Category: Pop Culture
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The 20 Best Songs From ’80s Movie Soundtracks Like, Ever
I’m not good at writing about music (do I know how to sell the hell out of blog post, or what?). For one thing, I know next to nothing about the intricacies of the art form, comparing an artist’s work to others, divining the meaning behind lyrics, blah, blah, blah. As the old saying goes,…
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TV Recap: Press Your Luck, 1/23/85
By and large, the game shows foisted upon us these days blow. They all seem to be filmed on the same set, take themselves too seriously, and have hosts whose sole aim is to wring. Maximum. Tension. Out. Of. Every. Moment. Yeesh. I yearn for the heyday of game shows: the 1980s. Without getting too meta,…
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The Goonies: 30 Years, 30 Facts
The Goonies turns 30 this summer. No time for dwelling on how this fact makes you feel old; the sheer awesomeness of this film should shield you from any feelings of decrepitude. The Goonies has everything: charismatic performances from kids (ask yourself: what was the last kid-driven movie where you didn’t want to push the kids off a…
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’80s One-Hit Wonders? Not So Fast
I love ’80s music, and have since at least 1980. While the calendar may read 2014, my musical sensibilities have never really progressed beyond the Decade of Decadence. I mean, I once went to a Simple Minds concert…in 1996. You can have your Katy Perry; I’ll take Steve Perry any day. Have fun with Maroon 5…
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Time To Make Fun Of Stuff At The Thrift Store
My daughter is a voracious reader. To feed the beast, I make a weekly trip to my local thrift store to search for kiddie lit and sexy, sexy old lady pants. Usually I’m searching for “Magic Treehouse” books. They have titles such as “Lions at Lunchtime,” and “Mummies in The Morning.” I’ll admit the task is a little bittersweet ever…
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This Week in Embarrassing Wikipedia Excerpts
From the entry for Michael Chambers, AKA Boogaloo Shrimp, star of cult classics Breakin’ and Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo: “He also appeared in such films as Naked Gun 331/3: The Final Insult, Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey, and as a dancing robot in the 1999 film Dudley Do-Right. He also appeared as Urkel-Bot in a 1991 episode of Family Matters, again…
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Remake These Movies (?)
You don’t have to be a cinephile to realize that Hollywood has run out of ideas — at least the original ones. Studios churn out the remakes with reckless abandon these days- sorry, actually, their versions are reimagined. That’s fancy talk for taking the barest plot outlines, characters and, most importantly, the title and updating them for…
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Odds & Ends (Or, A Lame Excuse For Not Actually Writing A Post)
The “random thoughts” column has been around for awhile. Normally given a moniker like “odds & ends” or “clearing out the desk drawer,” it’s basically an excuse for a columnist to throw out a bunch of disjointed observations and opinions in lieu of actually expending the energy to craft a coherent piece. It seems that…
Geoff Wondering 