Wave of the future

     I'm posting this because I've fallen under the hypnotic spell of the GIF, which is flip-flopping its way back into popularity lately.  Even as some music videos' make-up special effects have gone so over-the top and hyper-real, it seems that some are nostalgic for the quaint by comparison computer graphics of decades past.  This video was animated by Carne and Queso whose entire design concept is devoted to the tastes and trends of the late 80's but curated by a 2012 mind.  There is a low-tech arcade style game "Pizza Party" that you can play and a "cinema" page dedicated to the B-list movies of the 80's that someone born in the 90's may have missed out on.  The metabolic cycle of media and culture trends has been short-circuited since the increasing dominance of web-based communication.  The constant re-hashing of images means nearly everything is at once retro and novelty.