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The band The Tubes made a 1979 album about media addiction:

it was called 'Remote Control.' the lead single 'Prime Time...
greedy theatre
  07/31/26
it's hilarious how worked up people used to get about the ev...
Wonderful Buck-toothed Psychic
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Microsoft Product Anomalies
  07/31/26
Bowie had a song around then about getting eaten by a TV ...
Passionate immigrant office
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electric cheese-eating dragon
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Date: July 31st, 2026 12:30 AM
Author: greedy theatre

it was called 'Remote Control.' the lead single 'Prime Time' was a cheeky romance song between a young man and his TV:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVn1XyXr7YI

it was a good album, but probably a bit too weird for most listeners, so it was only a moderate success.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887890&forum_id=2#50036015)



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Date: July 31st, 2026 12:57 AM
Author: Wonderful Buck-toothed Psychic

it's hilarious how worked up people used to get about the evils of 'TV.'

seems quaint. they couldn't imagine in their wildest dreams how much further screens were about to take them.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887890&forum_id=2#50036036)



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Date: July 31st, 2026 8:05 AM
Author: Microsoft Product Anomalies



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Date: July 31st, 2026 1:35 AM
Author: Passionate immigrant office

Bowie had a song around then about getting eaten by a TV

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TVC_15

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887890&forum_id=2#50036042)



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Date: July 31st, 2026 7:54 AM
Author: electric cheese-eating dragon



(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887890&forum_id=2#50036149)