xxtravisxxify....it really is!! No mobile phones, no lap tops, no internet. Just a group of friends hanging out and having a blast. I'm not gay but this channel always puts a smile on my face. Such a shame Nelson died so young......
I went into this channel thinking his main bestie was Albert but after watching enough videos you start to see that Dick was his original true friend. What a kind soul, RIP Dick and Nelson.
This is definitely one of my favorite videos on this whole channel, that feeling of being in the car with friends on a rainy day is so comforting, and all the music really drives home the nostalgia factor.
David Goldman, driving the car, was Dick Richards' partner of many years. He also was one of the most brilliant drag characters on the Atlanta scene back then: Betty Jack Devine, an older wealthy oil heiress, black sheep of her family, and the head of Senior Socialists for Peace. She dressed very glamorously, but was always reminding people of the accomplishments of the socialist movement of an earlier era, especially "The electrification of the rural south!" Hilarious mainstay of The American Music Show, their cable access program.
I've watched a lot of these. Thank you Dick. Along with Nelson, I'd have liked to have known you. Feels like I know you, even though I hear you are gone. Thanks for the videos to everyone involved.
I don't really care about all the gay culture or music stuff--I'm just fascinated by the fact that there is such a large archive of footage from daily life in the 80s being made available in such good quality on the internet in this day and age. It's like someone stuck TH-cam in a time machine, like an anachronistic vlog. This is so surreal.
IKR?!! I'm hooked. I'm so fascinated with the 80's and I was born in the 80's but wish I had experienced it as an adult. People were so interactive and genuine, nobody glued to screens, no flexing, just pure wholesomeness.
idylle♡doll I was old enough to remember 1989, I turned 7 that year and i remember those large VHS camcorders , all the cars were made of steel, I remember getting a cassette Walkman for my birthday that year. It was also the first time I was on a plane in the summer of 89 and you could smoke on the plane!!!! Although it was the last year of the 80s it was still the 80s and it was awesome. McDonald's used styrofoam containers for everything which they had to get rid of because they were not friendly to the environment.
I know people marvel about him lugging the camera around but I am more impressed at his battery life than anything else lol I had a camcorder in the late 90s that had less battery time than this one does.
How appropriate that they went to the airport to pick up Michael Musto in a rusted out 1974 Cadillac Coupe DeVille.......the line from the movie "Too Wong Foo" comes to mind.......Vida Boheme :" Well, pumpkins, looks like it's the age-old dilemma. Style... or substance." Fits the queens perfectly!
Love the old 70s cars. When I was in high school in the mid 80s, the 70s cars were 10 years old and affordable to HS students. Of course, back then, a 10+ year old car wasn't terribly reliable so you either learned to fix them or you walked alot.
9:49 i really want a garfield stuck on you. I don't think there's a more 80s car accessory than that. I remember seeing them a lot when i was a little kid
Update 2020/7/10: i have 2 in my possession now, one with tag, the other one without, i know it will get sun faded, but i have one in my car. My life is complete!
"just go down here and turn left then turn right" jeez, what a time I'd like to visit. Free of phones, GPS, cars with giant screens and other distractions. Also love the "gays are going to take over" comment... We've definitely come a long way momma 😘
@Konga 5000 You really need to get out of here. You have commented 360 times on this channel just hating and critiquing these videos. Get a life, loser!
I'm guessing it wouldn't be good to have hemorrhoids and be gay. 😂 Anyway, I don't care for Micheal Musto. He gossiped and was always mean and negative, even to the people that were nice to him, like Nelson. He didn't even say, "Hello", to Nelson when he got off the plane. He just went right to the camera and spoke into it. Smh. You can tell that Nelson got fed up with him and Albert. Especially when Micheal and Albert were together acting like little a**hole children. Dick was always so nice. But why does he have a shirt on with someone else's name on the back. 😂
He was / is still a writer (think hes in New York times now not sure ) so everyone wanted to be around him to seem relevant because he naturally went to partys and then would write about it ext Years later he claims he was never into the party scene he was just there to document stuff which is bullshit but after the fampus Angel murder he wanted to distance himself from the club kids compleatly. These video prove he was full of shit then and full of shit now . Fake , but he was a socialite from New York so ...lol
Michael is fake af! He was always hanging out with them but as soon as Michael Alig murdered the guy he started saying that he was barely with them and only was sometimes to interview them or something like that
Yeah, 9/11 really screwed up a lot of things. It used to be fun and a friendly environment going to the airport and taking a plane. Now it's like having your gums scraped as they tack on fees for everything.
