Retro Nostalgia to the Max!
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Nostalgia’s Revenge: Dirty Dancing Through The Wonder Years––On Cassette Tape!
I began noticing cassettes everywhere, from flea markets and garage sales to other crowdfunding campaigns. I started snatching them up, so long as they weren’t stickered at the same price they were back in the day at Sam Goody.
Nostalgia’s Revenge – Cobra Kid: My Obsession with ‘Cobra Kai,’ ‘Karate Kid,’ and Remco Action Figures
After binging ‘Cobra Kai’ for about three weeks at a pace of one or two episodes per night, I immediately became obsessed with ‘The Karate Kid.’ I found myself searching eBay for the Remco action figures I had as a kid.
The Enduring Appeal of ‘Heavy Metal Parking Lot’ 35 Years Later
There’s comfort in the zero expectations and simplicity of hanging out with friends in a parking lot. No agenda, no responsibilities, and only possibilities of where the day or night might lead.
Retro Trivia Quiz #1- How Well Do You Remember the ’80s and ’90s?
From movies, music, sports, toys, TV, and more, there’s plenty of ’80s & ’90s pop culture to test your mettle in our retro trivia quiz.
Blame It on the Beat: Music-Filled Movies with Sharp Social Commentary
True, the mark of a successful music or dance movie is whether it gets viewers singing along or on their feet moving. But the really great ones go a little farther and get us thinking.
10 Classic Cartoon Theme Song Rankings
Grab your bowl of Cap’n Crunch, put some fresh batteries in the remote, and let’s take a listen to the top 10 cartoon theme songs of the ’80s!
Turn On Your Heartlight: A Drive-In Movie Family First
Finding a silver lining during the middle of a pandemic is hard, but one mother did just that with a family’s first trip to a drive-in movie theater.
Maybe What We’re Chasing Isn’t Nostalgia, but Closure.
Skating pioneer Tony Hawk reminds us that embracing endings is satisfying, painful, and necessary.
Before Blockbuster and Redbox There Was Video Vendor
Forget candy and sodas! Video Vendor was a fully automated self-service VHS vending machine from 1984. Eat your heart out, Redbox!
Out of Order: An Abandoned Arcade Warehouse
What may be treasured memories for most of us are just business assets for others, quick to be discarded when their usefulness is over.