Note-passing Nostalgist Mugs

'It is not necessary for you to write 'From the Desk of Benjamin' on all of your homework assignments.'

Lennon and McCartney.

"This next one's another oldie."

"We hardly ever intercept hard copy notes anymore, Stanley."

The Paper Route

Art Garfunkel.

Neil Young

The Last Non E-Book In The World.

Quadruple dark hot chocolate. Whoa, everything all right? Sure, yeah, great. I'm a journalist and writer in an era in which the printed word has been totally devalued by free distribution of information on the internet. Can I pay in prose? Point taken.

If you give a mouse a french cookie

"I love the popping sounds on old vinyl LPs..."

"It's a sad state of affairs when Lever House begins to seem like a warm old friend."

The benefit of an old-fashioned newspaper.

The King In The Rain.

'You said you wanted to start reading the newspaper online.'

"In my day I played a pretty mean cowbell."

'I didn't know people still played footsie.'

"Is that when you turn the juke box off?"

His master's voice

"Horton hears The Who!"

"When I was young, music and lyrics were important! Now it's all about production...it's all jiggly butts, smoke, sexy clothes and crazy videos!"

'Did I hear right - Bob Dylan's changin' his name back?'

"Can't believe you've still got an eight-track player in this thing."

'Walkman' 'Shuffle man'

"He wouldn't have rolled over and over in agony on the bombed-out cinder pitches we had to play on!"

His Master Voice Desert Island

'When I was a student, wireless data transmission meant passing notes in class.'

'I miss fighting who gets the front page of the paper first.'

'Rorschach multiple-choice test'

"He're the pitch; a sequel to 'Yesterday', but instead of The Beatles, it's The Carpenters. We'll call it 'Yesterday, Once More'."

'Do you by any chance have any conservatory music?'

"Being in the now today sure ain't like the good ol' now!"

Old Geriatric Hitchhiker holding a sign saying 'Last Fling',

"I don't get it...there are so many cool new bands out...but it looks like you haven't bought anything in forever!"

Santa delivering newspapers