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I’ve been writing about pop culture for almost 20 years and I can’t imagine stopping any time soon. Here you’ll find all of my current articles and an archive of the stuff I wrote for my defunct site, Branded in the 80s.
Peel Here #7, the Music is contagious, outrageous!
Well, it's an all-new week in an all-new year, so I guess it's time for an all-new type of 80's...
Peel Here #6, There’s a magazine for everything…
When I first started digging around on eBay looking for 80's stickers to rescue from trashcans...
Doesn’t that boy ever put pants on?
Well, since I've more or less ignored the holiday for most of the month I decided I should...
Peel Here #5, Lookit all them Zero Heroes!
So for column #5 of Peel Here, as promised, I’m going to take a look at a weird set of...
Low Budget Pictures, or how I learned to love no-budget schlock horror comedy…
A couple years ago I really got into an awesome book on film making, Robert Rodriguez's Rebel...
There! Evil PURE and SIMPLE by way of the 8th dimension!
So I figured since this column is going to deal mainly with my personal movie collection, I'd...
Ever notice how the visitor’s logo from V looks like a swastika? Creepy…
Finally, after years of putting it off, I broke down and bought the entire V television series...
Just like Scooby Doo without the kids & plot and with twice as many musical numbers…
I'm going to break format a little and take a second to talk about an awesome DVD set for a...
Frozen Drinks 101, Part 11 the 7-Eleven Slurpee
So like I said in the previous post I just got back from a vacation to Florida to visit my...
Peel Here #4: Young with guns but these ain’t no cowboys…
I’m back from a week's vacation with a very postponed Peel Here column. Most of the...
Peel Here #3! Bobby Brown is no Ray Parker Jr….
So I changed my mind about what to post for this week's Peel Here. Actually I was way too lazy...
I would have waited an eternity for this…DVD review…
I've been meaning to review the new Transformers: the Movie 20th Anniversary 2-Disc Special...
Peel Here #2: Lenticular Goodness that you can see from two angles!
I'm still working on more or less a good solid month's worth of themed blog entries, but some...
Peel Here! #1
Okay, so for the next year or so I've decided that I'm going to attempt to do a weekly entry on...
And hidden in my skull is….a Matchbox car?
Hello again. So I didn’t find this next item until yesterday which is kind of cool. I’m glad...
He’s ALIIVE! And he talks to me too…
Happy Halloween folks! I’ve been on vacation for the last two weeks, so I’ve been a slug in...
Review, The Greateast American Hero pilot…
After finding out about that awesome Collector's Edition of the Complete Greatest American Hero...
Now I know what it feels like to be a God…well not really….
Anyway, moving right along, the next Franky item on my list was rather disappointing. I’ve...
Excuse me Dr. Frankenstein, but could you spare a buck…?
So as I mentioned in the last post, my favorite stuff for the Halloween blogging this year...
Best $3 I’ve ever spent….
I’m going to switch back into Halloween gear this morning I think. I’ve sort of been running...
He didn’t quite Master the Universe…
Sometime last year when I was shopping around for He-Man busts on Amazon.com I stumbled upon a...
Halloween blog pimping…
I thought I’d take a minute during this season to pimp some of the blogs I enjoy reading that...
Creature on the loose!
Last night I did some quick research on Hot Wheels and Matchbox die-cast cars and I was...
More cheap pseudo-Halloween goodies!
I have most assuredly got the bug for buying all sorts of craziness during this Halloween...
Master of the Claw Technique…
So yesterday when I was out at lunch I decided to hit my local basic American food style buffet...
Why am I’s covered in goo…?
Day 2 of my October Halloween blogging fun. As you can see here I am pretty darn near super...
Let me give ya a hand…
So even though I've started a little early with the gratuitous Halloween blogging, here is the...
We’re gonna need a bigger … Shopping Cart!
Yeah, so I know it’s only the middle of September (and if you’ve been reading the blog you’ll...
Aw, my invisible ink pen is dry…
I was kind of early going over to a friend’s house the other day, so I decided to drop in on an...
Fun 80’s Ads….
So here’s another bit of nostalgia goodness that’s partially in a Halloween-y kind of vein (all...