What I Learned From Watching Kevin Spacey's Tiger Beat Audition
You gotta hand it to Jimmy Kimmel's staff: lately they've been doing a bang-up job of uncovering vintage clips of stars before t...
Flipping Out: A 1960s Hair Style Tutorial
Last week I experimented with flipping my hair out '60s style for a REBEAT Staff Picks feature. The only problem is the editor and I ...
A Song's Story #6: Could It Be Magic?
It's hard for some people to admit that they like Barry Manilow's music, and I am no exception. In my high school, Barry Manilow ...
New REBEAT Article: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, "Mad Men" World
Last week on REBEAT I posted a jukebox selection of my favorite songs that have been used in Mad Men . My one regret? Forgetting to inc...
Studio 54 in the Suburbs: A Look at One Reader's Grooving '70s Abode
I'm willing to bet that if you visit sites like Go Retro, one of your dreams is to live in a mid-century modern home of your very own...
I'm Still Here!
So, Go Retro fell off the track again with the regular postings. Yes, I've been neglecting this site but not without a good reason......
New REBEAT Article: It's the Same Old Song (9 Notable Cases of Music Plagiarism)
Music plagiarism has been a hot topic in the news lately, first plaguing Sam Smith and now involving Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams...
The Hills Are Still Alive With the Sound of Music
A couple of years ago I tried watching that piece of pap that NBC produced and heavily promoted--a live television production of The Soun...
Six Songs That Make Me Think of Spring
Man, I'll just be unladylike and say it: this winter needs to go f*** off already. For those of you who live in the warmer parts o...
He Lived Long and Prospered: RIP Leonard Nimoy
I'll be honest--I'm not and never was a Trekkie. The Star Trek phenomenon just wasn't my bag, but that doesn't mean I ca...
Teaching An Old Tube Some New Tricks
Vintage television sets pose a conundrum for the retro lover: they are awfully cool to look at, but require some finagling with a converter ...
Movie Review: The Music Never Stopped (2011)
Congratulations to J.K. Simmons on winning his Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Whiplash at last night's Academy Awards. I had never ...
Ten Films That Have Stayed With Me
Oscar Sunday is here again, and some of us may have seen a list posted on Facebook called "Ten Films That Have Stayed With Me", ...
The Beatle Who Never Appeared on SNL
Did you watch the Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary special the other night? For the most part it was a fun, frolicking trip down mem...
Book Review: The Aviator's Wife
Have you ever envied the spouse of your favorite celebrity crush and wish you could trade places with her (or him)? Well, don't. At le...
Two Forgotten Friday Favorites: Rick Astley
Rick Astley gets a bad rap. He's been the subject and punchline of a "Rickrolling" trend which started in 2007 as an online...
Technology That Rocked Our World in the '80s
In 1986 Neil Diamond proclaimed, "We're headed for the future and the future is now!" During the '80s the future was in...
Lyrics Not Required: 10 of the Grooviest Instrumental Grooves of the 1960s
When was the last time an instrumental song became a hit? It seems like no one is writing or playing them these days, and that's a sh...
GoRetroPam's Year in Review
The headlines read, ‘these are the worst of times’ I do believe it's true I feel so helpless, like a boat against the tide I ...
Who Is This Paul McCartney Person, Anyway?
You've probably seen or heard by now that Kanye West and Paul McCartney recently collaborated on a song called "Only One." ...
The Weird World of Walter and Margaret Keane
The day after Christmas I went to see the new Tim Burton film Big Eyes starring Amy Adams and Christoph Waltz as Margaret and Walter Kea...
Woody Guthrie's New Year's Rulins
Happy New Year! I know things have been a bit stagnant on Go Retro lately, but I am working on a longer post, I promise. I'd love to ...
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