03/19/2016 · 12:15 am
Now that everyone has a smartphone, no one cares about remote control.

The remote control used to be a powerful object. Couples fought over it. Some televisions would not operate without one, necessitating a trip to the local Radio Shack for another “universal remote”. Dads would exact a stranglehold over the remote, and moms would hide it on purpose, feigning ignorance while secretly enjoying the resultant frustration.
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Filed under Bad Influences, Faint Signals, Idiot's Delight, Nostalgic Obsessions
Tagged as #fbf, 1980s, 1992, breasts, Club MTV, club music, Colin Quinn, Comedy Central, corporate crap, David Sanborn, Family Guy, Joe Francis, Joel Hodgson, Mike Nelson, MST3K, MTV, Penn Jillette, Soul Train, South Park, technology, television, The Grind, Vince Offer
02/03/2016 · 11:55 am
In 2018, two years from the time of this writing, Bands I Useta Like (the comic strip) will be twenty years old. In 1998, I drew the initial batch of strips for Mike The Pod Comix #4, and included them in the proposal that saw them properly published, starting in 2002. Among this early run were “the Oingo Boingo strip” and “the Ween strip”.

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Tagged as 1990s, 1991, 1993, 1996, Aaron Freeman, Adam Sandler, Bands I Useta Like, Blockbuster, Boognish, comic, David Sanborn, Dean Ween, Frank Zappa, Gene Ween, Glenn McClelland, Gwar, Mean Ween, Mickey Melchiondo Jr., Mr. Bungle, music, New Jersey, Prince, strips, The Beatles, underground, Ween
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