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Milton’s Balm Cruft
Created November 17, 2019 at 05:12 AM EST.
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Source: Images from 1980’s Commercials. Audio from Steve Jobs discussing Apple Computer and streaming internet radio 181.FM Oldies & Jazz Mix of the 1980’s.
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Abashed the Devil stood,
And felt how awful goodness is, and saw
Virtue in her shape how lovely–saw, and pined
His loss

— John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book IV

This auto-generated video is made of media fragments from the 1980’s. These images and sounds promised a future that now seems lost.

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