r/BeAmazed • u/kennny41 • 15d ago

Miscellaneous / Others Conversation Pits Were a Popular Home Feature from the 1950s to 1970s, Designed for Social Interaction

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u/earthlings_all 15d ago

The impact to the arts communities alone is just so devastating it hurts to think on it too much. Then to realize how much of their influence we lost everywhere else, truly a huge loss to the world.

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u/GTOdriver04 15d ago

One of my favorite artists musically is Patrick Cowley. He was a pioneer in EDM who sadly passed from AIDS in 1982 at only 32.

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u/WashedSylvi 14d ago

You might like this documentary

https://youtu.be/gcS2HXLq6Ow?si=V4IqB7_oatu8q-Y9

Can’t remember where it’s hosted but it’s not too hard to track down