Rotator Cuff, the forgotten little band only I loved

Rotator Cuff, the forgotten little band only I loved

Posted inMusic, Videos
I need to take a little trip back into Music Nostalgiaville for a moment. Not for any reason, just because. I'm going to do it with a cut from a band called Rotator Cuff. (If you want to skip the story and go right to the music, go below.) This band was completely local, so I acknowledge this is '90s nostalgia for no one but me. It's not even all that nostalgic for people in my area. This song got a decent amount of airplay on WHTG 106.3, which back in the day was one of the most important college…
Trans-frickin’-formers, more than meets the frickin’ eye. I said, TRANSFORMERS!

Trans-frickin’-formers, more than meets the frickin’ eye. I said, TRANSFORMERS!

Posted inGeek Stuff, Videos
Most kids in the '80s had a toy line that was their go-to, the one their parents kept buying for them because parents of the '80s knew that real parenting involved buying toys. It may have been M.A.S.K. or Thundercats or Masters of the Universe, or if you were a girl Strawberry Shortcake or WWF Wrestling figures. In my case, it was Transformers (even though I liked GI Joe more). So when a friend brought a portion of his huge vintage Transformers collection over for a new episode of Hours in the Attic, I was in nostalgia heaven even as…
I just watched six of the original Godzilla movies, and they were (mostly) awesome

I just watched six of the original Godzilla movies, and they were (mostly) awesome

Posted inFilms, Geek Stuff
As a kid, if I wasn't watching Harryhausen movies or Behind The Green Door, I was watching giant monster movies from Japan. I did this because they had giant monsters smashing stuff. Duh. I liked Gamera more than Godzilla because Gamera was a turtle and turtles are awesome, especially when they can fly and shoot fire and save children, but Godzilla was pretty rad, too. So why not revisit some of the originals? Aside from the very first, which I like to revisit every few years because it's way more amazing than people realize, I haven't seen most of these…