Hello you vivacious pixelcutey!
You have vagued upon The Bedroom Philosopher’s official website ‘under construction since 2002.’
Well guess what – it’s going to be FINISHED within a month. I promise. Please come back. I have abandonment issues. C’mon – just give me one more month, I promise – the websites in the bag mate…honest….c’mon…I just got to see this bloke…he owes me one….really….he’s good for HTML….really….
The album ‘In Bed With My Doona’ featuring ‘I’m so postmodern’ is now available in all good record emporiums. (You might have to convince the indie maestro behind the counter that it exists – if you’re feeling cheeky, try and pick them up – buying my album creates a window…c’mon…)
THE BEDROOM PHILOSOPHER’S SONGWRITING WORKSHOP!
Songwriting credits will be shared with everyone who submits an item that I use*.
Okay Team Pooglet – the plan is, to write a song that is basically a long ballad dedicated to lots of pop culture items that have disappeared since my childhood. I’m not entirely sure how I’m going to construct it – it will be rather hard for it not to become a ‘list’ song (like pomo, mcrock etc.) but I’m hoping the palpability of the memories will override any form repetition.
Now, everyone will remember different things about their childhoody times depending on age, location, socio economic background. Basically I am going for a certain zone – mainly one that I can remember – so here are some parameters and examples.
a) I’m thinking mid 80’s till about mid 90’s
b) I’m thinking snackfoods, toys, fashion items, household appliances, tv shows (that are level 3 obscure and beyond) and any other pop culture entities that linger in your memory. I’m avoiding songs and bands and movies as they’re a bit too easy.
c) If anyone has that ‘Things from the 80’s we remember’ email that went around a while back, could you please forward it to me – I’m reckoning there’s 80’s websites on this bollocks, which I’ll no doubt check.
d) A point I need to clear up. Were the Christian television association ads I remember only played in Tasmania? If anyone knows about this please let me know. Or, if there are mainland Christian TV ads that I’m not aware of…ditto.
Christian television ads:
love grows 2 by 2 –
got 3 pockets in my overalls,
life’s what you make it, (and I know from here I’m looking fine)
do unto others as they (with the boomy voice),
the one where there’s two guys walking around on the backs of two other guys,
The one where they are little cartoon men passing signs around to guitar music
Question (There’s a couple operating a faceless dummy that looks at stuff)
The one where it’s just a bunch of hands with white gloves on a black screen making shapes.
The family singing the lord’s prayer in a jazzy way in a caravan.
EXAMPLES – Frisco icecreams, Crazy critter icecreams, Nutty top icecreams, Link-its, those transformer like things but they were rock monsters, hypercolour tshirts (possibly too obvious), max headroom, lemon thins, Saturday fun show (Tasmanian), Sesame street songs like ‘I’m a dog a working dog, I’m a hard working dog…and the doco on how they make saxophones…and how they make apple juice. Frozen thickshakes (I never had one but people said they tasted like wet sand), yo-whip, Vice-versa’s, Bigfoot pizzas, skateboards with wings, those aerodynamic ring frisbee’s,
There’s a little bit to get you reminiscing.
NOTE: If any of you feel a bit weird about having your precious cerebral heirlooms processed by the dead-eyed black monolithic corporate machine of me…consider this like a huge digital bbq where we’re all drunk on infrared punch and times new roman shots.
* Justin probably means this more as a vague sign of goodwill, more than an actual contractual agreement, as the amount of APRA forms he would have to fill out would take him well into his fifties. Be that as it may, intellectual copyright is an intriguing beast…if you feel like your intellectual property is being mistreated by The Bedroom Philosopher or any other mug within arms reach, please go to www.copyright.org.au and flail around.
your a funny bunny
a sunny day and a snuffleuffaakas
Love chunks to ya from Louise X0
PS i have a website to cept its tacky and freeeee yippeeeee. Im back in Melbourne then off to London Paris Bahamas and Costa Rica at the end of OCt
remember those wrist bracelets that you would violently slap on to your wrist and they would wrap around it. I thought they were amazing. What about “t-bags and the pearls of wisdom”. “Lift-off” with the talking backpacks and the flower with a huge eye in it and ‘e.c.’ the eyeless manequin who i believe was the star of the show.
Quote: ‘That Sonic Manipulator space guy you see on street corners sometimes” …has a website: http://www.sonicmanipulator.com – check it out
See you on Mars – The Sonic Manipulator
Apparently if you violently slap the sonic manipulator on the wrist, he will wrap around you as well.
I do remember t-bag. Tho memories are vague. I have no memory of the talking backpacks, tho I have always wanted one. My god – that’s what I love about 80’s childrens television. An eyeless manaquin can be the star of the show. Imagine an eyeless manaquin hosting the price is right or something? I’d watch that. (with the sound down….oohhhh yeah) Insert bass line of your choice.
Thanks louise. I don’t get called love chunks often enough. Hey, I love the fact that this conversation has gone over 3 months. But, it’s not really a conversation – it’s like the four of us are stuck at some lame party – and we’re not even talking directly at each other. I feel like rozencrantz. Rozencrantz mumbling into a bowl of jatz biscuits.
Oh my!! I remember that show, but nobody else I know does!! They all think I’m remembering a weird dream.
Do you remember the name of it?
Haha, the Sonic Manipulator dude called a guy ‘really mean’ because he left a flyer for something in his money tray.
Hi. We are having a CTA “fond memories” night over a bottle of vodka and have recalled Trevor Filewood and his lovely guitar songs AND that bad ad with the surfer and the kids gazing dopily at flowers ending with the tagline “who is me/who am I?” . We NEED the lyrics badly and have been scouting the net feverishly looking for them. Please help us!!!!
PS One of us is a QLDer, two are NSWers. We ALL remember them and are scarred by the tunes. “Hello God, this is me singing” ……..
How come there’s a sun?
Why is a flower?
Why is a tree?
Why are clouds so high?
How come they’re in the sky?
Why is a tree?
Why is a person just like me?
Who is me?
Hi am trying to locate the words to the song “Hello God, This is Me Singing” for my mother in law.
I REMEMBER VICE VERSA’S!!!!!
…I feel like the last one left at the party but it’s not my fault, I only just read this for the first time…
Did this song ever come to fruition?
this is really sad…I’m looking for them too!
and why? spooooooky. CTA ads ran across QLD Sep – Dec 1985
Those CTA speedy Jesus sketches started in the 1970’s. They were shown in NSW. Does anybody know where to find these? I want to see them again. Trevor Filewood used to sing soppy Jesus and God songs in between tv shows in the afternoon. That creepy song mentioned above isn’t Who Is Me? Isn’t it Who Is He? As in it’s searchinp for the identication of God. More Bible propaganda. I believe in God but that stuff was a little bit over the top, even for the good old 1970’s free world. Does anybody else find all that stuff creepy? I do. Where can I find ‘vintage Filewood’ footage? My friends and I want to watch it for a laugh.
Trevor Filewood – TICK
CTA “Speedy Jesus” Cartoon Drawings – TICK
How come there’s a sun? Why is a flower? – TICK
But do you guys also remember these songs:
“If I was a butterfly, I’d thank you Lord for giving me wings…
…But I just want to thank you for making me free…”
and
“What makes love grow?
“Can you tell me what makes love grow?” (sung by kids who climbed up a scaffolded rig that spelt out L-O-V-E
These ads were primetime kids viewing in Sydney in the late 70s/early 80s, usually shown during MatchMates or The Super Flying Fun Show