The Spielster » Waxing Nostalgic http://www.spielster.com Sifting through the day's pop culture goodies..so you don't have to! Tue, 16 Aug 2011 00:25:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Song of the Day – “Summer Vacation” by The Party http://www.spielster.com/2009/07/04/song-of-the-day-summer-vacation-by-the-party/ http://www.spielster.com/2009/07/04/song-of-the-day-summer-vacation-by-the-party/#comments Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:32:21 +0000 admin http://www.spielster.com/?p=1558 If you were a tween girl in the early 1990′s, odds are you will remember the band The Party. A pop group bred from the Mickey Mouse Club 2.0, they had were the perfect tweeny bopper pop group, with songs about girlfriends, summer vacation and lost love. I was obsessed with them back in the [...]]]> http://www.spielster.com/2009/07/04/song-of-the-day-summer-vacation-by-the-party/feed/ 0 Hollywood Continues to Disappoint With the Remake of “Footloose” http://www.spielster.com/2009/05/21/hollywood-continues-to-disappoint-with-the-remake-of-footloose/ http://www.spielster.com/2009/05/21/hollywood-continues-to-disappoint-with-the-remake-of-footloose/#comments Thu, 21 May 2009 16:05:51 +0000 admin http://www.spielster.com/?p=1332 As a child, there were few movies I loved more than “Footloose”. In fact, I made my mother bring me to see it multiple times in the theater just so I could dance in the aisles and its soundtrack will be one of my favorite albums ever. And as I grew up and could actually [...]]]> http://www.spielster.com/2009/05/21/hollywood-continues-to-disappoint-with-the-remake-of-footloose/feed/ 0 This never gets old. http://www.spielster.com/2009/03/10/this-never-gets-old/ http://www.spielster.com/2009/03/10/this-never-gets-old/#comments Tue, 10 Mar 2009 05:06:44 +0000 admin http://www.spielster.com/2009/03/10/this-never-gets-old/ This really should be a review of “Watchmen”, but I am still attempting to wrap my brain around all three hours I spent in a theater on Saturday. And also avoiding the quickly materializing crush on Edward Blake or “The Comedian”.

So let’s instead end the night hanging out with Bert and Ernie while [...]]]> http://www.spielster.com/2009/03/10/this-never-gets-old/feed/ 0 Dear Hollywood, Stop Remaking My Favorite Things… http://www.spielster.com/2009/02/26/dear-hollywood-stop-remaking-my-favorite-things/ http://www.spielster.com/2009/02/26/dear-hollywood-stop-remaking-my-favorite-things/#comments Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:24:57 +0000 admin http://www.spielster.com/?p=866 Nothing really is sacred in Hollywood anymore. Yesterday it was announced that Universal as part of their partnership with Hasbro will remake the classic film “Clue”. Every gosh darn day there is something from my childhood being taken from me and remade and I am not sure if I can take this anymore. Earlier this [...]]]> http://www.spielster.com/2009/02/26/dear-hollywood-stop-remaking-my-favorite-things/feed/ 0 Could 2009 Get Any Better For Us Alterna Fans? http://www.spielster.com/2009/02/24/could-2009-get-any-better-for-us-alterna-fans/ http://www.spielster.com/2009/02/24/could-2009-get-any-better-for-us-alterna-fans/#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:42:01 +0000 admin http://www.spielster.com/?p=834 Oh happy day. I am not sure if 2009 can get any better tour wise, but I beg it to attempt to prove me wrong. Well at least if you grew up in the 80’s it is. First, Jane’s Addiction announced it would bring the original line up back together for a U.S. tour with [...]]]> http://www.spielster.com/2009/02/24/could-2009-get-any-better-for-us-alterna-fans/feed/ 0