Rummages around in drawer full of tapes. Breaks out Huey Lewis and the News. Puts on 'The Power of Love'. Feels warm glow of 80s nostalgia. Plays air guitar.
Rather late in the day we discover this innovation from The Scotsman. (Thanks to Marcus over at Harry's Place.)
The newspaper's archives from 1817-1930 are now online. So if you ever tire of celebrity ephemera you can go and read about very important news that changed the course of history, whenever you like. It's not cheap, mind. GBP 7.95 for a day pass, 40 quid for a month. But then again, sources close to friends of people who run websites attached to old newspapers report that putting such an archive online is a fantastically expensive enterprise. So our blog hat is cordially doffed in recognition to the Scotsman.
But, is there a big market for such a thing? It's hard for journalists to judge, because we can geek out about our own profession indefinitely, which is why we are such pub bores. What we really want is for the British Library newspaper archive at Colindale to get its collection online. We'd pay handsomely for a password.
Blog pursestring-holders look askance, as if to say "define handsomely".
Meanwhile, the prize of blog kudos tinged with horror and soft-rock-induced nausea goes to the first person to name - without using google - the Huey Lewis and the News album that featured Back to the Future soundtrack anthem The Power of Love. And indeed, follow-up single, Hip to Be Square.
