Proper Vintage Value

The opening scenes of today's video give an indication of where I'd been planning to go with my home movies back in the mid 70s - if I'd been given both the time and the participants willing to indulge me in my projects.

However, any early attempts at visual story telling (as seen in this passage from 'I Love To Walk') were ultimately short lived and a promising career as a super 8 film director soon devolved into what might be expected when too much film meets too little preplanning. It often becomes an endless reel of casual moments in touristy spots with friends and family members waving hello.

Still, the value of capturing awkward casual moments can't be totally dismissed. Especially if they are of the proper vintage. I suppose it's debatable whether or not any of today's spinning reel moments are of vintage value (did we really need to see Bart in those shorts again?) but they certainly reek of the casual, the awkward and the touristy. They may have even crossed the line over to the dull, the boring and the stupid.

Priceless Gibbled Stuff

An odd assortment today of gibbled stuff. I say gibbled because most of these scenes have already been passed over for blog display in favour of better ones. There may also be a few clips of VHS recordings scattered amongst these ruins. And there's probably a few repeat clips from postings we've already watched. So move along folks; there's nothing to see here.

These are 'remainders' - bits and pieces that were rescued from what was left of recent 400' rolls of super 8 film transferred to DVD. These are segments that were discarded after the more interesting stuff had already been picked out and hoisted up into the rarified air of the NRP blog.

Even worse for our NRP viewers will be the NEXT blog entry; at which time we get to see all the remaining gibbled stuff that was deemed too gibbled to make it onto THIS collection of gibbled stuff.

Resuming The Upload Of Yesteryear Images

I have now returned safely from an out of province fact-finding mission; eager once again to resume uploading yesteryear images that no one really cares about or remotely understands.

These VHS moments (below) all hail from around the same early 80s time period. Most were created for a video that was then shuffled off to England - hence the frequent vocal greetings from people on here to the intended target, Jonny. What's kooky for me to watch now, is how this brief visual sample once displayed what I considered a rather typical week in my life. But in reviewing it today, it's so unfamiliar as to be the activities of complete strangers. Who ARE these people anyway?

The segment we see referred to as: 'The Breakfast With Billy Show' actually began its long run at this point. Surprisingly, it has continued on to the present day with only a slightly altered format - but still burdened with the same host. The McDonald's restaurant chain was long ago dumped as our faux studio and replaced with what is now a never ending succession of trendier local eateries; posing a challenge to both host and guest in seeking out new ones. Perhaps a blog entry on that topic is long overdue.