Stoops of Atlantis
A nostalgic journey through the funny, dangerous, bizarre and innocent days in a small, American town called East Harlem and the pop culture that influenced us. Email Mikey D at StoopsMail@yahoo.com
Episodes
All seasons have its smells. But no season beat summer for the variety of scents, stinks, perfumes, essences and aromas that would fill the air around those Stoops of Atlantis.
After harsh winters, Spring often arrived timidly- but greatly welcomed- around the Stoops of Atlantis.
Lets face it- as a kid- Christmas is about the swag. And some years that swag shined especially bright. Or didn't.
You'd be surprised how many famous folk are kids of Atlantis. Movie stars, singers, musicians, politicians, wise guys - can all call East Harlem their home town.
****NOTE - I reference episode "10 - Making Movies" - it is actually Episode 19!
After a five month hiatus, Mikey D is back and returns to the root of the podcast - colorful stories about the Stoops- in this Jeopardy Game of an Episode!
In the late 1970s - early 1980s video games appeared in Atlantis and lured me off the Stoop. And then came the home computer and this kid from East Harlem found a new purpose in life!
The Robots – Kraftwerk
Kids are People Too - Bob McAlister
Cruel Summer – Bananarama
Snowball – Devo
Girl U Want – Devo
Just What I Needed – The Cars
Video Games – Ronnie Jones
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It can be hard keeping a Peter Pan worldview in a place filled with pirates. But this kid tried on those Stoops of Atlantis.
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Lets fire up the time machine, slip on your Prokeds and take a stroll around the Avenue with Mikey D.
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Books were all over my house and they helped make life better around those Stoops of Atlantis.
Music:
Easy Reader theme
Sesame Street theme Instrumental
Paperback Writer
Egg Song
Vintage Scifi Music
Monophonics Like Yesterday
Words
Kraftwerk Numbers
Walt Grace's Submarine Test
Hardy Boys Theme
Dylan My Back Pages
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Hanging around those Stoops of Atlantis was often fun. But sometimes you needed to breath new air so it was into Dad's car for some Road Trippin'!
MUSIC:
1. Queen – I’m in Love with my Car
2. Lover Boy- Working for the Weekend
3. Supermarket Time Portal Muzak
4. Night City Jazz
5. Paul McCartney and Wings – Silly Love Songs
6. A Flock of Seagulls – I Ran
7. Queen – La...
The Dutch called them Stoeps. We called called them Stoops. But those stone steps were much more than practical structures. They were part of our lives and culture.
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Yep- more flubs and Cosmo interruptions. Enjoy!
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We were little demons on those Stoops...and we were also altar boys...mix that with idle hands of a dull summer day and you have a recipe for mischief.
MUSIC:
Hell's Bells - ACDC
The Exorcist Theme
Interstellar First Step - Hans Zimmer
Sympathy for the Devil - The Rolling Stones
Air on the G String - J.S. Bach
Lucifer over Lancashire - The Fall
Running with the Devil - Van Halen
Go...
Last Times are not always last times. Often they are not even obvious as last times. And sometimes they are just the hold between the now and then. Times are strange.
Sometimes you needed a newer, more god-like perspective than those Stoops of Atlantis could offer. So you climbed the steps...
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There was a time when nothing was great. Just being and letting the mind explore.
Museums were magic to this kid from East Harlem and no matter if it was downtown or in my backyard- specimens abounded and fill my eyes with delight.
Put on your Pro-Keds or Chuck Taylors and follow me on another foot powered exploration of East Harlem in the 1970s.
Memory fragments - like leaves in autumn - fall around this episode.
Back in those Stoops days TV was quite different. Far less choices yet the choices we had were amazing! At least through the eyes of Mikey D.
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