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A Good One to Rent!

I was doing a brief Napster and Gnutella music search over my Sunday morning coffee when I came across a couple of songs I'd not thought of in a very long time. I, long ago, wore out the soundtrack (including ELO, Culture Club, Phil Oakley, Human League, Giorgio Moroder) to one of the more corny but, I have to say, superfine movies of the '80's...


...the link above describes it better than I could here in brief, but indeed...worth checking out. One especially interesting aspect of the film is the clearly apparent fact that the world of the "home computer" was so very undefined. Now...to see if I can find a copy to buy somewhere!

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