1) Al Jaffee—grew up on MAD (more of a boomer/elder Gen X thing I suppose) and there were a bunch of old copies and paperbacks of MAD (don’t sleep on Al’s Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions!) in our parents’ attic a few years back. I left them for my younger brother since they were more his but he ha…
1) Al Jaffee—grew up on MAD (more of a boomer/elder Gen X thing I suppose) and there were a bunch of old copies and paperbacks of MAD (don’t sleep on Al’s Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions!) in our parents’ attic a few years back. I left them for my younger brother since they were more his but he had no interest in picking them up. Oh well, I should dig out that CD-ROM omnibus from decades ago...and hope that I’ve got a CD drive somewhere :)
2) One of my big musical misses/mistakes, maybe the biggest, was passing on going to see Murmur era REM for FIVE DOLLARS in college. It was on a different campus, I’d have to bus it there, money was tight, I wasn’t the hugest fan...whatever. It all feels very silly now ::hangs head in shame::
Two comments and the theme is regrets—
1) Al Jaffee—grew up on MAD (more of a boomer/elder Gen X thing I suppose) and there were a bunch of old copies and paperbacks of MAD (don’t sleep on Al’s Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions!) in our parents’ attic a few years back. I left them for my younger brother since they were more his but he had no interest in picking them up. Oh well, I should dig out that CD-ROM omnibus from decades ago...and hope that I’ve got a CD drive somewhere :)
2) One of my big musical misses/mistakes, maybe the biggest, was passing on going to see Murmur era REM for FIVE DOLLARS in college. It was on a different campus, I’d have to bus it there, money was tight, I wasn’t the hugest fan...whatever. It all feels very silly now ::hangs head in shame::