I wonder what kind of reception this video would have these days. Wikipedia has a good writeup of how the video was made, and the contemporary reaction:...
Damn, that’s rough… I had no idea that the video was such a bane to him… and MTV played it all the time, too!
I don’t remember thinking it was especially weird at the time, MTV played a lot of videos that were goofier than this one; it was just another splash of bright colors and motion to go along with the music, in my experience.
Before that video, The Stroke was probably the only Billy Squier song I knew - but I liked Rock Me Tonite enough to go buy Don’t Say No, and I wore that cassette out driving around with my friends.
So Billy, if you’re out there somewhere, don’t sweat it man; I still thought you were kicking ass, anyway!
Theodore Sturgeon, Harlan Ellison, Jerome Bixby, and some other sci-fi authors all contributed to the first couple of seasons… TV’s first interracial kiss between Kirk and Urura… a third thing… We’d have missed out on a lot of good stuff if “Lucy” hadn’t insisted on producing the show!
Have been thinking about this for a couple years. I have old phones kicking around. Battery shot, hardware dated, but the camera(s) and mic and antennas still work. Would be cool if there were a way to set them up (powered) to stream audio/video or even take stills at intervals (or motion-activated) and then sync the content to...
I’ve run it on an iPhone 5 or 6, I don’t recall… had it watching my living room for a month while I was away, and aside from a few false positives when light patterns changed due to the wind blowing tree branches around, it was excellent.
Scientists in Sudan have discovered a tattoo with references to Jesus Christ on a 1,300-year-old body excavated in a cemetery near a medieval monastery....
Trust me (img-comment-fun.9cache.com)
Billy Squier - Rock Me Tonite (1984) (yewtu.be)
I wonder what kind of reception this video would have these days. Wikipedia has a good writeup of how the video was made, and the contemporary reaction:...
I DON’T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED HERE… (lemmy.world)
I’VE BEEN CRANKIN’ HOGS… AND… AND DROPPING LOGS… BUT… THEN SOMEHOW THIS HAPPENED… I DUNNO TEAM, WHAT THE H-E-DOUBLE-HOCKEY-STICKS SHOULD I DO?!
PLEASE AND THANK YOU, MFER!!! (lemmy.world)
The Discords I regular, will not even respond... (lemmy.ca)
I got covid :( (lemmy.sdf.org)
Based Lucille Ball (startrek.website)
HOW MUCH IS IT WORTH? PLEASE (i.imgur.com)
THE PACK RIDES TOGETHER AND CRANKS LEMONS TOGETHER TOO!!! (lemmy.world)
Guess you could say burnin in hell ain't my thing. (imgflip.com)
That is fun! (lemmings.world)
Democrats Propose 18-Year Term Limit for Supreme Court Justices in Most Cases (truthout.org)
Are there any applications that can turn an old smart phone into a wildlife/security camera?
Have been thinking about this for a couple years. I have old phones kicking around. Battery shot, hardware dated, but the camera(s) and mic and antennas still work. Would be cool if there were a way to set them up (powered) to stream audio/video or even take stills at intervals (or motion-activated) and then sync the content to...
'Christ' tattoo discovered on 1,300-year-old body in Sudan (www.livescience.com)
Scientists in Sudan have discovered a tattoo with references to Jesus Christ on a 1,300-year-old body excavated in a cemetery near a medieval monastery....
Week 16 - Congratulations to Stamets for Their Pic of The Week (lemmy.world)
@Stamets Original post may be found here: A Portal Through Fall
WHEN I’M HUNGRY, TRYING TO CONVINCE MY HOMIE THAT WE SHOULD RIDE TO THE BBQ PLACE FOR SOME RIBS (lemmy.world)
PUT DOWN YOUR GOOFY STICK AND LET’S GO ALREADY, I GOTTA GET SOME FOOD IN MY FACE!
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