Showing posts with label 1980s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1980s. Show all posts
Saturday, January 08, 2022

The Garfield Telephone

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1986 ad for the Tyco Garfield Telephone   The 1986 Tyco Garfield telephone perhaps would have been another '80s pop culture relic were i...
Wednesday, October 13, 2021

The Great Kat - Worship Me Or Die! (Roadrunner, 1987)

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Your blind date is here. Image: Discogs I once saw a mail-order offer for this album in Metal Edge magazine back in 1988. The cover of this...
Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Special Request: "The Ballad of A Gentle Laxative (The Doxidan Cowboy Commercial)" (1987)

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  From the mailbag.... Hmmm...Not really knowledgeable about diamel, Rd. But when you mentioned the Doxidan Cowboy, you hit solid gold. Ever...
Friday, November 29, 2019

The Last 78 RPM Records

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"Gwendolyne" Julio Iglesias (1970, Colombia) Image: Discogs What was the last 78 RPM record? I've been asked this ques...
Friday, October 25, 2019

Dumpster Diving in The Internet Archive

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If you love random free, old, fun and useful stuff. But can't find anything useful on the curb outside and you're tired o...
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Friday, October 11, 2019

Hospital Radio

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     Image: Sheffield Hospital Radio It was an American idea that became a British institution that is almost completely unheard of i...
Thursday, October 10, 2019

The Ben Cooper Pac Man Halloween Costume (1982)

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One kid in a mask like this is alarming. An army of kids in masks like this is nightmare fuel.
Wednesday, October 09, 2019

Portable And Car Audio Demonstration Cassettes

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In the early days of portable cassette machines, late 1960s and early 1970s cassette decks often came with demonstration tapes. These we...