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THE WORST HALLOWEEN COSTUMES OF ALL TIME
PAUL NEWMAN WAS GREAT
Recently I had been trying to put together a retrospective article on Cool Hand Luke, and of course Newman was the first person I tried to contact. This was a couple months ago and I was unaware that he had gone home to get ready for his cancer to take its course. Paul Newman is one of the world's great men. He had it all, and gave a lot more. He's starred in some of the greatest movies ever made, found time to live it up as a race car driver, landed and kept one of the most beautiful women for his wife, and gave us some pretty kickass salad dressing. If men would only aspire to be 20% of the man Newman was, the world would be a better place. Thanks for everything, Paul!
RALPH WAITE INTERVIEWED
PERFORMANCES
CLICK HERE
for photos and our review of Nellie McKay's recent concert at
Petaluma's Mystic Theater in California.
TED FINN at LUNA'S CAFE -
THIS THURSDAY AUG, 28th!
THE DARK KNIGHT
BOOKS
HAUNTED: A NOVEL by CHUCK PALAHNIUK
This is a couple years old, but I just tore through this and
think it's one of the most wonderfully sickening books I've read in a long time.
I couldn't put it down. A bunch of writers are taken to a secret place where
they're kept for 90 days to create their masterpieces. Turns out they have some
pretty horrible stories to tell, and they decide to make their real life
situation even more horrible.
LIFE: A USER'S MANUAL by STEVE CULLISON
I'm all for giving up and coming humorists a hand, and Steve's
sometimes satirical and often dead on look on how to succeed in life is a lot
funnier than you'd think it'd be. The artwork, though sparse, looks like
something from an '80s era Macintosh videogame, but it's full of laughs. Advice
ranging from running for President to creative dating tips abound.
MEGO 8" SUPER HEROES: WORLD'S GREATEST TOYS
This gorgeous tome is a spectacular love letter to the great
super hero action figures made by Mego in the '70s. Any kid worth anything had
at least one of these. Tons of great history and giant full color glossy
pictures throughout make this a must have book for any fan of these fine toys.
Every piece of ever figure and multiple angle photography make
this a truly indispensable addition to an retroCRUSHers library.
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THE TOP FICTIONAL SPORTS
After watching several Olympic events like Trampoline Jumping and
Synchronized Diving that seem like something out of a work of fiction, we've
decided to recognize the Top 10 Fictional Sports of All Time. From Quidditch to
Parrises Squares, will your favorite imaginary pastime be there?
CLICK HERE to find out.
As comic book sidekicks go, Jimmy Olsen might not be the first
guy you think of, but he's a vastly underrated character that is instrumental
both in the history of Superman, and the catalyst for Jack Kirby to create some
of the most exciting characters in fiction.
CLICK HERE to read Bradley Mason
Hamlin's excellent tribute to Superman's Pal.
THE
TOP 20 MOST ANNOYING SONGS
About a month ago we conducted a
poll of the worst songs of all time. With a staggering 4,000
responses, these are the results, as ranked by vote count. Sure
each one of these is somebody's favorite song, and without a
doubt you have some worse choices that aren't here, either.
There are certainly songs that are technically worse, but these
are those special bad songs that became popular and played so
many millions of times that you want to pound rusty nails into
your skull to make the noise stop. As the universal official
keepers of pop culture, it is retroCRUSH's duty and pleasure to
bring them to you. Plus we have videos
to watch for EACH ONE!
CLICK HERE
TO START YOUR ANNOYING ADVENTURE
retroCRUSH takes a look at the biggest musical
missteps of all time! From Elton John's disco disaster to Neil
Young's doo-wop influenced record label middle finger, you'll find a
bunch of neat stories, all presented by our resident music geek Miles
Miniacci. CLICK HERE TO
ENJOY THE TRAGEDY.
Bradley Mason Hamlin brings us a look at the too many
incarnations of Captain Marvel throughout comic book history. From the CC
Beck original, to the '80s Donna Summer version, they're all here.
CLICK HERE
TO READ IT.
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I
saw Cool Hand Luke for the first time about a month ago. It's
on a long list of classic movies that I'm ashamed to have not seen
before. I was so impressed that I began contacting the cast and crew
to put together a retrospective. What a thrill to get a call back
from Ralph Waite, the veteran actor who actually has one of my
favorite parts in the film as the new guy who struggles to figure out
the rules in the prison work camp. Waite turns 80 this year (and
shares my June 22nd birthday) and has had a long career that's lasted
more than 40 years and still keeps him busy. In between his film work
which has included such classics as Five Easy Pieces, Roots,
HBO's Carnivale, and of course the patriarch of The Waltons
clan, he ran for congress in 1990 and 1998. Here's our interview full
of good juicy details of his career.
Hey...when
you don't want to stand in line for
