Garbage Pail Kids
Brand New Series 3 - Card 152a
Dec 31, 2013
Dec 26, 2013
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Dec 24, 2013
Yoshi The Green-Nosed Dinosaur
Super Nintendo Promo Sign
Pepsi (1991)
For the 1991 holiday season, Pepsi partnered with Nintendo in a promotion to give away SNES consoles and other prizes, including Super Secrets trading cards.
Dec 23, 2013
Nooooo Basket
Thursday, December 23, 1993
Los Angeles Lakers @ Miami Heat
Miami Arena - Miami, FL
Seats: section 124, row L, seats 1 - 2
Results: Heat defeat Lakers, 109 - 92 [Basketball-Reference]
Photo Gallery
The only basketball game I have ever been to was 20 years ago today. Someone that my Dad worked with gave us two tickets to the Miami Heat vs. Los Angeles Lakers on the night before Christmas Eve. It was one of the most fun and memorable nights I ever spent with my father, and one we still joke about to this day.
It really wouldn't make sense to anyone but he and I, but one of the funniest memories I have of that night happened at the end of one of the quarters. Someone threw up a shot that either didn't go in or hadn't been shot until after the buzzer. Over the speakers, we heard: "No basket. Naaaooooooo basket!". The announcer dragged out the word "no" to a ridiculous level. Dad and I looked at each other and burst out laughing like a couple of lunatics. Everyone sitting around us must have thought we had lost our minds. We didn't say a word because we knew we were thinking the exact same thing. My grandmother (his mother) would dramatically shout the word "no" in that same exact manner when she was in one of her moods. In the twenty years since this game, Dad and I must have said "Naaaooooooo basket" to each other at least a hundred times.
Another funny memory we have of that night was one of the little games they play with the crowd. I can't remember the game - something like a cartoon race on the big screen, or something along those lines. The announcer said that our section had won, and each person would receive a free Miami Heat Croakie. Without missing a beat, Dad looked at me and said "What the hell is a croakie?" A few people sitting near us thought that was hysterical, and they explained to both of us that it's an elastic band that you stick on your glasses. I still have mine to this day, and I never once put it on my glasses. I'm still not clear about what it's for.
Dec 22, 2013
Crispety, Crunchety, Peanut Butter Cupety
Butterfinger Peanut Butter Cups
Nestle (2013)
Our office finally got a shipment of samples of the newest product in the Butterfinger line - Butterfinger Peanut Butter Cups. The good news is that we're getting an opportunity to try them before they hit retail shelves. The bad news is that they only sent us enough for everybody to have one cup. Not one pack of cups... one cup. Come on, folks... at least let us bring a few home for our families to try too!
The center is a mixture of peanut butter with what I believe are small bits of the Butterfinger candy center. It reminded me a bit of a Nestle Crunch bar, because each of the hard pieces are almost microscopic, but there are enough of them mixed in to give it a crispy texture throughout. I wouldn't say that they're better or worse than a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, but the flavor is different enough to warrant buying both.
The center is a mixture of peanut butter with what I believe are small bits of the Butterfinger candy center. It reminded me a bit of a Nestle Crunch bar, because each of the hard pieces are almost microscopic, but there are enough of them mixed in to give it a crispy texture throughout. I wouldn't say that they're better or worse than a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, but the flavor is different enough to warrant buying both.
Dec 21, 2013
Dec 20, 2013
Dec 19, 2013
Sheetz Is Turning The Hose On Me
Sheetz MTO Sub Sauce
Sheetz (2013)
If you're going to spoof The Silence Of The Lambs for a condiment, it really should be something spicy so that you could call it Buffalo Bill Sauce.
Dec 17, 2013
Red Sea Crossing
Atari 2600 in the Red Sea
Salem Express Shipwreck
Source: Diver Magazine - June 2013
The Salem Express ship crashed into the Hyndman Reefs on the Egyptian just after midnight on December 17th, 1991, killing 470 passengers and sending the ship and its contents to the bottom of the Red Sea. This Atari 2600 has recently been photographed by scuba divers who are investigating the wreckage. Today marks 22 years since the Salem Express sank, and the Atari remains in the ocean to this day.
