Edition Announcement #248 - Hollis Brown Thornton

Nerdtastic-bonus-edition-Thursday greetings to all collector-kind! I am a bit punchy and rushed today, wading through the high-tide of an unreasonably busy week, and fretting over what I'm going to wear to the big fancy party I'm going to tonight. Our very own Gregory Krum curated an amazing Rodarte exhibition at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum and Vogue is throwing a party to celebrate it. Fortunately my new BFF -- the 20x200-obsessed Robert Verdi -- has given me a pointer or two, making my fashion-laggard self somewhat braver about my hours-away entry into an alternate reality.

Today's editions VHS and Closing Credits at the End of the Movie from Hollis Brown Thornton (I found him on the internet, oh yes, I did!) offer a kinder, gentler nostalgia-tinged escape into other realms. In his statement, Brown (as he prefers to be called) writes about how our reality shifts as our present becomes our past, and the media he's depicted -- video cassettes and on-screen space invaders -- reference our progression towards an increasingly digital and virtual future.

Pretty simple stuff to grok, on a certain level, yet as this ABC News flashback to their coverage of the 1979 Consumer Electronics Show amply demonstrates, we're woefully inadequate when it comes to actually predicting what the future holds. Maybe that's why it's so comforting to look back as we hurtle through this digital future, at what seems to be an ever-increasing velocity.

Popping in a tape seems a cinch when compared to the endless frustrations of trying to get my cable to talk to my Tivo, and I cannot even begin to contemplate getting my internet to play nice with my TV just yet. (I think I'm gonna let Boxee solve that for me instead, in fact.) Tempting as it is to dwell in a time where my entertainment needs were tended with minimal assistance from the more technically dexterous, duty calls! I am off to work on my look, but leave you with these lovely editions and all good wishes for a wonderful weekend. See you on the flip side!

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