"Something in the Air," of course, has never lost its hold on our hearts, but there was so much more to Thunderclap Newman and, across the 12-track original album, and half-a-dozen bonus tracks, the trio's genius is inescapable. Reissued in 1991, Hollywood Dream had been utterly transformed by the admiration of so many subsequent listeners, to stand alongside any lost classic you could mention, among the finest albums of its psychedelic generation. Instead, they weren't even the new Badfinger, and this exquisite LP withered on the vine. Less than a year before, after all, "Something in the Air" was topping charts and readers' polls alike, and Thunderclap Newman were as close as Christmas to becoming the new Beatles. Even if you own the original LP, make sure to check out the recently expanded edition of the compact disc.Īll these years, and all these accolades later, it still seems incredible that Hollywood Dream meant nothing at the time of its release that America let it drift no higher than Number 161 that the U.K. Hollywood Dream has remained an anglophile fave sadly, it was to be Thunderclap Newman's only album. As the now-classic single, "Something in the Air" had long preceded it, the album delivered the goods in a similar fashion, fueled by Keene's reedy vocals and Newman's charming honky-tonk piano. It was this combination, plus the production efforts of Pete Townshend, that offered the album, Hollywood Dream. Jimmy McCulloch, the guitarist, looked to be a mere teenager, and so he was. The unlikely Andy Newman played terrific pub-style piano and looked much like a postal clerk, which in fact, he was. John "Speedy" Keene was an old crony of the Who, and had written "Armenia City in the Sky," which appeared on The Who Sell Out LP. Thunderclap Newman are one of the few who actually deserve that epithet. Environmental Health Perspectives 2021.So many bands have been hauled out of obscurity to be tagged the greatest secret you've never been told. Disparities in Air Pollution Exposure in the United States by Race/Ethnicity and Income, 1990–2010. Bechle, Anjum Hajat, Sun-Young Kim, Allen L. Historically, people of color have been at a higher risk of nitrogen dioxide pollution than White people, and this trend has continued despite the improvements due to the last expansion of Clean Air Act more than three decades ago.ĭatabyte via Jiawen Liu, Lara P. Pollution sources have continued to be located near disadvantaged communities. Although overall levels of NO 2 decreased significantly by 2010, levels of NO 2 increased in concert with the proportion of ethnic minority residents across the three decades analyzed in this study. The diamond icon represents the value in the middle of the distribution of air pollution. The thicker portion of the line represents the majority of the census block groups. The graph illustrates the relationship between levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO 2) and the proportion of residents of color in a census block. Exposure inequality was greatest for nitrogen dioxide, a pollutant that can lead to reduced lung function and greater risk of asthma. However, for all pollutants studied, people of color were more exposed to air pollution than their White counterparts. They found that overall levels of air pollution declined substantially from 1990 to 2010. They explored six pollutants: carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, ozone, sulfur dioxide, and two types of fine particulate matter. Census Data from 1990 to 2010, following the 1990 amendments to the Clean Air Act. Jiawen Lui and colleagues investigated the disparities in air pollution exposure across income and ethnicity using U.S. Consequently, the burden of exposure to air pollution is not shared equally. Areas that were Whiter and richer became less polluted than areas that were ethnically diverse and lower income. While pollution decreased significantly in the two decades following the original 1970 Clear Air Act, the improvement was not equal across income levels and ethnicities. In 1969, Thunderclap Newman released the song “Something in the Air.” “There’s something in the air, we’ve got to get together sooner or later.” I’ve always chosen to believe that the band was referring to coming together to address air pollution.Īir pollution is linked to respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, cancer, cognitive decline, and 100,000 premature deaths in the United States annually.
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