Thursday, January 24, 2019

Super Clothes #6

According to its label, this Underoos undertop is size 7-10.

I only know that it was a perfect fit (and a preferred article of clothing) for a three-year-old at our place.
More Super Clothes are coming in forthcoming months.

See you on Monday.
 

Monday, January 21, 2019

MA-135 - One Word 80s

In my vast and purely subjective survey of pop music from the 1980s, one clump of songs leapt out at me for a simple reason:

They all have one-word titles!

01 - People - F-Systems - 1980   (3:40)
02 - Freak - Bruce Foxton - 1983   (3:23)
03 - Dance - Odd Stories - 1981   (2:22)
04 - Aggression - Secret Life - 1985   (2:48)
05 - Downstream - The Rainmakers - 1986   (3:31)
06 - Observer - The Stripes - 1980   (2:33)
07 - Vanity - Trial Offer - 1981   (2:49)
08 - Bug - Cleavers - 1980   (2:22)
09 - Mundane - The White Liberals - 1985   (3:26)
10 - Television - The Modes - 1985   (3:55)
11 - Now! - Cement Trampoline - 1989   (3:25)
12 - Amnesia - Fingerprintz - 1980   (2:44)
13 - Secrets - The Staff - 1981   (2:31)
14 - Girls - The Orchids - 1980   (3:28)
15 - Breakout - Drinking Electricity - 1982   (3:25)
16 - Radio - The Lookalikes - 1980   (3:05)
17 - Carefully - Krisma - 1983   (4:37)
18 - Sanctuary - New Musik - 1980   (4:15)
19 - Cameras - Motifs - 1982   (3:54)
20 - Voices - 17 Pygmies - 1986   (3:06)
21 - Channels - I Spy - 1982   (2:21)
22 - Intimacy - Linn Vann Hek - 1982   (4:01)
23 - Intercontinental - Afraid of Mice - 1981   (2:54)
24 - Jungle - Significant ZerØs - 1981   (3:13)

The background Wall of Words is from the October 13, 1988 Bush-Dukakis debate.

The background text for the disc art is from a Gorbachev speech on December 7, 1988.

Visit the One-Word 80s. -- 2021 CORRECTED LINK

Those of you familiar with the 1982 film Megaforce and its slogan will find something familiar here too.

See you on Thursday, fellow mavens!
 

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