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I'm a Fool To Do Your Dirty Work: 10 Songs About Infidelity
I'm just going to say it -- the inspiration for this post is that for my entire life up until now, for some reason, I've attracted unavailable men. The last one was married (I did not meet up with him...
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The Forgotten Guitar God: Terry Kath
Today's average music fan probably wouldn't recognize the name Terry Kath. Nor would some classic rock fans, unless you are a diehard fan of the group Chicago and know that he was one of the group's...
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I'm A Woman, and I Love It When A Man Holds A Door Open For Me
Has feminism gone too far? I've seen some weird things online lately the past few weeks. First there was an article out of the UK that said men in the workplace were scared of assisting a female...
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Cigarette Ads...Or Dating Profiles?
Before I get into this blog post, I just want to apologize to anyone that is experiencing the pop-up ads on this site that push the content out of the way until you close it. I've asked the ad network...
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Why Does Most of Today's Music Suck So Much?
I really didn't want to write a "get off my lawn" title for this blog post. I really wanted to call it, "Why I'll Always Be Old School When It Comes to Music" or something equally as gentle. However,...
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Go Retro Gives Back -- Who Should I Donate To?
I'm trying something a little different before we get back to the retro-related posts, and I hope my readers will hear me out and read this. When it comes to charitable causes and helping organizations...
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Go Retro's Guide To Staying Slim and Fit
"How do you stay so skinny?"It's a question I hear often. The last person to ask it was an older gentleman that's a business associate of my boss. He was in the office this week to drop something off,...
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Going Retro With My Spending Habits: Why Cash Is Still King
Yesterday was payday, and since it's also the middle of the month that meant today was "pay the bills" day. When I looked at the balance online for this month for my credit card, though, I truly had a...
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9 Songs Written By Prince Covered By Other Artists
My biggest Prince memory is of a college friend that was madly in love with him. So much so, that she invited me and other friends to her dorm one evening to watch a Prince concert event on cable. It...
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Why I Believe Men Should Still Pay for Dates in the Year 2016
It was a week ago that an article called "It's 2016. Why are men still paying for women on dates?" appeared in the Boston Globe, and it really put my knickers in a twist. The completely clueless author...
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Hardy Kruger: The Hollywood Hunk With A Nazi Past
A month or so ago I was watching Flight of the Phoenix (the original; not the remake) when I found myself quite taken with James Stewart's co-star in the film, a handsome German actor with blonde hair,...
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And the Winning Charity Is...
Well, I had a feeling a lot of fellow kitty lovers read Go Retro, because the votes from the charity poll are in and the winner is the Ellen Gifford Cat Shelter! There's going to be a lot of happy...
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Speak...Speak A Song: Telly Savalas Vs. William Shatner
Two huge television stars. Two TV appearances. Two hilarious, craptacular "singing" performances in the '70s.These are the kind of retro gold gems that I live for when they get unearthed. I'd seen both...
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The Forgotten Prince Film: Under the Cherry Moon
I only remember three parts of Under the Cherry Moon: the very beginning, the ending musical performance as the credits rolled (I think it was to "Kiss") and a very lame joke about pronouncing "record...
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Ten Politically Incorrect Songs That Would Be Considered Offensive in 2016
Warning: if you're easily "triggered" (the buzz word of 2016) by songs about fat shaming, racism, school shootings, sexual assault, and more then best to click away NOW. Because I've just compiled, off...
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Movie Review: The Private Lives of Adam and Eve (1960)
It's bungle in the jungle for "Marty" Milner and Mamie Van Doren in The Private Lives of Adam and EveI'm not the least bit ashamed to admit that my main motivation for watching The Private Lives of...
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Observations About The TV Series Route 66 By a New Fan
Just in case you're wondering, that new fan happens to be me.I've been getting my kicks watching Route 66 for the past week or so. At first I watched a couple of random episodes on YouTube, and liked...
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Whatever Happened To The Colorful Kitchen?
Avocado. Harvest Gold. Almond. If you were living in an American household at any time from the '60s through the '80s, you're probably familiar with these colors as they applied to kitchen appliances....
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Tod Takes A Bad Acid Trip: The LSD Episode of Route 66
I know, I know, I just posted about Route 66 a few weeks ago. And I told the world that I was watching all of the episodes in their proper order from the very beginning.But over on the Route 66 group...
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1,000 Posts of Go Retro! (Really?!?)
Happy Fourth of July weekend, Go Retro readers (and hey, the t-shirts on the couple above are a perfect red, white, and blue!) A few weeks ago I began noticing when logging into Blogger that I had...
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