JamesRobot

I still do 4 of those things with some regularity. And I was just looking into getting a boombox for the garage until I came across a free JVC receiver and CD player that I just hooked up yesterday. Sweet deal!

1121. You got lucky, Reed. I just put that Ghost CD in my car today.

I'm about a 7/6. Generally dig Duran Duran. I have both of these albums.

Sad to see the Action 53 moniker being phased out but certainly glad the comp carts will continue. Excellent write up. I still need to dive into the last year's competition entries.

DOOM

Sega Master System?

8 on both. Overall, I probably prefer Gaga over Madonna. Madonna lost a lot of appeal as she moved into and throughout the 90s, 2k and today.

Great! Played it during a recent Atari binge a few months ago. I'll never "beat" Pitfall though.

Love all the tribute paid in this song. I'm in Heaven With the maven of funk mutation Clinton's musicians such as Bootsy Collins Raise expectations to a new intention Bootsy played with JB before hooking up with P-Funk too.

Say hi for me.

That's more better.

These are from a magical time known as The Eighties. I guess you had to be there

10 for both. That Talking Heads live version of Genius of Love is pretty weak though. 4 at best.

On a related note, Criterion half off flash sale rn for the next 10 hours or so. https://www.criterion.com/sale

Totally agree. I'm not above it by any means. If someone said, "Want to come over and play some Nintendo?" I'd fully expect that we're sitting down with the Nintendo Entertainment System. It's the unspoken law of the playground. I don't make the rules, I just abide.

Just that the experience of live music is fleeting by nature. It's an in-the-moment kind of thing.

Man, what a bleak view of music. Though I understand where you're coming from. Particularly the point of view from the scene. It's quite hedonistic. A performance where the artist/band comes together to experience the music collectively has virtually no sustain by its very nature. Honestly, when a good crowd is in sync with the performer, a great concert is analogous to a divine religious experience. Maybe that's the crux. The euphoria of live music (especially for the performer) is completely addictive and utterly fleeting. It only makes sense to incorporate other pleasures by association and extend that high. Sex, drugs, and Rock n Roll as it were. And for the weak willed, it's difficult to break out of that cycle. Still, I'd argue that music in general is wholly inspirational. For the regulars in the scene, it's something they need and can't do without. But for the general audience that isn't at the venue every weekend looking for the fix, music is the soundtrack to their lives. Maybe I'm just rambling too much. I'm pretty much out of the scene myself, but I still love it. Thank God for recorded music. Not quite the same though.

As often as possible. Barring my wife has a "headache."

I'll go nice and broad and say my favorite series of games is Nintendo games. I mean, as long as we're cheating. Funny thing though, I only consider NES games to be Nintendo games. Then you move on to Super, 64, Cube, etc, games.

Yeah... you be cheating all the time with your save states and turbos.

About a 6. It's probably better than that, but not a regular watch. Many of the poignant war movies are great, but they're just too heavy to make my favorites lists. War is hell, man.

44. Which is exactly how old I am at the moment.