This was right before the DNC Convention in Atlanta [July 18,1988] which explains why Club Rio’s facade is painted w/ Stars and Stripes. Fun fact: that was the venue ( during the convention) Rob Lowe hooked up w/ the costars of the infamous sex tape.
I was born in 2000 and grew up in ormewood park. Even since then its changed. Little five is nothing like it was. I'd give anything to go back in time to the silver scream spook show at the plaza.
Have been in atlanta a few times now my God this video hits so weirdly seeing that gold dome skyscraper in the video im like wow I rode those same roads but this is so historic lmao
Wow,woah jezzz,im 12 watching this,and I'm shocked,I researched highway's in Georgia, it looks like they got rid if the old highway exits and replaced them with new ones,and any video I look at with the highway signs,they look like they have a different color,green,the i85 have also changed in gwinnett,they got rid of they old highway gantry,and widen the lanes,the highway had a country type until GDOT had to add Express lanes,going to Georgia highway route 53,exit 126 Jackson county,Atlanta is changing in a good way skyview Atlanta was a good addition to the city,and Mercedes Benz stadium was to,I like to see my state change,but also,when you go on the i75 north to Chattanooga,when there is a bridge with concrete and you drive over it,it will make a sound,but it looks like GDOT agian had to remove it,so now it dose not make a nosie,no concrete or anything,just pavement with regular road.
I never got the memo. Why was Nelson in Atlanta during this time? I’m new to his videos and already love him so much. It broke my heart to learn he passed on July 4th 1989
Who's in charge of this channel? How did you get this collection?! I've been following you for years and you keep posting. Did you fall into his whole collection?
Daniel Martinez .....Nelsons brother, he's the one that got all the videos and has put them all together love watching these I can't believe they're still coming out there must be tons of archived tapes yet to be seen
loveshhisunsets08 oh I see, and I agree it's amazing how much of his life he managed to record. Ps. It's 3 in the morning where I'm at. What the hell are you doing up this late lmao
His brother Marco died in 2017. Dick Richards received Nelsons tapes after his death, and Robert Coddington has been archiving the tapes ever since. Look up Retro Rooms video 'Retro Room Interview With Nelson Sullivan Archivist, Robert Coddington' part one and two... its a fascinating look into the videos and Nelson.
Michael Musto always wore prescription sunglasses because he was self conscious of wearing "glasses".. I often wondered why some of those people did not just wear contact lenses.. Everyone I knew did.
Ah, i was either thinking piedmont park or cabbagetown. I can only imagine they also spent a lot of time in the Virginia Highlands. I forgot how Atlanta was so hipster and yup-tastic in the late 80s, ha.
Screw the Kardashians, this is my reality show. Don't know how many hours, probably days, I've spent watching Nelson videos!
Same
this is real reality not like the fake shows today!!!!!!!
What will I do when I run out of his episodes 🙂
@@taral6414 - I re-watch...there's always something I didn't notice first...or second time....
@@ariannapac6535 what do they call someone who lives in this fantasy world lol
This channel is like a time machine!
xxtravisxxify....it really is!! No mobile phones, no lap tops, no internet. Just a group of friends hanging out and having a blast. I'm not gay but this channel always puts a smile on my face. Such a shame Nelson died so young......
When the Hell are we??!!!
@@garyhorsburgh1924 he died? nooooo!!
@@wolfurban3740 he died about a year after this video was made (Heart attack).
True. Me too.
These videos make me so happy. So called influencers have never influenced me as much as Nelsons videos have
Love the 80s music in the car ride. Brings back so many memories.
I don't think Dick was ever in a bad mood. He was always smiling and you can tell how much he loved his dear friend Nelson.
I went into this channel thinking his main bestie was Albert but after watching enough videos you start to see that Dick was his original true friend. What a kind soul, RIP Dick and Nelson.
I find being around gay people makes me more happy than being around non gay people
I'm not gay btw
@@Mr_LMT_93 Hence the word gay. Love.
@@Mr_LMT_93 you should be honey x
@@jdb7752 Has your boyfriend changed your diaper?
puts me in a good mood
Went to NYC and HAD to go to meatpacking district to see Nelson’s house 🧡 I LOVE HIM !!
The vine is still growing near the front door that he planted about 35 years ago
May I ask anyone the address? I want to visit his house also when I go to NYC this year. Anyone who can help please?
@@andrewapollyon3126: 5 ninth avenue
@@andrewapollyon3126 5 9th Ave, New York, NY 10014, USA
y'r welcome!
@shaneo5436 The original front door is still there too.
