Pop Culture Schlock
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Posting random stuff from my memorabilia collection every day of the year! (Since January 1st, 2018 on other platforms!)
It's another Seven-Inch Single SATURDAY on PCS! Hitting the top of the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1985, here's 'Can't Fight This Feeling', the 2nd of REO Speedwagon's chart-toppers: the 1st being 1980's 'Keep On Loving You'. 'Can't Fight This Feeling' would peak at Number 16 on the UK Singles Chart.
January 24, 2026 at 7:08 AM
It's another Seven-Inch Single SATURDAY on PCS! Hitting the top of the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1985, here's 'Can't Fight This Feeling', the 2nd of REO Speedwagon's chart-toppers: the 1st being 1980's 'Keep On Loving You'. 'Can't Fight This Feeling' would peak at Number 16 on the UK Singles Chart.
Featured on Weetabix boxes in 1977, here's one of a set of six cut-out TV Cartoon Face Masks - Huckleberry Hound! I only have a couple of the six, but there were actually three extra masks in a smaller size on smaller boxes. Vintage breakfast gold!
January 23, 2026 at 7:12 AM
Featured on Weetabix boxes in 1977, here's one of a set of six cut-out TV Cartoon Face Masks - Huckleberry Hound! I only have a couple of the six, but there were actually three extra masks in a smaller size on smaller boxes. Vintage breakfast gold!
A quarter-of-a-century old this year (🤯) and based on events that transpire directly after the end of the original movie, here's the From Dusk Till Dawn third-person shooter video game distributed by Cryo Interactive in 2001.
January 22, 2026 at 7:24 AM
A quarter-of-a-century old this year (🤯) and based on events that transpire directly after the end of the original movie, here's the From Dusk Till Dawn third-person shooter video game distributed by Cryo Interactive in 2001.
It's another UK Weekly Wednesday on Pop Culture Schlock! From this week in 1982, here's a rockin' and rollin' classic issue of Look-in, the junior TV Times, featuring Shakin' Stevens as its cover star. The free stickers are long gone, sadly!
January 21, 2026 at 6:33 AM
It's another UK Weekly Wednesday on Pop Culture Schlock! From this week in 1982, here's a rockin' and rollin' classic issue of Look-in, the junior TV Times, featuring Shakin' Stevens as its cover star. The free stickers are long gone, sadly!
New for 2026 on Pop Culture Schlock, the bi-weekly Cult TV Tuesday, all taken from my physical media collection! Today, Bongo, Rory, Twang, and Boots, the Animal Kwackers; produced by Yorkshire Television and broadcast on ITV from 1975 to 1978. Do you believe in rock 'n' roll?
January 20, 2026 at 5:52 AM
New for 2026 on Pop Culture Schlock, the bi-weekly Cult TV Tuesday, all taken from my physical media collection! Today, Bongo, Rory, Twang, and Boots, the Animal Kwackers; produced by Yorkshire Television and broadcast on ITV from 1975 to 1978. Do you believe in rock 'n' roll?
It's another Vintage Magazine Movie Ad Monday on Pop Culture Schlock! From a 55-year-old copy of Films and Filming magazine, Richard Burton is the Villain in this great half-page ad for the 1971 British gangster movie with a screenplay by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais.
January 19, 2026 at 6:11 AM
It's another Vintage Magazine Movie Ad Monday on Pop Culture Schlock! From a 55-year-old copy of Films and Filming magazine, Richard Burton is the Villain in this great half-page ad for the 1971 British gangster movie with a screenplay by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais.
New on Pop Culture Schlock 365 for 2026, Starlog Sunday! Just several months shy of being half-a-century old, here's the second issue of the legendary Starlog magazine from 1976. What a cover! 😍🚀🌕
January 18, 2026 at 7:37 AM
New on Pop Culture Schlock 365 for 2026, Starlog Sunday! Just several months shy of being half-a-century old, here's the second issue of the legendary Starlog magazine from 1976. What a cover! 😍🚀🌕
It's another Soccer Saturday on PCS! Celebrating with teammate Terry Hibbitt after scoring one of his three goals against Liverpool on his Newcastle United home debut in August 1971, here's a signed 12x8 photograph of Supermac himself, Malcolm Macdonald ⚽
January 17, 2026 at 7:36 AM
It's another Soccer Saturday on PCS! Celebrating with teammate Terry Hibbitt after scoring one of his three goals against Liverpool on his Newcastle United home debut in August 1971, here's a signed 12x8 photograph of Supermac himself, Malcolm Macdonald ⚽
Take a look at this classic... from behind the sofa! Published by Target Books in 1975, it's the Doctor Who Monster Book. Written by Terrance Dicks, this TV tie-in terror tome was a guide to the monsters from the early years of Doctor Who, covering up to the end of the Fourth Doctor's first season
January 16, 2026 at 5:56 AM
Take a look at this classic... from behind the sofa! Published by Target Books in 1975, it's the Doctor Who Monster Book. Written by Terrance Dicks, this TV tie-in terror tome was a guide to the monsters from the early years of Doctor Who, covering up to the end of the Fourth Doctor's first season
Produced by Whitman in 1979, here's an unopened Buck Rogers frame-tray puzzle, complete with original 69 cents price sticker! Eagle-eyed followers will have noticed that I have three of these unopened vintage puzzles 😜
January 15, 2026 at 6:07 AM
Produced by Whitman in 1979, here's an unopened Buck Rogers frame-tray puzzle, complete with original 69 cents price sticker! Eagle-eyed followers will have noticed that I have three of these unopened vintage puzzles 😜
It's another UK Weekly Wednesday on Pop Culture Schlock! Where man once stood supreme - now rule the apes! Back to 1974 today for this absolute classic: the second issue of the Planet of the Apes weekly from Marvel UK!