Update: More about the wreckage and this photograph can be found at Divernet.com. Information about the ship has been published by RedSeaWreckProject.com.
Dec 10, 2013
Thank You, Doc
Roy Halladay
Toronto Blue Jays (1998 - 2009)
Philadelphia Phillies (2010 - 2013)
One of the greatest pitchers to ever put on a Phillies uniform has ended his remarkable career. Thank you, Mr. Halladay.
One of the greatest pitchers to ever put on a Phillies uniform has ended his remarkable career. Thank you, Mr. Halladay.
Dec 7, 2013
Dec 3, 2013
You Have Sticker Anxiety, Charlie Brown
Peanuts Sticker Series: Volume 1
Sonic Drive-In (2013)
Does anyone else keep stickers forever without using them because you can't find the perfect place to stick them, and you just know that you're going to regret it the second after you do? I got these from Sonic earlier this year, and I have a hunch that it's going to remain intact on my bookshelf for the rest of my life.
The blue ones on the snowflake page are scratch and sniff. They smell like peppermint!
Dec 2, 2013
Dec 1, 2013
Would Their Offspring Be A Dragontoad?
Battletoads Double Dragon
Tradewest (1993)
I don't know which of these things gives me more of a warm and fuzzy nostalgic feeling, the game or the toy store.
Nov 30, 2013
Interstellar
Interstellar
Funai (1983)
This is the package artwork for a laserdisc-based game developed for arcades and the MSX computer.
Nov 29, 2013
Once Upon The Lunar Surface
Astronaut Poe
Artwork by Toven - Baltimore, MD
Toven's first solo show, called A Certain Deathly Charm, can be seen at the Bank Gallery on Eastern Avenue in Baltimore.
Nov 25, 2013
One Plus One
Chris Cornell
One (U2 / Metallica acoustic mash-up)
From the Second Songbook Tour (2013)
Performed at the Santander Arts Center in Reading, PA - 22 November 2013
Chris Cornell has been one of my favorite singers since I was in the sixth grade, and this is just another example of his talent and brilliance. In this video, he is playing U2 One while singing Metallica One, and the results are absolutely incredible.
Nov 24, 2013
Pressure Cooker Action Figure
Pressure Cooker custom action figure
Created by Dan Polydoris
Body: Cobra Commander
Head: Recondo
Hat: Joseph Colton
Nov 23, 2013
Nov 22, 2013
Keystone Kapers Action Figure
Keystone Kapers custom action figure
Created by Dan Polydoris
Body, Head: Gung Ho (Marine dress blues)
Hat: The Riddler (from the Batman: The Animated Series toy line)
Nov 21, 2013
H.E.R.O. Action Figure
H.E.R.O. custom action figure
Created by Dan Polydoris
Body, Head: Tripwire
Backpack: Breaker
Accessories: metal rod and plastic propeller
Nov 20, 2013
Nov 19, 2013
Activision Action Figures
Dan Polydoris of Chicago Toy Collector has rearranged and repainted parts of G.I. Joe toys from the 80's to create a custom line of action figures based on the artwork of classic Activision games for the Atari 2600.
Nov 12, 2013
Heights Terrace Video
Heights Terrace Video
South Poplar Street - Hazleton, PA
This little video rental shop opened in the Heights Terrace section of Hazleton, PA in 1986, before any of the rental chains came to town. In the years that followed, our town had had a Blockbuster Video, Hollywood Video, West Coast Video, Blowout Video, Movie Gallery, Pantry Quik Video and least two dozen other stores who rented movies, including grocery stores, convenience stores, gas stations and rival mom-and-pop shops.
Today, all of the major chains have packed up and left town, but a few of the locally owned stores are still in operation. I'm happy to say that Heights Terrace Video is one of them, offering VHS, DVD and Blu-ray rentals at reasonable prices.
