The Weird and Wonderful Teleconference For Elton John's The Fox You Didn't Know Existed
It's the year 1981, the internet hasn't been invented yet, and you need to get the word out to your record company's employees a...
Showing posts with label 1980s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1980s. Show all posts
A Personal Ode to the Sony Walkman
In the early '80s my parents added a few of the latest technological wonders to our household that were meant to make our lives easier o...
The Big, Brash, Bold Fashion of the 1980s
Most images from the Tumblr site Periodicult 1980-1989 A few years back I wrote a post that poked fun at '80s fashion titled Dear Eighti...
Angela Lansbury's Positive Moves Workout Video
Image via Kelly Robinson on Medium Dame Angela Lansbury passed away at the age of 96 earlier this week, and while she's going to be rem...
10 Underrated Elton John Songs
Ever since I saw Rocketman earlier this summer, I haven't stopped thinking about the movie. It truly hit my heart like no other film...
The Curious Case of Freddie Mercury's Teeth
Do a search on Freddie Mercury, and one of the first auto-fill suggestions that Google will give you is "freddie mercury teeth."...
10 Underrated Queen Songs in Honor of Freddie Mercury's Birthday
Heads UP, peasants. It's the Queen of Rock's birthday today! So to celebrate what would have been Freddie Mercury's 72nd ...
Up, Up, and Awry: Cleveland's Disastrous 1986 Balloonfest
It was 1986 and employees of the United Way of Cleveland -- who were fed up with their city's rather lackluster reputation -- decided...
A Song's Story #7: Tainted Love
Some songs seem so ingrained in the decade in which they were recorded that it may come as a surprise to discover they're actually a ...
In Praise of Mayonnaise
May 5th is best known as Cinco de Mayo, but it also happens to be National Mayonnaise Day (mayo...get it?), a "holiday" that ...
Heartbroken Over a Heartbreaker: RIP Tom Petty
In recent years we've lost an awful lot of notable musicians and actors -- particularly those that were at the top of their game in t...
Beauty Salon Dropout: Why I Cut and Color My Own Hair In the Year 2017
A (very purple!) 1980s hair salon. Image via Scanagogo A few months ago I made the difficult decision of emailing my hairdresser to le...
The Time Ronald McDonald Hung His Head In Shame: Mac & Me
The 1980s decade was not the best time for McDonald's, branding-wise. Late in the '70s they were sued by Sid and Marty Krofft ove...
Jürgen Prochnow Should Have Been a Huge Star In the States
Hey Germany, let's make a deal. I'll trade you George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, James Franco, Matt Damon, Ryan Gosling, Joh...
Movie Review: Das Boot (Director's Cut)
Every once in a while a movie will impress me with all of the ingredients of a perfect storm: a stellar storyline, superb acting, impress...
America's Most Dangerous Amusement Park: Action Park
If you were a kid growing up in New Jersey in the '70s, '80s, or '90s, there's a good chance you visited Action Park in V...
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