Ah yes, Bo Jackson. The first athlete of the “modern era” of sports to play in both the MLB and NFL professionally in the same year. Also one of the first athletes to have a super sweet commercial.
Two things I totally missed when I was a kid:
Athletes used to be so cool. I think Twitter ruined it for everyone.
This song is an interesting case in the perception of popular music. I knew this song because of The Monkees’ version in 1966, mostly because I lived and breathed 60s rock when I was a kid. And then I was at a punk show in high school where a kid just would not believe that The Monkees made the song popular. “Dude it’s a Minor Threat song, what are you talking about…” read more
I remember the day that The Monkees Greatest Hits came out on compact disc (and cassette tape, but I was rocking a discman pretty early on). It was October of 1995. I was in fifth grade, and the only person I knew who lost their cool over 60s bands. I made my dad rush me over to Best Buy to get the CD and listened to it nonstop for months. I was quite sure I was born in the wrong decade when I was growing up; I still feel that way sometimes. I think my attitude is very modern, but my soul belongs to the 60s. read more
The Impossible Astronaut, now complete with President Nixon!
There was totally Gally name-dropping on last night’s Late Late Show!!!
And speaking of Gallifrey One… I’m off! See you guys at 1:25pm in Los Angeles!
