This is the final Thursday of 2016 and as this is a nostalgia column, I felt it would be appropriate to take a minute for reflection. In the world of pop culture and entertainment, this has been a rough one. An overwhelming number of celebrities died this year, including David Bowie, Prince, Alan Rickman and, … Continue reading Throwback Thursday: A 2016 Reflection
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Throwback Thursday: “Bitter Sweet Symphony”
Inspired by last week's column, I decided to revisit one of my favorite one-hit wonders from a band that was completely destroyed by The Rolling Stones. "Bitter Sweet Symphony" is the signature song of The Verve, a British rock group. You probably recognize it from the end of Cruel Intentions: This song is off of the … Continue reading Throwback Thursday: “Bitter Sweet Symphony”
Throwback Thursday: “Rico Suave”
If that slimy feeling you get when a creepy dude hits on you had a theme song, it would be "Rico Suave." "Rico Suave" was a 1990 single by Ecuadorian rapper Gerardo, and it's basically four minutes of him repeating "Rico Suave" in the creepiest sexiest way possible. In between pelvic thrusts, Gerardo raps a bilingual … Continue reading Throwback Thursday: “Rico Suave”
Throwback Thursday: Z is for “Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century”
Zoom zoom zoom! Make my heart go boom boom! My supernova girl! We have finally reached the end of our TBT ABCs and there's nothing I could have chosen for Z other than the 1999 Disney Channel Original Movie Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century. Zenon, a girl of the 21st century, lives on a space … Continue reading Throwback Thursday: Z is for “Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century”
Throwback Thursday: Y is for Yak Bak
When I was a kid, I watched Home Alone 2: Lost in New York and, like most red-blooded kids in America, I really wanted a Talkboy. Instead, I got a Yak Bak. Introduced in 1994, this was the less expensive alternative to the Talkboy and featured "Say" and "Play" buttons which are pretty self explanatory and … Continue reading Throwback Thursday: Y is for Yak Bak
Emily Regan 