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Many of you know Meredith Salenger as the girl you had a crush on in the 80s (The Journey of Natty Gann, Dream a...
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Many of you know Meredith Salenger as the girl you had a crush on in the 80s (The Journey of Natty Gann, Dream a...
I’ve been in a steady love-hate relationship with Rubik’s Cube since 1980. There are reasons that the six sided puzzle is my own personal Lament...
When I was a kid, there was a barrage of cartoons that were just gigantic advertisements for toys. You see, early in the 1980s,...
Popular trends always start with something groundbreaking. Today’s Kim Kardashian fascination started with Paris Hilton’s combined Simple Life television show and gonzo pornography released...
For many children growing up in the 1980s and ’90s, robots were the coolest thing ever. Well, kids loved robots since our parents and...
Power-hungry megalomaniacs, a desolate world, anger, hate, violence, raw evil and no good in sight… No, I’m not talking about the upcoming presidential race...
Imagine “Rainbow Brite.” Blonde hair, clashing blinding colors, riding rainbows on a horsie. Got it? Now instead of a magical pixie who uses the...
“1985 was a good year,” sings Passion Pit on the chorus of their latest single Lifted Up, which is weird because the lead singer wasn’t...
As a young boy my parents had a majestic television with many knobs. When one would twist these knobs, one would find a particular...
By Sharon Knolle The Police guitarist Andy Summers appeared in person March 21 at the Laemmle Royal Theater in Santa Monica, California to present...
Recently, I went on an excursion to the Palisades to visit my brother, Wolfgang Fauntleroy Knauf. There he was in his Tap Out shorts,...
How is it possible that I’ve never seen the video for “Glittering Prize,” one of the biggest hits from one of my favorite bands,...
In the 80s, there was this weird notion that the most hilarious thing ever was when a child is brought in from the cold...
This week marks both the 30th anniversary of the original theatrical release of THE BREAKFAST CLUB and what would have been writer/director JOHN HUGHES‘...
By Guy Benoit I saw The Breakfast Club at the Warwick Showcase on February 15th, 1985. Almost 30 years ago to the day. I...
By Elizabeth Weitz You are fourteen years old It is 1988 and the summer air is thick with the scent of ripe strawberries and...
Written by Christopher M Entertainment Weekly has word from writer-producer Simon Kinberg that we’ll be seeing a familiar face from X-Men First Class in...
As of October 3, 2014, the decade-long tradition of the Saturday morning cartoon block died in its sleep after a long illness. The battle...
iTunes, Beats Music, Spotify, Pandora, SiriusXM…these are only but a few of the ways that music is available to the melody junky today and...
By Elizabeth Weitz I am a chunkmeister, a Rubenesque beauty or, to be blunt, fat, and to be honest with you, I’m okay with...
By Elizabeth Weitz Before we begin, let me preface this bald statement by saying that I understand that more than a few people will...
A few years ago I wrote a piece on the mythos of the locker note that was well received by all of those who...
Welcome to the twenty-seventh installment of Flashback to the Present and I’ll be your contributing writer, Brandy Batz. You see, ladies and gentlemen, Mr....
Social media…it can be one of the greatest things ever or the worst, depending on how you look at it. For some, the age...