“Ezekiel saw the wheel. This is the wheel he said he saw. These are Unidentified Flying Objects that people say they are seeing now. Are […]
Top 10
Forgotten TV Shows:
Get Christie Love!
By the summer of 1973, the Blaxploitation genre was in full swing in the movie theaters. Always ready to capitalize on a trend, the TV […]
Dark Shadows Q & A:
“Why Do Dogs Howl at Barnabas?”
Taking a break from my hectic life, I paused to answer a blog-related email yesterday. While researching pointless minutia from a Dark Shadows Fan™, I found a […]
Reality TV Finally Jumps the Shark
Review: Vampires in America (2020),
The Travel Channel
[Written in February 2022 -Ed.] I’ll confess I was bored when it happened. There was absolutely nothing on the tube when I started scrolling through […]
All Bun and No Weenie
Review: Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley
I’ll be upfront. I did not like Guillermo del Toro’s remake of Nightmare Alley. There. I’ve said it. Now, all my friends will hate me. It’s […]
A Bewitching Scent and a Spell:
The Witchy World of Styx
There are those few times that social media serves a purpose other than pointless arguments. Midcentury Fashion is one of those rare groups where fights […]
The Sad Story of “Sweet Cream Ladies, Forward March”
[Yes, I’ve been lazy. Here’s a new post! – Ed.] Nineteen-sixty-eight turned to 1969. The world, filled with an equal feeling of hope and dread, […]
Hail and Farewell: Grier’s Almanac Ceases Publication
When I was a child, two things always heralded the impending holiday season: the arrival of Sears Christmas Catalog and Grier’s Almanac. When those things hit […]
Fifty Shades of Scrooge
I had planned a whole bunch of cheerful mid-century themed posts for this Christmas season. But, on the day after Thanksgiving, Omicron decided it was a […]
“Farewell, People of the Page.” Author Anne Rice Has Died
Another bit of sad news. Author Anne Rice has passed away at age 80. A prolific writer, she produced over 30 books from 1976 to 2018. Her son, […]