I don't mean to out myself as lumpen riff-raff here, but I had Brix Blox as a kid.
I'm sure they were hand me downs from some neighborhood kid who upgraded to Lego.
I could always tell that the few real Legos floating around in the box were higher quality but I still had to ditch them because they weren't compatible.
Never did get the real ones but I had hours of fun with the knock-offs.
I bet I could still snap together a fleet of the spaceships I used to make. And the pyramid-shaped space station.

Woah that is hot stuff!
but too spendy for me.
Have you seen the Flying Pigeon?
http://www.flyingpigeonnyc.com/

Ich bin ein Barfer.

"Whistle of Death" is my favorite Slayer song

so great!
breakout is my favorite game of all time
(sorry tetris)

That's my favorite cult!
Already have my tickets for the Knitting Factory show...hoping to go see the presentation on the 8th too.
There is also a book signing at Other Music before the show.
The book is great, with lots of amazing photos.
I didn't know about the NPR series but I will check it out for sure!