Digging up long forgotten memories for a generation who spent their formative years glued to the boob tube,
Memorex is a veritable nostalgia nuke for children of the 80s. Endless beach parties, Saturday morning cartoons, claymation everything, sleek cars, sexy babes, toys you forgot existed, station idents, primitive computer animation, all your favorite sugary cereal mascots, and so much more. An ode to the hyper consumerism and sleek veneer of a simpler time. (
previously)
posted by eric1halfb
on Jan 24, 2013 -
27 comments
RETRONTARIO: Yours To Rediscover. "RETRONTARIO was created to celebrate the neglected corners of Ontario’s rich televisual history; to put back into circulation material which rightly or wrongly had fallen into a black hole and was for all intents and purposes, lost."
posted by chunking express
on Feb 13, 2012 -
23 comments
Skinemax is
Koyaanisqatsi for a generation raised on late night television and B-movie VHS tapes. It's long form entertainment for short attention spans. An hour long VJ odyssey, it will move your body and warp your mind. A nostalgic look back at a half remembered childhood growing up in the 80s and early 90s,
Skinemax takes a close look at the culture of that era. The images that motivated, delighted, and terrified us on the silver screen, set to propulsive modern music that pines for a simpler time.
posted by naju
on Nov 2, 2011 -
78 comments
A band of the 80's and 90's, that you've very probably listened to, is touring again. If you listened to the radio in 1986, you heard
this. In 1991, you probably heard
this. If you are a superfan, you've probably got a copy of their
live farewell show in Sydney, 1996. If you're a zealot, you probably watched them
live on the Jimmy Fallon Show last night. In my humble opinion, one of the most underrated composers and underrated bands around, still.
posted by legweak
on Jul 21, 2010 -
100 comments
Some might find it difficult to believe that
this was the video to a 1984 number one hit, although it's not surprising to learn that the video was banned (as was the song, leaving the BBC in the uncomfortable position of being unable to broadcast their country's biggest hit on any of its radio or television programs). The
G rated version was directed by
Brian De Palma and, oddly, appeared (in slightly altered form) in
Body Double as a porno film within the movie.
Although
the band had other hits, notably
Two Tribes which was rivaled only by
Land of Confusion for most over-the-top Reagan representation in a music video, they have been beset with problems, primarily relating to
who owns their
name, but rest assured that lead singer
Holly Johnson is doing well in his new calling as a painter.
This astrological chart nicely (?) sums up his entire career.
Incidentally,
Katherine Hamnett, who designed the hugely popular
Frankie Say Relax t-shirts (along with Wham's
Choose Life tees which, ironically, birthed an anti-abortion moto) is still a successful designer, who continues to be active in environmental, HIV eradication, and anti-war efforts.
Anyhow, check out the wacky Relax video. But beware of naked, shaving Roman Emperors.
posted by serazin
on Jun 2, 2007 -
91 comments
