I indulge in a brief retrospective of the classic early 90s tv show, Quantum Leap.
Tag: 80s
Robert Stark talks to David Cole About LA Malls
Robert Stark and Matthew Pegas talk with David Cole about the history, culture, and aesthetics of LA ‘s Malls. David Cole writes for Takimag and is the author of Republican Party Animal. Show is available here Topics: David and Robert’s background growing up on the Westside of LA The Open Air Century City Shopping Center, […]
The Experts
I reviewed the 1989 film, The Experts over at Aryan Skynet. I’m not sure this mediocre movie warranted having 1,300 words written about it, but hey that’s never stopped me before. The review can be found, here
Why Do People Still Smoke Cigs in the Current Year?
We’ve all heard the cliche “I only read it for the articles” about Playboy Magazine. Well, when I was a kid in the 80’s, I actually looked at those magazines mostly for the cigarette ads, which I sometimes would cut out and collect because I liked the aesthetic. Somewhere I still have them, neatly preserved […]
Cherry 2015 – If Loving A Fembot Is Artificial, I Don’t Want To Be Genuine
(this article originally appeared Nov 22, 2014 in Stepkid Magazine but has recently become relevant again) One of the most prescient dystopian science fiction films of the 1980’s turned out to be the (direct to video?) 1987 movie, “Cherry 2000.” The future depicted in Cherry 2000 is one where sexual encounters and relationships with real […]
The Scapegoat Generation – A Half-Hearted Defense of Boomers
The way people talk about baby boomers being the source of so many problems in our contemporary world, you’d think they were a generation that spanned over hundreds of years. In actuality, boomers are people that were born roughly between 1943 and 1960. That’s right, the boomer generation is comprised of people that were born […]
Porky’s Pathological Altruism
“I never seen so much wool. You could knit a sweater.” So, on a nostalgic whim I decided to revisit the movie Porky’s (1981,) which I hadn’t seen since my childhood. Don’t ask me how I was ever allowed to watch this film as a kid. We had HBO in those days, and I was […]
Blood, Soil and Food Courts
People often take it for granted that no one in cities like Phoenix could feel any connection to the local buildings because many of them are so recently constructed and thought to be from times when buildings had little to no spiritual or architectural significance other than for utilitarian commercial use or cookie cutter, tract […]