It’s time for A Bruce Lee Moment! This two-minute clip features a nunchaku battle where Lee faces off against the Third Floor Pagoda Guardian, Pasqual (Dan Inosanto). The battle comes to us courtesy of the film Game of Death. Game … Continue reading
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Let us imagine an avocado green and harvest gold-colored time machine (with an air-brushed image of prancing horses upon its side) has whisked us back in time to August 11th, 1978. What sort of news events and fantastical entertainment would … Continue reading
Here’s a double dose of TV spots from the late 1970s (’77-’78) featuring Robert “Baretta” Blake for STP Oil and Gas Treatments. Blake was a 70s-era spokesman for STP and made a large number of manly commercials for the product … Continue reading
Highly-influential electronic band, Kraftwerk, formed in Düsseldorf, Germany in 1970. The group released the song “Radio-Activity” in October of 1975. The clip below captures the band performing for French TV in 1978. Man? Machine? Or something altogether better? Press play … Continue reading
Hanna-Barbera and Toho produced 26 episodes of the animated Godzilla series and the first show aired as part of the The Godzilla Power Hour in September of 1978. The show is somewhat notorious for featuring Godzilla’s inept young cousin, Godzuki. … Continue reading
Patti Smith released “Because the Night” in April of 1978 and it rose to #13 on the US Billboard “Hot 100”. The song, co-written with Bruce Springsteen, appeared on Smith’s Easter L.P. and is her best known tune to date. … Continue reading