Category Archives: Nostalgia
The Annotated Tour Diaries: End of the Road
In keeping with “the challenge” I was poring over some old notebooks and found the diary I’d kept from when I was traversing the Eastern and Southern United States on tour with a children’s theatre operation. So I will reprint … Continue reading
Looking Back At The ‘House Book’
A staple while in college was the “house book.” The book was your basic journal, the kind that can be purchased for a nominal price at any chain bookstore, and wherein we residents and guests could jot various observations. Not … Continue reading
Wrestling: Then and Now
The acclaim being heaped on Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler, and particularly Mickey Rourke’s wounded animal “comeback” performance, has sparked a bit of nostalgia for the outsize, spandex-clad halcyon days of ’80s professional wrestling. The Daily News has a “Then and … Continue reading
Dreams Deferred: The Lips and Assholes Across America Tour
Sometime shortly after I graduated college with a BFA in Theatre and no foreseeable job prospects I devised “the plan.” Instead of attempting to start a “career” as a “working actor” I’d apply to drive the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile. An … Continue reading
Posted in mind tangents, Nostalgia, Recollections, Work
Tagged crushed dreams, hot dogs, life lessons, Oscar Mayer, Wienermobile
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Worth a Thousand
On Thursday afternoon a friend posted an old photo from college to his Facebook page. The scads of comments that unspooled fast and furious for well over an hour were bananas! And more a tangential memory jog than at all … Continue reading
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The Rock-afire Explosion Revival
Maybe the best thing to happen to parents in the ’80s is that they had the option to move their kids’ birthday parties from the confines of their homes and backyards to entertainment meccas like ShowBiz Pizza Place, which had … Continue reading
RIP Bozo the Clown
Sadly, over this holiday weekend news broke that one of our nation’s most beloved clowns passed away. No, not former North Carolina senator Jesse Helms. Larry Harmon, who wore the large red shoes of Bozo. Says the AP: Larry Harmon … Continue reading
When can I insert my Hard-drive?
I often like to tell the story of how, back in my day, when I first entered college, not everyone had a PC. In fact I didn’t even own a word processor. I had to borrow my roomies and you can … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Leisure Time Pursuits, Nostalgia, technology, Uncategorized
Tagged computers, porn
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Freedom Rocking
Are you ever obsessing about a thing in your head and suddenly it appears? Synchronicity if you will? Well, that just happened with me and the old commercial for Freedom Rock. Maybe it’s all this talk about baby boomers reaching … Continue reading
People Who Died
As I was a little disheartened by the condition of Jim Carroll at the Brooklyn Book Festival, what with him exhibiting the ravages of age and illness, I thought it’d be nice to revisit the “Catholic boy” in his punk … Continue reading
Posted in Music, New York, Nostalgia, YouTube
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Wolfman’s Got Nards!
Awhile back I was wondering, tangentally, about The Monster Squad. Apparently, I missed the news that a two-disc twentieth anniversary edition has just been released. (I’m none to happy to believe it’s been twenty years, but whatever.) I still think … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Nostalgia
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