24 November 2008
excerpt Noise pollution, 1930s-style
Further proof of The Onion's key historical insight: that all compound words can become archaic and hilarious with the simple addition of hyphens.
re: advertising, cultural worlds, new york, noise, sound
Nate:
from "Flying Loud-Speaker Chased by Air Police; Dr. Reisner Objects to Noisy Sky Advertising," The New York Times, 6 April 1931 :: via The Soundscape of Modernity

A police amphibian airplane trailed a tri-motored ship from which advertising matter was being broadcast through a loud-speaker for almost two hours yesterday afternoon.