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Great Moments in Phallic Occurrences

HERE are a few vintage phallic instances (either real or inferred) which have gained a bit of notoriety over the years. Read on – your inner idiot will thank you.

 

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Posted: 25th, February 2014 | In: Books, Flashback, Key Posts, TV & Radio | Comment

Your Guidebook to Creating a Proper Heavy Metal Album Cover

A PRIME reason for heavy metal’s success is that it is a culture unto itself.  Fads come and go, but a culture has staying power.  It comes with its own … (read more)

Posted: 24th, February 2014 | In: Flashback, Key Posts, Music | Comment

TV Nightmares: 10 Highly Disturbing Sitcom Episodes of the 70s and 80s

THE trouble with American situation comedies in the 1970s and 1980s was that you never knew what you were going to get when you tuned in: was it going to … (read more)

Posted: 21st, February 2014 | In: Flashback, Key Posts, TV & Radio | Comments (10)

1980s Band Names Demystified

HAVE you been wasting precious hours of your day wondering where A Flock of Seagulls got their name?  Well, wonder no more.  Before your very eyes are the etymologies of … (read more)

Posted: 20th, February 2014 | In: Flashback, Key Posts, Music | Comments (2)

17 Insane and Disturbing Trading Cards

NON-SPORTS trading cards around the 1970s generally were aimed at kids and revolved around a popular movie or TV program.  They were meant for fun; for collecting and trading on … (read more)

Posted: 19th, February 2014 | In: Flashback, Key Posts, The Consumer | Comments (2)

Those Meddling Scooby Do Kids: Saturday Morning Mimicry

UPON the success of Scooby Doo, a flood of imitations appeared on television screens, all containing the same basic template.  This wouldn’t be worth talking about if the formula wasn’t … (read more)

Posted: 18th, February 2014 | In: Flashback, Key Posts, TV & Radio | Comment

Self-Abuse Challenge: Listen To 10 Awful Songs From The ’80s

WHY subject yourself to ten objectively awful songs, you ask?  Even though it will be painful and there will be mental wounds that may take years to heal, it is … (read more)

Posted: 17th, February 2014 | In: Flashback, Key Posts, Music | Comments (2)

10 Devastating Action Figure Disappointments

IMAGINE you’re a kid, it’s 1978 and you’re opening birthday presents.  Your heart is full of optimism and joy in anticipation of what lies underneath the festive wrapping.  As you … (read more)

Posted: 14th, February 2014 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts, The Consumer | Comments (4)

Read a Highly Distressing Coloring Book from 1953

 

THE point of this colouring book was to teach the youngsters of 1953 good safety lessons via the alphabet.  From a perspective of 60 years later, some of these lessons … (read more)

Posted: 13th, February 2014 | In: Books, Flashback, Key Posts | Comment

1980s Video Game Hell: 5 Cartridges of Shame

ONCE the Atari 2600 hit its stride in ’81, there was simply no stopping the tsunami of video game offerings. The transition from coin operated arcade games to systems you … (read more)

Posted: 11th, February 2014 | In: Flashback, Key Posts, Technology, The Consumer | Comment (1)

70s Rock Bands: When It Was Cool To Look Homeless

Lynyrd Skynyrd in their Sunday best

 

FOR some reason, it became a thing of pride for 1970s rock musicians to look as homeless and ungroomed as humanely … (read more)

Posted: 10th, February 2014 | In: Flashback, Key Posts, Music | Comments (2)

Weasels Ripped My Flesh! 10 Awesome Pulp Headlines

IS there anything better than a mid-century men’s action magazine?  They were chock full of lurid stories and provocative artwork depicting female biker gangs, nympho pirates, Gestapo dominatrices, etc.  If … (read more)

Posted: 7th, February 2014 | In: Books, Flashback, Key Posts | Comments (2)

Groovy Vintage T-Shirt Adverts

 

MY MOST BELOVED possessions in the 1970s were my T-shirts.  They were my identity.  My Kiss concert shirt was proof that I’d witnessed the greatest show on earth.  My Pete … (read more)

