Happy New Year! On this episode, Janifer and Pedro take a look back at the pop-culture highlights—or lowlights, depending on your perspective—of 2015. It was a year dominated by Donald Trump as he slashed and burned his way through the political landscape and a picture of a dress that went viral on the Interwebz. Adele said hello…
Say U.N.C.L.E.
It was the swinging 60’s, the fashion was mod and the threat of nuclear annihilation was very real. James Bond made spies cool on the big screen and The Man From U.N.C.L.E. made them cooler on television. I became a fan of the show as a kid and watched the series reruns, totally convinced that no one…
‘Star Wars’, Don’t Break My Heart Again
I absolutely refused to get excited about it. Investing myself emotionally only to be brutally disappointed, just as I was in 1999, was not happening this time around. No way, no how! They had a second chance in 2002 and they blew it. Badly. By 2005 it was a loveless relationship that I was seeing through to an ugly,…
William Shatner, I Grieve With Thee
They buried Leonard Nimoy and instead of remembering the man’s body of work or his many acts of kindness, some fans and media outlets are hurling invective at his Star Trek co-star for not attending the Boston-born actor, director, photographer, and poet’s funeral. The 83 year-old William Shatner chose not to take an exhausting, last-minute…
Deflated or Not, Bill Belichick Has Balls
I am not a fan of American football. Never have been. But I WILL be watching Super Bowl XLIX with keen interest—and not just for the halftime spectacular. The N.F.L. has determined that the New England Patriots used 11 under-inflated footballs in the A.F.C. championship game against the Indianapolis Colts. A cataclysmic infraction apparently on par with…
Atomic Batteries to Power. Turbines to Speed.
“Which is your Doctor Who?” I get asked this a lot. The question isn’t “who was the best doctor?” or “which Doctor Who was your favorite?” The person asking wants to know which of the twelve (official) versions of the time and space traveling Gallifreyan belonged to you while growing up. My Doctor was Tom…