Short Stuff: History of Spring Break
4/8/202615 min
If you think Spring Break started with northern college kids heading to Florida to party, you'd be correct. But there's slightly more to it than that.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 00:00
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Josh Clark· Host0:03
[upbeat music] Hey, and welcome to the Short Stuff. I'm Josh, and there's Chuck, and everybody else is present in spirit, and this is stuff you should know, Short Stuff.
Chuck Bryant· Host0:15
Where the boys are.
Josh Clark· Host0:19
Is that the song?
Chuck Bryant· Host0:20
I think so.
Josh Clark· Host0:22
Oh. I always think of that, um, Book of Love song, I wanna be where the boys are.
Chuck Bryant· Host0:27
The Book of Love. Wait, wait, wait. So y- you say yours. I wanna hear it.
Josh Clark· Host0:31
Oh, I wanna be where the boys are, but I'm not allowed. [laughs] You've not heard that song?
Chuck Bryant· Host0:38
I didn't know Lou Reed sang a song like that.
Josh Clark· Host0:41
Do I sound like Lou Reed? [laughs] I'll take that.
Chuck Bryant· Host0:44
Kinda. You're kinda speak singing, which is Lou Reed's deal.
Josh Clark· Host0:47
Yeah, I do speak sing. I, I can't put my all into it like- Hey, man ... like other people.
Chuck Bryant· Host0:51
A lot of people have made great careers out of speak singing. No shame.
Josh Clark· Host0:54
That's right. All right. I might take you up on that and become a speak singer.
Chuck Bryant· Host0:58
That's right. W- I mean, that's the gateway to being a, a white male rapper, so just be careful.
Josh Clark· Host1:05
[laughs] Okay. I will be careful. If you see me with, like, three lines cut into my side, the side of my head- Right. [laughs] ... maybe take me, um, out for some- Yeah ... drinks and give me some... the talking to.
Chuck Bryant· Host1:17
I've done that accidentally.
Josh Clark· Host1:18
Oh, I have too. Well, Yumi did it accidentally to me, but not... I, I'm talking intentional.
Chuck Bryant· Host1:24
Oh, okay. [laughs] Yeah.
Josh Clark· Host1:25
All right, so we're talking spring break. That's why you sang... Can you sing it again, please?