“Albert has just requested plain water without ice...I tell you I’m losing my mind with these people”
Haha. Nelson really didn't give a sh*t who he talked sh*t around.
That Cadillac is clean.
This is definitely one of my favorite videos on this whole channel, that feeling of being in the car with friends on a rainy day is so comforting, and all the music really drives home the nostalgia factor.
It's beatiful, I want go back to the 80's and stick there forever.
When I cant think of anything to watch at the moment I watch Nelson go to the airport and other fabulous glammy Nelson vids.
I like to revisit these videos once in a while because of how soothing they are. Thank you so much for keeping this alive!
David Goldman, driving the car, was Dick Richards' partner of many years. He also was one of the most brilliant drag characters on the Atlanta scene back then: Betty Jack Devine, an older wealthy oil heiress, black sheep of her family, and the head of Senior Socialists for Peace. She dressed very glamorously, but was always reminding people of the accomplishments of the socialist movement of an earlier era, especially "The electrification of the rural south!" Hilarious mainstay of The American Music Show, their cable access program.
Was Dick the one who uploaded these and also passed? I think I might be incorrect on this 411.
Looks like they lived on Adolphus St in candler park
ahhhhhhhh the airport days before 9/11. times were so much easier then.
Stfu.... It was almost the same,,, I flew all over and no hassle.
I've watched a lot of these.
Thank you Dick. Along with Nelson, I'd have liked to have known you. Feels like I know you, even though I hear you are gone. Thanks for the videos to everyone involved.
This cameraman was ahead of its time!
Nanci Sousa that's no camera man. That's Nelson
Love seeing ATL in the 80’s! Thank you for uploading x
Such an alien landscape... EVERYTHING has changed since then, NOTHING is even remotely the same...
I don't really care about all the gay culture or music stuff--I'm just fascinated by the fact that there is such a large archive of footage from daily life in the 80s being made available in such good quality on the internet in this day and age. It's like someone stuck TH-cam in a time machine, like an anachronistic vlog. This is so surreal.
Kyotra
It is interesting. Wonder how history will cover our age in 200 years, with the sheer amount of everyday footage that's out.
Kyotra agree!
IKR?!! I'm hooked. I'm so fascinated with the 80's and I was born in the 80's but wish I had experienced it as an adult. People were so interactive and genuine, nobody glued to screens, no flexing, just pure wholesomeness.
idylle♡doll I was old enough to remember 1989, I turned 7 that year and i remember those large VHS camcorders , all the cars were made of steel, I remember getting a cassette Walkman for my birthday that year. It was also the first time I was on a plane in the summer of 89 and you could smoke on the plane!!!! Although it was the last year of the 80s it was still the 80s and it was awesome. McDonald's used styrofoam containers for everything which they had to get rid of because they were not friendly to the environment.
That road construction is still going on today over thirty years later!!!!!
Haha 😆
Right??? Hahaha that’s NYC for ya
“Gays are going to take over I predict it” - Albert Crudo hahaha
2024 and he was kinda right
The banter beetween Nelson and Albert is priceless 😂
Too bad they aren’t friends anymore
@@mariaager1924 no shit hes dead
@@niavellir7408 I meant Musto and Albert 😂
I know people marvel about him lugging the camera around but I am more impressed at his battery life than anything else lol I had a camcorder in the late 90s that had less battery time than this one does.
He for sure carried spare batteries and whatever he felt he would need. More of a "chore" back then but he was committed
Musto face during entire ride was hilarious...what a freak show ..in a good way
Michael is so dapper ! Good that he is doing well and can tell some tales about those times.
This is as good as it gets on the video quality. Please don't ever delete any of these videos of the 1980's.
Could you imagine how much money nelson spend on film Omfg!! Way ahead of his timez he's like the 1st blogger ever!!
“That little thing picks up your voice?” Lol oh how far we’ve come tech wise. It’s like a time capsule man.
Alberts Nelson impression is great
How appropriate that they went to the airport to pick up Michael Musto in a rusted out 1974 Cadillac Coupe DeVille.......the line from the movie "Too Wong Foo" comes to mind.......Vida Boheme :" Well, pumpkins, looks like it's the age-old dilemma. Style... or substance." Fits the queens perfectly!
Love that movie!!
They were incredible
Love the old 70s cars. When I was in high school in the mid 80s, the 70s cars were 10 years old and affordable to HS students. Of course, back then, a 10+ year old car wasn't terribly reliable so you either learned to fix them or you walked alot.
Nelson certainly lived life to the full.
Iv never heard Nelson say "fuck" in any video but this one lol @7:33
80's RETRO 🤘🏻✌️👍🏻🇺🇲
your videos are gold!
