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15 Curious and Intriguing Beatles Covers

 

THE FAB FOUR had barely left Ed Sullivan’s stage before their songs were being covered like mad across the entire planet. You’d be hard pressed to find a single artist … (read more)

Posted: 15th, January 2014 | In: Flashback, Key Posts, Music | Comment

A Field Guide to 1970s Men’s Sweaters

WITH so many “important things” going on the world, why spend time looking at forty year old sweaters?  Simply put, the brain needs a break from the barrage of jarring … (read more)

Posted: 14th, January 2014 | In: Books, Flashback, Key Posts | Comment (1)

Peculiar Fun for the Whole Family: 20 Odd and Interesting Board Games

THERE have been thousands of boxed games (board games and their ilk) published over the years. For your convenience, we’ve pulled together twenty of the most peculiar (in no particular … (read more)

Posted: 13th, January 2014 | In: Flashback, Key Posts, The Consumer | Comments (3)

10 Intensely Disturbing Public Service Announcements

THERE ARE two tactics you can operate from to inspire healthy cautiousness in children: (A) making the topic interesting and intellectually compelling, or (B) scaring the living hell out of … (read more)

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

45 Sinfully Underplayed Songs of the 60s and 70s

 

AT a time when even the most obscure vintage track is just a few clicks away, it’s very hard to create a list of “underplayed” songs.  Many recordings swept under … (read more)

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

Proof: DVD Covers Are Rubbish

IT’S UNFORGIVABLE  to squander excellent source material in favour of garbage.  Anyone who read World War Z and saw the film can vouch for that.  Well, the same sad fact … (read more)

Posted: 8th, January 2014 | In: Film, Flashback | Comment (1)

5 Inconceivably Awkward 80s Movie Moments

Andrea Howard and Don Adams in the Inconceivably Awkward film The Nude Bomb

BEFORE we carry on with the list, let’s define what we’re talking about here.  … (read more)

Posted: 7th, January 2014 | In: Film, Flashback, Key Posts | Comment

12 Impressively Bizarre and Ridiculous Fitness Records

YEARS AGO in days of old when magic filled the air, people did their workouts at home by their turntable.  Generally, the needle bounced and scratched from all the flopping … (read more)

Posted: 6th, January 2014 | In: Flashback, Key Posts, Music, The Consumer | Comment (1)

Smell Like I Sound: Top Ten Lyrical Low Points of the 1980s

 
Smell Like I Sound: Top Ten Lyrical Low Points of the 1980s 
 

10. “Hungry Like the Wolf” by Duran Duran
Smell like I sound.  I’m lost in a crowd
BEG PARDON?  What does … (read more)

Posted: 4th, January 2014 | In: Reviews | Comments (4)

Strange and Terrible Fitness Products from the 1970s

THE NEW YEAR has arrived.  Time to once again pledge to stop eating like a starved cow and get going on a weight loss program.   Catalogs and magazines in decades … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, January 2014 | In: Flashback, Key Posts, The Consumer | Comment

Awkward Band Publicity Photos

TO MAKE IT in the music biz and get some publicity, it used to be a requirement to take some “professional” photographs for local newspapers, magazines, and venue posters.    Trouble … (read more)

Posted: 2nd, January 2014 | In: Flashback, Key Posts, Music | Comment

Victoria’s Secret: What A Difference 30 Years Makes

CAN YOU GUESS which Victoria’s Secret models come from 1984 and which are from recent catalogs?  I’ll give you a hint:  the ones from 1984 resemble actual human females.

 

Here’s another … (read more)

Posted: 31st, December 2013 | In: Fashion, Flashback, Key Posts | Comment

When Computers Were Giant

 

IT BOGGLES the mind to think that computers which literally filled rooms a few decades ago couldn’t come close to the computers that easily fit in the palm of our … (read more)

Posted: 30th, December 2013 | In: Flashback, Key Posts, Technology | Comments (6)

5 Small Ways Christmas Has Improved

IT’S inarguable that Christmas has snowballed into a giant hulking materialistic bezerker over the past few decades.  However, it wasn’t all poinsettias and candy canes back in the day either.  … (read more)

Posted: 23rd, December 2013 | In: Flashback, Key Posts, The Consumer | Comment

10 Wonderfully Insane VHS Action Movie Covers

HERE are some particularly interesting examples of VHS box art in the  action genre.  And by “interesting” I mean “utterly insane”.  These covers represent the perfect synergy of over-the-roof subject … (read more)

Posted: 20th, December 2013 | In: Film, Flashback | Comment (1)

A Tour of Groovy 1970s Sofas

WHAT’S THE POINT  in taking a look at 1970s sofas? Sure, it sounds like an antiquated and mundane topic on the surface, but sofas are a reflection of the culture.  … (read more)

Posted: 18th, December 2013 | In: Flashback, The Consumer | Comment

5 Unforgivably Awful Christmas Songs

THERE have been so many awful, bowel shaking Christmas songs over the years, it’s hard to narrow them down.  The number of holiday polka tracks alone is terrifying.  So, let’s … (read more)

Posted: 18th, December 2013 | In: Flashback, Music | Comment

Photographic Proof: Santa Misbehaving In The 1970s

PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE has been unearthed which solidly proves Santa Claus enjoyed the company of beautiful women.  While this may not be a surprise, it is a confirmation to the theory … (read more)

Posted: 17th, December 2013 | In: Flashback | Comment

6 Offbeat Reasons Why Vinyl Is Better Than Digital

WE’VE all heard the arguments why vinyl or digital music is best – no need to beat a dead horse. It is this author’s humble opinion that vinyl wins by … (read more)

Posted: 16th, December 2013 | In: Flashback, Key Posts, Music | Comments (12)

Christmas Disco! The 70s Songs Played At Christmastime In Hell

 

DISCO music started with a fair amount of street cred; it wasn’t until it was marketed to oblivion that it fell out of favor. Like other counterculture movements (i.e. the … (read more)

Posted: 14th, December 2013 | In: Flashback, Key Posts, Music | Comment

The Golden Age of Meat

 

UP UNTIL the health craze of the 1980s, your average meal consisted of meat, more meat, an additional piece of meat, and one more piece of meat for good measure … (read more)

Posted: 13th, December 2013 | In: Flashback, Key Posts, The Consumer | Comment

5 Funky Black Yuletide Grooves

 

LET’S face facts: Christmas in 1960s and 70s pop culture was presented as lily white as the wind-driven snow. Holiday specials consisted of lots of smiling Caucasians in festive sweaters … (read more)

Posted: 11th, December 2013 | In: Flashback, Key Posts, Music | Comment (1)

3 Highly Disturbing Vintage Ads From The 70s And 80s

EVER been scared by an advert?

 

Have Her In Stitches (literally)

 

THIS advertisement comes from a 1982 Canadian newspaper. Notice anything particularly troubling about it?

I’m somewhat okay with the four guys manhandling … (read more)

Posted: 9th, December 2013 | In: Flashback, Key Posts, The Consumer | Comment

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