–Meme courtesy of the public domain

–Meme from the public domain

Living room curtain and picnic tablecloth couture being one thing, the ascot and grubby potted plants being another level of gaudy.

Jermaine Jackson’s calling and he wants his funky ‘fro back.

–Photo courtesy of the public domain

–Meme courtesy of the public domain

Whoever came up with this is a genius.

Too bad 20th Century Fox no longer has the direct franchise rights to both Alien and Star Wars, which begun under their flagship in the 1970s, or something like this could well be within reach of scope. Fox was, of course, gobbled by Disney and rebranded as 20th Century Studios.

Make it happen, Disney!

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Christmas of 1987, my folks gave me this exact cassette rack, but even more holy crap worthy, it was three quarters filled with (then new) metal, punk and rock cassettes I’d wanted. Blew my 17-year-old mind, I tell ya. My parents have always been the best.

Of course, cassette tapes were a bane of their times, though nothing like 8-track tapes during the 1970s. You’re really telling your age if you know what I’m talking about there. 🙂 I lost so many cassettes from splitting or gnarling up inside the spindles of tape decks it’s cringeworthy.

Albeit, I wish I still had my box of cassettes I’d recorded hundreds of band and film director and actor personalities on. A gold mine from my past I’d love to hear again, no matter how long it would take to spin them all again.

–Ray Van Horn, Jr.