Product placement? (thoughts on ephemera)
I know, I know, this is old news. But it seems important during this “holiday shopping season” to mention the “act in haste, repent at leisure” problem in tattoo art. Using a few brain cells while picking your design is vitally important!
This guy made the news recently, with a series of Zune-logo tattoos. It made me wonder how a person who got, say, a Commodore logo tattooed on him/herself 25 years ago would feel about it today.
I don’t think the “here today, gone tomorrow” principle applies to any field of endeavor more than it does to trendy consumer electronics. Well, maybe trendy pop stars come in a close second (anyone for a Shaun Cassidy tattoo?)
Themocracy
“It made me wonder how a person who got, say, a Commodore logo tattooed on him/herself 25 years ago would feel about it today.”
FWIW, I’ve got a Commodore logo on my right arm. I’m still just as excited about it as I ever was.
That’s neat! I’m glad you’re still happy with it. I’ve been a Commodore fan since 1983.
We Commodore fanatics have a passion for our bitty boxes comparable to one’s first romantic love. It never dies. I can’t speak for this Zune fellow, but can say Commodore machines were more than trendy consumer electronics to those of us who still dabble in them.
I have two C128s, a C64, a 1540, a 1541, a 1571, and a bunch of Commodore format disks in storage. But I don’t have a monitor to hook them up to any more. I still can’t bear to part with them.