Category Archives: Blast from the Past

Dream a Little Dream

Posted on November 13, 2025 by Joe

The advertisements in girl comics were always different. Whereas ads in boy’s comics appealed to hapless adventurers with home built go-kart kits, antisocial ne’er-do-wells with practical jokes and future glue sniffers who had prurient interests with x-ray spectacles, girl ads … Continue reading →

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Vampira

Posted on October 26, 2025 by Joe

Brian Bubonic scored me this terrific, autographed 8×10 of Vampira aka Maila Nurmia a few years back. Brian offers his two cents: I met Maila at a screening of grindhouse movies that used to take place monthly in Hollywood. She … Continue reading →

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My Nemesis in Polyester: A High School Memory

Posted on October 15, 2025 by Joe_Williams

Wherein I dispense a little cartoon justice on my high school nemesis, a troglodyte in polyester. No gentle glide down memory lane here—just ink and spite. Continue reading →

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Great Movie, Terrible Soundtrack — In Space No One Can Hear This Record

Posted on October 2, 2025 by Joe

This is a switcheroo from my usual post where I highlight terrible movies that have great soundtracks or musical scores. Today, I am looking at a great movie that has a less than memorable soundtrack album. Alien (1979) directed by … Continue reading →

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Terrible Movie, Great Soundtrack: The Unlikely Brilliance of Casino Royale’s Music

Posted on September 25, 2025 by Joe

Back in the day, I stumbled across a song that grabbed me and wouldn’t let go. It was on WPEN, a Philadelphia “easy listening” station that’s long gone, catering to the Geritol set with its smooth, unhip vibes. I’d heard … Continue reading →

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Terrible Movie – Great Soundtrack

Posted on August 28, 2025 by Joe_Williams

I am once again returning to the well of awful movies that had great soundtracks. This time it’s Brian DePalma’s The Fury which was released in 1978 and is based on a novel by John Farris who also contributed the … Continue reading →

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Terrible Movie – Great Soundtrack

Posted on August 6, 2025 by Joe_Williams

Back in the late 1970s, John Williams must have been the hardest working man in show business. I doubt if he took a day off since crafting the iconic soundtrack for Jaws in 1975. If there was a major movie, … Continue reading →

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Button, Button, Who’s Got the Button?

Posted on June 24, 2025 by Joe

It’s always the way — I was looking for something else, and I find a lost treasure! I recently uncovered my stash of movie buttons from the 1980s. They used to hand these out at science fiction conventions and sneak … Continue reading →

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Zombie Buffet

Posted on May 8, 2025 by Joe

As I sketch in my sketchbooks I usually have trash playing on the streaming box connected to the television. Despite having a number of pay channels I scored during Black Friday specials, I tend to tune into TubiTV which is … Continue reading →

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