tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55749669027557377952024-03-08T07:08:59.533-08:00Notes From UndergroundCave Dwellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10389581720564289137noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574966902755737795.post-90824183671771802692012-04-19T17:52:00.000-07:002012-04-19T17:52:08.577-07:00The real 50'sKeep this clip in mind whenever you see a movie featuring "teens" from the 50's dancing.<br />
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<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/UrGLNtZ0rEg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Cave Dwellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10389581720564289137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574966902755737795.post-25076604781553213852012-03-02T19:44:00.000-08:002012-03-02T19:44:13.263-08:00Beach Boys on ShindigThree things I take from this clip:<br />
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1. Every clip I've ever seen from Shindig I'm my life has been nothing less than awesome.<br />
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2. Dennis Wilson is a terrible lipsyncer. Doesn't matter though.<br />
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3. Even just dancing and singing backup, Mike Love sucks hard.<br />
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<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/IJQRxExlmy8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Cave Dwellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10389581720564289137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574966902755737795.post-80281264434126905442012-02-29T17:33:00.000-08:002012-02-29T17:33:57.214-08:00First day of Junior High 1963The thing to keep in mind while watching this video is that the students pictured are the same generation that will be totally hippified a mere 5-6 years later as seen in innumerable PBS specials and Time-Life Music infomercials. What happened?<br />
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<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0PUZdUUGqQ0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Cave Dwellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10389581720564289137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574966902755737795.post-63386670681748129302012-02-29T17:19:00.002-08:002012-02-29T17:19:08.792-08:00KU MUFrom a time when KU/MU interactions were a little more genteel than today.<br />
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<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/pjPXSm13QZ0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Cave Dwellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10389581720564289137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574966902755737795.post-16753084777648676222012-01-30T18:47:00.000-08:002012-01-30T20:25:52.235-08:0035 things that were once common in my lifetime but are now extinct (or effectively extinct)1. Smallpox <br />
2. The TV Movie of the week. (On networks at least)<br />
3. Lawn Darts<br />
4. American Bandstand and Soul Train (how do kids today know when Saturday morning is over?)<br />
5. Weekly World News<br />
6. Hai Karate cologne<br />
7. Five and dimes<br />
8. Red dye #2<br />
9. Junior High<br />
10. Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Plymouth and Mercury Motors<br />
11. PDA's<br />
12. Candy Cigarettes <br />
13. T-tops<br />
14. Quaaludes (in the US)<br />
15. Banana seat bicycles.<br />
16. Leaded gas<br />
17. Marathon candy bars <br />
18. Howard Johnsons restaurants (effectively extinct)<br />
19. Postum (I think my grandmother passing away is what finally did this in)<br />
20. Heathkit kits<br />
21. Camelot, Musicland and Tower Records.<br />
22. DDT (I thought they had banned this well before I was born, not so)<br />
23. New Coke<br />
24. Pull tab drink cans<br />
25. Chi-Chi’s Restaurants<br />
26. The basic four food groups as the basis of healthy eating<br />
27. Non-flatscreen monitors <br />
28. Driver’s Ed classes in public high schools <br />
29. Carnation Instant Breakfast bars and squares<br />
30. Super Elastic Bubble Plastic<br />
31. Montgomery Ward<br />
32. Zima<br />
33. Mademoiselle Magazine<br />
34. Sear's Catalog<br />
35. The after-school special. (How will kids today learn that tolerance is good and drugs are bad?)<br />
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Plus 15 things that surprisingly still exist, are in production and are commonly available<br />
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1. Pinball machines (although only one manufacturer is left)<br />
2. Stuckey’s restaurants<br />
3. Typewriters and dot matrix printers<br />
4. Toughskins<br />
5. Highlights Magazine (Gallant is an ass)<br />
6. Drive-in theaters<br />
7. Members Only jackets<br />
8. Telegrams<br />
9. The American Top 40 radio show<br />
10. VCRs<br />
11. Bonnie Bell Lip smackers (but do they still have the Seven-up flavor?)<br />
12. Power Rangers<br />
13. RIF – the Reading is Fundamental program<br />
14. Shrinky Dinks<br />
15. Roller rinks (Although, if they don’t have everyone wearing quad skates, the people not skating crowded around the Space Invaders machine, and a soundtrack consisting almost exclusively of disco and Journey, then they are dead to me.)Cave Dwellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10389581720564289137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574966902755737795.post-49780730732734664612012-01-30T18:39:00.000-08:002012-01-30T18:39:04.580-08:003 obscure british originals of not so obscure eighties songs<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/8AT_Pbtyid0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />
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<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/VfdQxBOZIro" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Cave Dwellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10389581720564289137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574966902755737795.post-49618762840565643072012-01-26T17:51:00.000-08:002012-01-26T19:10:07.783-08:00Villa AlegreVilla Allegre was my favorite PBS show as a kid but it has completely disappeared from public consciousness to the point that this is the only clip that has ever turned up online. It was sort of of a bilingual Sesame Street type show but had a much mellower vibe. I'd especially love seeing the closing credits again.<br />
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<embed src='http://www.fuzzymemories.tv/flvplayer.swf' width='448' height='356' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' pluginspage='http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer' allowfullscreen='true' flashvars="file=http://www.fuzzymemories.tv/v/wttw-villa-alegre-opening-wed-6-17-81-230pm.flv&image=http://www.fuzzymemories.tv/splashSR.png&showicons=false&autostart=false"></embed>Cave Dwellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10389581720564289137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574966902755737795.post-15451102683667760142012-01-25T17:00:00.001-08:002012-02-07T17:45:34.570-08:00I'm not really sure what they were thinking.<br />
