It’s the one hundred and eighteenth episode of Required Reading With Tom and Stella! This podcast, which is hosted by Tom Panarese (Pop Culture Affidavit, In Country) and Stella (Batgirl to Oracle:…

BECAUSE PATREON DEMANDED IT! Network all-stars Rob, Shag, and Paul are joined by Tom Panarese to discuss their favorite independent comics of the 1980s and 1990s! This podcast is a proud member of the...

While they probably pale in comparison to their predecessor as well as some of the more iconic albums that were released around the same time, I consider Guns n’ Roses’ Use Your Illusio…

As Chris skated past two of the other team’s wingmen and sent a clearing pass that bounced

The 25th Anniversary poster. Picture from eBay. I got reminded by George Takei’s BlueSky account that this week marks 60 years since Star Trek debuted. I haven’t done much regarding Tre…

As Ray Bradbury’s biographer—having worked with the man for twelve years on four award-winning books and a graphic novel—people often ask, “Where should I begin when reading Ray Bradbury?” This is a...

It’s part two of a two-part crossover with Required Reading With Tom and Stella. In part one, we looked at Homer’s The Odyssey. Here, we take another look at The Odyssey, this time look…

It’s the one hundred and sixteenth episode of Required Reading With Tom and Stella! This podcast, which is hosted by Tom Panarese (Pop Culture Affidavit, In Country) and Stella (Batgirl to Oracle: …

Synchronize Swatches! In 1990, Fox debuted Parker Lewis Can’t Lose, a show about a charming teenager who always seems to get his way.  Comparisons to Ferris Bueller abounded, but th…

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In episode 172 of the podcast, I talked about the Fox Network, and at one point, I played part of the “It’s on Fox!” promo that first ran in 1990 and was a showcase for their then…

Stop me if you heard this one before: my inbox/Google Drive/hard drive is a mess. My folder of files from high school ported over from a floppy disk. While everyone out there is not a collector or …

90210, The X-Files, The Simpsons, In Living Color, 21 Jump Street, and … Herman’s Head? Join me this episode as I take a trip back into the late 1980s and the first decade of the Fox ne…

I just got back from a week at the beach, and just like every year that I go on vacation, I blew threw more than a few books. In this case, four that I’d packed. I also picked up three more b…

James Burrows has died at the age of 85. An 11-time Emmy winner, he co-created 'Cheers' and directed episodes of 'Will & Grace', 'Friends', 'The Big Bang Theory', 'Taxi' and many other TV sitcoms.

with apologies to Sarah Kay Barrett Beach/Talisman (picture from the National Park Service) I’m nine years old. John and I are on Boogie Boards. He’s going into the surf and gliding bac…

To say that Liz Phair is an important voice of my generation is an understatement. That being said, I really didn’t know who she was when I was a teenager (beyond a certain Rolling Stone cove…

I needed a break from all of the crappy horror movies I was watching, so I decided to go in the rom-com direction. Sitting on HBO Max was ensemble this film from 2019 about a group of randoms force…

Satrapi's autobiographical novel was born from her experiences of Iran's Islamic revolution and war with Iraq.

The running joke for so many people my age is taht we can’t remember why we entered a room ten seconds ago, but have vivid memories of the most random, trivial things from a very long time ag…

Physical Comics Read: 20 (91/127)Digital Comics Read: 0 (435/435)Books Read: 3 (86/100)Trades/Graphic Novels Read: 0 (4/12)Movies Watched: 4 (181/200)TV Shows Watched: 1 (44/45)TV Seasons Watched: …

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