Category Archives: Blast from the Past

Be Kind – Please Rewind

Posted on November 2, 2021 by Joe

Sometimes I have a great notion, and a lot of times I have merely middling notions. It was while pursuing one of these middling notions that I came across a treasure trove!

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Angry Red Planet

Posted on September 15, 2021 by Joe

Watching trash on a tube TV in the studio a while back. I think this is around the time that television broadcasts went digital and I was obsessed with the station ThisTV.

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The Light at the Edge of the World

Posted on May 13, 2021 by Joe

I’m falling out of love with streaming. I’ve grown weary of a number of television streaming options and have pruned them from my monthly expenses. The free, ad supported streaming platforms occasionally offer a pleasant surprise, but the barrage of … Continue reading →

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SEND MY SELECTIONS ON…

Posted on May 6, 2021 by Joe
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WFIL 56

Posted on April 22, 2021 by Joe

Before Philadelphia’s American Broadcast Company affiliate was WPVI it was WFIL, and it had a sister radio station on the AM dial that played a heavy rotation of top forty hits and a whole lot of commercials.

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Read this students, QUIETLY!

Posted on January 12, 2021 by Joe

My Weekly Reader from the Spring of 1972. I found this in a crumbling folder of ancient homework and handouts from grade school circa 1972. Teachers would hand these out and make the students read them QUIETLY so they could cadge … Continue reading →

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OH BOY!

Posted on January 10, 2021 by Joe

A cartoon I did back when I was around 7 or 8 years old. It was probably drawn while I was splayed out on the floor in front of the television watching Wee Willie Webber. I found it in a … Continue reading →

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