May 22, 1968. Sailors, rest your oars.

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Out in the deep cold black, you walk a narrow tightrope far from home or help... we knew this and we went despite knowing this.

(Those of you new to my LJ or who don't know me in real life may be unaware that I am a former submariner. Sometimes I get a bit maudlin or introspective about it.)

Farting around on iTunes this morning, and found that they've been updating their catalog again.... And they had The Allies - Emma Peel! (One of my all time favorite songs.) I have some old tapes I recorded off of KYYX and KJET back in the day, so I'm going to have to dig through iTunes and see what (if any) other old/obscure New Wave and Seattle ( Read more... )

My favorite Bond movie and favorite Bond movie theme...

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Hmm... I wonder if seeing this for the first time back in the 70's was the beginning of my interest in things Japanese? I do know that I owned the soundtrack on vinyl back in the day, and practically wore it out.

This Brief History of Buffalo Wings popped up in my feed this morning...

I still remember the first time I heard of them... January 1982, and I'd just reported to Groton for Submarine School. The guy bunking beneath me (Skip) was from Buffalo and had (like me) just graduated from boot camp, since it was a Friday he intended to go home and get some ( Read more... )

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Just a random thing I came across on YouTube - a promo for the miniseries Shogun... Which started my lifelong interest in Japanese culture.

No Tivo or pause buttons back than, and VCR's were just barely starting to be widely available... So, every night at 9PM for a solid week I parked myself in front of the TV, and took bathroom breaks only at ( Read more... )

I keep meaning to post these... and I've already missed two much more interesting weekends...

Saturday

Up and off to the Bremerton Elks Car Show. Brenda didn't go, which was probably a good thing because she'd have been bored to tears pretty quickly. It's not that she doesn't appreciate cars, but I went through them at what ended up being a pretty ( Read more... )

Last night I came across a commercial for a CD collection "Soft sounds of the 80's" or something like that, and before I flipped away they were playing a quick selection from Steve Winwood (who I've always liked).

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I've been seeing a lot of commercials lately for these CD collections... And most seem aimed at or near my demographic. What's up with ( Read more... )

I'm installing a trial version of some photo-editing software. It was interesting to watch the last five years go by (nothing older on this machine) as it crawled my catalog and created thumbnails.

On the other hand, it was very disconcerting considering the cultural connotations of "having your life flash in front of your eyes". (Especially when ( Read more... )

One of my all time favorite songs... Though it would be years before I learned it was based on an actual tragedy. These things weren't as easy to find out back before the 'net, not that my twelve year old self would have cared all that much.

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This video is particularly haunting, as the song is accompanied by contemporary images of ships and storms ( Read more... )

Always mean to post these weekend updates, almost never remember to.

Saturday...

Saturday, at least during the day, was a pretty ordinary day.  Housework, housework, housework...  But, in the evening:

LLLiiiiiIIIPPS!!

Off we went to see the Rocky Horror Show at CSTOCK.

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As we headed out of the house, I realized that by some vast oversight we didn ( Read more... )