Never say die...

Saw a post about this on Pop Candy. As part of Empire magazine's 20th anniversary, they got the cast of The Goonies back together for a photo shoot.  I found this especially nostalgic considering all of us here at the Kool-Aid Gang were probably about the same age as the Goonies when this movie came out.  

And how is it that all the plump kids back in the day grow up to be lean and skinny?  That's "Chunk" sitting under Richard Donner on the right.  

I miss the days when MTV actually showed music on TV...

Back in the day when I was kid that watched endless hours of TV yet had no cable to feed my addiction, I had to resort to watching Friday Night Videos on NBC to keep up with the latest and greatest music videos of the moment. This meant I probably missed seeing a video every so oftent and maybe that's why I never realized that Toto was kind of a dorky looking band. Anywho, now MTV MUSIC has posted a number of classics and new releases on the Internet so I can catch up with all the cheesy 80's videos I missed.

Toto |MTV Music

The greatest decade of music ever...

1000 music videos from the 80's.  'nuff said.

I could almost floss my teeth with that thing...

In response to Wild Willie's comment on my Macworld Keynote Speech reminder yesterday, THAT IS THIN!  Sweeeeeeeet, indeed!

Not exactly the Earth shattering news that the introduction of the iPhone was last year, but this new MacBook Air is still pretty jaw-droppingly skinny. 

I'm curious to see how movie rentals on iTunes works out.  I've kind of gotten used to the low-pressure Netflix system where I can have a DVD sitting around for months, and not feel any rush to watch it.  And considering the sloooooooooow DSL connection in my current residence right now, it just isn't practical for me to take advantage of this new Apple service.  

I don't know--I still haven't gotten into this whole online music/movie store thing.  The wife and I spent many a date night heading over to the local video store and perusing the aisles for some obscure movie we'd never heard of, but sounded good based on the descriptions on the box.  I think there's a romance to that sort of thing that gets lost if you're sitting on your couch, flipping through iTunes on your Apple TV, and picking a flick.  Same goes for music.  Something about heading to a great independent music store like Waterloo Records in Austin or Ear X-tacy in Louisville, perusing through the listening stations and getting that warm fuzzy feeling when you discover a new artist you'd never heard about before?  All lost when you try and do the same thing online.  CD's seem to be slowly going the way of the record LP and the cassette tape.  And even though the battle for high definition video may be won by Blu-Ray in the next year or so, it might be a moot point as the world moves to downloaded content instead.  

I love the innovations that Apple has made for us in the past few years, but at times, I miss the world before them.

How much time did I waste waiting for tape to rewind?

I don't know about any of you, but I can't remember the last time I actually handled a video tape.  I think I detached my VCR from the TV long ago once we went to DVDs.  Watching the trailer for this upcoming movie, Be Kind Rewind, made me feel kind of nostalgic for the ol' VHS and reminded me of those poor quality movies we'd make for school projects: