tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post3594017664824451611..comments2024-03-20T12:34:55.100-05:00Comments on Stonekettle Station: Stonekettle Station Looks Back At The Last Decade(s)Jim Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-55889786846561322009-12-29T21:10:04.645-06:002009-12-29T21:10:04.645-06:00Also, Bobby Brady. Mike Lookinland.
His Wikipedi...Also, Bobby Brady. Mike Lookinland.<br /><br />His Wikipedia bio says he graduated from Chadwick in 1978. Maybe. But before then, he spent part of a semester at my high school.<br /><br />In the 70's.<br /><br />baywreb -- A new TV show, kind of Baywatch meets Dukes of Hazzard. Think Pam Anderson driving the General Lee.Nick from the O.C.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-26630696467640092532009-12-29T12:48:04.640-06:002009-12-29T12:48:04.640-06:00Confessions from the '80's: I loved big h...Confessions from the '80's: I loved big hair. LOVED IT. Loved big hair bands, loved big hair on ME. I'd <em>still</em> be wearing big hair if it didn't attract the mulletted Trans Am crowd. <br /><br /><br />ristap = the device used to pry out the seven pounds of hairspray required to maintain big hair's "wall-o-bangs."Janiecehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190655869710465713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-46886105722769365082009-12-29T11:23:20.300-06:002009-12-29T11:23:20.300-06:00Steve,
Yes, hot pants. And Nair. Two great thin...Steve,<br /><br />Yes, hot pants. And Nair. Two great things that go great together.<br /><br />"Who wears short shorts?"<br /><br />BTW, I'm pretty sure that "camel toe" is fairly new to the slang scene. I tried to find out where and how it originated, and got some vague links to the Middle East. But OED doesn't have its etymology, and thus the word does not exist -- officially.<br /><br />pucking -- testing the degree of one's stress and tenseness by inserting a hockey puck into the anterior orifice. If it fits easily, then the subject is considered to be very relaxed. (I tried to stay away from the obvious on this one .... )Nick from the O.C.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-26393407881500950482009-12-29T10:00:40.010-06:002009-12-29T10:00:40.010-06:00I remember the '80s as being a miserable, fear...I remember the '80s as being a miserable, fearful decade--I was a depressed teenager who was convinced we weren't going to make it through the decade because somebody was going to accidentally launch a nuke (or we'd have some <i>Strangelove</i> or <i>Wargames</i> scenario), and that would be all she wrote.<br /><br />Imagine my pleasant surprise that we're not all dead yet.<br /><br />I refuse to knock any decade's music. The '70s? Produced <i>Dark Side Of The Moon</i> and <i>Born To Run</i>. The '80s? <i>Purple Rain</i>, <i>The River</i>, <i>The Joshua Tree</i>. I could go on, but those decades get knocked the hardest because the <i>crazes</i> of those decades got so wretched. But even there you can find nuggets--as bad as disco was <i>in toto</i>, I dare anyone not to shake their ass in the presence of the <i>Saturday Night Fever</i> soundtrack; the problem with disco, as with many musical styles, is (1) commercial success prompted subpar imitation (even from artists who should have known better--<i>The Rolling Stones</i>?! Mick, Keith, no...) and (2) commercial success prompted media saturation, until even the good stuff couldn't be appreciated anymore because everyone was so damn sick of it all.<br /><br />Anyway, great post, Jim.<br /><br />-----<br />rasplogy: the<i>skkkuh-hhhhuh</i> collected<i>skkkuh-hhhhuh</i> writings<i>skkkuh-hhhhuh</i> of Darth<i>skkkuh-hhhhuh</i> Vader<i>skkkuh-hhhhuh</i>.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18275812152895151542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-29084526252444942502009-12-29T09:41:03.612-06:002009-12-29T09:41:03.612-06:00My captcha is "inkini". No kidding. Whic...My captcha is "inkini". No kidding. Which brings up the greatest cultural contribution of the 60's: the popularization of the bikini (invented by the French, God bless them, in 1947 as a reaction to being occupied by the Germans).<br /><br />I clicked on the "Disco Duck" link. Now, I'll admit to be a slow learner (really slow), but I think the disclaimer needs to be updated to read "Warning: Toxic links. Do not click on any of them". I should have known after clicking on the Michael Jackson "I Love Myself" link that Jim is trying to reduce the number of readers, but "Disco Duck" sounded so innocent. It is not and neither is Jim.