I first found Heights Terrace Video when I bought a book of coupons for local businesses when I was a teenager. A woman who I worked with had a son who was selling them for a fundraiser. One of those coupons was a "rent one, get one free" deal that could be used a few times per month throughout the year, so I started coming here to rent movies. I kept renting here because the owner, Bryan, has a nearly complete set of WWF Coliseum Home Videos available to rent, from pay-per-view events to the various rare compilation tapes that were released throughout the 80's and 90's. They're still available to rent to this day. I offered to buy them several times, but he's a wrestling fan too, so he didn't want to get rid of them. However, he did sell me quite a few NES, Genesis and SNES games complete with box and instructions. I still have many of them and play them to this day.
Later on when I was in my early 20's, I lived in a half-double in the Heights that was about a block away from my dad's house and a few blocks from Heights Terrace Video. It was in walking distance, so it became my go-to place for movies. I eventually struck up a friendship with Bryan, and we'd hang out at the store after closing time on Sunday to watch wrestling shows live on pay-per-view.
One of the many ways that Heights Terrace Video differs from any other store that I've been to is the fact that his tapes are not rewound when you rent them, and Bryan expect that his customers won't rewind them when they return the movies to the store. According to Bryan, this is because each individual VCR is different and when you rewind a VHS tape, it sets the tension of the tape to its optimal level for playback. He's also strongly opposed to external rewinding machines for VHS tapes, as a sign by the door explains.
Eventually I moved to West Hazleton and went back to college, so I didn't have as much time to hang out at the video store, but I went back this past April and saw that the place hadn't changed much. They've got a lot more DVD and Blu-ray available to rent, but there's still a heck of a lot of VHS tapes, including the Coliseum Home Video collection. They're still not for sale, and I doubt that they're ever going to be.
Here are some photos of the shop.
Nov 5, 2013
Broaden Your Horizons
Cuteosphere (2013)
I like some girly things because some girly things are pretty awesome. I like some boy stuff because some boy stuff is pretty awesome.
Anyone who is bothered by this can piss off.
Nov 2, 2013
Oct 31, 2013
Oct 30, 2013
Flyin' To Another Title
Shane Victorino
Boston Red Sox (2013)
Former Phillies center fielder Shane Victorino hit an RBI double in the 3rd and an RBI single in the 4th to score 4 of Boston's 6 runs in Game 6 to give the Red Sox their third World Series Championship in ten years. It's the second ring for the Flyin' Hawaiian who was a key member of the 2008 World Champion Phillies. [photo by Jim Davis / The Boston Globe]
Oct 29, 2013
The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
NME Magazine (2013)
Morrissey is at the top of the list, right where he belongs. Here is the complete list. You can find more in the October issue of NME and on their website: [500 - 401] [400 - 301] [300 - 201] [200 - 101] [100 - 1]
1 - The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
2 - The Beatles - Revolver
3 - David Bowie - Hunky Dory
4 - The Strokes - Is This It
5 - The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico
6 - Pulp - Different Class
7 - The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
8 - Pixies - Doolittle
9 - The Beatles - The Beatles (White Album)
10 - Oasis - Definitely Maybe
11 - Nirvana - Nevermind
12 - Patti Smith - Horses
13 - Arcade Fire - Funeral
14 - David Bowie - Low
15 - PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
16 - Joy Division - Closer
17 - Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
18 - My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
19 - Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
20 - Radiohead - OK Computer
21 - Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
22 - Blur - Parklife
23 - David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
24 - The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St.
