Browsing archives for August, 2010
90s,TV
31 August 2010 | Comments Off
After Adam West’s extreme slam-dancing yesterday, I think we should dial it back a little. Today we find ourselves in the quaint little logging town of Twin Peaks. Twin Peaks was my first exposure to David Lynch, and I was quickly hooked on its sublime weirdness. Watching the first season again a couple of years [...]
Tagged in audrey horne, dance week, killer bob, sherilyn fenn, twin peaks
60s,Batman,TV
30 August 2010 | Comments Off
I thought we might do something a little different and go with a theme this week. I was looking at my YouTube favorites list earlier today, and noticed I had flagged a lot of dance-related clips. So put on your red shoes bitches, it’s Dance Week 2010! Getting ready to school some fools on the [...]
Tagged in 60s, adam west, Batman, batusi, dance week, king tut
Music
27 August 2010 | Comments Off
Been over this before, but this list is not entirely random. If a song comes up on shuffle I don’t really want to listen to, I’ll skip ahead. On with it: Allentown – Billy Joel Psycho Therapy – Skid Row Overnight Sensation – The Raspberries Time Traveler (demo) – KISS Yer Blues – The Beatles [...]
Tagged in not so random ten, overnight sensation, psycho therapy, raspberries
60s,Cars
26 August 2010 | Comments Off
Want. I am not a car guy – my wife is far more the gearhead than I am – but this is just criminally badass. Can you imagine having one of these? You would pretty much have to haul ass everywhere. Just because.
Tagged in 1969, AMC, AMX II, badass, concept car
80s,Music
25 August 2010 | Comments Off
By the LA Times City and Region Desk August 24, 1984 An irate Hagar is removed from the courtroom (AP file photo) Chaos erupted in a Los Angeles courtroom on Friday, as a defendant threatened the presiding judge and started an altercation involving a four associates, several police officers, and one jury member. No one [...]
Tagged in 1984, amazing music videos, i can't drive 55, red rocker, sammy hagar
90s,TV
23 August 2010 | Comments Off
While looking for photos of the cast of Wings, I ran across the photo above and this: Christmas 1992: Steven Weber, star of the TV show “Wings”, was flying with some friends to Charleston, SC for a wedding. We brought him from Los Angeles to Charlotte, NC. He was very gracious. He came to the [...]
Tagged in 1992, kindness, steven weber, wings, xmas
Music
20 August 2010 | Comments Off
As I explained last week, I don’t do the random thing. I do shuffle, but if a song comes on I don’t want to hear I’m not above skipping to the next. Or the next. Or the next….you get the idea. Birds – Adrian Belew Ramona – The Ramones Mas Que Nada – Sergio Mendes [...]
Tagged in iPod, jason & the scorchers, not so random ten
70s,KISS,Music
19 August 2010 | Comments Off
Welcome to the second edition of KSE, my bi-weekly feature devoted to explaining each song in the KISS discography in a single sentence (or less). For more on this project, click here. I’ve also set up a Tumblr blog especially for this project, where, in addition to the song explanations, you can also view rare [...]
Tagged in 1974, hotter than hell, KISS, kiss songs explained, norman seeff
Batman,Comics
18 August 2010 | Comments Off
This would be an epic showdown, no doubt about it. Fonz jumped a shark – but Batman fought a shark. Advantage Batman. (via The Brave and the Bold: The Lost Issues)
Tagged in Batman, DC Comics, happy days, the fonz
80s,Weird
17 August 2010 | Comments Off
OK – I ran across the image on the Flashback microblog and obviously it raised a lot of questions. The first, obviously, was WTF? The second was, is this real? If yes, how did they get roped into this? Was this some sort of court-mandated public service? I know Justine dated Leif Garrett in the [...]
Tagged in 80s, cornholing, frankie say relax, jason bateman, justine bateman, PSAs, sam malone, scared straight, sex education, ted danson