Author: Tony M.

T-World: Sesame Street

T-WORLD: THE JOURNAL OF T-SHIRT CULTURE is already on issue six. The pricey magazine features a variant cover of four classic Sesame Street characters. If you are lucky to get your hands on this Australian magazine, the t-shirt culture will open your eyes to some exciting cool t-shirts. “Sesame Street! Masterminded by T-World’s editor Eddie […]

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Original Pac-Man Drawings by Toru Iwatani

Toru Iwatani, the developer of the classic video game Pac-Man displayed his pristine layouts from 1979 of his Pac-Man layout. Pac-Man will be a game that will last for many generations. The simplicity of the game and difficulty is a long lasting game as Chess and Checkers have been for many generations. Pac-Man is a […]

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New Green Hornet

The campy Green Hornet is back. Seth Rogen sheds a new comedic dimension to the 60’s popular second banana series to the Batman iconic TV show of the time. The movie will hit theaters in 2011. This should get heavy play at Comic-Con this year. The Green Hornet is a masked superhero, created by George […]

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Plastic in the Atlantic Ocean

I am reminded of the Police’s song Message in the Bottle where hundred billion bottles wash up on the shore. The Atlantic as much as other oceans of the world have become the backyards of polluters. Sea Education Association (SEA) is doing vast research this year on their voyage to find plastic out in the […]

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Celebrating the Summer Solstice

It’s all downhill from today as we celebrate the longest day of sunlight of the year . The summer solstice is upon us. Good cheer and fear for others, it will be many days or relaxing and fun. Tony M.If this article made you think, brought back a memory, or made you see something differently, […]

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Guns and Comic Books

Guns and comic books at one time went hand in hand. Daisy BB guns were plastered on the inside and back of comic books encouraging kids to buy guns at an early age. Today they are replaced by Nerf super-soaker guns. See vintage comic book gun ads>> Tony M.If this article made you think, brought […]

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Blue Note Album Covers

Blue Note Jazz albums had an air of coolness to them. They don’t make albums like they used to. The art came at you unlike the trappings of a small CD cover. The imaginative concepts really grabbed your imagination. Here is a vault of online Blue Note album cover art defining a great period of […]

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Good Grief Charlie Brown Graffiti

Graffiti cannot be good grief for any building owner if it is not wanted. Here found in Ottawa is a tribute to Charlie Brown ‘s yellow jagged stripe top that graces the bricked building. Tony M.If this article made you think, brought back a memory, or made you see something differently, I’d love to hear […]

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New Smurf Movie

The official trailer for the Smurf movie hit the net and the reactions are very negative for the Americanized version of the Peyo classic. The Smurfs are transported to present day New York as apposed to the medieval setting we are used to. Some have gone as far to suggest that the video is viral […]

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Summer Reading

Summer reading is the best under a tree with a nice breeze close to the shore. What great books are coming out this summer? The Walrus magazine has some great suggestions for summer reading and an amazing cover from Canadian artist extraordinaire Seth of Palookaville fame published by Drawn and Quarterly. Tony M.If this article […]

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Vintage School Supplies

School is barely over and Staples already has school supplies ready for next year. Buying supplies was not that hard in the old days. It seems there is just too much choice and the teachers are finicky about what type of supplies they want. When we went to school all we needed was paper and […]

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Dandy the New York Yankees Mascot

The New York Yankees as an organization seem to do everything right. There is a mind-wipe of sorts when it comes to Dandy. Dandy was their mascot from 1979 to 1981 when the mascot popularity was at an all-time high. Designed by Wayde Harrison and his wife Bonnie Erickson are also creators of Miss Piggy […]

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