25 - Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
26 - The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
27 - Primal Scream - Screamadelica
28 - Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
29 - Television - Marquee Moon
30 - Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
31 - Suede - Dog Man Star
32 - Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
33 - Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish
34 - The Beatles - Abbey Road
35 - Nirvana - In Utero
36 - Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
37 - Love - Forever Changes
38 - Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols
39 - The Clash - London Calling
40 - Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
41 - Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
42 - Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
43 - The Beatles - Rubber Soul
44 - Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible
45 - Blondie - Parallel Lines
46 - Björk - Debut
47 - The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come
48 - Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
49 - LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
50 - Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis
51 - Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
52 - The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
53 - David Bowie - Station to Station
54 - Talking Heads - Remain in Light
55 - The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
56 - Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
57 - Kraftwerk - The Man Machine (Die Mensch-Maschine)
58 - Pixies - Surfer Rosa
59 - Radiohead - In Rainbows
60 - Massive Attack - Blue Lines
61 - The Clash - The Clash
62 - Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
63 - Joni Mitchell - Blue
64 - Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
65 - R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
66 - Radiohead - The Bends
67 - Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
68 - Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
69 - R.E.M. - Murmur
70 - The Libertines - Up the Bracket
71 - Neil Young - Harvest
72 - Lou Reed - Transformer
73 - Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
74 - Nas - Illmatic
75 - Green Day - Dookie
76 - Daft Punk - Discovery
77 - The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
78 - Suede - Suede
79 - Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
80 - The Stooges - Raw Power
81 - Kraftwerk - Trans Europa Express (Trans-Europe Express)
82 - Carole King - Tapestry
83 - The Band - The Band
84 - Hole - Live Through This
85 - Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
86 - Jeff Buckley - Grace
87 - The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
88 - Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure
89 - Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
90 - The Streets - A Grand Don't Come for Free
91 - Prince & The Revolution - Purple Rain
92 - Super Furry Animals - Radiator
93 - Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
94 - The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet
95 - Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
96 - Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
97 - The Smiths - The Smiths
98 - Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane over the Sea
99 - The Libertines - The Libertines
100 - The Smiths - Hatful of Hollow
101 - Kraftwerk - Computer World (Computerwelt)
102 - The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
103 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
104 - The Stooges - Fun House
105 - Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
106 - Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
107 - Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
108 - Weezer - Pinkerton
109 - Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town
110 - Fairport Convention - Liege & Lief
111 - The Human League - Dare!
112 - Genius/GZA - Liquid Swords
113 - Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
114 - Radiohead - Kid A
115 - Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque
116 - The White Stripes - Elephant
117 - ABC - The Lexicon of Love
118 - Dexys Midnight Runners - Searching for the Young Soul Rebels
119 - Pulp - His 'N' Hers
120 - De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
121 - Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92
122 - New Order - Technique
123 - Blur - 13
124 - Paul Simon - Graceland
125 - James Brown & The Famous Flames - Live at the Apollo
126 - Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
127 - Ramones - Ramones
128 - The Verve - Urban Hymns
129 - Neil Young - On the Beach
130 - Interpol - Turn On the Bright Lights
131 - Michael Jackson - Thriller
132 - Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
133 - John Lennon & Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
134 - PJ Harvey - Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
135 - Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
136 - Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever to Tell
137 - Blur - Blur
138 - Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
139 - The Cure - Disintegration
140 - Nick Drake - Bryter Layter
141 - Bob Marley & The Wailers - Natty Dread
142 - Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson
143 - Bob Dylan - Desire
144 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced
145 - The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle
146 - At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command
147 - Frank Ocean - channel ORANGE
148 - Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
149 - Elliott Smith - Either/Or
150 - The Streets - Original Pirate Material
151 - PJ Harvey - Dry
152 - Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs
153 - The La's - The La's
154 - PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
155 - The Prodigy - Music for the Jilted Generation
156 - Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
157 - The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
158 - Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
159 - Gang of Four - Entertainment!
