The Blerd Radio team talks nostalgia, originality and reboots (shout out to D.J. Tanner and Kimmy Gibler) in the latest podcast.
Posts tagged "nostalgia"
Blerd Radio 2015 | Episode 6 : More Nostalgia; Exploring The Reissue Theory
I bet you can’t wait until the deluxe reissue of this podcast, coming your way in 2035. With bonus footage!
Blerd Radio Podcast 2015 | Episode 5: Back In The Day (Part One)
The Blerd Radio team ( Big Money, Michael Parr , The Packet Man & Dr. Z ) created a lengthy (and pretty intense) podcast about being record geeks, a topic that’s pretty much the reason this podcast even exists. Then Big Money’s Macbook shit the bed (why am I talking about myself in the third person?), taking the podcast with it. After a couple weeks to regroup, the team is back and we’re talking about another topic near and dear to our hearts: nostalgia. This article is a good jumping off point for the podcast , as all three […]
The Viewfinder: Welcome (Back) to “Jurassic Park”!
Steven Spielberg’s dino classic stomps into theaters next year in 3D. Has it really been 20 years?
Dave Rullo Presents: Aging Hip Replacement #36
We’re in an odd position, members of my generation, made to feel nostalgic about items that were never meant to have nostalgia attached to them. Almost every item from our youth was made cheaper, faster and with faster planned and unplanned obsolescence than our parents and grandparents’ generation. Even those items that were originally manufactured as part of an earlier generation were cheapened when they made their way into my time. This cycle has continued into the next generation. My […]
Aging Hip Replacement–Nostalgia Acts?
Is U2 nostalgia rock? Good question right? I’m going to see the band tonight (along with what seems like everyone I went to college with) so it begs the question, is U2 nostalgia rock? Are they The Rolling Stones? I think I can wonder this in my own column, it suits the parameters of what I write about. In my mind there are several types of nostalgia rock acts. There’s The Stones and Aerosmith. You know, bands that continue to […]
“NKOTBSB”: We’ll Be Loving Them (Forever)
Here’s a bit of frightening pop-culture math for you: the first record by the New Kids on the Block came out 25 years ago. The first LP by the Backstreet Boys bowed 15 years ago. Alright, quit screaming in agony. That may not be a terribly long time in human years, but in pop-cultural terms it’s an eternity. And how are those milestones being celebrated? How else? Both boy-turned-men bands are hitting the road this summer, playing surprisingly large venues […]
