Dick Clark, the oldest teenager died today. Did you know Dick Clark had a comic strip called Dick Clark’s Rock, Roll and Remember? It began in 1994 and faded into obscurity in 1995. Dick Clark’s Rock, Roll and Remember was written by Fred Bronson, the Chart Beat columnist for Billboard magazine who has an encyclopedic […]
Monsters of Rock illustration portraits by Jason Edmiston. Monsters of Rock was an annual (hard rock / heavy metal) music festival held in England, that branched into other locations like The Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Germany, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Chile. Tony M.If this article made you think, brought back a memory, or made you see something differently, […]
It’s been 50 years of James Bond on the big screen. We have bonded with six Bonds in those 50 years. Tony M.If this article made you think, brought back a memory, or made you see something differently, I’d love to hear from you. Send me an email at sandboxworld@gmail.com. I read every message personally […]
Crises? What crises? The housing crises could be easily solved with this build yourself frontier cabin from the early 1960’s. How could you go wrong with one dollar? Size Approx. 3 ft. high—9 ft. square, 23cubic ft. inside. Endless hours of play run. Big: enough for 2-3 kids to ‘Live’ in this cabin of their […]
In some corners that might sound kinky, but it did happen. It was kind of magic at the time. Freddie Mercury riding on Darth Vader. I don’t think Ming the Merciless would be too happy about this. Ming and Darth together, that would be the dream team of evil. Tony M.If this article made you think, […]
Teenagers and lovers (you know you do) have a thing in common, they both love squeezing zits. “Avoid a catastrophe,” use Clearex Pimple Treatment Gel is a clever ad from Israel. Tony M.If this article made you think, brought back a memory, or made you see something differently, I’d love to hear from you. Send […]
E is for Elmoticons by Steven Lefcourt. Tony M.If this article made you think, brought back a memory, or made you see something differently, I’d love to hear from you. Send me an email at sandboxworld@gmail.com. I read every message personally and, with your permission, may feature your thoughts in a future article because the […]
Viewing Spock through the years by George Takei. With apologies to George, I added one more Spock. Tony M.If this article made you think, brought back a memory, or made you see something differently, I’d love to hear from you. Send me an email at sandboxworld@gmail.com. I read every message personally and, with your permission, […]
This picture by Wilfredo Lumagbas Jr. reminded me of the David Lee Roth album, Eat ‘Em and Smile. “Sonrisa Salvaje (literally “Wild Smile”) is the Spanish version of Eat ‘Em and Smile. According to the Van Halen Encyclopedia, the idea to re-record the album in Spanish was the idea of bassist Billy Sheehan, who had […]
Art by Michael Hacker. Tony M.If this article made you think, brought back a memory, or made you see something differently, I’d love to hear from you. Send me an email at sandboxworld@gmail.com. I read every message personally and, with your permission, may feature your thoughts in a future article because the best stories are […]
Sleep comes like a drug In God’s Country Sad eyes, crooked crossesIn God’s Country Tony M.If this article made you think, brought back a memory, or made you see something differently, I’d love to hear from you. Send me an email at sandboxworld@gmail.com. I read every message personally and, with your permission, may feature your […]
Having fun in the original Batman TV show set. Tony M.If this article made you think, brought back a memory, or made you see something differently, I’d love to hear from you. Send me an email at sandboxworld@gmail.com. I read every message personally and, with your permission, may feature your thoughts in a future article […]