Pop Culture Archive
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The ‘West Coast’ Sound
Posted on July 5, 2011 | No CommentsWhile I might be 12,000 kilometres away – I’ve always been drawn to the west coast of the US – if not because of the similarity between the laid back... -
How Bizarre – How Bizarre
Posted on June 23, 2010 | No CommentsWhen 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... -
ELO and Jeff Lynne – Personifying Pop Music
Posted on June 21, 2010 | No CommentsWhat 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 –... -
KISS – more than just lip service to Rock
Posted on May 31, 2010 | No CommentsRegarded 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... -
What Are Your Five Iconic 70s Films?
Posted on May 20, 2010 | 1 CommentFrom 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... -
TV Hottest Actresses
Posted on May 9, 2010 | No CommentsA 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... -
What’s Your Favourite Childhood Cartoon?
Posted on May 7, 2010 | No CommentsColour 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)... -
24 Hours: Who would you ‘hang’ with?
Posted on September 8, 2009 | No CommentsGiven 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... -
Who Is The World’s Coolest Cat?
Posted on August 31, 2009 | No CommentsCan 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... -
Heeyyyyyyy!!!!!!
Posted on August 11, 2009 | No CommentsWhat 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... -
So just who won the war anyway . . .
Posted on August 3, 2009 | No CommentsThere’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... -
Nerd and Geek Hall Of Famers
Posted on July 30, 2009 | No CommentsNerds! 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... -
It’s culture Jim – but not as we know it . . .
Posted on July 23, 2009 | No Comments60’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 –... -
Meatloaf – and one Hell of an album
Posted on July 20, 2009 | No Comments‘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... -
American Graffiti
Posted on July 9, 2009 | No Comments“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. . .... -
Songs That You Can’t Get Out of Your Head
Posted on June 24, 2009 | No CommentsThey say that music matters most when you’re a teenager. Apparently (as reported in an article appearing the in the SMH back in 2004) it is a ‘social lubricant and... -
Favourite TV Families
Posted on June 21, 2009 | No CommentsRemember the Huxtables from The Cosby show – and how cool they were? Or how about the Brady’s? Perhaps The Taylors from Home Improvement or better still maybe The Cunningham’s from Happy... -
Who Would Play Your Life on Film?
Posted on June 16, 2009 | No CommentsIf Hollywood made a movie about your life, whom would you like to see play the lead role as you? Would is be one of the pretty boys like Pitt... -
Which Decade Was Cooler – 60′s vs the 70′s
Posted on June 9, 2009 | No CommentsDamn – that’s a tough one! Conversation turned to this at a party held in the confines of the Doctor’s palatial residence recently – and the jury was still out 2 hours... -
TV Homes I Would Choose to Live In
Posted on June 6, 2009 | No CommentsFrom time to time – as you do – I dragged out a copy of the old Happy Days TV series the other day – complete with Richie, The Fonz,...
