Word Up...Tell Me What's the (Key)word
Granny Bessie up above is shocked - shocked at some keyword searches that led visitors to my blog. I was pleasantly surprised to see some am...
Diamond Is A Girl’s Best Friend
I’m not talking about the kind of diamond you wear on your ring. If I may be so blunt, I’m talking about one that many adoring ladies (mysel...
Kool & The Gang Made Me Cry
Don't ask me how I ended up watching them on YouTube yesterday, but for about a half hour I was in Kool & The Gang bliss, listening ...
RIP Ted Kennedy, Dominick Dunne, and Ellie Greenwich
While I'm sad about Senator Ted Kennedy's death, I did want to draw attention to two other notable people who passed away this week....
Brylcreem Knows Sexy
They're telling us in this great retro ad that I found online. As hair began to get longer - and actually move on its own - in the 60s, ...
Bad Cover Art of the Day: The Rolling Stones
I was going through my CD collection when I remembered this gem. For some reason, 1978's "Some Girls" is a Rolling Stones albu...
Don't Feel Bad If You Missed Woodstock: These Guys Did, Too
Last weekend the media was ALL about Woodstock - former hippies, now in their late 50s/early 60s, reminiscing about the event, corresponde...
Emphasis on the Man in Mad Men
Ad men, ad men, we'll all mad for Mad Men. I read an interesting blog post on Pop Vox (part of Newsweek) today, by Sarah Ball, called Wh...
RIP Les Paul
Guitar pioneer Les Paul has died at the age of 94. Those of you who play the guitar surely know who the man was...but for those who didn'...
Rock and Bowl
I saw these bowls and snack trays made out of recycled vinyl records at a local museum this past weekend, and thought they were really cool....
Confused - Question for the Expert Bloggers Out There
Can any good person out there in the blogosphere tell me how to reorganize my old posts by decade? I'd like to have a list on the side t...
Whatever Happened to the Quiet Library?
I know just how Uncle Sam feels...he probably visited his local library. If you were born in the 70s or earlier, I'm certain that you...
Go Retro's Retro Hottie of the Month: Jack Vincennes
I have been WAY behind posting the monthly Retro Hottie of the Month. I'm now eleven days late with this one, and thought perhaps this t...
The Saucy Love Life of Julia Child
There's a famous saying that says in order to keep a man, a woman must be three things: a maid in the living room, a cook in the kitc...
To All the (Celebrity) Men I've Loved Before
Celebrity crushes: we’ve all had them. But can whose image graced your bedroom walls or locker as a child/teen reveal anything about what yo...
Swine Flu Deja Vu
You may think that swine flu is a term unheard of before 2009, but in 1976 a swine flu outbreak in the U.S. caused then President Gerald For...
Don't You Forget About John Hughes
This has just been an unbelievable year for celebrity deaths, but I'm particularly surprised and saddened about the sudden death of movi...
To Be-atles or Not to Be-atles
If you're a Beatles fan and you've never seen this skit before, then you are in for a treat. When I was in college, my English teach...
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