tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post3108779465823938570..comments2024-03-22T20:34:13.792-05:00Comments on Indomitable | The online home of Chauncey DeVega: Who Made You? Analog Dreams in a Digital Era. Have You Ever Seen the Great TV Show 'The 90's: Race And Racism – Red, White, And Black'?Lady Zora, Chauncey DeVega, and Gordon Gartrellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09138154899923808806noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-74794728381060662192014-04-03T06:22:59.845-05:002014-04-03T06:22:59.845-05:00The talk of old phones reminded me of this video. ...The talk of old phones reminded me of this video. <br /><br />It's really amazing to think of how we called our friends - tied to the wall, with a long cord stretched completely out around the corner to try and have privacy because there was only a kitchen phone and one in mom's room but that one we didn't get to use.<br /><br />I don't remember the show but definitely sounds interesting enough to check out.<br /><br />But this will make you feel old. Ha.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkuirEweZvMJustMenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-8164713672892214332014-03-23T07:34:29.532-05:002014-03-23T07:34:29.532-05:00Ha, growing up in the eighties in the degenerate N...Ha, growing up in the eighties in the degenerate Netherlands, I didn't need to hope for a fleeting glimpse of boobies; we got ours at prime time in the commercials for shower gel and shampoo.Martin Wissenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-45994642779593457112014-03-23T02:40:50.168-05:002014-03-23T02:40:50.168-05:00You midwest boys did such things? I thought you we...You midwest boys did such things? I thought you were "wholesome"?chauncey devegahttp://wearerespectablenegroes.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-86231065755436144242014-03-22T20:45:32.751-05:002014-03-22T20:45:32.751-05:00Yes, I can also confirm that I saw boobs in one of...Yes, I can also confirm that I saw boobs in one of the B-movies shown on USA Up All Night sometime around 1991. It was a fleeting glimpse, one they just didn't bother cutting out, I guess. And yes, I did occasionally stare at the scrambled signal of the Playboy Channel waiting for a brief look at some nudity.<br /><br /><br />One of my favorite analog memories was getting up at 6:30 in the morning to watch cartoons on Saturday morning. We didn't have cable until a few years later, so I would stare at the test pattern for 15 minutes, back in the day when programming was not 24 hours (at least not out in the sticks where I grew up.) At 6:45 the local newscaster read the news, radio style, with various fixed graphics on the screen. When I was a little older I would stay up late and watch Saturday Night Live to the end, and they would play the national anthem afterward as the sign off, as if I had done some kind of patriotic duty by consuming television late into the night.Werner Herzog's Bearnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-37636374143138322182014-03-22T20:34:15.779-05:002014-03-22T20:34:15.779-05:00I am validated. I knew I wasn't crazy. I remem...I am validated. I knew I wasn't crazy. I remember the first 2 Nightmare on Elm Street movies offered some great nudity.chauncey devegahttp://wearerespectablenegroes.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-23229416079489042222014-03-22T14:23:22.966-05:002014-03-22T14:23:22.966-05:00Never have never will be a fan of "FaceSpace&...Never have never will be a fan of "FaceSpace" as I call it. You can be a target for malice even worse than when it was just chat rooms.<br /><br />People had options to have private number unlisted in the phone book. Now that I think about it, I can't recall when I last used a phone book. Texting may have caused a spike in carpal tunnel but gave way to short hand for dummies. GTFOH, IMY, WYD... Your love interest can now call you more than a 304/hoe or 7734 2 06/go to hell in your pager. <br /><br />Google earth, map quest awesome for roadtrips; even better for stalkers.<br /><br />I like some of the technological advances we've made. In some ways & in some people it made us lazy & (more) narcissistic. <br /><br />And yes, you did see skin on USA network.Learning IS Eternalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-83921448671510910022014-03-22T06:19:35.676-05:002014-03-22T06:19:35.676-05:00Oh, and The 90's was a great damn show. Me and...Oh, and The 90's was a great damn show. Me and my mom would watch it.ChuckieJesusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-51972294547056091782014-03-22T06:19:02.639-05:002014-03-22T06:19:02.639-05:00On Channel 20 in Washington, D.C. during the 1970s...On Channel 20 in Washington, D.C. during the 1970s, you could see occasional nudity if you stayed up late and watched Benny Hill. I don't know if they were asleep at the controls, or just didn't care.<br /><br />This article brings out all the nostalgic feels for that era. My analog flipping-number alarm clock had digital numbers fonted upon it, like the manufacturer knew what was coming, but technology hadn't reached that point just yet. <br /><br />I was the one who figured out how to set the clock on the VCR, how to hook up the Atari 2600, how to screw around with the cable box and get the channels we weren't paying for. This is what passed for technological childhood precociousness back in the Plastic Ages. Back when Jem was truly outrageous.<br /><br />Back when there were nothing but wallphones and square phones upon desks, I was a kid. I was young enough and my nervous system was new enough that I could feel the phone calls coming before the phone rang. I used to pick up the phone and simply say, “Hi, what’s up?” and my friend or my mom on the other end would be all, “Bu-wha?”<br /><br />Turns out, talking to other people familiar with old tech, when they were young, they did those things too. Some attributed it to sensation (feeling the phone call come over the wires and echoing through the house before resolving upon the telephone’s bell), others attributed it simply to, “I was always on the phone, so chances were good I would be calling my friend at the same time she was calling me, so… that’s just how old analog phone wires did back then, now, can I please go back to eating? You’re so weird.”<br /><br />The generation younger than mine might be similarly nostalgic for the next era. I was a young adult by the time I heard and became sickeningly familiar with this sound.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvr9AMWEU-c<br /><br />It’s as familiar to me as an old television jingle.ChuckieJesusnoreply@blogger.com