Jpereira
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"In 1959, a group of undergraduates at the University of Detroit sneaked two records into a jukebox in the snack bar at the Student Activities Building: one was silent, and the other played a short beep every fifteen seconds. A pretty solid gag—until people started purposefully cueing up the records. They were played so often, in fact, that their surfaces wore down from overuse, and they had to be replaced by fresh pressings."
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The Restorative Pause of Silent Record Week
In 1959, a group of undergraduates at the University of Detroit sneaked two records into a jukebox on campus: one was silent, and the other played a short beep every fifteen seconds. The legacy of this prank lives on.