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Addendum:<br />
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Upon request from my only reader (Hi Jennifer) I've researched this clip and determined it comes from a CBS Schoolbreak special (The Cracked Magazine of after-school edu-tainment) from 1984, "Ace Hits the Big Time". A link is below if you wish to watch the whole thing. I prefer to remain context free.<br />
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http://youtu.be/QjsSgp9kFe4Cave Dwellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10389581720564289137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574966902755737795.post-78827420729259699022012-01-24T16:43:00.000-08:002012-01-24T16:43:24.446-08:00The companion to "Why Won't Cathy Eat Breakfast?", "Why Not Snack?" Sadly, Mike's issue isn't as mysterious (and he doesn't have a narrator talking smack about his family) but is still more than a little weird.<div><br />
</div><div>Sorry about the quality, this is the only place I've ever found this film<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/mfPMtiTWbzI" width="420"></iframe>Cave Dwellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10389581720564289137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574966902755737795.post-80923086617336435082011-12-29T19:24:00.000-08:002011-12-29T19:26:36.695-08:00A completely scientific test for determining the relative awesomeness of a rock song.Add 1 point for each of the 25 elements listed below that are present in the song being tested<br />
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1. A romantic encounter with a young lady is detailed<br />
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2. A crude sexual metaphor is used. (Anything involving squeezing some sort of fruit automatically qualifies)<br />
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3. A double entendre is converted into a single entendre by the phrase “if you know what I mean”<br />
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4. The young lady is a groupie<br />
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5. The young lady is a stripper and/or prostitute<br />
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6. The young lady is underage<br />
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7. Someone gets down on her (or more rarely his) knees<br />
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8. The young lady is mentioned by name and passes the “Yo” test. In other words, does her name sound right when used in the greeting “Yo [name]”. For example, Gina and Connie qualify, Mary does not. (The Springsteen corollary)<br />
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9. He didn’t even know the young lady’s name<br />
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10. The young lady’s father is an impediment to the romance in question<br />
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11. Partaking of an alcoholic beverage is mentioned<br />
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12. The alcoholic beverage in question is specifically named (As long it’s beer or spirits, wine does not rock)<br />
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13. Illicit drug use is admitted<br />
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14. The drug in question is referred to by a slang name so as to fool “the Man”<br />
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15. The song is about being in a rock band/seeing a rock band in concert/listening to a song by a rock band<br />
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16. The song is about how awesome and/or it sucks it is to be a rock band on the road<br />
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17. The lyrics uses the words party, boogie or rockin’<br />
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18. It’s Friday night and someone just got paid<br />
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19. Someone is rambling on in some fashion<br />
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20. Some sort of wheel is visible turning in the sky<br />
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21. Staying up past a reasonable bedtime is considered a desirable situation<br />
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22. The lyrics refer to a guitar as an “axe” or “six-gun”<br />
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23. The song has a second guitar solo after the third verse<br />
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24. The song features a non-standard musical instrument such as a cannon, chainsaw or storm siren<br />
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25. The immortality of rock music, even in the face of conventional societal doubt as to its continuing vitality, is celebrated<br />
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Award 0-5 points based on the sleaziness of the main guitar riff of the song.<br />
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0. Can be played at a Baptist church New Year’s Eve youth shut-in without comment (example: “Saturday Night” by the Bay City Rollers)<br />
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1. Rocks, but no one would be embarrassed if an elderly relative heard it when the song was background music of a commercial played during a Thanksgiving football game. (Example: “Rockin’ into the night” by ’38 Special)<br />
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2. It makes the 6th graders at a birthday party feel like they are 16 year-olds. (Example: “Talk dirty to me” by Poison)<br />
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3. It makes the “just saw each other for the first time in 20 years” couple groping each other in a dark corner of their reunion feel like they are 16 year-olds. (Example: “Beautiful Girls” by Van Halen)<br />
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4. “We were making out in his Camaro and I thought we were moving too fast until the radio started playing …” (Example “Cat Scratch Fever” by Ted Nugent)<br />
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5. Repeated listening puts one at risk for certain types of STDs (Example: “Hot Legs” by Rod Stewart)Cave Dwellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10389581720564289137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574966902755737795.post-39708405687118031302011-12-14T17:47:00.000-08:002011-12-14T17:47:24.398-08:00"Rock and Roll" Hall of FameI don't agree with every detail in Hampton's article but the main point is absolutely correct regarding the disdain for most rock by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.<br />
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<a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/dec/12/wheres-the-rock/">http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/dec/12/wheres-the-rock/</a>Cave Dwellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10389581720564289137noreply@blogger.com0