Dylan spent most of the '80s wandering in the wilderness. From "Empire Burlesque," an album described on Wikipedia as "featur[ing] a distinct "80s style" aesthetic" came a definitive mid-decade music video directed by Paul Schraeder and featuring a truly impressive pair of shoulder pads -
Monday, October 17, 2016
Sunday, May 29, 2016
The Most '80s Thing
Teri "We Got It Made" Copley was briefly married to Micki "That Hot Chick from Shalamar" Free -
In their defense, they did endear themselves to their BMW repairman.
In their defense, they did endear themselves to their BMW repairman.
Sunday, May 22, 2016
Q-tips
Q-tips are fascinating in that their primary use is actively discouraged by their makers and medical professionals.
Or, as the Washington Post put it, "Q-tips are one of the only, if not the only, major consumer products whose main purpose is precisely the one the manufacturer explicitly warns against."
"In 1990, a piece published in The Washington Post joked that telling people to use the swabs on "the outer surfaces of the ear without entering the ear canal," as Q-tips packages do, was akin to asking smokers to dangle cigarettes from their lips without ever lighting them....
On the FDA's website, it does say that swabs are classified as medical devices because they're "used to apply medications to, or to take specimens from, a patient." But it also says the same for cotton balls.
Neither the FDA nor the CPSC could explain why the commission was tracking injuries associated with cotton balls, but not cotton swabs. The CPSC suggested reaching out to the FDA. The FDA suggested reaching out to the CPSC. In the end, no one had an answer.
But the discrepancy has a significant effect: It means it's much harder to quantify the number of Q-tips-related injuries that occur each year in the United States. The FDA houses complaints on its website, but doesn't add them up.
"It would be very tedious to figure out how many injuries associated with cotton swabs were reported each year," said Deborah Kotz, an FDA spokeswoman.""
Or, as the Washington Post put it, "Q-tips are one of the only, if not the only, major consumer products whose main purpose is precisely the one the manufacturer explicitly warns against."
"In 1990, a piece published in The Washington Post joked that telling people to use the swabs on "the outer surfaces of the ear without entering the ear canal," as Q-tips packages do, was akin to asking smokers to dangle cigarettes from their lips without ever lighting them....
On the FDA's website, it does say that swabs are classified as medical devices because they're "used to apply medications to, or to take specimens from, a patient." But it also says the same for cotton balls.
Neither the FDA nor the CPSC could explain why the commission was tracking injuries associated with cotton balls, but not cotton swabs. The CPSC suggested reaching out to the FDA. The FDA suggested reaching out to the CPSC. In the end, no one had an answer.
But the discrepancy has a significant effect: It means it's much harder to quantify the number of Q-tips-related injuries that occur each year in the United States. The FDA houses complaints on its website, but doesn't add them up.
"It would be very tedious to figure out how many injuries associated with cotton swabs were reported each year," said Deborah Kotz, an FDA spokeswoman.""
Sunday, May 1, 2016
Jessica Fletcher behind Bars (w/ Special Guest Star Adrienne Barbeau)
Murder, She Wrote
Jessica Behind Bars 8:00 PM on COZI 4.2, 1 hr 1985 TV-PG
While
teaching at a women's prison, Jessica is taken hostage by inmates
rioting over an accusation that one of them murdered the prison doctor.
Kathryn: Adrienne Barbeau. Warden Elizabeth Gates: Vera Miles. Bertha:
Susan Paretz. Jessica: Angela Lansbury.
Friday, March 25, 2016
When Worlds Collide
The Beach Boys, sans Brian Wilson, and country singer Janie Fricke trying to announce the award for "Favorite Black Single" at the American Music Awards in 1985, the night that "We Are the World" was recorded.
Beatles Parody Bands on '60s TV Shows
- Ladybugs, "Petticoat Junction" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4en7WzQCbUk
- Mosquitoes and Honeybees, "Gilligan's Island" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rfU1sC5vK8
- Bedbugs, "F Troop" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2jgIQBzQZk
- Four Insects, "The Flintstones" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRTNtbfiO4A
- Monkees, "The Monkees"
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
More Bagpipes Please
The AV Club on songs that actually benefit from having bagpipes. Perhaps surprisingly, one of the songs was composed by AC/DC and is perhaps the best of their many, many paeans to the glories of rockin'.
I am disappointed, however, that Big Country did not receive at least an honorable mention for "In a Big Country."
I am disappointed, however, that Big Country did not receive at least an honorable mention for "In a Big Country."
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