While visiting Atlanta, Nelson goes to the grocery store to get the ingredients for his mother's spice tea that he wants to seve at a party he's hosting after RuPaul's nightclub show later that week. Video by Nelson Sullivan
skyn3t 3 On July 4, 1989, Nelson Sullivan died of a heart attack aged 41. He had quit his full-time job just three days prior to his death in order to produce his own cable television show of his footage. His last footage-filmed hours before he died-is on RU-vid as part of the 5 Ninth Avenue Project.
@@Late4that He was apart of the whole Club Kid scene in NYC during the 80's. The club kids were frequent guests amongst the daytime talkshow circuit during that time. One of the club kids gained notoriety due being convicted of murder over a drug dispute with a local drug dealer amongst their crowd. His crimes were documented in the book Disco Bloodbath by fellow club kid by James St. James and later adapted to a movie called Party Monster. Macaulay Culkin played Michael and Seth Green played James st. James amongst other well known actors. Marilyn Manson also has a cameo part as well. I could of mixed up a fact or two..Its been awhile..lol
S.A.T Ramen He didn’t have aids dont listen to that dumb fucking Imbecile he had a sudden heart attack. He ate a horrible diet he was known to eat fast food over 4 times a week
SunrisePrix He made his last video a couple hours before his death that was crazy. You can watch it on here he was celebrating the 4of the July having no clue in the world he was gonna die a few hours later and it’s all documented and uploaded.
I've always felt weird for missing how groceries stores and malls used to be. I wish I could go back. My grandma worked in a Safeway, in the late 80s/very early 90s. There was a little movie rental place inside. I wish I could just go walk around one more time.
I remember as a kid gumball machines being in super markets here in Australia in the early 90s. A lot of department stores had little cafes. Bleh. The future's a 'no fun zone' now.
I wish stores still played that kind of music in the background. I'm 22 and have never gone to a store that plays that elevator kind of music.. actually I've never even been in an elevator that plays music!
lady12480 Muzak version of Billy Joel, can find that genre under "Easy Listening." Used to be standard for almost all stores up until somewhere around the 90s, was designed to put people in a pleasant mood and more apt to spend money due to positive mood. The holiday muzak was particularly wonderful and festive. Music has gone down the toilet rapidly since the 90s (rap etc) so it's no more.
Thank you for this, people never record the mundane stuff, yet it's that stuff that triggers the most nostalgic feelings. Especially seeing all the old style of labels in the grocery store.
Nelson died before 1990 I think , like he did on early 1989 (Jul 3?) so...It's so sad he didn't see people doing the same thing (vlogging) as he with damn cameras
Spiced Tea Recipe below. That took me back to my graduate school days...nutrisweet...Tang...I noticed the Lays bags. I remember, when they looked like that. I’m sure Nelson’s mother’s spiced tea recipe was the same as my mom’s. 1 cup instant iced tea (plain, lemon, sweetened, unsweetened) 2 cups Tang instant breakfast drink 1 Tbs of allspice or pumpkin pie spice Mix ingredients together. To drink - Add one heaping tablespoon of the mix to a mug of boiling water. Stir to dissolve. Enjoy! ☕️
I remember when the first place locally started playing music at least someone on Earth wanted to hear. It was the big topic of conversation that you could finally hear good music in the store.
I was born in 1989. Me and my mom used to go to the CUB foods on Miami Circle that this fuy shops in. Then my brother was born, and we all went there together. My dad worked on the road back then and he'd come home every three months, and sometimes he'd take us on the road with him. It was a good time and a tumultuous time. It was full of love and all the things that create a broken home that I won't talk about. My dad had five kids, my mom had two. None of us really talk anymore, siblings or parents. That's it, I guess. Thats what these videos bring back. Im 34 now.
This is great. You know, what seems mundane in the present becomes fascinating many years later...mainly because of the changes that occur over the years. Who even thought then that this Big Star would be long gone by the time 2015 rolled around? Heck - I hardly remember when a Big Star was on Ponce. One just sort-of becomes numb to their environment at times - then develops an amnesia as the changes accrue over the years.
I live in Atlanta and know exactly where this is. There is a Publix grocery store there now and I can recall going in there randomly at night with friends on spontaneous shopping trips not too dissimilar to this! Thank you for this bit of spontaneous history!