160 - Primal Scream - XTRMNTR
161 - Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
162 - The National - Boxer
163 - Neu! - Neu! '75
164 - Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison
165 - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Let Love In
166 - Pulp - This Is Hardcore
167 - Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul
168 - Portishead - Dummy
169 - Dexys Midnight Runners - Don't Stand Me Down
170 - The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
171 - Talking Heads - Fear of Music
172 - Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
173 - Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III
174 - Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
175 - David Bowie - Young Americans
176 - Rufus Wainwright - Want One
177 - Mogwai - Young Team
178 - The Coral - The Coral
179 - Missy Elliott - Miss E ...So Addictive
180 - X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescents
181 - Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children
182 - Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
183 - OutKast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
184 - M.I.A. - Kala
185 - Eric B. & Rakim - Paid in Full
186 - Jay Z - The Blueprint
187 - My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
188 - John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
189 - Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, A True Star
190 - Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
191 - Elastica - Elastica
192 - Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
193 - Ryan Adams - Gold
194 - Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
195 - The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night
196 - The Stranglers - Rattus Norvegicus
197 - AC/DC - Back in Black
198 - Prince - Sign “☮” the Times (Sign 'O' the Times)
199 - The Boo Radleys - Giant Steps
200 - The Breeders - Last Splash
201 - The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour
202 - Tricky - Maxinquaye
203 - Beach House - Teen Dream
204 - Michael Jackson - Bad
205 - N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton
206 - Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted
207 - Janis Joplin - Pearl
208 - Chic - Risqué
209 - Kate Bush - The Kick Inside
210 - The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
211 - Grace Jones - Nightclubbing
212 - Kings of Leon - Youth & Young Manhood
213 - Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove
214 - AIR - Moon Safari
215 - Massive Attack - Mezzanine
216 - New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies
217 - Iggy Pop - Lust for Life
218 - The Horrors - Primary Colours
219 - The Jam - All Mod Cons
220 - The National - Alligator
221 - Marianne Faithfull - Broken English
222 - Fever Ray - Fever Ray
223 - Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
224 - Echo & The Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here
225 - T. Rex - Electric Warrior
226 - The Doors - The Doors
227 - John Lennon - Imagine
228 - Pavement - Brighten the Corners
229 - Public Image Ltd. - Metal Box
230 - David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
231 - Dr. Dre - The Chronic
232 - Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen
233 - Babyshambles - Down in Albion
234 - Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour
235 - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads
236 - Suicide - Suicide
237 - The xx - xx
238 - Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
239 - Dizzee Rascal - Boy in da Corner
240 - Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties!!
241 - Madonna - Ray of Light
242 - Michael Jackson - Off the Wall
243 - Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns
244 - Wild Beasts - Smother
245 - Super Furry Animals - Fuzzy Logic
246 - Nirvana - MTV Unplugged in New York
247 - Glasvegas - Glasvegas
248 - Eminem - The Slim Shady LP
249 - The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land
250 - Weezer - Weezer
251 - The Beach Boys - Surf's Up
252 - Grimes - Visions
253 - Pussy Galore - Exile On Main Street
254 - The Smiths - Meat Is Murder
255 - Metronomy - The English Riviera
256 - Elvis Costello - This Year's Model
257 - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call
258 - Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
259 - Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush the Show
260 - The Specials - Specials
261 - Bob Marley & The Wailers - Live!
262 - Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded
263 - Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can
264 - The Beatles - Please Please Me
265 - Hole - Celebrity Skin
266 - Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head
267 - Dr. Feelgood - Stupidity
268 - Todd Rundgren - Todd
269 - The Horrors - Skying
270 - The Kinks - The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society
271 - The Velvet Underground - Loaded
272 - Coldplay - Parachutes
273 - Kanye West - The College Dropout
274 - R.E.M. - Green
275 - The Who - Quadrophenia
276 - Echo & The Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
277 - The Sundays - Reading, Writing and Arithmetic
278 - The Slits - Cut
279 - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica
280 - Aphex Twin - Drukqs
281 - Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True
282 - Teenage Fanclub - Grand Prix
283 - Roxy Music - Roxy Music
284 - Fugazi - 13 Songs
285 - Marvin Gaye - Midnight Love
