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The Underappreciated Voice of Paul Carrack

There were so many tremendous vocalists in the ’80s, but one of the best and most underappreciated is Paul Carrack. You might not immediately recognize the name, but I expect you would recognize his voice. CONTINUE READING…

Retro Pull List: May 2021

Hello fellow comic book lovers and adult children. It is time once again to take a look through every upcoming comic book for the month and cherry pick some of the best with a retro CONTINUE READING…

Check Out Those Ads! – The Deadly Foes of Spider-Man #1

The Deadly Foes of Spider-Man is a four issue limited series focusing on the Sinister Syndicate, a lesser-known group of villains. The group of villains consisted of Beetle, the leader of the group, Boomerang, Hydro-Man, CONTINUE READING…

When ’90s Sitcoms Went to Disney World

Growing up, I was lucky enough to go to Walt Disney World fairly frequently. My Mom’s parents lived near Lakeland, Florida, and we’d work in a visit to see Grandma and Grandpa for a day CONTINUE READING…

Retro Commercials: FedEx with fast-talking John Moschitta Jr.

I don’t know about you, but commercials can often take me back to my formative years as quickly as any song or movie can. That is why we will continue this semi-regular feature on ’80s commercials CONTINUE READING…

Five Memorable Characters Of Ernie Sabella

In my line of work, I rarely work with the same people more than once. I often find myself explaining who I am and figuring out who I’ll be spending the next few days with CONTINUE READING…

Favorite Songs With Outdated Pop Culture Lyrics

Music has a way of dating itself. I’m not talking just the instrumentation and production of music although that is probably the easiest way to recognize songs from the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, etc. Not very CONTINUE READING…

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