Events

September, 1974

Having seen our share of old gangster movies, we know all about the people in the jukebox and pinball business: They're swarthy, mean-looking mobster types in snap-brim fedoras who persuade trembling cafe owners to install new entertainment machines to replace the ones they've just smashed with axes. So naturally our adrenaline was up when we went to the annual convention of the Music Operators of America at one of Chicago's fanciest hotels. The M.O.A. is the trade organization for the manufactu...