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Time marches inexorably onward leaving what were once pristine bodies with wrinkles, middle-age spread and what are generally impossible to recapture memories because art we saw and listened to when we were younger, disappears into the past. Poster recaptures nostalgic content from music videos originally recorded in VHS format where out of circulation videos may have required a bit of touching-up using imovie tools on images digitized from archived vhs tapes by using a Canopus ACDV-300 and/or require remastered sound. While the art recaptured is often imperfect and in some cases, must be re-created to replace analog tape glitches, it's still better than distant memories or no mental images at all for those too young or not yet born when the promotional video was released. Because a picture is worth 1000 words and video content is often complementary or may be entirely contradictory to lyrical content due to songwriters using double and triple entendres, specialized lexicons and literary ironies, both lyrics and visual images are required to obtain a "balanced" perspective and the meaning intended by musicians and video producers. Regarding "disappearing art", record and video producers still own the copyrights, they simply fail to make the promotional videos available once record sales have been exploited, much like a Van Gogh painting being hung in someone's home instead of displayed in a public gallery where others can see it and obtain Vincent's perspective (see posted '94 interview by Meat Puppets member Chris Kirkwood who better elucidates the desired perspective). Just like current wealthy owners of Van Gogh's paintings were not the subjects he chose to paint, unlike other artists of his day who appealed to wealthy patrons vanities, record and video production companies were not the audience artists wrote their songs for. The former having gained proceeds from sales of others' art forget they were simply enablers in the production process, with the creative spark apparent to artists far in advance of production or distribution, something else Kirkwood of Meat Puppets touches upon in the '94 interview posted. The claim of Kiss that: "God gave you Rock and Roll" was intended to be heard and believed by everyone, not just record and video producers. The Bible claiming that "God is Love" likely puts Kiss' claim "God Gave You Rock and Roll" in the context they intended.

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