REBEAT Magazine is Here!
I have some exciting news to share with my dear readers. Earlier this summer, a friend and fellow blogger/writer reached out to me and se...
Showing posts with label Retro fads. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Retro fads. Show all posts
Absolutely Atrocious Craft Books From the 1970s
I know that most of you are fans of the 70s, right? The music, the movies, and the fashion. However, I have to draw the line at some of t...
Whatever Happened to...Hitchhiking?
When's the last time you saw a hitchhiker? Better yet, when's the last time you picked up one? Crazy question, right?
Whatever Happened To...Fitness Television Programs?
I find it amazing that out of the hundreds of channels I receive in my cable subscription not a single one of them is devoted to health a...
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida at the Museum of Fine Arts
Last weekend a friend and I saw a fashion exhibit called "Hippie Chic" at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts. I regret not being ...
Mmmmmmm....Metrecal!
When I came across the vintage ad above for the diet drink Metrecal, I was both repulsed and fascinated by it. It looks like Pepto-Bismol ...
Land of the Lost TV Series #6: Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
When I learned that some kind hearted soul had uploaded several episodes of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman to YouTube, I knew that it was my...
Movie Reviews: Them! (1954)
"When man entered the atomic age, he opened the door to a new world. What we may eventually find in that new world, no one can predi...
Splatter Platters: A Look at Teenage Tragedy Songs
You would think that in 1950s Americana, teenagers were a happy lot. They had drive-in movie theaters, rock and roll, their dad's Old...
The Milkman Cometh
Image via Antique Automobile Club of America forums The milkman: for those of us born after a certain time in America, we never got a vi...
The Valerie Harper Blog-A-Thon: How Rhoda Got the Rhoda Look
The Valerie Harper Blog-A-Thon that Amanda at MadeForTVMayhem organized still marches on, and it's been wonderful seeing all of the ...
Not Your Papa's Oldsmobile: The End of the Love Affair Between Teens and Cars
Ad via AdClassix Man, remember how thrilling it was to get your driver's license? When I was in high school, entering your 16th yea...
Retro Greeting Cards Giveaway!
I was hoping when 2013 rolled around that I'd get the opportunity to do another giveaway on Go Retro. That opportunity presented itsel...
Getting Wiggy With It
I never believed my mother and sisters telling me that wearing wigs just because you could was a common trend during the 60s and 70s unti...
Retro Product Fail #11: A Tale of Two TV-Themed Restaurants
All images via MewDeep on Flickr I think most folks know that Tonight Show host Johnny Carson had a successful clothing line at one poi...
The Forgotten Allure of Fur
Genuine fur clothing has become so taboo during the past 15 years or so that I don't remember the last time I saw an ad for a fur coat...
Tattoo You...And You And You And You
Image from Fashion Avenue What I'm about to say is probably going to offend a lot of people. It might even piss you off if it applie...
How To Be A Playboy Bunny
All images via ExPlayboyBunnies.com Many of my long-time readers know that I harbor a fantasy of being a go-go dancer in a previous life...
One of Those 70s Things: Waterbeds
Ad from Chained and Perfumed Waterbeds. Was there ever another piece of furniture in the history of mankind that enjoyed a kinkier rep...
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