Episode 139: I'll Just Stop At Home Thanks

Following on from last week's Autopsy on all things 2020 we turn to the obvious question. If all the cinemas were shut what did your average cinephile do for entertainment whilst locked up in their homes for several months waiting for an end to the global pandemic?

In Ian's case the answer is "not watch much on telly". In Leo's case the answer is: watch a bunch of stuff that was hurled in our general direction as a way of keeping us distracted as the world collapsed outside the window. So, different approaches, very different. But the underlying question is what did all the streaming services actually do with this literally captive audience? What was strewn before us to while away the long hours? How did the movers and shakers entice the idle and bored into their gardens of content?

It may not surprise you to learn that the answer is... virtually nothing. As you shall discover, not one of these companies really had the muscle to throw out something seriously arresting, compelling and noteworthy during this time. I guess you just don't have to work as hard when you've got no competition. Oh, well, sigh... best wait on for the cinemas to opern up again.

This week's episode features an excerpt of Ego Trippin' by Lo-Fi Scientists and bedding music Mystical Forces by Citizen Crane. Both are licensed under a creative commons non-commercial attribution-based licence. Follow links for more information.

Direct Link: https://archive.org/download/139-will-just-stop-at-home-thanks/139-will-just-stop-at-home-thanks.mp3

Live Stream Announcement - 80s Kids Magical Mystery Box Event

If you have been following us via Facebook then you will know that we are currently "Up To Something". Well, what we are up to will be broadcast via Live Stream on 5th May 2018 at 11:30 AM (ish) on our YouTube Channel. Here's a link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUe-G9vL9SY

If you would love to have been informed sooner, or did not know, somehow, that we had a facebook page here's a link to that:

https://www.facebook.com/RevengeOfThe80sKids/

Viewing window to be posted closer to the time.

Live Stream: 2018 Summer Predictions

Has it been so long?

Last time the 80s Kids rocked up to proffer their opinion on what would do gangbusters at the Summer Box office was 2015.

Whether their predictions were right or wrong (mostly, they weren't right) was not the point. The journey was the point. And they're setting out on that journey once again. Will Ian's watering can of tepid water come out again? Does Leo have any cheap visual tricks to bring to the party? There's only one way to find out for sure.

We're up at 10:15 AM GMT tomorrow (10th March 2018)