Just Can't Get Enough

Much like Chris, my fascination with YouTube has led into the hunt for old videos. There's all sorts of oddities to be had. For example, take the new wave band Animotion and their song Obsession - a gem of the 80's. Well, courtesy of YouTube you can view:

Animotion then: the original video.

Animotion now: a live performance in 2004.

Animotion forever? A homemade video, based on footage from an old Ewan MacGregor movie. Not a bad mixing job.

Anyhow, your homework is as follows:

1. View the original Obsession video, followed by the original video for The Metro by Berlin and the video for Don't You Wan't Me by the Human League.

2. Write a 500 word essay on the style and conventions of new wave music videos of the early 1980s. Your essay should (a) examine the role of bad costumes, absurd sets, heavy makeup and androgynous men, and (b) contain the word 'inexplicable.'

There will be a prize for the best essay.

Cold Blooded Old Times

Clearly there's not been a lot of posting this month, but at least I didn't miss the month entirely, as happened in March. And hey, posting been sparse to intermittent since, well, since last year.

There's a reason for that of course. In the interest of keeping the story short, it should suffice to say that at the end of last year I was not in the happy place. Now I am. In between then and now I got: a new job, into grad school, a black belt, and a girlfriend. So, I've been busy. And likely to remain that way, so posting is likely to remain as unpredictable as before. But I will try to duck in here from time to time.

Moon Child

As Heather kindly observed, this past Friday was my birthday - thus the cleverly wrapped beer presented to me at the local. Suitable festivities followed.

Video du Jour

Just surfing youtube and feeling nostalgic. I really like this video - it seems oddly innocent now.