My New Retro Pop Culture Podcast "Uphill Both Ways" Is Now Available!

If you are in the mood for some fun, nostalgic listening, please check out my new podcast, "Uphill Both Ways." Co-host Mike Imboden and I are having a blast discussing some of our favorite pop culture memories. Our first two episodes are now available for free at the fun-tastic When It Was Cool website.

In episode zero, Mike and I talk about our backgrounds and some of our favorite music, wrestling, and television memories from the 1970s and 1980s.

http://www.whenitwascool.com/up-hill-both-ways-podcast/

In episode one, we discuss our first concerts, first comic books, and first celebrity crushes.

http://www.whenitwascool.com/up-hill-both-ways-01


Please join us on our journey as we develop our family-friendly podcast into something that we hope listeners will enjoy and look forward to. We plan to release a new episode every two weeks. Thanks for listening!

Celebrating 10 Fantastic Horror Films from 1977 in My Latest When It Was Cool Article

In my most recent article for the retro pop culture website When It Was Cool, I say happy anniversary to 10 fright flicks. Killer cars, possessed houses, and nature run amok are just a few of the themes on tap. Have a look! http://www.whenitwascool.com/40th-anniversary-of-horror-films

Print Horror Magazines Live: Gruesome Magazine Indiegogo Campaign is Underway for Our New Quarterly!

I'm excited to announce that my fellow Grue-Crew members and I from gruesomemagzine.com and the Horror News Radio family of podcasts are launching a print and digital quarterly this spring! We currently have an Indiegogo campaign to help with the launch at https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/gruesome-magazine#/. Although we have already hit our initial goal, we can still use your support and are starting to unveil some stretch goals. Read all about the focus of our magazine and find out about the cool perks by visiting our Indiegogo page. Thanks so much!

Yours Truly Co-hosts the new "Decades of Horror: The Classic Era" Podcast

I'm pleased as punch to announce that I am part of a new podcast, Decades of Horror: The Classic Era. Every two weeks, my co-hosts Jeff Mohr, Chad Hunt, and Erin Miskell join me to discuss a film from the silent era through 1969. We are three episodes into this newest member of the Horror News Radio/Decades of Horror family, so it is a great time to hop on board with us.

So far, we have released Episode Zero, in which the four of us discuss our fright-fare influences and favorites; Episode 1, in which we tackle Alfred Hitchcock's classic Psycho; and Episode 2, in which we focus on the 1967 rarity Maneater of Hydra (AKA Island of the Doomed).

You can find us on iTunes and your favorite podcast catchers, or watch for future episodes at decadesofhorror.com. We're having a blast and we hope you will join us! Thanks!

Horror Movie Coverage in Print Lives as "Gruesome Magazine" Announces Its Hard-Copy Quarterly

The Grue Crew members behind the Horror News Radio family of podcasts and Gruesome Magazine are proud to announce that we are launching a quarterly print magazine focusing on independent horror movies, the filmmakers behind them, and fright-fare film festivals. We are currently running an Indiegogo campaign to help us get things up and running. Please visit our page at https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/gruesome-magazine and consider helping us out. Plenty of cool perks await you! Whether or not you contribute, if you could help us spread the word on your sites, podcasts, blogs, social media, and so on, we would greatly appreciate it. Thanks so much for your support!

Catching Up with the Old Year and Welcoming in the New One

I hope 2017 is treating you all well so far!  Here are a few articles and reviews that I have had published lately but didn't post about yet.

First off, I take a look back at 10 of my favorite pop culture memories from 2016 for That's Not Current, along with several other contributing writers. Next up is another collection of favorites; this time Diabolique Magazine writers discuss our favorite films of the past year.

For Gruesome Magazine, I have reviewed, along with other titles, the fantastic eighties supernatural horror homage The Barn, filmmaker Isaac (The Similars) Ezban's debut film The Incident, and the clever horror short Creatures of Whitechapel, in which Victor Frankenstein and Jack the Ripper cross paths.

My recent output for That's Not Current includes an interview with artist and musician Joe Badon and a review of The Giant Spider, Christopher R. Mihm's low-budget valentine to 1950s creature features.

Diabolique Magazine has published two items of mine this month: an article about Brian De Palma's Dressed to Kill and how it influenced me as a teenaged film fan, and a review of the recent Australian chiller Observance.

Finally, I kicked the new year off at When It Was Cool with a review of the classic Gold Key Comics one-shot King Kong.

I wrote well over 100 articles last year these and other sites and publications. Join me in 2017 as I am currently on track to meet or surpass last year's amount. I hope you'll find that the quality exceeds the quantity, as well.

My Top Favorites of 2016 List for When It Was Cool Kicks Off Year-End "Best of " Season

With the final week of 2016 underway, several of the magazines and websites for which I write are beginning to publish their year-end lists of "best ofs" and favorite pop culture highlights for the year. The first of my lists is "My Top Recommendations from 2016 for When It Was Cool Readers" for the fun retro site When It Was Cool. Check out some of my favorite films, comic books, television shows, and rock albums that were released during the past year. Have fun!

http://www.whenitwascool.com/2016-best-of