APPETITE FOR PINBALL
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Haruomi Hosono — Libble Rabble
from Video Game Music (1984)
Here’s one for vintage arcade game enthusiasts: a 1984 album of video game music, mostly from early Namco games like Libble Rabble, a 16-bitter in which your task is to harvest mushrooms. Nobuyuki Ohnogi wrote this track, Harry arranged it. Check out some screenplay, too.
Blake Mills — Hey Lover
from Break Mirrors (2010)
video by Nick Darmstaedter
There’s something about Los Angeles that seems to breed urban cowboys—like LA-native Blake Mills, who cruises parking lots, arcades and an ice rink in his bolo tie and jean jacket, the star of some sort of low-budget strip-mall sequel to Mark Romanek’s hypnotizing Devil’s Haircut video. The fucked-up-VCR effects are great (adjust the tracking!) and the song is too. Chalk one up for the cowboys.
Venice Beach’s own cowboy troubadour (and ex-Dawes co-founder) strikes again.
Between the denim, ice skate rink, arcade, and VHS look of the film, this video screams early 90s. Love it.
