Coast's Old Time Nostalgia Hops
Let me explain what this really means. It's my attempt to organize group flights around older popular American culture that some of us encountered when we were younger and more naive. As I grow older, and see how many new technologies are flooding into our lives years after year, I have become a little nostalgic for the time when things were simpler, and it took much more effort to do anything.
Don't get me wrong, I understand these new technologies have transformed our culture and society in ways many of us find beneficial. They are here to stay (until replaced by a newer technology), and are almost everywhere you look. Back in the day we embraced first radio and then TV, the same way we now accept computers, smart phones, and Facebook pages today. Looking back I can see that these whiz-bang cutting edge technologies of yesterday have either been transformed by or replaced by something newer (and better?) today.
Sources of inspiration for these group flights include, but are not limited to …..
Initially, I plan to have one every second/fourth Tuesday of the month at 9 pm ET, starting with Tuesday, January 14, 2014. If there is sufficient interest, I may try to have one every Tuesday, but given the amount of research needed to come up with a meaningful flight plan this may be difficult. Also I would encourage anyone from the msFlights community to submit their idea for a future group as long as it generally meets the intent of the guidelines mentioned above.
Teaser: The first group flight I have planned is based on an old B&W TV show from the 50's. See if you can guess what it is. If you have even more time on your hands, take a stab at letting me know how you might generate a flight plan for it.
-Coast
Let me explain what this really means. It's my attempt to organize group flights around older popular American culture that some of us encountered when we were younger and more naive. As I grow older, and see how many new technologies are flooding into our lives years after year, I have become a little nostalgic for the time when things were simpler, and it took much more effort to do anything.
Don't get me wrong, I understand these new technologies have transformed our culture and society in ways many of us find beneficial. They are here to stay (until replaced by a newer technology), and are almost everywhere you look. Back in the day we embraced first radio and then TV, the same way we now accept computers, smart phones, and Facebook pages today. Looking back I can see that these whiz-bang cutting edge technologies of yesterday have either been transformed by or replaced by something newer (and better?) today.
Sources of inspiration for these group flights include, but are not limited to …..
- OLDER TV shows, especially those that were around when each home only had one B&W TV set and rabbit ears,
- OLDER movies, especially when movies were on real film, and were only shown in theaters with really BIG screens,
- OLDER news events we heard on AM radio, or we saw on over-the-air TV when there was only just a few channels.
Initially, I plan to have one every second/fourth Tuesday of the month at 9 pm ET, starting with Tuesday, January 14, 2014. If there is sufficient interest, I may try to have one every Tuesday, but given the amount of research needed to come up with a meaningful flight plan this may be difficult. Also I would encourage anyone from the msFlights community to submit their idea for a future group as long as it generally meets the intent of the guidelines mentioned above.
Teaser: The first group flight I have planned is based on an old B&W TV show from the 50's. See if you can guess what it is. If you have even more time on your hands, take a stab at letting me know how you might generate a flight plan for it.
-Coast
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