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Geocities finest: The Hampster Dance!
Thursday, 26 Mar, 2009 | 3 Comments
Geocities finest: The Hampster Dance!

The original is now only in our hearts, but we linked to a mirror so you can still  enjoy the best animated-gif-background-(completely-illegal)-song website known to the tubes. This here is straight from ‘98. It appears the hamsters went on vacation on…

TGIF: The Wish List Staple…Dune Buggy
Friday, 20 Mar, 2009 | One Comment
TGIF: The Wish List Staple…Dune Buggy

This post is an extract from The Retro Machine (Vol 15) posted by Spencer over at RetroJunk.

I had this exact Dune Buggy. I’m not sure that it was a Power Wheels toy or not, but it was one of…

Stop! Hammertime.
Thursday, 19 Mar, 2009 | No Comment
Stop! Hammertime.

If baseball pants would bring World peace, these things could start wars.

Nowadays, Hammer might be doing Super Bowl commercials telling us that he’s trading in his gold records for cash and Vanilla Ice might be apologizing for what he…

TGIF: Do It Rockapella…find Carmen Sandiego
Friday, 13 Mar, 2009 | 2 Comments
TGIF: Do It Rockapella…find Carmen Sandiego

This post is an extract from The Retro Machine (Vol 6) posted by Spencer over at RetroJunk.

No, this is not a piece about the PC game, this is a piece on the fantastic PBS game show that aired in…

Top 10 Movies of the 90’s
Wednesday, 4 Mar, 2009 | 7 Comments
Top 10 Movies of the 90’s

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Below is the list of the top ten movies from the 90’s based on gross inflation-adjusted revenue.

The billion dollar blockbuster Titanic was shown for a near-month in my uno-screen hometown theater.
JTT was the voice of courageous but…

King of Pop: Wacko Jacko
Wednesday, 25 Feb, 2009 | 10 Comments
King of Pop: Wacko Jacko

Dear MJ-
Nobody used to make fun of your pants for being too short, grabbing your crotch, or for owning 117 Arcade Games because your voice was going to be the answer to World peace. Too bad you are bat-shit…

Candy Hearts & Reader poll: Love Songs
Friday, 13 Feb, 2009 | 6 Comments
Candy Hearts & Reader poll: Love Songs

Awww…Valentine’s Day. No, as much as we’d like to we’re not suggesting that VD is on the list of STWC. We are suggesting, however, that the only day of the year where it’s acceptable to buy a giant .5lb Hershey…

When SNL was Something Not Lame
Tuesday, 10 Feb, 2009 | 4 Comments
When SNL was Something Not Lame

Saturday Night Live used to be cool. Heck, it even used to funny. Now-a-days the only laughable creations that come out are a few cameo appearances from J. Timbs featuring the only talent on the show, Andy Samberg. I’m going…

867-5309 can be yours…for $500k
Tuesday, 3 Feb, 2009 | One Comment
867-5309 can be yours…for $500k

The #1 posted number in men’s bathrooms everywhere, thanks to a 1982 one-hit wonder from Tommy Tutone, is for sale. If your name is Jenny and you’ve got an extra half-mil laying around and crave attention  (to the tune of…

Smells Like Teen Spirit
Thursday, 29 Jan, 2009 | No Comment
Smells Like Teen Spirit

Good thing Kurt Cobain did a terrible job at writing pop songs (and trying to copy The Pixies). The Aberdeen, WA based trio started a music revolution with this anthem release from 1991.

Speaking from an awful personal experience in…