The third season ofThat ‘70s Showis the second of two consecutive years that I celebrate for delivering consistent episodic greatness. This collection is loaded with great half-hours, and like its predecessor, a lot of this is because the premise’s unique ‘70s setting is used in support o...
After two late ’70s singles on the Ruby label the group moved to the Release label and signaled another change in direction: new wave pub rockers. Here’s two of their singles from this period (both from 1981, in fact), although I’m missing at least two more. ‘Caught in a Trap...
I blame the autism. Come on, kids playing adults, with adults then dubbing the vocals coming out of the kids’ mouths. It was too weird, even for me, and I have never seen it since. However, due to a 70s upbringing ofTiswasandMulti...
Packed with humor, heart, and a tongue-in-cheek ode to science fiction fandom, this star-studded romp through space remains an enduring fan favorite that calls out for more intergalactic hijinks. Reuniting the charismatic cast of washed-up actors-turned-heroes would no doubt result in another ...
and open-hearted ballads. kaplan was barely out of his teens when he became a music journalist in new york’s roiling late-’70s underground scene. he met hubley, a visual artist and fellow music obsessive, at a feelies show at maxwell’s in hoboken in 1980. the beloved, now-close...
The Children’s Crusade, by Ann Packer (I may have loved this so much simply because of its sense of place; it’s set in the 70s very near where I grew up in northern California) I do love historical fiction and always have; I haven’t readRoom, but I loved Emma Donoghue’s first...
Photo Credit: nickiminaj.fandom.com Lil Pump (Gazzy Garua) & Anmel AA. “Illuminati“ (Rap) Post 37. (https://youtu.be/ZX0R1tBTFDs). Teena Marie & Rick James “Fire and Desire” (1981) https://youtu.be/CPikYsi6_zU?feature=shared ...
“It will be heading off to Zimbabwe within a month or two,” Meredith said, referring to the African country where thousands of landmines were laid along its borders during the Liberation War of the 1960s and 70s. Even today, there are an estimated 5,500 unexploded landmines per 3,000 ...
Fandom is a function of time and place. An objectively mediocre band that was a staple in your college town, the forgotten folk-singer who held your broken heart, the concert where you fell for the femme fatale? All will do. Fandom glues the cracks when you showed up for the music or...
he writes early on. the book is also stuffed with tales of musical fandom, like how at a young age his older siblings introduced him to motown and kraftwerk and frank zappa. or how he nearly fell through the floor at a replacements show. and there was that time when an 8-year-old...