286 - Screaming Trees - Dust
287 - Slayer - Reign in Blood
288 - Stevie Wonder - Music of My Mind
289 - The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
290 - The Bluetones - Expecting To Fly
291 - The Byrds - Younger Than Yesterday
292 - The Cribs - The New Fellas
293 - Aztec Camera - High Land, Hard Rain
294 - Klaxons - Myths of the Near Future
295 - Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggystyle
296 - David Bowie - Let's Dance
297 - Can - Ege Bamyasi
298 - Malcolm McLaren - Duck Rock
299 - The Go-Betweens - 16 Lovers Lane
300 - The Who - The Who by Numbers
301 - Arthur Russell - World of Echo
302 - Daft Punk - Homework
303 - Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um
304 - The Orb - U.F.Orb
305 - Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story
306 - Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
307 - Beck - Midnite Vultures
308 - The Lemonheads - It's a Shame About Ray
309 - Metallica - Metallica
310 - Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy
311 - Super Furry Animals - Guerrilla
312 - Cocteau Twins - Treasure
313 - Tom Waits - Franks Wild Years
314 - Slint - Spiderland
315 - Big Brother & The Holding Company - Cheap Thrills
316 - Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Imperial Bedroom
317 - Gram Parsons - Grievous Angel
318 - Ice-T - O.G. Original Gangster
319 - The Who - Who's Next
320 - Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones
321 - Doves - Lost Souls
322 - LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
323 - Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
324 - R.E.M. - Lifes Rich Pageant
325 - Beck - Sea Change
326 - Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
327 - Beck - Mutations
328 - The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
329 - David Bowie - "Heroes"
330 - Portishead - Third
331 - MC5 - Kick Out the Jams
332 - Shack - HMS Fable
333 - Paul McCartney & Wings - Band on the Run
334 - The Avalanches - Since I Left You
335 - Queens of the Stone Age - …Like Clockwork
336 - Neneh Cherry - Raw Like Sushi
337 - Danger Mouse - The Grey Album
338 - The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die
339 - Pearl Jam - Ten
340 - Sister Sledge - We Are Family
341 - Tom Waits - Closing Time
342 - Spiritualized - Lazer Guided Melodies
343 - Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding
344 - EELS - Beautiful Freak
345 - Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Punch the Clock
346 - New Order - Low-Life
347 - Sonic Youth - Dirty
348 - Whitney Houston - Whitney
349 - alt-J (∆) - An Awesome Wave
350 - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - B.R.M.C.
351 - The Byrds - Sweetheart of the Rodeo
352 - The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
353 - mclusky - mclusky Do Dallas
354 - Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul
355 - New York Dolls - New York Dolls
356 - Pixies - Bossanova
357 - Sugar - Copper Blue
358 - Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
359 - Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention - We're Only in It for the Money
360 - The Strokes - Room on Fire
361 - Faces - A Nod Is as Good as a Wink... to a Blind Horse
362 - Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty
363 - Black Flag - Damaged
364 - Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
365 - Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
366 - Leonard Cohen - Songs of Love and Hate
367 - Metronomy - Nights Out
368 - Radiohead - Hail to the Thief
369 - St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
370 - The Cribs - Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever
371 - Beck - Odelay
372 - Big Black - Atomizer
373 - Curtis Mayfield - There's No Place Like America Today
374 - Frank Sinatra - In the Wee Small Hours
375 - Morrissey - Vauxhall And I
376 - Sam Cooke - Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963
377 - Roy Harper - Stormcock
378 - Wire - Pink Flag
379 - Belle and Sebastian - The Boy with the Arab Strap
380 - Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
381 - David Bowie - Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)
382 - Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
383 - The Long Blondes - Someone To Drive You Home
384 - Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley
385 - The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
386 - Gillian Welch - Revival
387 - The Clash - Combat Rock
388 - Tim Buckley - Happy Sad
389 - Le Tigre - Le Tigre
390 - The Verve - A Northern Soul
391 - Burial - Burial
392 - Edan - Beauty and the Beat
393 - Prince - Dirty Mind
394 - Wire - Chairs Missing
395 - The White Stripes - De Stijl
396 - Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers - L.A.M.F.
397 - Jay Z - Reasonable Doubt
398 - Neil Young - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
399 - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus
400 - The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace
401 - Throbbing Gristle - 20 Jazz Funk Greats
402 - Mystery Jets - Twenty One
403 - Björk - Vespertine
404 - Gene Clark - No Other
405 - Otis Redding - Otis Blue / Otis Redding Sings Soul
406 - Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R
407 - Ride - Going Blank Again
408 - Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
409 - Can - Tago Mago
410 - Interpol - Antics
411 - Madvillain - Madvillainy
412 - DJ Shadow - Endtroducing.....
