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It's funny to see the lengths movies go to to avoid showing phones. But the result is that movies, even very contemporary-feeling ones like Anora, don't show the real world anymore, but a romanticized one in which everyone isn't on their phone all the time.

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What a way to start the day, Nick! It was always fascinating to see who in the neighborhood would emerge as the "TV Guy" who knew enough to get these obstreperous devices operations properly. Lou Maslow, who lived two doors down and worked as a gardener for the city, was ours. He had been a radioman on the destroyer Dorchester during the war. I used to follow him around, holding the mirror so as he worked in back, he could see what was happening on the screen. I. Felt like a very useful 6 year old...

Don't know if you're familiar with the late-sixties/early 70's art and media geniuses, ANT FARM. Here's a link to the video entitled MEDIA BURN. I was there, along with pal Phil Garner later the transgender phenom Pippa Garner. Enjoy.

https://youtu.be/FXY6ocvaZyE?si=CamOwmmXCrR-zNyh This is going too long, but remind me to tell you about DEVO staying with me and my girlfriend in Boulder in 1982.

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