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June 4, 1978

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At Home: I Tinker, Therefore I Am

By Anatole Broyard

SOMETHING there is about a hardware store that stirs in him a deep, atavistic urge. Everything a man can wield in his hands is here. A temple to human Ingenuity, the hardware store is consecrated to care, renewal and perpetuation. Just as living is a continual process of dying for each one of us, so it is with houses. Every home is suicidal, surrendering it. self to time, weather and human error. The hardware store is the emergency clinic of rural domesticity, and he is the surgeon.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 31, 1978, covering June 4, 1978.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Saturday Night Fever by Soundtrack

    Saturday Night Fever

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    41
  2. 2
    Album cover for London Town by Wings

    London Town

    Wings

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    8
  3. 3
    Album cover for Feels So Good by Chuck Mangione

    Feels So Good

    Chuck Mangione

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    32
  4. 4
    Album cover for Showdown by The Isley Brothers

    Showdown

    The Isley Brothers

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    7
  5. 5
    Album cover for Earth by Jefferson Starship

    Earth

    Jefferson Starship

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    12

Historical Context for June 4, 1978

In 1978, the world population was approximately 4,292,097,502 people[†]