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Dates: during 1964-1964
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...seem to want to listen to a message with their music. But some of the record companies still seem to be listening to the dark message of their social scientists. They are still on the prowl for another salable demonstration of the death wish, and the latest candidate is skateboarding. A skateboard is a surfboard scarcely larger than a steak plate, mounted on roller-skate wheels, and a skateboarder is anyone daring enough to careen over the concrete while aboard one. David Kapralik, a music publisher for Columbia Records, has high hopes for the fad. "It's another thing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rock 'n' Roll: Some Place near Despairsville | 6/5/1964 | See Source »

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