http://realfake.org/blog/2007/09/04/mystic-knights-of-the-oingo-boingo-on-the-gong-show-in-1976/ the tao that can be blogged is not the eternal tao Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:08:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://realfake.org/blog/2007/09/04/mystic-knights-of-the-oingo-boingo-on-the-gong-show-in-1976/#comment-13647034969908888410 Terri Fri, 07 Sep 2007 17:31:07 +0000 http://realfake.org/blog/2007/09/04/mystic-knights-of-the-oingo-boingo-on-the-gong-show-in-1976/#comment-13647034969908888410 You've been tagged! :) Come on over to www.shyturnip.com to see the deal. You’ve been tagged! Come on over to http://www.shyturnip.com to see the deal.

]]> http://realfake.org/blog/2007/09/04/mystic-knights-of-the-oingo-boingo-on-the-gong-show-in-1976/#comment-13647034969908888188 Marco Wed, 05 Sep 2007 15:45:25 +0000 http://realfake.org/blog/2007/09/04/mystic-knights-of-the-oingo-boingo-on-the-gong-show-in-1976/#comment-13647034969908888188 Apart from changing tastes and attitudes I think the other culprit is volume. Once, you had to actively seek out weird stuff (the occasional Gong Show, Twin Peaks, etc. notwithstanding). Now weird is available 24/7 at the push of a button. I'm sure the ratio of weird to normal stayed roughly the same but the volume of content today is so huge that "normal" tends to dominate. Furthermore, the sheer preponderance of weirdness can dull one's appreciation of it. Apart from changing tastes and attitudes I think the other culprit is volume. Once, you had to actively seek out weird stuff (the occasional Gong Show, Twin Peaks, etc. notwithstanding). Now weird is available 24/7 at the push of a button. I’m sure the ratio of weird to normal stayed roughly the same but the volume of content today is so huge that “normal” tends to dominate. Furthermore, the sheer preponderance of weirdness can dull one’s appreciation of it.

]]> http://realfake.org/blog/2007/09/04/mystic-knights-of-the-oingo-boingo-on-the-gong-show-in-1976/#comment-13647034969908888178 Terri Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:20:25 +0000 http://realfake.org/blog/2007/09/04/mystic-knights-of-the-oingo-boingo-on-the-gong-show-in-1976/#comment-13647034969908888178 ... because now that the old weird is more "normal," it's harder to find things that are truly "weird." … because now that the old weird is more “normal,” it’s harder to find things that are truly “weird.”

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