Summary: Color slides were once the state of the art in family photography — vibrant, immersive, ubiquitous. So ubiquitous, in fact, that millions, maybe billions of them survive. This week it’s a conversation with midcentury pop culture expert Charles Phoenix: What can we learn from the vast shadow world of orphaned slides about the way we used to live in our homes?<br> Music:<br> <br> * <a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Solo_Instruments/Leaves_In_The_Pool">“Leaves In The Pool,”</a> by Podington Bear<br> * “Diamond Bossa Nova,” by Francesco de Masi<br> * “Clog Dance,” by Dick Walter<br> * <a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/Reptile/Spills">“Spills,”</a> by Blue Dot Sessions<br> * <a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Driving/Kingbeat9">“Kingbeat 9,”</a> by Podington Bear<br> <br> Thanks to <a href="http://www.charlesphoenix.com/">Charles Phoenix</a>, whose <a href="http://www.charlesphoenix.com/event/charles-phoenix-disneyland-tour-downtown-los-angeles/">“Disneyland’ Tour of Downtown Los Angeles</a> returns on November 27. Tickets are also on sale for his <a href="http://www.charlesphoenix.com/event/charles-phoenix-retro-holiday-slide-show-brea/">Retro Holiday Slide Show</a> in Brea, CA December 17 and 18.<br> Read Richard Baguley’s <a href="https://medium.com/people-gadgets/the-gadget-we-miss-kodachrome-color-slide-film-8bd036d4cc5c#.ahey6pyx0">essay on Kodachrome color slide film</a> at Medium. There’s also <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/video/multimedia/100000004526979/fragments-of-a-life-a-curbside-mystery.html">this lovely video</a> by Deborah Acosta at The New York Times. <br>
