What made me feel old last night was realizing that it was the 25th anniversary of the VMAs. And that I was watching the day MTV premiered (to the sounds of "Video Killed the Radio Star" and "Hungry Like the Wolf" about seventeen zillion times).
That's the thrill of living in the Hellmouth! There's a veritable cornucopia of fiends and devils and ghouls to engage ... Pardon me for finding the glass half-full.
Giles ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Amy - Sep 08, 2008 5:28:45 am PDT #7674 of 10003
Because books.
Barb - Sep 08, 2008 5:31:11 am PDT #7675 of 10003
“Not dead yet!”
And that I was watching the day MTV premiered (to the sounds of "Video Killed the Radio Star" and "Hungry Like the Wolf" about seventeen zillion times).
My mother was cheap-- wouldn't spring for even basic cable for years. So I missed this seminal moment of our adolescence. I was reduced to watching syndicated half-hour shows of daily video countdowns-- and Dance Fever.
Emily - Sep 08, 2008 5:33:28 am PDT #7676 of 10003
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
These days the only place I can find music videos is on Logo. And I find that dance-club numbers do wear on me eventually.
Amy - Sep 08, 2008 5:34:24 am PDT #7677 of 10003
Because books.
We didn't have cable, either! A bunch of us crammed into my friend Ann's tiny "family room" (i.e. second downstairs bedroom in a teeny Cape Cod) and watched ALL. DAY.
Shit, I remember when VH1 premiered and everyone laughed at the "old people's" channel.
Jesse - Sep 08, 2008 5:35:22 am PDT #7678 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
We didn't have cable, either -- but in the Boston area, we had a local video channel. V-66! Good times.
Barb - Sep 08, 2008 5:36:54 am PDT #7679 of 10003
“Not dead yet!”
Shit, I remember when VH1 premiered and everyone laughed at the "old people's" channel.
And how sad is it that I hear all the old MTV VJs on Sirius Satellite Radio's Big 80s station?
(How sad is it that I know that?)
Tom Scola - Sep 08, 2008 5:38:37 am PDT #7680 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Nina Blackwood was such a stoner.
Amy - Sep 08, 2008 5:40:32 am PDT #7681 of 10003
Because books.
Nina Blackwood was such a stoner.
Heh. I loved her.
Barb - Sep 08, 2008 6:03:39 am PDT #7682 of 10003
“Not dead yet!”
Hivemind help-- very patrician, WASP-y sounding name for a woman who would've been in her 40s/early 50s circa 1965.
Amy - Sep 08, 2008 6:05:04 am PDT #7683 of 10003
Because books.
Mildred. Edith. Louise.