Free Love on the Free Love Freeway

I love "The Office," Ricky Gervais' completely brilliant sitcom of horrors in which he portrays middle manager David Brent, quite possibly the most awkward, irritating man alive. Brent's such a memorable comic creation, it's hard for me to imagine Gervais in any other capacity - he just is David Brent, and that's all there is to it.

Which makes this picture all the more difficult to wrap my head around:



Yes, that's Ricky Gervais back in the 80's. It seems he was a part of an electronic pop duo called Seona Dancing. There's much more at the unofficial Seona Dancing fan website here. Like this charming snapshot of Gervais with his, um, partner in the group.



They were big fans of David Bowie and Flock of Seagulls, I take it.

Anyway, just couldn't resist posting these photos. Probably a full third of everyone who went through their teens or early 20's has embarrassing pictures of them sitting around somewhere. Just make sure no one gets them on the 'Net!

Oh and my thanks to the seemingly un-retired Andrew Sullivan for the link.