<br /><br />inkini: A small amount of ink used to cover a large indiscretion.TimBohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128235274340905534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-41382873025067909662009-12-29T09:40:18.631-06:002009-12-29T09:40:18.631-06:00Avocado - ghaaahh! Damnit, now I'm color blind...Avocado - ghaaahh! Damnit, now I'm color blind again. Thanks, Jim.<br /><br />And Nick, hot pants? Really? I have a word for you, camel-toe. Yeah, now try and get <i>that</i> out of your head. With Jim's post on the Jackson portrait the country is in short supply of brain bleach. <br /><br />vishment - raiment with at least four armsSteve Buchheithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12999709767641212586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-16268502792909840152009-12-29T09:11:44.408-06:002009-12-29T09:11:44.408-06:00Ha! I used to think that same thing, Nathan. That ...Ha! I used to think that same thing, Nathan. That helmet has a hole in the visor! The astronaut is going to get sucked right the hell out through his helmet like a pasta maker! Astronaut spaghetti! <br /><br /><br />You ever eat Space Sticks? I think they eventual evolved into MREs.Jim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-31797444146123332652009-12-29T08:45:59.240-06:002009-12-29T08:45:59.240-06:00I remember that space sticks commercial. I rememb...I remember that space sticks commercial. I remember thinking, "Hey, that astronaut has a hole in the front of his helmet. How stupid is that?"<br /><br />And I'd give you some of my 70's memories, but I was stoned and I don't really remember them very clearly. If you <em>do</em> have to go back and relive them, I highly recommend it as a life-strategy! <br /><br />noness = any of the other letters in the alphabet. Often an applicable descriptor, yet rarely specific enough to be useful.Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00648438549121320566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-45348894210145371652009-12-29T07:26:39.058-06:002009-12-29T07:26:39.058-06:00NICK, we specifically isolated Jim in alska to kee...NICK, we specifically isolated Jim in alska to keep him from knowing certian things, shhhhh before he hears you.JarheadJournalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07129265452987178966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-74850963731556112212009-12-29T03:29:19.920-06:002009-12-29T03:29:19.920-06:00Jim, about the seventies.
My 70's included Ch...Jim, about the seventies.<br /><br />My 70's included Cheech & Chong, SNL (seasons 1 through 4), Heart's first two albums, and Valerie Perrine & Bill Bixby in <i>Steambath</i>. Also Star Wars and Battlestar Galactica. Just as the decade closed, we had Animal House.<br /><br />I'm not saying that decade <i>rocked</i> but we managed to have some good times, right? Okay, there was that little dustup in Munich; that wasn't so great. And that whole Iranian invasion of our sovereign territory thingee that prepped us for Reagan's eighties. But the rest was okay. <br /><br />Even Disco had its place, which I didn't admit then but can admit now. After all, it got us ready for Patrick Swayze's Dirty Dancing.<br /><br />And hot pants? Do I have to remind you about hot pants? Tsk, tsk.<br /><br />Is is possible you did the 70's wrong?<br /><br /><br />hiteduc = short for high tech education. Or, I got nothin'.Nick from the O.C.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-56630647286889312972009-12-29T02:59:21.033-06:002009-12-29T02:59:21.033-06:00One thing: If you watched the ABBA video and left ...One thing: If you watched the ABBA video and left giggling hysterically but slightly confused and with a pending migraine - it's OK, stare at the horizon until your equilibrium returns. It's because you're used to modern CGI videos - in those days, lip syncing was still in its infancy and people didn't realize that you actually had to move your lips with the pre-recorded sounds. Also, they all apparently had chronic hemorrhoids, nothing else can explain the "dancing," not even their extreme Scandinavian whiteness.Jim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.com