This is one of those bands I've more or less forgotten about and then been reminded of in a used CD shop a few times over the last 20 years...It would be a cliche' to say Shriekback were ahead of their time, huh?
They actually have a new album coming out, called Love Bumps.
You gotta love this. Well, if you were born between 1970 and 1978 or so you do. Even then, a complicated set of conditions would apply before you had to love this.
But I like it because it's '80s nostalgia without the nostalgia. No irony. This band openly cite A Flock of Seagulls as a primary influence. Again, no irony. I like that. A Flock of Seagulls were underrated. But what I really like is the combination of the song, the band's look, and the video-- I just wanna know where they keep the time machine. You just don't see that many endearing videos these days. Anyhow, more-or-less, you could watch Fast Times at Ridgemont High or you could save some time and watch this. The band's an Australian group called Van She, and the song's called Kelly. Apparently, the girls in the video are all named Kelly (really), and those are their boyfriends and their houses. Told you it was endearing.
A. The Army's new Portable Operations Center (POC), recently developed for rapid deployment in Iraq.
B. The FBI's new restraining system for extremely high risk / violent detainees.
C. The Chicco Lullaby Portable Playland for infants and toddlers.
The correct answer is C.
Honestly, I think the idea is you can put your kid in here and leave them until they're about 3. The thing has a remote control-- so if you're too busy watching NFL Live or Trading Spaces to get off your ass and walk over to find out why your kid is crying, you can just hit a button and make some lights come on. It's also voice-activated, if you're too lazy to hit a button on a remote control. Of course, that's if you can assemble the thing. How times have changed. When I was a kid if you wanted a Playland you had to go to McDonalds.
If Axe ever got to a point where he could equal Nigel Tufnel's demands, I believe the contract would be similar to this:
Claire, our daughter, was born on November 4. She joins Noah, 3, in the broadcasting booth. I haven't seen so much pink since that time I wore those hot pink slacks to 8th grade graduation...maybe that's not the best point of reference.
"I've never punched or slapped a woman," he said. "I like to body-check them instead, like a hockey player. I smash them into the boards. It surprises them. A body-check is something they can't interpret with their normal uncanniness of knowing exactly how to retaliate, with whatever exact give-and-take, the way only women can do, giving back tenfold but with a genius that makes it seem even steven."
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