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Jul. 3rd, 2004 02:07 amYeah, I know. It's nearing 2am and it's too late for a 33 year-old to be up and surfing the net without looking like a geek. I was just over at atomfilms.com and found a treasure trove (well, 12, anyway) of Bill Plympton's animated shorts. Ah, this brings back memories...
Specifically, 120 Minutes. I used to watch the show religiously until I went to college. Where else would we find videos by the Cure and Morrissey and Depeche Mode? (Kinda creepy that we see those artists on VH1 nowadays...) Sunday nights at midnight. And at 11pm they'd play Monty Python, then The Young Ones at 11.30, so I had the VCR set for 3 solid hours of alternative coolness.
I still have a few old episodes on tape. I haven't watched them in some time, and I'm tempted to check them out at some point. I specifically remember some of those animations they'd throw in between videos and commercials, like Bill Plympton. They had another one that I've forgotten the name of that was a very herky-jerky yet hip animation. Wish I could remember what it was...it was a sort of weird action story that had one of those low-voiced movie trailer voices narrating, and one sequence had some girl falling out a window, only to ask if she could do it again because her scream didn't sound right. Any guesses as to what this may have been and where I could possibly find it? I'm not talking about the other animation they played later that got featured on Liquid TV (once again forgot the name, but it was about 3 superhip spies battling crime), but I think it was by the same people.
So anyway...Anyone else have any fond memories of this show? Personally my favorite VJs were Kevin Seal and Dave Kendall. Right about '87-'89, once again during the best era of alternative. Heh...remembering Dave doing music reviews and keeping his face covered all the time. I don't know why nobody liked him. Perhaps it was his British snarl of a voice, but I kinda thought it was cool in a wish-I-was-a-punk-like-him sort of way.
More on this later...I'm sure I'll bring it up again...
Specifically, 120 Minutes. I used to watch the show religiously until I went to college. Where else would we find videos by the Cure and Morrissey and Depeche Mode? (Kinda creepy that we see those artists on VH1 nowadays...) Sunday nights at midnight. And at 11pm they'd play Monty Python, then The Young Ones at 11.30, so I had the VCR set for 3 solid hours of alternative coolness.
I still have a few old episodes on tape. I haven't watched them in some time, and I'm tempted to check them out at some point. I specifically remember some of those animations they'd throw in between videos and commercials, like Bill Plympton. They had another one that I've forgotten the name of that was a very herky-jerky yet hip animation. Wish I could remember what it was...it was a sort of weird action story that had one of those low-voiced movie trailer voices narrating, and one sequence had some girl falling out a window, only to ask if she could do it again because her scream didn't sound right. Any guesses as to what this may have been and where I could possibly find it? I'm not talking about the other animation they played later that got featured on Liquid TV (once again forgot the name, but it was about 3 superhip spies battling crime), but I think it was by the same people.
So anyway...Anyone else have any fond memories of this show? Personally my favorite VJs were Kevin Seal and Dave Kendall. Right about '87-'89, once again during the best era of alternative. Heh...remembering Dave doing music reviews and keeping his face covered all the time. I don't know why nobody liked him. Perhaps it was his British snarl of a voice, but I kinda thought it was cool in a wish-I-was-a-punk-like-him sort of way.
More on this later...I'm sure I'll bring it up again...
