tv shows:- the golden girls (1985-92) season one, ep 19. kevin mccarthy guest starred in this episode as a love interest of blanche, instantly recognisable to me as gordon fitzpatrick from my favourite tex murphy game, the pandora directive. he also played the rival network boss in weird al's UHF & holy shit, i had no idea how old he was when he played these roles until just now. so old in fact, that he died in 2010 of pneumonia, aged 96.
- married...with children (1987-97) season three, ep 18. i only have 15 80s episodes left, bogus.
- quantum leap (1989-93) season one, eps 4-5. the first season is only 8 episodes long, long enough apparently to catch the eye of the creative arts emmys & win an award for outstanding achievement in hairstyling. for sure!
- bitch bitch bitch (1988) by mike wrenn. my mum gives me some great books. this one & the charming 'who farted?' are two of the best. bitch bitch bitch is a collection of snarky quotes from musicians, often about each other. this is gold:
"that's a conscious decision to buy clothes like that. i bet mark smith's got a wardrobe full of those mark smith shirts." - ian mcculloch, 1981.
"i went back to his house and his bedroom was just like what you'd expect. there were about 40 albums stacked against a radiator, about half of them were warped by the heat and they were exactly the right records for mark smith. and looking at his collection of shirts - they were exactly what you'd expect him to have!" - julian cope, 1981.
"julian cope's a fucking lunatic. completely obsessed. like the way he used to come round my house and rummage through my wardrobe, then go away and tell people all about it. i don't like that." - mark e. smith, 1988.
"i went back to his house and his bedroom was just like what you'd expect. there were about 40 albums stacked against a radiator, about half of them were warped by the heat and they were exactly the right records for mark smith. and looking at his collection of shirts - they were exactly what you'd expect him to have!" - julian cope, 1981.
"julian cope's a fucking lunatic. completely obsessed. like the way he used to come round my house and rummage through my wardrobe, then go away and tell people all about it. i don't like that." - mark e. smith, 1988.
music:- sparks' whomp that sucker (1981).
food & drink:- twinings lady grey tea and homemade banana cake.
- maltesers, fruit, frittata & cake at the lush staff meeting.
challenges/comments:
i really wanted to see kyle after my staff meeting ended. he was at a gig, so i popped down to surprise him. i was only there for an hour & the music wasn't distinguishable to me as anything in particular, let alone a particular genre or era, so i've decided it wasn't a major cheat, just where my husband happened to be! i didn't really listen to it, honest. carey even managed to find some 80s music in his car to play on the drive home. stoked.
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