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I can't resist.
I know I just posted, but I had to put this up today. Feast your eyes on this real-life '80s commercial for "Synth Coke." It's essentially faux cocaine that you offer in exchange for sexual favors. The company that made it — appropriately titled Buzz Productions — was based in Kittery, Maine. My guess would've been Lewiston. That entire town looks like an abandoned set from "Starsky & Hutch." Courtesy Boing Boing.
My family lived in Lewiston for a while when I was growing up and it always felt more like a Silver Bullet Band song to me.
Posted by: Nicholas | Monday, January 29, 2007 at 04:05 PM
Which one? I'm thinkin' "Strut." Lewiston/Auburn seemed to have a lot of headshops when I was kickin' around there in the late '70s, early '80s. You know, when I was, like, 5 to 8 years old.
Actually, my grandmother used to live in Lewiston. It seemed like a den of inquity to me. But then again, she was extrordinarily Catholic, so maybe her perspective influenced me.
Good luck on the job hunt, mein gelehrter Freund.
Posted by: casey | Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at 09:55 AM
Which church? Lewiston, not unlike Winooski has two Roman Catholic worship houses: an Irish one and a French Canadian one. My family, although both Irish and Quebeçois, went to the FC one. Only because it was closer.
Posted by: Nicholas | Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at 12:44 PM
Def. the FC one...
Posted by: casey | Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at 12:48 PM
A: Honestly officer, it's synth coke!
B: What makes you think I'm a real cop?
Posted by: Neil | Wednesday, January 31, 2007 at 05:58 AM
You could get so much white-trash tail at McKee's with this stuff....
Posted by: jay | Wednesday, January 31, 2007 at 01:25 PM