This was the 1st Nelson video I watched just last week. I’m back revisiting it and I want to cry. He is so wonderful and the muzak is making me sentimental. Maybe he shouldn’t have gotten that mole removed. RIP Nelson
True, I was kinda sad this last few months and then these videos were suggested to me. Now I’m actually looking at life in a better perspective. God bless Nelson 😇
Yes definitely like the music, food, movies, hairstyles, clothing, music videos, things were affordable and people talked way more to each other and there were no cellphones
I'm just mesmerized..I cant stop watching these videos..Such a sweet guy it's like U just want him to be your best friend.. & it breaks my heart that he died so young..R.I.P Nelson..
in medicine that's not a symptom that's a sign, it's not the same, and if the case is, it would be Kaposi's Sarcoma, but i don't think he got HIV, whatever nobody can know it by now
The fact that Tang makes a cameo in this video is so coincidental - as I have thought a few times in recent weeks, "What ever happened to Tang?". And amazingly, I had just Googled "Tang" a couple of hours before I randomly came across this video....so this was destiny. The jar of Tang that you hoist is the Tang I remember. :)
February, 1989: I had just turned 2 years old, and only a few states away in Texas, in a small town house at this time of night I was probably sound asleep in a crib with a binki in my mouth lol. I love these time travel videos, especially the ones on this channel. God speed Nelson ❤
The last day of 2022 & I thought abt this guy & his vlogs. Such a natural at showing the viewers of a future he didn't know would exist, such an interesting time. I stay entertained & learn abt places & products I can Google to see which corporation purchased each brands mother company. Lots of information in these if you look at it from diff points of view.
Wawan where? i worked at a grocery store and only the things that were in clearance had an actual sticker? most everything just has a barcode, maybe thats just how it is where i live though
i feel like this plane of existence, this space in time, still exists and is still occurring. unfortunately i was one that was thrusted into this next realm so to speak...fuck it feels weird. i remember these times
I like watching Nelson Sullivan videos to escape for a bit lol almost wishing I was there, wish they had a time machine.. wish Nelson was still alive.. I just wishhhhhhhhhh
Sorry for the late reply on this, yes ur right I’m 42 now. It’s funny how younger people think being my age is SO old. Lol. Once you hit 30 life is a fast blur. You’ll see.
As someone who works at a grocery store night stocking since the early 2020s (2020 to be exact) and will probably be there for quite a few more years… I find this so fascinating to hear the music in the background and what all the product labels used to look like. The best part is the store I work plays a lot of 80s music.
The memories that come from this make me feel so many emotions. I can recall so many situations and events going to the store and am so happy I found this.
See how well stocked and how nice and neat grocery stores were back then???? You younger folks would've appreciated the little things like that back in the day.
Nelson, cool video. There are some points in this video where your face conveys just the most pure sincere emotion. Thank you. '70s and '80s were a magical time that I lived in to me almost seem like a figment of my imagination, until I find a gems like you videos...
This Big Star is now Publix. That was my initial "hunch" as I watched this gem, then I confirmed it by spotting a landmark across the street at about 0:27 (the church - which is, of course - still there). Funny - because the Publix building bears little-to-no resemblance to this Big Star...at least not at first glance. The entrances/exits are even different. I wonder if they just tore the Big Star building down, then rebuilt on the site?
Publix tears down all old buildings before they take over. I work at a Publix in the Atlanta area that used to be a big star and then an A&P. It makes no sense for Publix to tear down these buildings that used to be grocery stores. Why don’t they just use the same building?
Rest in Peace Nelson. I was disappointed to learn of his death. I have seen his videos here and there over the past few years but assumed he was alive and the person uploading them. He did great work especially for the time
@@Ilovegrunge123 I'm not sure? Over the years, these videos would come up and I have binged watched many of them. That was such a major time for clubs and house music or electronic music in general. I was saddened when I found out Nelson had actually died. He seemed like such a great guy. I would have enjoyed hanging out with him and his crew
@@erikmolnar6585 I don't know why my favorite videos are of him shopping. To bad theres not a lot. Or him going around new york. I haven't watched these videos in a while but recently came back to watching them its a good distraction to all the stupid shit happening in 2021.
Back when you left your house and you got paged on your custom case beeper, and had to find a pay Phone. Those were the days when you could get lost, and no one could find you unless you wanted them to.
Imagine travel back to the early 89 or even the 90’s to grocery shop just for the price,that would be a dream because everything is expensive nowadays .
"....Red Dot Special... save nineteen cents." I love everything he says. Especially when he says "Diiick." And then Dick tells him to stay away from Nutrasweet (smart man... ahead of his time). Then Dick says, "This is five dollars...." also Dick was right ... for 1989 that was outrageous for a jar of instant tea.
Aspartame was an artificial sweetener that was known in the early 1980s to cause headaches and malaise and other ailments. There was already an automatic backlash against all chemical sweeteners by 1989.
Ahhh Tang. Pleasing taste buds since 1957. I hope that they never stop producing it. My mom was raised on it, I was raised on it, so I want my child to be raised on tang.
