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Chicks Dig Accordions! Vintage Vinyl and Squeezebox Groupies

 

TO HELL with the electric guitar.  That may attract a flock of dirty groupies, but the real chick magnet is the accordion.  Sure, it has a reputation as being even … (read more)

Posted: 4th, April 2014 | In: Key Posts, Music | Comments (3)

Before They Went Solo: Early Bands Of Bowie, Elton And Others

Billy Joel’s hard rock duo – Attila

 

MUSICIANS like Billy Joel and Elton John didn’t start out as solo acts. Like nearly all solo pop stars, they … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, April 2014 | In: Flashback, Key Posts, Music | Comments (2)

Regrettable Reads: A Stack Of Objectively Bad Vintage Books

 

THEY say not to judge a book by its cover, but I think it’s pretty safe to say all of these books are horrible without ever turning a page.  That … (read more)

Posted: 2nd, April 2014 | In: Books, Flashback, Key Posts | Comment (1)

Spoonfuls of Horror: The Worst Breakfast Cereals Of All Time

 

THE worst cereal of all time, for me, has always been Grape-Nuts (AKA aquarium gravel). Yet, as I grew older, I actually came to like these granular pellets which look … (read more)

Posted: 1st, April 2014 | In: Flashback, Key Posts, The Consumer | Comments (6)

Miracle Appliances And The Desperate 1970s Women That Loved Them

WHEN mankind emerged from the primordial ooze that was that was the 1940s, homes began a rapid upgrade.  The Western nations’ economies grew in tandem with technology, and the benefits … (read more)

Posted: 31st, March 2014 | In: Flashback, Key Posts, Technology, The Consumer | Comment (1)

Exploring the IMDb Bottom 100: The Worst of The 1960s

WITH nearly 3 million films in their database, it’s quite a dubious accomplishment to be ranked in IMDb’s Bottom 100. That’s the bottom of a very deep barrel – the … (read more)

Posted: 28th, March 2014 | In: Film, Flashback, Key Posts | Comment (1)

The Darrin Factor: 6 Upsetting TV Character Replacements

 

IT shouldn’t be a big deal when a familiar actor or actress is abruptly replaced on a TV show. Yet audiences are often unable to cope.  I suppose it’s due … (read more)

Posted: 27th, March 2014 | In: Flashback, Key Posts, TV & Radio | Comments (5)

Bands Without a Face: When 70s Rock Stars Went Behind the Curtain

 

ANY clue who these guys are? They’re the band Supertramp.  If you didn’t know, it’s either because  you are way too young to appreciate this article or it’s due to … (read more)

Posted: 26th, March 2014 | In: Flashback, Key Posts, Music | Comments (2)

10 Fantastically Awful Retro Toys From Your Corrupted Youth

AS things heat up in Ukraine and the ever-precarious Middle East continues its pattern of unrest, we feel a tinge of concern for our Western economies hanging by a thread … (read more)

Posted: 25th, March 2014 | In: Flashback, Key Posts, The Consumer | Comments (9)

The Miracle of Soap And The Scourge of Constipation: Vintage Hygiene Adverts

ONE thing you’ll find when looking through magazines from the 1930s and 40s is an amazing array of soap and constipation adverts.  It’s as if the world was ravaged by … (read more)

Posted: 21st, March 2014 | In: Key Posts, The Consumer | Comments (2)

Who Killed Disco? 7 Suspects Revealed

 

IT’S actually amazing when you stop and think about it.   A counter-culture movement originating in homosexual night clubs  somehow wound up overtaking every nook and cranny of the pop culture … (read more)

Posted: 20th, March 2014 | In: Flashback, Key Posts, Music | Comment

Growing Old Gracefully or Kicking and Screaming: Old Vs. New Hollywood

WATCHING the Oscars and other such events lately, it’s becoming disturbingly common to spot actresses, now in their sixties, desperately hanging onto their youth.  It seems overnight, all my favourite … (read more)

