While my extended and sequential exploration of LIFE Magazine‘s 1950s backcatalog has been an often poignant, frequently painful exercise in the fool-making powers of hindsight, it has turned up a wealth of little-known popcultural gems. Some of the most interesting finds have been comics related, with original work by some of the all time greats [...]

Of the many things in this world which I’ll never understand, the 1982 sequel to Grease ranks near the top of the list. I understand why a film bearing the Grease 2 title was made. The first film was a smash hit which profitably channeled 1970s fascination with the (hyper-romanticized) music and fashions of the [...]

Much like the parents of ye olden times who wouldn’t name a child until it first ran a multi-year gauntlet of smallpox exposure, famine, and spear-related accidents, I tend to save the introduction/mission statements for any given new project until I can grasp a sense of its viability. And believe you me, I’ve got plenty [...]

Whether we’re discussing the relative merits of Sega Master System games or dissecting forgotten political debates of Cold War era, we here at Armagideon Time strive daily to bring you only the most topical and cutting edge infotainment. With that in mind, here are the results from Creem‘s reader poll of the “Biggest Rock Disappointments [...]

Thanks to the content singularity basic cable has become, it is now possible to spend one’s entire day watching nothing but repeats of Happy Days. That does beg the question “Why would one want to watch nothing but Happy Days repeats?” A vaild inquiry, to be sure, but one which neglects the fact that the [...]

Being a retrogaming enthusiast, I was thrilled when Microsoft revealed that its “Game Room” service would hit the Xbox 360 in the early spring of 2010. Thrown together by Aussie developer Krome Studios, the app was a slick front end by which users could purchase, sample, and play a regularly updated roster of vintage arcade [...]

Dynamite Magazine was a popcult touchstone for the Generation Known as X; the publication’s rainbow script logo has been indelibly seared into our nostalgia cortexes and referenced in various hep artifacts of ephemera. The magazine was a beloved staple of pediatric waiting rooms, elementary school libraries, and mail-order “book club” flyers, its ad-free mix of [...]

I bought my first grown-up stereo system in 1985, not too long after my family moved to Woburn Center and my brother and I got our very own room (as opposed to a doorless niche space connected to the living room of our small North Woburn apartment). My mom had a job assembling speakers for [...]

In the far-off future of 1975… …everybody will be Klaus Nomi* for fifteen minutes. (According to a 1950 LIFE photo feature, at least.) *The judges would have also accepted “Sal Solo.”

I was born in 1972, which means my childhood was roughly split between the touchy-feely hedonism of the Seventies and the glossy-greedy hedonism of the Eighties. It also means that I’m just old enough to remember a time before Kenner and George Lucas completely transformed the notion of “boys’ playthings.” (The concept of action figures [...]