Game On! > Video Village (1960)

Even though there was no video (as we know it today) the geniuses at Milton Bradley somehow managed to concoct a board game based on the TV show "Video Village".  God bless the early 1960s.  Folks were so darn crafty back then.  

This box (and its resident game) were in disrepair, so I mined them for useful collage/assmblage material.

Parker Bros. Table Top Workshop (1962)

Great graphics from a rather inventive item for savvy kids of the early 1960s.

B - L - O - N - D - I - E ! ! !

Another great night out... Another great Blondie show.

Music Box at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa.  Atlantic City, New Jersey.  16 September 2011.

Blondie played a tight set of classics peppered with eight songs from their new album "Panic Of Girls".  The new songs were played with a furious punch that only subsided for one of the album's key tracks: a darkly sentimental heartbreak ballad "China Shoes", which created something of an "eye in the storm" at the center of the set.  The entire show packed a freshness and intensity that underscored their intent to remain a current, modern band that remains creative and vital nearly 40 years after their initial inception.  Bravo to ALL... and, of course, a hearty round of praise to Debbie Harry, who only became more focused, hyperkinetic (and undressed) as the show progressed.  Young upstarts and newly-established buzz bands take note:  THIS is where you want to be many years from now.