Posted: 6th, February 2014 | In: Fashion, Flashback, Key Posts | Comment (1)

12 Stupendous Movie Tagline Fails

THEY had one job. Just write a single sentence about a movie.  It’s not quantum physics. After millions of dollars spent and many months of filming and editing, it comes … (read more)

Posted: 5th, February 2014 | In: Film, Flashback, Key Posts | Comments (3)

Sex Sells Tobacco: 10 “Smoking Hot” Vintage Adverts

THE STORY of tobacco in advertising is a long and winding tale.  At some points it has targeted children, at others it has tried to sound like a health food.  … (read more)

Posted: 4th, February 2014 | In: Flashback, Key Posts, The Consumer | Comments (2)

Intercontinental Dance Floor Dives: Your Euro Disco Dynamite Primer

WHEN disco hit its stride in the mid to late Seventies, it transcended language and boundaries. Perhaps, the secret of its success was that the criterion was so damn simple:  … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, February 2014 | In: Flashback, Key Posts, Music | Comment

10 Dream Jobs For 1970s Men

CONSIDER me your 1970s guidance counsellor. I’m not going to recommend civil engineering or medical school. Those careers are all well and good, but save them for the 1980s when … (read more)

Posted: 30th, January 2014 | In: Flashback, Key Posts | Comment (1)

15 Wonderfully Awful Album Covers For Your Viewing Displeasure

THE 1960s through the 1980s saw a flood of low budget albums released around the globe. It seemed all you needed to make a record was some loose change and … (read more)

Posted: 29th, January 2014 | In: Flashback, Key Posts, Music | Comment (1)

Tech Rewind: Before Phones Got Smart

TECHNOLOGY has been rocketing along so quickly, it’s difficult to put on the breaks, stop for a moment and get a perspective.  Sometimes you just need to dig your heels … (read more)

Posted: 28th, January 2014 | In: Flashback, Key Posts, Technology, The Consumer | Comment

6 Awkward and Bizarre Game Show Moments

 

WE’VE all seen the lists of top ten outrageous game show moments.  This isn’t one of those.  I’m not interested in zany answers or your standard cheesy game show tomfoolery.  … (read more)

Posted: 24th, January 2014 | In: Flashback, Key Posts | Comment

Crime Fighting with Twinkies: Comic Book Superheroes Turn To Sugary Cream-Filled Cake

 

MANY of you will remember the Hostess snack adverts that appeared in comic books throughout the 70s.  They all had the same basic story: a villain is subverted from his … (read more)

Posted: 23rd, January 2014 | In: Flashback, Key Posts, The Consumer | Comment (1)

10 Regrettable Examples of 1970s Occult Lameness

THE OCCULTISM explosion which overtook North America and Europe in the 1970s ushered in a level of national fascination that is hard to understand if you weren’t there.  But, as … (read more)

Posted: 22nd, January 2014 | In: Celebrities, Flashback, Key Posts | Comment

The 15 Most Depressing Songs of the 1960s and 70s

THE LATE 1960s to mid-70s were a manic depressive time period in music, populated by exultant highs and soul crushing lows.  The highs came in the form of disco and … (read more)

Posted: 21st, January 2014 | In: Flashback, Key Posts, Music | Comments (8)

Dispatches From The 70s: Women’s Lib Akin To An Irritating Rash

Bra Burning Party

 

IT is a common misconception that the 1970s were this wildly liberal time where every tradition was fair game. Sure, there were a lot … (read more)

Posted: 17th, January 2014 | In: Flashback, Key Posts | Comment (1)

5 Outrageous and Unexpected Moments of Sexual Innuendo on TV

THERE HAS BEEN plenty of blatant sex on the television in decades past.  Shows such as Benny Hill and Three’s Company weren’t afraid to show the playful side, while soap … (read more)

Posted: 16th, January 2014 | In: Key Posts, TV & Radio | Comment (1)

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