>I remember taking my cassette tape of Kraftwerk's
>Computer World to class in the 1st grade for show and
>tell and all the kids in the class thought I was
>weird.
this is OT but it reminds me of a similar situation:
some time in the 70s - moved to the Midwest from California in 1st grade
In Cali I used to watch Soul Train and I loved trying to dance like the
performers did.
I thought it was the coolest thing in the world and I was really into it
(and was getting pretty good too)
Back to Minnesota - There was a talent show somewhere around 2nd or 3rd
grade
I did a dance routine ("body popping", Boogaloo, the Robot, etc.) to Kool &
the Gang's "Open Sesame" from the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack - wearing
the white gloves and a hat (just like Soul Train I thought)
The teachers loved it and took me around to a bunch other classes, but the
result was like living an episode of South Park.
NOBODY in the suburbs, at that time, had ever seen someone do this since
this dance style was a West Coast thing.
I was doing this before I ever saw an East Coast style b-boy
("breakdancing").
Because kids in my class were making fun of me, I refused to do it for any
more classes.
It really sucked too because I worked so damn hard on it.
I love how Kraftwerk and B-boying is super cool now
(still actually).
MEK
