29 August 2008 ~ 1 Comment

Great Pop Culture References in History

“On November 4th, we must stand up and say, ‘Eight is Enough.’” Barrack Obama, deciding that his historic acceptance speech as the first African American presidential nominee for a major American party needed a reference to a thirty-year-old Dick Van Patten sitcom. I would have gone with something a teensy bit more current like, “…we [...]

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27 September 2003 ~ Comments Off

The Inevitable Biopic

With the emergence of reality shows and the increasing blandness of movies, it can only be can only be so long before Warhol’s 15 minutes of fame extend to movies of the week and unauthorized biographies for all of us. That being the case, it’s only a matter of time before pop culture rediscovers Che [...]

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26 August 2003 ~ Comments Off

Anybody else want in?

I’m beginning to realize that if left to my own devices, this site will be nothing more than left-wing political commentary, comments on geeky news items and the occasional pop culture review. Not that those are bad things, but I’d like it to be more. Not that I couldn’t do more – anyone who knows [...]

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