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Men Without Hats, Men With Vision

Posted on November 3, 2013 By Brody No Comments on Men Without Hats, Men With Vision

Here’s a goofy essay that I wrote on the web back in 2003. Saving it here for posterity:

In 1983, the United States was under the grip of a brutal dictator with a penchant for jellybeans and happy-go-lucky quips about nuclear annihilation in close proximity to live microphones. Betamax videocassette recorders were the rage. And an upstart network called MTV dared to make a go of showing music videos around-the-clock.

Yes, indeed, the fertile media in that cultural petri dish proved perfect for the adulation due a band known as Men Without Hats and their classic musical missive, The Safety Dance.

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Move over, Will Smith: we’ll crush those aliens

Posted on November 2, 2013 By Brody No Comments on Move over, Will Smith: we’ll crush those aliens

This column appeared in The St. Petersburg Times on July 13, 1997: By Wes Platt The Sol III Pathfinder, wrapped inside a giant ball of string, slams into the U-Save parking lot at 55 mph, bouncing over stunned pedestrians pushing grocery carts toward their cars, toppling the golden arches of the McDonald’s, and finally coming to rest…

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