Tim Gavin
- May 11, 2020
- 1 min read

Episode Notes: Shake It Off Like A Polaroid Picture

This week is all about Polaroids, and their impact on Pop Culture. Even though I was one of those people that missed out on using these Cameras, I'm still very drawn to the photographs they can produce. Each one like a miniature painting, even the ones that aren't technically great photos. They are behind a lot of iconic album covers, and an inspiration behind some important moments in modern music.

Here's some suggested listening

For more on the History of Polaroid (Presented by this weeks Special Guest: Christopher Bonanos)

Here is a list of my sources.

This week in Pop History

Instant: The Story of Polaroidhttps://books.google.ca/books?id=VgyuGmMZ7iIC&lpg=PP1&dq=instant%20the%20story%20of%20polaroid&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=instant%20the%20story%20of%20polaroid&f=false

How first Land Camera Workedhttps://www.edn.com/polaroid-introduces-the-instant-camera-february-21-1947/

SX-70 Technical details https://books.google.ca/books?id=e9QDAAAAMBAJ&lpg=RA1-PA104&dq=Polaroid%20SX-70&pg=RA1-PA104#v=onepage&q=Polaroid%20SX-70&f=false

Image Manipulation:https://brooklynrail.org/2018/07/artseen/LUCAS-SAMARAS-Photo-Transformations

CW: Semi-NSFW photo at the top

Album Covers with Polaroid Artwork:

Taylor Swift -1989: https://web.archive.org/web/20150202062742/https://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2014-11-12/taylor-swift-and-big-machine-are-the-music-industryLoverboy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LoverboyLB.jpgTalking Heads-https://books.google.ca/books?id=4WM6Cb1z-PwC&dq=punk+diary&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjlpYvkwKTpAhWRq54KHUZaCpQQ6AEIKDAAVampire Weekend-Contra: http://www.mtv.com/news/1629504/vampire-weekend-reveal-secrets-of-contras-cover-girl/

Deep Dive-Taylor Swift 1989

Album Cover meaning according to T-Swifthttps://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/meaning-cover-taylor-swifts-album-1989/story?id=25028609

Sputnikmusic review of Red

https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/52837/Taylor-Swift-Red/

Sweeter than fiction inspiration:https://www.vulture.com/2014/06/jack-antonoff-solo-album-bleachers.html

T-Swift bolstering Polaroids Sales:https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11494272

Still The Number 1

Billboard https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1989-05-13?rank=6