Pardon the interruption, but this post will stray a bit from being entirely pop-culture oriented. You have been warned. When I was 12, my family was stationed in Seoul, South Korea. We lived in a small apartment in government housing, 10 miles or so from the main military base. We were pretty much living with […]
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1984: possibly the greatest year in pop culture history
If you ask me, the best year of the 80’s hit when I was 12 years old. The year: 1984. Just look at some of the movies that were released that year: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Gremlins Karate Kid Footloose Ghostbusters Red Dawn Terminator (“I’ll be back.”) Nightmare on Elm Street Beverly […]
Introducing the Cool & Collected E-Newsletter!
It’s finally here! The Cool & Collected e-newsletter will go out on Mondays and will highlight some recent articles that appeared on the site. It’s no secret that I am surrounded by teetering piles of pop culture and the newsletter will be a great way for me to host contests and giveaways. In fact, anyone who subscribes […]
Book Report: The Cabin in the Woods — double feature!
Consider this a bonus book report, because you get not one, but TWO books reviewed, all for the low, low price of just your time. First up, is Tim Lebbon’s The Cabin in the Woods: The Official Movie Novelization, based on Josh Whedon’s and Drew Goddard’s screenplay. I was looking forward to reading this since there […]
Beatles Yellow Submarine art prints by Tom Whalen
Illustrator-extraordinaire, Tom Whalen, is a busy guy! It seems like every day, a new piece of his work zooms around the interwebs. Today’s dose of Mr. Whalen comes to us from Dark Hall Mansion, which strikes gold (er, yellow) again with their latest release of art prints, this time celebrating the Beatles’ Yellow Submarine. This is first […]