During the mid 1990s, there was a brief period when Max Headroom was very cool. There was a lot of tie-in merchandizing. Below is the "C-C-C-Catch The Wave" slogan that appeared on the side of a Coca Cola promotional cup.
This is one of the last nice warm weeks. Below some kids play in the sand as the little waves hit the beach near the Holiday Inn.
Below is a postcard made from a great painting of the Edmund Fitzgerald as it gets sundered by the waves during the gales of November.
Edmund Fitzgerald Postcard published by Penrod/Hiawatha, featuring the painting "Every Man Knew" (1995) by David Conklin.This is some favorite cover art of mine. The artwork is by Raymond Bayless, and it is of a ship sailing the wild seas of H.P. Lovecraft's Dreamlands. (Thanks to the Rick Jacobi Art Blog).
H.P. Lovecraft, At the Mountains of Madness, 1986 edition. Cover art by Raymond Bayless.
Finally, here is some music. This is a Youtube slide show that someone set to a suite of songs called "The Ninth Wave". I love a lot of Kate Bush's music, and think these songs are some of her best. I'm not sure what they are about. Something about a space mission going wrong, and storms. It is definitely worth a listen, and you might even see some pictures of waves.
H.P. Lovecraft, At the Mountains of Madness, 1986 edition. Cover art by Raymond Bayless.Finally, here is some music. This is a Youtube slide show that someone set to a suite of songs called "The Ninth Wave". I love a lot of Kate Bush's music, and think these songs are some of her best. I'm not sure what they are about. Something about a space mission going wrong, and storms. It is definitely worth a listen, and you might even see some pictures of waves.
All you sailors
(get out of the waves, get out of the water)
All life-savers
(get out of the waves, get out of the water)
All you cruisers
(get out of the waves, get out of the water)
9 comments:
So many waves! I am especially amused being reminded of the brief phenomenon of Max Headroom :-) Great post.
Now...who will you be tagging?
I tag Crazy4Coens !
Loved Max Headroom. Matt Frewer never got his due as an actor.
Bush's lyric reminded me of a Simpsons episode where Homer is an astronaut, and Mission Control asks James Taylor to serenade the astronauts. So he sings "Fire and Rain", and suddenly they hear the lyric "flying machines/In pieces on the ground".
I remember the Max Headroom phenomenon, it was quite annoying.
Great summertime scene, I love the way it looks. I did a beach shot, but it was overcast and drizzling.
BTW, dmarks, Crazy4Coens hasn't been around for a week and a half, so you may have to tag another. Also, Tara is without her own Internet access for a little while.
I can't hear Edmund Fitzgerald without thinking of the Gordon Lightfoot song.
Well, the name of the painting on the postcard is taken from the Lightfoot song lyric, and Lightfoot also signed the painting.
Well, I'm Max fan! Love the cover art...very cool beans. I'm a Lovecraft fan as well. Beach fan... boy you hit them all!
Great waves!
So you had the original catch the wave! And I love the edmund fitzgerald postcard.
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