It was completely random that we shared a floor with them. Most of the rest of the building was occupied by us.David The Splatter: I've been at lunch, but I wanted to know if the Customer Service tape covered people who loudly believe all of your shoes are made by communist child labor. (I mean, yes, but not the point.)
Special K: Carpenters?
Roberto: All this K-Mart-related material has no business being this entertaining!
<3: wow goof-proof
Miss Mei:
↳ Roberto @2:17
It's fun stuff! It helped me get work done in college.David The Splatter:
↳ Miss Mei @2:20
It's certainly making the afternoon go by faster.<3: i’m enjoying these elevator department store grooves with a four year old. she always tells me when the music sucks and is keen on this stuff so far
Miss Mei:
↳ <3 @2:25
Heck yea!Herbie: I think I want ambient muzak playing through my house at all times.
Roberto: Thanks for the K-Mart memories, Mei! See you next time!
Miss Mei:
↳ Herbie @2:44
It's a mood booster for sure.Mr Fab: Too late I'm sure, but it'd be perfect if Herbie started his show with The Humans song, "Get You Tonight," which starts with: "Attention all you Kmart shoppers, fill your carts.."
Roberto:
↳ Special K @2:13
They ought to play them in the lumber section.WR: thank you! Miss Mei!
Miss Mei: Take care !
David The Splatter: Thanks, Miss Mei!
Mr Fab: Thanks, for the shopping!
Herbie: Thanks Mei!