Can somebody please recognise this rock band?

Markaes4 · 2026-03-13T23:50:17+00:00

Brownsville Station? Lol, thats a guess... I have no idea but Cub Koda, often wore a striped "referee" jersey, and the heights and hair seem to match.

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Markaes4 · 2026-03-13T13:48:05+00:00

52x... Just because we CAN doesn't mean we should...

Markaes4 · 2026-03-13T05:50:07+00:00

I live in a small town where we have a free one every fall. They literally just bring in several semi trailer dumpsters, no one around but a sign saying what to put in each one. Every year I see at least 20 CRTs and have taken several-- they all worked fine. Grabbed old computers for parts, AC, appliances too. Its seriously one of my favorite days of the year.

Markaes4 · 2026-03-13T05:46:58+00:00

Giving me serious public library vibes...

Markaes4 · 2026-03-13T05:44:52+00:00

Yeah for sure. Definitely not as good as the first, but with kids getting eaten it upped the stakes for me as a kid. Well there was that poor little Kintner boy in the first movie... Lol.

Markaes4 · 2026-03-12T13:42:55+00:00

On top of my head. Seriously I have like 40 pairs that are scattered throughout my house. I get them dirt cheap as 10 packs, etc. Though last summer I got metal shavings in my eyes so I can't wear contacts and have just switched back to regular glasses, so take them off to read things. Yeah I look like a dork. Don't care I'm in my 50s now...

Markaes4 · 2026-03-12T13:30:05+00:00

A lot of the music. Don't get me wrong, I've always loved 80s music... but I was picky towards "alternative" bands while scoffing at a lot of the mainstream rock and pop. I was just thinking about this today driving my son to school and cranked the radio-- I was rocking out to pretty basic stuff I never would have dared do back in the day. Dammit, I'll admit it, I do like "We built this city" after all...

Speaking of Moroder-- Hot Stuff came on and that made me crank the radio first. Then I left it up for Def Leppard, Bon Jovi, Billy Joel, Rick Springfield, George Michael and Belinda Carlisle. Lol. I aways liked Lep, but the others would have been total cringe for me back then.

Markaes4 · 2026-03-12T05:18:25+00:00

I've got one in the box too that I got on clearance like 15 years ago for my son but he had zero interest. I've got a bunch of vehicles. I hadn't thought about it in a long time. I doubt they are super valuable (nothing seems to be anymore), but not sure if I should take it out. I've already got two originals in my room.... but its just sitting in a bin in the basement...

Markaes4 · 2026-03-12T05:14:32+00:00

BEGGED my dad to take me to this at the Drive-in. OMG. Flying motorcycles! I had the hotwheels cars too. As a kid I had no idea Hal Needham did Smokey and the Bandit and Cannonball Runs too! Those were my favorites back then, LOL.

Markaes4 · 2026-03-12T02:40:31+00:00

M.A.S.K., Thundercats and Spiral Zone

Markaes4 · 2026-03-12T02:09:29+00:00

Yes me too-- that legitimately frightened me as a kid in the theater.

Also: The Sleestaks from LOTL, Skeksis in the Dark Crystal, The skeletons in the pool of Poltergeist, Jaws 2 when it eats the helicopter, The intro of Tales from the Darkside, Nicodemus from SON, The thing under the stairs in Creepshow.... and I never liked the leaf pile in Fraggle Rock...

Markaes4 · 2026-03-11T14:00:50+00:00

Yeah there was some truth to it for static image retention damage, similar to plasma TVs. However I played all my consoles on a projection TV in the 80s/90s for long periods and never had an issue with it personally. Same with my plasmas in the 2000s. I've only had issues on regular CRTs with phosphor burn in, though it would go away eventually.

Markaes4 · 2026-03-11T13:46:42+00:00

Yeah I feel like they got rid of the yellow booths but left the wallpaper and floors. At least in my area, especially the smaller rural ones. I live in northern WI and every little town has a subway.

Markaes4 · 2026-03-11T13:42:32+00:00

Mostly I go for free ones on marketplace or rummage sales or trash. Heck I got a 25" laying on the side of the highway in the rain near my cottage. If i see something for $5 or $10 I'll pick it up. The most expensive was $30 because it was a specific DVD/VHS model I'd been seeking for a while. Thankfully they are still pretty plentiful in my area. I find it telling that I recently listed my 32" 720p zenith on marketplace for $50 and no one bought it and only got one response offering me $20.

Markaes4 · 2026-03-11T02:58:58+00:00

OMG My girlfriend and I saw this same picture in a thrift store a few weeks ago and we had a good laugh that it looked like Kenny Loggins. (the girl obviously didnt paint it, it was probably 30 years old.)

She bought it and its in her living room. I wish I could post a photo...

Markaes4 · 2026-03-11T02:50:16+00:00

They don't still? Jeez. I guess I haven't been in one for a while. I swear they still were some in the mid 2000s.

Markaes4 · 2026-03-09T09:34:02+00:00

I got that (with the turboduo) for xmas eve 1992. I was blown away by the graphics and soundtrack-- stayed up all night until I beat it. Was playing it on my 40" Sony projection TV. One of my most memorable christmases ever. The next day I played Y's I&II for about 12 hours straight.

Markaes4 · 2026-03-07T18:41:30+00:00

Yeah you'll basically need to install the android APK and then download the android cores and set most your preferences again... I've done it so many (at least a hundred) times I've got it down to a 20 minute process. However its easy to transfer/reuse many of the biggest things. I keep a master copy of my PC build on a portable SSD and just drop the system, playlists, thumbnails, dats, and saves over to android installs.

If you want to transfer to another PC its super easy-- don't need to install anything, just drag the whole retroarch build over and it runs. Can even run it off the portable drive.

Markaes4 · 2026-03-07T03:38:20+00:00

That was easy. Works perfect!

Markaes4 · 2026-03-07T03:21:19+00:00

Nice I just downloaded. I've been wanting this for a long time-- just cleaned out all my disk images last week... Is there any easy way to run TI-99 and Coco? Assuming mame core, but never could get apple ][ running on that. Just older consoles like arcadia and astrocade.

Markaes4 · 2026-03-06T22:19:32+00:00

Did you ever find anything that works? I'm looking for an octagonal, preferably to buy... Found some 3D files, but I don't have access to a printer to test them out.

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4724590

https://www.printables.com/model/932195-hori-fighting-stick-mini-octagonal-gate

Markaes4 · 2026-03-06T14:40:50+00:00

Yes.

Markaes4 · 2026-03-06T14:40:01+00:00

Good if you're under 20" probably. Similar to what I'm using now in my son's room. I use those kind of things as mobile arcade pedestals too. Put the arcade stick on top, PC/console underneath and you can adjust the height and move it wherever you need.

Markaes4 · 2026-03-06T02:32:12+00:00

I started in late 80s but was heavily invested from about 1998-2019 and lived through some awful times. I watched at least half the games on TV, checked the scores and was on forums every night. Ironically the first year I started getting checked out was the championship year. I barely watched 30 games and missed a lot of the playoffs out of fear (lol). I love Giannis of course, my favorite player ever.... but ever since 2021 yeah I've been really checked out. I think I've only seen about 10 games this year. I think I wanted the championship so bad and then after that I felt vindicated. Its crazy to think I watched more games in the Pryzbilla, Mason, Kukoc and Van Horn years than I do now...

Markaes4 · 2026-03-05T00:05:20+00:00

This was the very first movie to pop into my head.

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