9:49 i really want a garfield stuck on you. I don't think there's a more 80s car accessory than that. I remember seeing them a lot when i was a little kid
Update 2020/7/10: i have 2 in my possession now, one with tag, the other one without, i know it will get sun faded, but i have one in my car. My life is complete!
Back in the day when a carry on bag really was A CARRY ON BAG !
"just go down here and turn left then turn right" jeez, what a time I'd like to visit. Free of phones, GPS, cars with giant screens and other distractions. Also love the "gays are going to take over" comment... We've definitely come a long way momma 😘
Do you think it was more adventurous being a gay person these days?
True. We dominated. But and now? The underground became mainstream. Booooring
He still got in the back lol
Wow that place they ate is still here in Atlanta .
Any idea of the address John?
@@royfox3655 look up Colonnade maybe? Might not be the same place but damn good southern soul food
@@royfox3655 It's called Barbecue Kitchen, 1437 Virginia Ave, Atlanta, GA 30337
@@ursamajor7702 thanks Ursa .
There's something about the analog sound of footsteps and similar sounds that is just so crisp
Ahhh back when you cld just wonder an airport no questions asked!
that's baggage claim at ATL. You can do the exact same thing today there or any airport.
Always nice to reminisce
Everything about musto, then and now, is so off-putting
How do you mean friend?
It’s so nice to see no one looking down at their phones!
albert crudo's outfit is so fashionable even 30 years later x
Yvonne de Valois Off topic but you’ve got nice music taste! 👌
Song of Life hahahahah, thanks :D
Fashion is in a sad state if Albert is fasionable
@Konga 5000 You really need to get out of here. You have commented 360 times on this channel just hating and critiquing these videos. Get a life, loser!
I'm guessing it wouldn't be good to have hemorrhoids and be gay. 😂
Anyway, I don't care for Micheal Musto. He gossiped and was always mean and negative, even to the people that were nice to him, like Nelson.
He didn't even say, "Hello", to Nelson when he got off the plane. He just went right to the camera and spoke into it. Smh. You can tell that Nelson got fed up with him and Albert. Especially when Micheal and Albert were together acting like little a**hole children.
Dick was always so nice. But why does he have a shirt on with someone else's name on the back. 😂
I agree. And the more I watch these the more I can't stand that guy. He's also fake af
He was / is still a writer (think hes in New York times now not sure ) so everyone wanted to be around him to seem relevant because he naturally went to partys and then would write about it ext
Years later he claims he was never into the party scene he was just there to document stuff which is bullshit but after the fampus Angel murder he wanted to distance himself from the club kids compleatly. These video prove he was full of shit then and full of shit now . Fake , but he was a socialite from New York so ...lol
Belle B I so agree.He is a total azz. Thinks he is better than anyone else. I’m so glad Ru Paul has ran circles around him.
Michael is fake af! He was always hanging out with them but as soon as Michael Alig murdered the guy he started saying that he was barely with them and only was sometimes to interview them or something like that
Today MM is an overweight arrogant has been.
Look how there Is no chaos at the airport like there is now.
Yeah, 9/11 really screwed up a lot of things. It used to be fun and a friendly environment going to the airport and taking a plane. Now it's like having your gums scraped as they tack on fees for everything.
Omgggg! It's hard enough trying to find your ride WITH a cellphone nowadays! Imagine NOT having one!
Great video. I've eaten at that restaurant a few times. It's called Barbecue Kitchen.
Still watching in 2021!!!!!!!!!
Shout out to Fulton County Stadium at 11:18. Saw many a braves games their including when they clinched the pennant in 1991.
Are the Braves going to win the World Series tonight?
Garfield on the window! I miss the 80s ❤️❤️
This video reminded me to their existence. Now I'm using one on my car
That is such a nice car wow
love this
Shout out to Fulton County Stadium one of the last cookie cutter multi purpose stadiums
Look at that car! Gorgeous
Yes! Spotless too!
This was right before the DNC Convention in Atlanta [July 18,1988] which explains why Club Rio’s facade is painted w/ Stars and Stripes.
Fun fact: that was the venue ( during the convention) Rob Lowe hooked up w/ the costars of the infamous sex tape.
That was Club Rio?! Totally didn't recognize it (esp. with those stats n' stripes, lol)!
God, Atlanta is a fucking zoo now. Miss the old day's!!!!!! It'll never be the same.
I was born in 2000 and grew up in ormewood park. Even since then its changed. Little five is nothing like it was. I'd give anything to go back in time to the silver scream spook show at the plaza.