413 - Happy Mondays - Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches
414 - The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole
415 - Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sings
416 - Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
417 - Ash - 1977
418 - EELS - Electro-Shock Blues
419 - Spiritualized - Let It Come Down
420 - A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
421 - Big Star - Radio City
422 - Kevin Rowland & Dexys Midnight Runners - Too-Rye-Ay
423 - The Who - Live at Leeds
424 - U2 - The Joshua Tree
425 - Lee Hazlewood & Nancy Sinatra - Nancy & Lee
426 - Sonic Youth - Goo
427 - Brian Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets
428 - Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A.
429 - Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American
430 - Scott Walker - Scott 4
431 - Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
432 - Tindersticks - Tindersticks
433 - Dr. Dre - 2001
434 - Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen
435 - Patti Smith Group - Easter
436 - Battles - Mirrored
437 - TV on the Radio - Dear Science
438 - Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak
439 - The Futureheads - The Futureheads
440 - Billy Bragg - Life's a Riot with Spy vs Spy
441 - ABBA - Arrival
442 - Al Green - Al Green Is Love
443 - Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle
444 - Depeche Mode - Violator
445 - Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
446 - Hot Chip - The Warning
447 - David Bowie - Diamond Dogs
448 - Suede - Sci-Fi Lullabies
449 - Arctic Monkeys - AM
450 - PJ Harvey - Rid of Me
451 - Big Star - Third/Sister Lovers
452 - The B-52's - The B-52's
453 - The House of Love - The House Of Love (Creation)
454 - Destiny's Child - The Writing's On The Wall
455 - Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
456 - Frank Sinatra - September of My Years
457 - Goldfrapp - Black Cherry
458 - Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
459 - Jay Z - The Black Album
460 - Nirvana - Bleach
461 - Manic Street Preachers - Generation Terrorists
462 - Metallica - Master of Puppets
463 - The Breeders - Pod
464 - Kings of Leon - Because of the Times
465 - The National - High Violet
466 - Wu-Tang Clan - The W
467 - Iggy Pop - The Idiot
468 - The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
469 - The Beach Boys - Holland
470 - Kanye West - Graduation
471 - MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
472 - The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
473 - The Verve - A Storm In Heaven
474 - Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport
475 - Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring for My Halo
476 - Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters
477 - Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
478 - The National - Trouble Will Find Me
479 - Throwing Muses - The Real Ramona
480 - Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
481 - Brian Wilson - Smile
482 - Billie Holiday - Lady in Satin
483 - Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Blood & Chocolate
484 - Bruce Springsteen - The River
485 - Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
486 - Björk - Homogenic
487 - The Jam - Sound Affects
488 - Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man
489 - The Wedding Present - George Best
490 - MC5 - Back in the USA
491 - Pet Shop Boys - Actually
492 - These New Puritans - Hidden
493 - This Mortal Coil - Blood
494 - The Cure - The Head on the Door
495 - The Killers - Hot Fuss
496 - Girls - Album
497 - Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
498 - Lou Reed - Berlin
499 - Belly - Star
500 - OutKast - Stankonia
Oct 28, 2013
The Shape Of Tomorrow
Gene Roddenberry Live
Paramount Theatre - Seattle, WA
There have been Star Trek conventions since the early 1970's. This commercial is for one that took place in Seattle 25 years ago today. It was hosted by Gene Roddenberry at the Paramount Theatre 25 years ago today.
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| The Rocket - Seattle, WA (September 1988) |
According to newspaper advertisements from the time, Mr. Roddenberry presented a special called The Shape Of Tomorrow to fans in attendance. There was also a costume contest, a screening of a Star Trek blooper reel, and I'm sure there were many other vendors and activities for fans in attendance. It sounds like it was a hell of a lot of fun!
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