Imagine my surprise and delight when I found out that the whole Star Trek library is available on Netfix Watch Instantly !!
I immedaitely reverted to that geeky 4th grader running home after school to turn on KWGN 2 to watch Star Trek re-runs: " yeah Mom , I'm doing my homework !! " i would yell as I watched Kirk battle a Gorn , or McCoy deal with The Man Trap ( scaring myself silly in the process... )
Now though , I have no homework to shirk ..... ENGAGE !!
the "New Wave" was the music I grew up with and still feel most familiar with, say what you willabout the 80's I still believe that they produced the best music ( outside of the 50's ) .....
So - i present you with my retro pick of the week :
The Blow Monkeys : Digging Your Scene
I. Hate. Colorado. Drivers.
I ran across an article on BoingBoing over the weekend about Denver in the 60's & 70's . Of course there's the obligitory Blinky referance and more than one mention of Celebrity Sports Center, but what really got stuck in my mind was Cinderella City Mall. Now I really didn't go to this mall until I could drive myself ( my family was more of a Buckingham Square sort, or anywhere there was a Montgomery Wards - but thanks another post entirely ).
Oh - BTW anybody remember this ?
I think I'm going to try something new for my Saturday posts .
Going back to the early 80's I can remember locking myself in my room to watch a new show on KBDI 12 here in Denver called FMTV
My 17 year old mind sucked up this like a sponge. Being introduced to new and strange groups like Blondie, The B-52's, Devo, Simple Minds & The Sex Pistols was like being shown a door to a whole new universe. Remember , this tv show was on before MTV so it was really something new to us Denver youth ....
Which brings me to my Retro Saturday video - Visage : Night Train
Sitting at home nursing another (chronic)migraine i decided to pop in my classic Warner Bros. Bugs Bunny dvd's to try and divert my already throbbing head to other, more frivolous , matters. Now this is the first time I have watched these in years and I was curious how the 'toons would look on the new 60" LED 1080p tv HellBaby bought us last month.
Simply put, I was gobsmacked. There was Bugs like I've never seen him before. I could make out the brush-strokes in Bug's gray fur & Daffy's yellow feet. I could see the dust in backgrounds from years of transfers. I was completely enthralled by the complexity of hand-drawn animation from 70 years ago..... And there was my beloved Gossamer, in all his red-furred glory , getting his nails did ...
I love my new tv
I think that I have finally found a case for my iPad 2 :
Meet the DODOs from DODOcase on Vimeo.
The DODOcase , handmade in San Francisco ...
Yes folks , in just a couple of weeks Colorado will join the rest of the civilized world and get our very own IKEA ! Cheap ( but cool ) snap-together furniture, kitchen inpliments, and Swedish meatballs for $3.99 ....
I can't wait ...
( ringa mig och vi ska göra en fest av det! )
