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September 30, 2005
Seltzercast 10: Agua Con Gas, Tony Kushner, and Water from Outer Space
Oh, there is MUCH to catch up on: An Apology, Spain, Up From Seltzer, a Slakethirst.com review, Extraterrestrial water, finewaters.com, Joseph Priestly, a History of the World in Six Glasses, and Tony Kushner. Phew!| Seltzercast 10: Agua Con Gas, Tony Kushner, and Water from Outer Space | ||
| Time: | Segment: | Notes: |
| 00:00 | Station ID | WEVD |
| 00:08 | A Guy Walks Into A Deli | From Ben's Deli, in Woodbury, NY |
| 00:14 | Theme Song: Helter Seltzer | By Noemi Altman, Performed by Melissa Kaplan |
| 01:01 | Seltzer Music | Allan Sherman's Seltzer Boy |
| 01:27 | Opening | Lou Reed's Egg Cream |
| 03:00 | Book Update PLUS | An Apology, Spain, Up From Seltzer, a Slakethirst.com review, extraterrestrial water, finewaters.com, Joseph Priestly, a History of the World in Six Glasses, and Tony Kushner |
| 23:40 | A Moment of Spritz | Like Bea Arthur... |
| 16:51 | Station ID | WHN Signing Out |
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Up From Seltzer Cartoon Book
Frank in Queens mailed me this wonderful piece of Jewish cultural history from 1981 - the cartoon book Up From Seltzer: A Handy Guide to 4 Jewish Generations.
It is a pretty silly book, overall, and largely captures a strong sense of ethnic self-hatred which, unfortunately, runs through the book. Think about the title itself - "up from" seltzer, as if seltzer represented everything unassimiliated about Jewish Americans which the author wishes to escape.
Nonetheless, it has a few fun pages about seltzer, that you can see below.
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