Snow Day Videos

It’s a snow day here at Casa De Parmet, so in leiu of smary insights into the state of PR, here’s some flashbacks to my misspent youth on Long Island in the early 1980s. Enjoy!

I saw the B-52s in what was probably their first tour outside of Georgia at Stony Brook University around 1979. I remember thinking “what the ?” but within a few weeks, the yellow album (as we called it) was playing at every party – jocks, heads, theater club, whatever. I still have the album, worn through from reapeated playing at keggers all over the Three Villages.

This one’s worth it just to watch Joey lip-synch.

Another oft-played record at many a high school party.

Update: I was feeling pretty nostalgic and found that my old high school hangout – The Checkmate Inn – is still open and has a MySpace page.

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