“Hello Colleen? This is fantastic. I’m at the stadium right now. I have a football phone.”
Rad footage of Big Country performing ‘In a Big Country’ in 1983.
Lyte Funky Ones
From the LFO page on Wikipedia:
Andrew had an obsession with the “frosted tips” hair style and seemed to believe that this style would catch on. So much so that he constantly campaigned for the lyrics of Summer Girls to be changed to “New Kids On The Block had a bunch of hits, I love my frosted tips”.
"Strategicalmatical"
How the name Strat-O-Matic was conceived, as told by Joe Lemire of Sports Illustrated:
Next, he needed a name. Richman had been reading the dictionary, hoping a word might trigger an idea. He stumbled across “strategicalmatical.” He kept playing the word through his head while shoveling snow on a winter day and — remember, this is the era that spawned the Chop-o-Matic and, later, the Veg-o-Matic — settled on the game’s first and only name: Strat-O-Matic. (“Strategicalmatical” has since been retired from dictionaries.)
Media Play Online, 1996
The future of music and entertainment retail, as imagined by Media Play Online in 1996:
Eventually, no doubt, you’ll be able to order products right here and save yourself shipping costs by picking them up at our customer service counter, or else have them shipped directly to your door. We foresee the day when events will be brought to you from our stores in real time—broadcast over the Web to every Media Play throughout the country [simultaneously] so everyone in the world will be able to enjoy them.
The Verge's Interview with Carrier IQ
Fantastic read if you’re still trying to figure out why everyone is talking about Carrier IQ.
