broken physicist covers culture

Today I learned that a hip-hop icon said hip-hop got started when black people got widespread access to hi-fi equipment stolen during the 1977 blackout in New York City.

In style news, after watching an episode of Maverick from 1957, I felt concerned about the state of humanity and had to reassure myself that women only had cone-shaped boobs in the 50s. Thus I came across the following quote:

One all rubber garment that women over 50 can always recall is the rubber Playtex girdle of the late 1950s early 1960s. It left an imprint of tiny spots all over the buttocks. The spots were from the evaporation holes in the girdle rubber. Yes, it was totally rubber. Cream rubber. Think of a very thick rubber glove or windsurf suit with pinhead size holes. After wearing the girdle for an hour the buttocks appeared to have developed a rash akin to German measles.