MISCmedia for 5/17/01
Every Home I've Lived In Is Still Standing,
Part 7

YESTERDAY, we resumed a countdown to the gigantic MISCmedia 15th Anniversary celebratory fete on June 2 (details at the left side of this virtual page), with another glimpse of the art show that'll be part of the festivity--randomly-ordered pix of every home yr. web-pal had lived in. Today, just one more.

#6: 4245 Thackeray Avenue NE. A small but clean room in the basement of a small but clean house in Wallingford, just south of Winchell's Donut Shop. Occupied June-August 1976.

This house has three levels. The upper level was rented out to a young couple. The main floor was occupied by the owner, a cranky and cleanliness-obsessed elderly woman. I shared the basement with the owner's mild-mannered husband. Both of us had very restricted access to the main-floor kitchen and shower, and were expected to prepare our meals in a toaster-oven and hot plate supplied downstairs.

NEXT: Memories of top-40 radio.

ELSEWHERE:

• Joey Ramone remembered as the pure-pop song stylist he really was....
• This post-mortem for the Xtreme Football League fails to mention the sports-entertainment ventureÕs most important miscalculation: It relaxed the rules on defensive blocks and hits for the sake of more "action," and ended up with a game where the defense ruled and nobody scored any touchdowns....

RECENT HIGHLIGHTS:

• My return to a certain sleazy tabloid.
• Remembering the humble genius of Emmett Watson.
• A "Rendezvous" with danger?
• "The arts" as a development scheme.
• In the upscale Monoculture, minorities are as bland as whites.
• Some things I've been up to lately.
• A preview of our forthcoming photo show (opening June 2).
• Saving transit from the transit planners.
• Parts one and two of some reviews of sites who asked to be reviewed here.
• The possibly rose-colored memoirs of a former Seattle Weekly editor.
• Previewing the great Jewish-baseball graphic novel.
• Images signifying nothing.
• A partial defense of fast food.
• An attempt to save a beloved Net radio station.
• Turning off Turn Off TV Week.
• The real problem with delivery dot-coms.
• The Bush regime compared with the novel Underworld.
• A Chant, re: the art of Art Chantry.
• Joey Ramone reaches the ultimate sedation.
• John Keister gets canceled again, apparently.
• Parts one, two, three, four, and five of a tour through every home I've lived in.
• A special offer on slightly-hurt Losers.

ARCHIVES:

• 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, and 1986-94 columns
• Reviews of literature & art, nonfiction & culture criticism, movies & videos, and music & noise
• Longer articles and essays
• Some slightly weird little fiction pieces
• X-Word crossword puzzles, now with on-screen solving
• Cyber Stuff, links to cool and/or useful sites
• A listing of many Things I Like (and a few things I hate)
• The origin and future of MISCmedia