http://blog.retrogalaxy.com A spiraling cluster of news & events from distant decades Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:58:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I enjoyed reading through the 1st issue of Forever Retro (published by Playing With Words) a magazine celebrating the fun & games & entertainment of the 70s and 80s. This magazine has something for everyone: stories about movies, television, fashion, music etc. Ghostbusters, Kids Incorporated, video arcades, Smurfs, laser discs... I especially ... http://blog.retrogalaxy.com/archives/27 Want to learn more about the city's major role in old-time radio while listening to Chicago-based programs like Fibber McGee & Molly, The WLS National Barn Dance, Vic and Sade, and Lights Out? The Newberry Library's Adult Education Seminar program is offering an eight-week course on Chicago's Golden Age of ... http://blog.retrogalaxy.com/archives/25 Ann Rogers Tuennerman, Founder of Tales of the Cocktail, invites all vintage bar ware enthusiasts to the first International Symposium of Cocktail Shaker Collectors. All bar ware collectors, from beginner to advanced, including swizzle stick collectors, are invited to meet others and exchange information and knowledge in this first ... http://blog.retrogalaxy.com/archives/24 You know how some things just fall into your lap? (No, I'm not talking about potato chip crumbs) While sitting on my front porch a gust of wind blew some sort of paper flyer against the side of my leg. An advertisement of some sort, but I didn't pay much ... http://blog.retrogalaxy.com/archives/23 Looking through a box I found upstairs I came across this Green Hornet bendable figure. Written on back: 1966 Twentieth Century Fox Television, Inc. and the Green Hornet Inc. MFG by Lakeside Ind Inc. Not exactly in mint condition, although I'd never sell it anyway. You might've noticed that he looks ... http://blog.retrogalaxy.com/archives/22 Every winter, sometime after the holidays, when it's too cold outside my dad will haul out the Atari 2600 console in an effort to counter "cabin fever". While visiting one recent day I noticed the game on the coffee table. I plugged in Asteroids and away I went to a ... http://blog.retrogalaxy.com/archives/21 I purchased a book recently that satisfies my fascination with "then & now" photos. It is doubly satisfying because the photos are from Buster Keaton films. Harold Lloyd, Laurel & Hardy, & Buster Keaton are my favorites from the silent era. The book I refer to is Silent Echoes by ... http://blog.retrogalaxy.com/archives/20 Continuing the vacation/highway theme I started with the Stuckey's remembrance, I just found these pictures of motel signs. Why do I love these signs? Can someone explain? Could it be the pleasant childhood memories? The pleasing shapes, the creativity? All of the above? The town in which I grew up did not have many motels ... http://blog.retrogalaxy.com/archives/19 Okay, this might not be completely retro (although romance novels have been around a looong time, and so many of those book covers are admired by enthusiasts of pop culture cheese like myself) Well, I just think that these personalized romance novels are an interesting gift idea that might provide a solution for those who ... http://blog.retrogalaxy.com/archives/18 Oh, yeah! Nothing but corn as far as your eyes can see! You're on the interstate, in the backseat of your parents station wagon. You're bored, and hungry, and hot, and your bladder's full. When suddenly, rising out of the cornfield, a bright yellow sign with beautiful red letters announces ... http://blog.retrogalaxy.com/archives/16