Posted: 19th, March 2014 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts | Comments (7)

15 Great Moments in Sexually Suggestive Pop Music

 

IN 1985, Tipper Gore’s Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC) released their “Filthy 15” – fifteen songs they felt were the most objectionable on the planet.  Prince’s “Darling Nicki” topped the … (read more)

Posted: 17th, March 2014 | In: Flashback, Key Posts, Music | Comment

Dutch Gone Wild: 10 Insane Record Covers From The Netherlands

THE Internet has certainly done its fair share of mockery when it comes to vintage album covers from America and the UK.  How about we spread the snarkiness to a … (read more)

Posted: 14th, March 2014 | In: Flashback, Key Posts, Music | Comment

Bryan Cranston: Teen Heartthrob

 

AS hard as it may be to imagine that the dark and intense meth maker of Breaking Bad was once a teen heartthrob, it’s true.  In the mid-1980s Bryan Cranston was a … (read more)

Posted: 13th, March 2014 | In: Celebrities, Flashback, Key Posts | Comments (2)

When Home Computers Caused Raptures of Transcendental Ecstasy

BELIEVE it or not, it was a hard sell in the early 1980s to convince people to buy a computer for the home.  The contraptions were insanely expensive, and they … (read more)

Posted: 12th, March 2014 | In: Flashback, Key Posts, Technology | Comments (3)

The Legion of Regrettable Comic Book Superheroes

WE’VE heard enough about The Avengers, it’s time for another group of superheroes to get some recognition. The Legion of Regrettable Comic Book Superheroes is a motley group consisting of … (read more)

Posted: 11th, March 2014 | In: Books, Flashback, Key Posts | Comment

Fruit of the Rhyme: 8 Songs of Fruit

 

THE problem with songs about food is that, well, they’re never really about food.  Tasty as brown sugar is, the Stones weren’t really singing about sucrose.  And when Robert Plant … (read more)

Posted: 10th, March 2014 | In: Flashback, Key Posts, Music | Comments (3)

11 Gastro Abominations From The Mid 20th Century

THE mid-century palette was vastly different than it is today. Much of what we find advertised in vintage cookbooks and magazines seems nauseating by today’s standards.  I’m sure the same … (read more)

Posted: 7th, March 2014 | In: Flashback, Key Posts, The Consumer | Comments (3)

Three Chick Discs: Disco Era Threesomes For Your Listening Pleasures

IN the disco era there began a phenomenon of immense historical insignificance: the emergence of all female musical trios.  Sure, there had been The Supremes, and there were various disco/soul … (read more)

Posted: 6th, March 2014 | In: Flashback, Key Posts, Music | Comment

The Top 15 Scariest Dolls of Cinema and Television

THERE is just something inherently creepy about a doll coming to life. I think it falls into the same category as clowns, kids and the elderly.  Because they are supposed … (read more)

Posted: 5th, March 2014 | In: Film, Flashback, Key Posts, TV & Radio | Comments (7)

May The Verse Be With You: ‘70s Star Wars Music

 

IN 1977, the entire planet was foaming at the mouth for anything Star Wars. The frenzy continued for several years with  piles of Star Wars products flooding the stores daily.  … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, March 2014 | In: Film, Flashback, Key Posts, Music | Comments (2)

Listen To 13 Of The Absolute Worst Songs Of The 1960s

 

I HESITATED using the word “worst” since many of these are novelty songs, which are intentionally strange or humorous rather than attempting to be a genuinely serious musical composition. However, … (read more)

Posted: 26th, February 2014 | In: Flashback, Key Posts, Music | Comments (13)

Sick and Full of Burning: 13 Regrettable BookTitles

FAR be it from me to stifle creativity – an author should be able to title their work as he or she likes.  However, there is a limit to my … (read more)

Posted: 26th, February 2014 | In: Books, Flashback, Key Posts | Comments (6)

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