I don’t know which is funnier, my incredibly nostalgic reaction to seeing a Pee-Chee folder in this Defective Yeti story, or that I had the same sort of thing happen to me regarding the band in question, except it only happened about five years ago (and not in the context of a Pee-Chee folder). *Sigh*
This is so me
I don’t know which is funnier, my incredibly nostalgic reaction to seeing a Pee-Chee folder in this Defective Yeti story, or that I had the same sort of thing happen…
Pee-Chees rocked!
Though I don’t think that they were just a west-coast thing.
Loved the doodle pic at the end…Though everybody did that one. Pee-Chees became works of bored student art by the end of the year (at least worthy of inclusion at the Tate Modern!).
So…Yeti, you and my friend James did the “inks” faux pas. At least Yeti and James did their’s in the 80’s.
*Grin*
Sadly, James did his the same way Yeti did it (crushing blow to the solar plexis from hot chick!).
Mine was with a hot chick, too. She doesn’t let me forget about it, either.
A couple years back, Tom Hatten (remember him from his TV show on KTLA, Dave?) referred to the band as “Eye Enn Ex Ess” on his entertainment feature on KNX, and got so much mail, he had to correct himself in a later segment. That’s how I learned to pronounce it correctly (though I still think that’s a stupid spelling/pronunciation).
<valspeak> Ohmygawd! Pee Chee folders! I had, like, TOTALLY forgotten about them!</valspeak>
It occurs to me that my failure to purchase PeeChee folders when I was in high School could be one reason why I was uncool. I don’t remember school supplies being a part of what made one cool, but perhaps I was so uncool that I didn’t know what it took to be cool.
I don’t have a big story to tell about INXS, but one of my favorite bands of the ’80s was XTC; everyone pronounced that “ecs tee cee” rather than “ecstacy.” I wonder whyt the two were treated differently.