Rumors
Timex Social Club, 1986.
What I really want to find is the parody version by Bobby Jimmy and the Critters: “Look at all these roaches, surrounding me every day. I need something strong to make them go away…”
Surprising but true: having your Sunday dinner at a mediocre, overpriced Chinese buffet across from the Wal-Mart in Mocksville NC is not the surefire cure for a shitty mood you might expect it would be.
Oh well. At least the weather’s getting chilly again. That’s a bonus.
Together in Electric Dreams
Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakley, 1984.
Random thoughts for a Monday evening:
- In case you thought Winston-Salem was some southern backwater, I offer the photo above as proof that it’s not. We’ve gotsyphillis prevention ads in Spansih on the backs our buses just like they have in the big city.
- Now that I’m a member of the American Library Association, I get email advertising things like discounts on microfilm scanners. And I find that vaguely exciting.
I’m sorry. I usually try for a minimum of three, but two’s all I’ve got tonight.
Lost Without Your Love
Jacqui Brooks, 1984.
I seem to be trapped in 1984 this week.
Did you get threatened with a frivolous lawsuit this weekend?
I also took a much-needed day off on Saturday and drove to Lynchburg, Virginia. Mainly because it was there. I don’t envision a repeat performance anytime in the near future, though, exciting as it may be to visit the place where Jerry Falwell died.
Life in Tokyo
Japan, 1979.
Looks like Bev Perdue has brought out the big guns.
Starry Eyes
The Records, 1979.
So I guess this week I’m stuck in 1979. Interestingly enough, this song (which I later decided may have been my favorite pop song ever) also just happened to be the first song I remember being introduced to initially through a music video.
This was at a time when “music video” really meant “promo clip that you send to music shows on TV so you don’t have to appear in person and lip sync”. The show where I first saw it, I remember, was an odd syndicated show called “Twiggy’s Jukebox” hsted by the famous ex-model. In fact, I don’t think I’d ever seen the video again until today.
Solid
Ashford & Simpson, 1984.