Numbers for words (was Teen Lingo Site)

Wed Feb 2 13:45:58 UTC 2005

On Feb 2, 2005, at 06:59, Ron Silliman wrote:
>  Thus a heavy metal band some years back had an album (in
> pre-CD days) called 5150

I would hardly call Van Halen a heavy metal band. Maybe not even metal.
How about just rock? Loud rock? Hair band? Hair band formerly fronted
by a guy who's now a balding EMT?

Also, nitpick central, but in 1986 53 million CD players were sold in
the US (according to this page:
<http://www.oneoffcd.com/info/historycd.cfm>).

Grant Barrett
gbarrett at worldnewyork.org