LOVE THIS
Nice Madonna reference Musto made 🗿🗽
The Barbecue Kitchen at 7:57 is still there as of July 2023
Have been in atlanta a few times now my God this video hits so weirdly seeing that gold dome skyscraper in the video im like wow I rode those same roads but this is so historic lmao
Anyone know what restaurant they ate at?
Bbq kitchen off of Virginia Ave, near airport.
I love 80s luggage
Are there other channels like this?
Very cool 😎
5:46 in 2021 he’s right !
I remember that type of car from my early childhood
Those car doors were very heavy I had them slammed on my fingers a few times
Wow,woah jezzz,im 12 watching this,and I'm shocked,I researched highway's in Georgia, it looks like they got rid if the old highway exits and replaced them with new ones,and any video I look at with the highway signs,they look like they have a different color,green,the i85 have also changed in gwinnett,they got rid of they old highway gantry,and widen the lanes,the highway had a country type until GDOT had to add Express lanes,going to Georgia highway route 53,exit 126 Jackson county,Atlanta is changing in a good way skyview Atlanta was a good addition to the city,and Mercedes Benz stadium was to,I like to see my state change,but also,when you go on the i75 north to Chattanooga,when there is a bridge with concrete and you drive over it,it will make a sound,but it looks like GDOT agian had to remove it,so now it dose not make a nosie,no concrete or anything,just pavement with regular road.
Is that Caddy gorgeous!!
I never got the memo. Why was Nelson in Atlanta during this time? I’m new to his videos and already love him so much. It broke my heart to learn he passed on July 4th 1989
Nelson visited his hometown often, and the nearest airport was Atlanta, where he knew people.
2:20 huge Marlboro billboard ha
Is the guy driving the car the same guy in that 'friends find out Princess Diana died' TH-cam?
Ode to Billy Jo by Bobbi Gentry. Gold
Who's in charge of this channel? How did you get this collection?! I've been following you for years and you keep posting. Did you fall into his whole collection?
Daniel Martinez .....Nelsons brother, he's the one that got all the videos and has put them all together love watching these I can't believe they're still coming out there must be tons of archived tapes yet to be seen
loveshhisunsets08 oh I see, and I agree it's amazing how much of his life he managed to record. Ps. It's 3 in the morning where I'm at. What the hell are you doing up this late lmao
His brother Marco died in 2017. Dick Richards received Nelsons tapes after his death, and Robert Coddington has been archiving the tapes ever since. Look up Retro Rooms video 'Retro Room Interview With Nelson Sullivan Archivist, Robert Coddington' part one and two... its a fascinating look into the videos and Nelson.
MrShedinthepeg I just watched the interview, thanks for this comment! It's criminal that it doesn't have more views.
@@MrShedinthepeg thank you! Ive been trying to figure out who is overseeing his collection.
1:45 - So, Charles Manson wasnt the only artist The Beach Boys "borrowed" from!?
Where do you find these videos? Amazing!
Google Nelson Sullivan
Funny to see that they still look goofy as ever with sunglasses indoors
Michael Musto always wore prescription sunglasses because he was self conscious of wearing "glasses".. I often wondered why some of those people did not just wear contact lenses.. Everyone I knew did.
The Exits are different than today.
WQXI AM in '88
This was peak America
Does anybody know what year that Cadillac is there driving?
'76 Coupe DeVille th-cam.com/video/1omXQbg6Mco/w-d-xo.html I think?
Albert had that Michael Hutchence hair
Does the driver talk
They look like characters from GTA Vice City.
Lmao yes they do😅
Does anyone know what part of Atlanta they are in
Candler Park (Near the Land Trust)
Ah, i was either thinking piedmont park or cabbagetown. I can only imagine they also spent a lot of time in the Virginia Highlands.
I forgot how Atlanta was so hipster and yup-tastic in the late 80s, ha.
Keith KEATON by the lack of crime I’d say probbaly a white part
Barbecue Kitchen 1437 Virginia Ave College Park, Ga (near airport).
Anyone else get Alanis feels in the Lincoln?? Ironic.
like after 30 years everything will change
Dallas Stadium wasn't it?
"Gays will take over the world" Welp, his forecast was right HAHAHAHA
is everyone in this video still alive? apart from Nelson
Wow when smoking in a restaurant was a thing😮
Does Michael Musto know his friends videos from the 80s are on TH-cam??
Yes
Better back then
Did the Uber even talk once?
8:58 I do that too!
This is incredible, the queer culture and history here is invaluable. The general history here is invaluable wowww
Musto's luggage!
OMG: I was inside the video!