Electronic Enlightenment Eighties Style: The Beta-max Guru, Logan’s Run, and Germs
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January 2013 and Kensington High Street is awash with people dressed all in white. The wealthy residents of this part of London look aghast as crowds resplendent with turbans and sheepskin mats pile out of the Tube station. “I bet the residents don’t know what to make of this” said one of my companions. “No”, I laugh, “it looks like a Star Wars convention”. I remember it was a tumbleweed moment; I had sorely misjudged the mood among my travel companions. They were proud to be a part of all of this. As always, I was deeply uncomfortable.
Electronic Enlightenment Eighties Style: The Beta-max Guru, Logan’s Run, and Germs
Electronic Enlightenment Eighties Style: The…
Electronic Enlightenment Eighties Style: The Beta-max Guru, Logan’s Run, and Germs
January 2013 and Kensington High Street is awash with people dressed all in white. The wealthy residents of this part of London look aghast as crowds resplendent with turbans and sheepskin mats pile out of the Tube station. “I bet the residents don’t know what to make of this” said one of my companions. “No”, I laugh, “it looks like a Star Wars convention”. I remember it was a tumbleweed moment; I had sorely misjudged the mood among my travel companions. They were proud to be a part of all of this. As always, I was deeply uncomfortable.