Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share Episode 369: We Really Had A Blackout
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
Episode 369: We Really Had A Blackout
Show Notes Episode 369: We Really Had A Blackout
This week Host Dave Bledsoe tries to remember if he paid the ConEd bill or if he is about to experience his own mini-blackout. (Again) On the show this week we head back forty five years to 1977 and that time ConEd decided to turn all the fucking lights out in New York City. (Again.)
Along the way we learn how Dave used to live in the kinds of places where the power goes on the regular. (Turns out, you DO have to pay that electric bill!) Then we dive right into the night of July 13th 1977 in New York City. (The Met sucked as always) and how the gross failure of the Consolidated Edison caused all the lights to go out for 24 hours. When that happened, things got…exciting? (In the OH MY GOD WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE! Kind of way)
NEXT WEEK get ready for the Chubby Behemoth: we kick off a two-parter on the Son of Sam!
Our Sponsor this week is The Flashlight In the Kitchen Drawer, who wants you to know it won’t be IGNORED! We open the show with a little audio documentary of the blackout and close with Danny Vaugh trying to cope with memory loss.
Show Theme: https://www.jamendo.com/track/421668/prelude-to-common-sense
The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast
The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/
The Show on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ
www.whatthehellpodcast.com
Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast
The Show Line: 347 687 9601
Closing Music: https://youtu.be/PuQN8BmMEFk
We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/
Citations Needed:
THE BLACKOUT OF 2003: THE PAST; The Blackouts of '65 and '77 Became Defining Moments in the City's History
https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/15/us/blackout-2003-past-blackouts-65-77-became-defining-moments-city-s-history.html
When riots raged amid the New York City blackout of 1977
https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/riots-raged-new-york-city-blackout-1977-article-1.816190
Why the 1977 Blackout Was One of New York’s Darkest Hours
https://time.com/3949986/1977-blackout-new-york-history/
Was the 1977 New York City Blackout a Catalyst for Hip-Hop’s Growth?
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_eye/2014/10/16/roman_mars_99_percent_invisible_was_the_1977_nyc_wide_blackout_a_catalyst.html
Uncited Additional Reading:
https://www.space.com/16577-milky-way-galaxy-nyc-blackout.html
https://www.villagevoice.com/2020/04/14/blackout-1977-here-comes-the-neighborhood/
https://medium.com/new-york-voice/the-real-story-of-the-new-york-city-blackout-of-1977-9fb8628e4e92
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_blackout_of_1977
https://www.nypl.org/blog/2021/08/30/resources-new-york-city-1977-blackout
https://www.ferc.gov/sites/default/files/2020-05/impact-77.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_blackout_of_1965
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
View all episodes
By Dave Bledsoe
5
99 ratings
Show Notes Episode 369: We Really Had A Blackout
This week Host Dave Bledsoe tries to remember if he paid the ConEd bill or if he is about to experience his own mini-blackout. (Again) On the show this week we head back forty five years to 1977 and that time ConEd decided to turn all the fucking lights out in New York City. (Again.)
Along the way we learn how Dave used to live in the kinds of places where the power goes on the regular. (Turns out, you DO have to pay that electric bill!) Then we dive right into the night of July 13th 1977 in New York City. (The Met sucked as always) and how the gross failure of the Consolidated Edison caused all the lights to go out for 24 hours. When that happened, things got…exciting? (In the OH MY GOD WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE! Kind of way)
NEXT WEEK get ready for the Chubby Behemoth: we kick off a two-parter on the Son of Sam!
Our Sponsor this week is The Flashlight In the Kitchen Drawer, who wants you to know it won’t be IGNORED! We open the show with a little audio documentary of the blackout and close with Danny Vaugh trying to cope with memory loss.
Show Theme: https://www.jamendo.com/track/421668/prelude-to-common-sense
The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast
The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/
The Show on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ
www.whatthehellpodcast.com
Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast
The Show Line: 347 687 9601
Closing Music: https://youtu.be/PuQN8BmMEFk
We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/
Citations Needed:
THE BLACKOUT OF 2003: THE PAST; The Blackouts of '65 and '77 Became Defining Moments in the City's History
https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/15/us/blackout-2003-past-blackouts-65-77-became-defining-moments-city-s-history.html
When riots raged amid the New York City blackout of 1977
https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/riots-raged-new-york-city-blackout-1977-article-1.816190
Why the 1977 Blackout Was One of New York’s Darkest Hours
https://time.com/3949986/1977-blackout-new-york-history/
Was the 1977 New York City Blackout a Catalyst for Hip-Hop’s Growth?
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_eye/2014/10/16/roman_mars_99_percent_invisible_was_the_1977_nyc_wide_blackout_a_catalyst.html
Uncited Additional Reading:
https://www.space.com/16577-milky-way-galaxy-nyc-blackout.html
https://www.villagevoice.com/2020/04/14/blackout-1977-here-comes-the-neighborhood/
https://medium.com/new-york-voice/the-real-story-of-the-new-york-city-blackout-of-1977-9fb8628e4e92
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_blackout_of_1977
https://www.nypl.org/blog/2021/08/30/resources-new-york-city-1977-blackout
https://www.ferc.gov/sites/default/files/2020-05/impact-77.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_blackout_of_1965
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices