Thursday 31 May 2007
Telephone Line/ELO
I remember Friday nights (mis-?)spent with friends making prank phone calls; has *69 rendered such activities obsolete? And where have all the phone booths gone? No more giggling masses crammed into them to discuss all-important nothings with an absent friend. And what about scary movies of yore – like that one where the police phone the babysitter to inform her that the heavy breather is telephoning from the house she’s in – that today’s kids find laughably ridiculous? And whatever happened to E.L.O. and songs like Telephone Line?
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2 comments:
You're right about the phone booths disappearing. It's a shame. Where are moody existentialists supposed to hang out on rainy nights?
I find ELO quite evocative of a time. Tim really hates this band.
I miss phone booths too (and I still don't own a cell phone). Thank god I've got my Get Smart DVDs.
D: Maybe a new bar concept would be just a line of these phone booths at night. Could be a hefty cover, but could be fun. We could talk to each other via phone.
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