Tag: SignPosts
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RIP Left-Eye
“Waterfalls” from TLC’s 1994 landmark album CrazySexyCool. It became TLC’s most successful single from the album, and along with “Creep” it ruled the airwaves and charts throughout 1995. Trust us kids, the song was everywhere. Youtube Link to the Official Music Video.
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Papaya Rules
If you’ve watched Formula 1 as a US fan; you can hear David Croft in your head at the start of every race. With F1 coverage moving to Apple TV next year, it’s unknown what the US broadcasts will look like. ESPN’s pickup of the Sky Sports feed was a cost-effective solution, and unknowingly made…
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Squirrel!
John Hughes wrote and produced some of the most classic 1980’s “Slice of Life” movies, telling the stories of teenage dreams and angst in generic suburbia. He’s also the writer behind National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, basing the screenplay around his short story Christmas ’59. It’s probably deserving of its own longer essay, but we’ll save…
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It is a Christmas Movie.
There is no debate. Die Hard (1988) is a Christmas Movie. I will not be taking any questions.
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A crummy commercial?
A Christmas Story (1983) is now a holiday staple, in part due to the constant airplay on cable and broadcast TV for the last 20 years. Based on Jean Shepard’s 1966 book In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash, it remains a classic satire of Pre-WWII American suburbia. A lot of the jokes have…
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Gonna add a whole new wing on here.
Mr. Mom (1983). This line works great anytime someone asks about a KPI.
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Billy Joel Redux
I wrote a much longer post the last time I pulled a lyric from “We Didn’t Start the Fire” which does a much better job of telling the story of why this song will forever be stuck with me. A fun thing I’ve noticed is that if you use the opening lyric of a song,…
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To Rock a Rhyme that’s right on time
“It’s Tricky” by Run D.M.C. from their 4th album, Raising Hell. A hip hop standard now, it cribbed a large amount of influence both musically and lyrically from “My Sharona” by the Knack. The Music Video features an excellent cameo by Penn and Teller.