What's the World Coming to!!!!!

We have been listening to this super-cool Seattle radio program from 107.7 "The End" all morning. Called ubiquitously, "Resurrection Flashback Sunday," it's basically an oldies-but-goodies music for us new wave /modern rock /mod /alternative kids of the 80's.

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CG wonders what it says about us that our fave radio is stuff from 15-25 years ago. You know, stuff like Violent Femmes, Erasure, Human League,The Poodles, Depeche Mode, the Ramones, Jesus Lizard, Elvis Costello, English Beat, Big Audio Dynamite,The Clash, REM, Devo, etc... I know what it means. It means that we have become the old farts of whom I used to make fun. I had a friend in eighth grade whose father would play speed metal from the 70's and rock out while he drove us to the mall. I recall us rolling our eyes in the back of the car, while I am sure he thought he was coming off shit-hot. Now...I admit that I do the same thing. I turn up the volume when I am carpooling a bunch of 10 year-old kids and listen to the unedited versions of Gwen Stephani's "B-A-N-A-N-A-S" or Green Day's "American Idiot" or even better the lovely anthem "Sex on Wheels" from My Life From the Thrill Kill Kult. 'Cause I'm cool like dat. Yep, CG and I are one foot in the grave.

Furthermore, if that isn't enough, it's Debbie Harry's birthday today. I remember thinking how amazing she was when I first saw her on Solid Gold. My God! She's sixty-fucking-one-years-old today. Good God Almighty, she isssssss old. This is for you "Blondie" :

Yep, we are getting so old. A friend asked me if her teenage daughter was getting paid enough to babysit at $6 an hour. I thought back to what seemed like just yesterday when I nannied the summer before college and was paid the same rate. Then I realized that was 17 years ago! Um, no, $6 is not enough!

'lisciously scribed by Scout's Honor @ 11:19 AM