Vinyl Junkie

We all had Vinyl records growing up.  The old, think 78s were not during my time, but the dinky 45" singles and the 33 were still very much the trend during the 80s. 

We religiously wiped them with our valour fabric squares that we kept in a plastic zippy.  We'd gently settle the needle on the very edge of the record, being incredibly careful not to scratch or bounce the needle.

Then cassette tapes came along and we used our pencil to rewind our tapes when they got stuck in our Walkman, then in popped the CD and vinyl made a trendy come back this decade.

Everyone now regrets using their old vinyl records as décor at the family sixties parties, or used them as frisbies to entertain their pooch.  These days they are pretty valuable, especially the old rare printings of some vinyl records. Don't you just love how as time ticks by the trends come and go and come around again...

Pity I didn't hold on to all my dad's Decca 45s of the early Rolling Stones stuff. 

Happy Shopping at a modern day Vinyl Shop, Record Mad

Today's music feature is Van Halen

Tank Girl

Tank Girl is a movie based on the British cult comic-strip, our tank-riding anti-heroine fights a mega-corporation, which controls the world's water supply. 

It's a fun film filled with quirky in-yer-face humour, sexy half-nude girls and great one-liners.




Look, its no Schindler's List, but if you're in the mood for a feel-good girl empowering film, this is the one to get you smiling. 

It's simple and predictable and full of sarcastic wise-cracks.





Keen Kodaking

As most of you know, by now my theme for the A to Z Blog Challenge this month is Retro Nostalgia. 

I love all things vintage and retro so let me take you back...

Remember the Kodak Polaroid Camera? 

It was revolutionary in its day...instant photographs?!  My dad had a Kodak Instamatic and the refills came in cute packs of 10 instant photos.  They were like wee gold sandwiches in our house.  It was uber cool to look at your pictures only minutes after you took them. 

Blow It and Shake It - Remember?

Reminds me of the song by Outkast "Hey Ya"..... "Shake eet Laaik a Poloroid Peekture".

We even a Kodak Polaroid at work during the 90s.  I worked for a recruitment company and we used them to take instant photos of all our candidates to attached to their profile and resumé.  It was genius and a great way of remember what the candidate looked like (before all the laws were in place not to ask any personal details about an applicant)

I can still remember the smell of the photos as they came out.  It was a great way to take naughty photos without having the woman at the developing shop, peeping at your pix and giving you the stink eye when you collected them.

Nowadays, you can order polaroid look-a-likes of your Instagram uploads by Nifty250.  I loves these print outs.  There are so many funky crafts you can do with them.

Music Feature today is The Kinks. They were brilliant! Besides, Lola this is one of my favourite tracks by them.



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