I couldn’t believe my ears over the weekend when a friend expressed to me that in their opinion Over the Rainbow by Harry Nilsson from the You’ve Got Mail soundtrack was one of the great songs from movie soundtracks they heard in recent times. After finding my equilibrium, I cited any number of others which [...]

When it comes to the bizarre – the 70s seemed to have a stranglehold on performing artists crying out for some kind – in fact any kind of help. Take Englebert Humperdink. Granted he had enduring talent which to this day has earned him milliions – but at what point did his manager decide that [...]

What do you get when you combine cellos, violins, woodwinds, horns and classical overtones to a stirring rock agenda? Modern Opera? Well kinda. ELO – or for the puritans – The Electric Light Orchestra. Hugely contemporary with unabashed lashings of everything from baroque to renaissance – Jeff Lynne and his wandering band of mistrals defied [...]

Regarded as one of the most influential rock and roll bands of all-time KISS holds honors as one of America’s top gold record champions, recording 36 albums over 32 years selling over 75 million albums worldwide. Performing at everything from the Super Bowl to the 2002 Winter Olympics , the KISS legacy continues to grow, [...]

Had a bit of fun last night with a few friends who all took up the challenge of deciphering what their name would be if they were a porn star! Rule of thumb apparently is that you take your first pet’s name and use it as your first name, and then the first street you [...]

From a Joe Ordinary’s point of view, there have been some amazing movies made. Some bizarre, some remarkable and some which simply fall into the iconic class. While every decade had them – the 70′s had a proliferation of all genre’s (at least to this Joe Ordinary’s mind anyway). From Butch Cassidy and the Sundance [...]

A recent on-line poll of the world’s sexiest female TV stars of the last 40 years turned up some surprising results. Some of them I agree with, some I find questionable and some, well . . . . Those who made the list 11- 20 include: 20. Batman’s Julie Newmar. 19. Christina Applegate 18. The [...]

Colour and movement – it’s the whole basis behind our existence really – but brought down to its simpliest form – it has been making millions of kids (and adults) laugh for decades – through that most elegant of genre’s – The Cartoon. From the most unpretentious of beginnings such as Walt Disney’s “Steamboat Willie” [...]

Given the choice of one person – living or dead – who would you choose to ‘hang’ with for 24 hours? Einstein? Julius Cesear? Shakespeare? Al Gore Perplexing? I won’t taint your thinking with my answer – but given how today has started in the Pop Doc’s surgery – I could probably do with 24 [...]

Can you believe it – go home the other night to find the Pop Doctor  clan transfixed by of all things – Felix The Cat – which somehow managed to find its way onto the tube. Without thinking – Felix’s hypnotic presence was enough to plant me in my seat for the next 10 mins – [...]

With the proliferation of music video clips – my mind can’t help but hark back to the very first screening of MTV when I was a teen and of course the now iconic “Video Killed The Radio Star” soundtrack by the Buggles. Since then of course – up and coming performers have come and gone [...]

When conversation turns to music – there’s no holding back – we all have our favourites. But given the chance – who would you include in your ultimate rock band?  I’m not talking a cast akin to the Mormon Tabernacle or Earth, Wind and Fire for that matter – but a five-piece gods of rock [...]

What was it about the sitcom – Happy Days – that made it sooooo ‘cool’. Let’s face it – when you look at the sum of its parts, the show had little going for it. Imagine going to television executives (in an era when Mannix, The Streets of San Francisco, Kojak and Kung Fu were [...]

There’s so many things the Japanese have brought to the world’s cultural table. Origami, bonsai and duster slippers for cats. But has there been any more significant gift to the western world than 60’s television animination? Sure – we had our Charlie Brown’s, our Yogi Bear’s and our Bugs Bunny’s – but could anything really [...]

Nerds! As much as we probably all admit to being way too cool to ever be considered one – we all have a soft side for them. But who are your favourite nerds? While in real life – Bill Gates would probably rank right up there – on the small screen at least I’ve compiled [...]

60’s and 70’s television culture – does it get any better? Let’s face it – cheese sells. How else do you account for season after season of The Munsters – or Lost in Space. How in today’s currency could you even contemplate running series after series of The Brady Bunch or put up with the [...]

‘The sirens are screaming and the fires are howling Way down in the valley tonight . . . ‘ Could it be that the unmistakable melodic prose of Jim Steinman mixed with the bombastic style of one Marvin Lee Aday – better known to us all as ‘Meatloaf’ – afforded the world one of the [...]

You know how it is! In an effort to unfurl life’s oyster, you happen to chance on the two-year-old whose only purpose in life is to annoy you by repeating the word ‘Why”. “It’s time for bed” “why” “Because otherwise you’ll be tired” “why” “Becuase your body needs rest” “why”. “So it can grow up [...]

“Rock ‘n roll’s been going downhill ever since Buddy Holly died.” Hardly the definitive piece of historic movie dialogue but  . . .  salient in it’s context none-the-less. . . . Happy Days, Grease, Sha-na-na, Laverne and Shirley, Back to The Future Part 1 . . .  there’s little doubt that for the latter part [...]

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