January 14, 2026 at 7:10 AM
It's another UK Weekly Wednesday on Pop Culture Schlock! Where man once stood supreme - now rule the apes! Back to 1974 today for this absolute classic: the second issue of the Planet of the Apes weekly from Marvel UK!
New for 2026 on Pop Culture Schlock, the bi-weekly book bonanza, Tie-In Tuesday! A classic paperback to start; Tony Warren's adaptation of the first series of Rising Damp, published by Sphere Books in 1977. "Myyyy God!"
January 13, 2026 at 5:19 AM
New for 2026 on Pop Culture Schlock, the bi-weekly book bonanza, Tie-In Tuesday! A classic paperback to start; Tony Warren's adaptation of the first series of Rising Damp, published by Sphere Books in 1977. "Myyyy God!"
Staying put for 2026 on Pop Culture Schlock 365, it's Vintage Magazine Movie Ad Monday! Now 50 years old, a glorious full-page Photoplay ad for "the most successful film in movie history" - JAWS! 🦈
January 12, 2026 at 7:15 AM
Staying put for 2026 on Pop Culture Schlock 365, it's Vintage Magazine Movie Ad Monday! Now 50 years old, a glorious full-page Photoplay ad for "the most successful film in movie history" - JAWS! 🦈
It's another Seven-Inch Single Sunday on Pop Culture Schlock! Peaking at Number 7 on the UK Singles Chart in 1983, with the second single from their debut album, 'White Feathers', and the follow-up to Number 1 smash, 'Too Shy', it's Kajagoogoo and 'Ooh to Be Ah'.
January 11, 2026 at 7:27 AM
It's another Seven-Inch Single Sunday on Pop Culture Schlock! Peaking at Number 7 on the UK Singles Chart in 1983, with the second single from their debut album, 'White Feathers', and the follow-up to Number 1 smash, 'Too Shy', it's Kajagoogoo and 'Ooh to Be Ah'.
It's another Soccer Saturday on PCS! It's FA Cup 3rd Round weekend so a perfect opportunity to post this epic piece of ephemera. From 2003, the programme from the 3rd Round tie between Aston Villa and Blackburn Rovers, signed by Rob Edwards, Peter Enckelman, Thomas Hitzlsperger... 1/3
January 10, 2026 at 7:45 AM
It's another Soccer Saturday on PCS! It's FA Cup 3rd Round weekend so a perfect opportunity to post this epic piece of ephemera. From 2003, the programme from the 3rd Round tie between Aston Villa and Blackburn Rovers, signed by Rob Edwards, Peter Enckelman, Thomas Hitzlsperger... 1/3
David Johansen was born #OTD in 1950: the iconic frontman of the New York Dolls sadly passing away in February of last year. Here's a promo copy of his second solo studio album, 1979's 'In Style'
January 9, 2026 at 6:41 AM
David Johansen was born #OTD in 1950: the iconic frontman of the New York Dolls sadly passing away in February of last year. Here's a promo copy of his second solo studio album, 1979's 'In Style'
Underneath tens of trees at Christmas 1984, it's the Manimal Annual! Try saying that fast!! Based on the short-lived TV show starring Simon MacCorkindale that was cancelled after just one season, this annual was published in the UK by Grandreams.
January 8, 2026 at 6:19 AM
Underneath tens of trees at Christmas 1984, it's the Manimal Annual! Try saying that fast!! Based on the short-lived TV show starring Simon MacCorkindale that was cancelled after just one season, this annual was published in the UK by Grandreams.
It's another UK Weekly Wednesday on Pop Culture Schlock! From this week in 1975, marvel at the 100th anniversary issue of the Spider-Man Comics Weekly from Marvel UK 🕸️
January 7, 2026 at 7:07 AM
It's another UK Weekly Wednesday on Pop Culture Schlock! From this week in 1975, marvel at the 100th anniversary issue of the Spider-Man Comics Weekly from Marvel UK 🕸️
New for 2026 on Pop Culture Schlock, the bi-weekly Cult TV Tuesday! Today, the ghost of a Victorian ragamuffin in '70s suburbia... Nobody's House! This children's television programme from Tyne Tees Television ran for just one, seven-episode series in 1976. Do you remember it?
January 6, 2026 at 7:15 AM
New for 2026 on Pop Culture Schlock, the bi-weekly Cult TV Tuesday! Today, the ghost of a Victorian ragamuffin in '70s suburbia... Nobody's House! This children's television programme from Tyne Tees Television ran for just one, seven-episode series in 1976. Do you remember it?
Staying put for 2026 on Pop Culture Schlock 365, it's Vintage Magazine Movie Ad Monday! Go ape for this full-page ad from a 1971 issue of Films and Filming magazine for Escape From The Planet Of The Apes!
January 5, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Staying put for 2026 on Pop Culture Schlock 365, it's Vintage Magazine Movie Ad Monday! Go ape for this full-page ad from a 1971 issue of Films and Filming magazine for Escape From The Planet Of The Apes!
New on Pop Culture Schlock 365 for 2026, Starlog Sunday! Yes, a regular feature dedicated to the legendary US sci-fi magazine that debuted in 1976! I, obviously, have to start with the debut issue, that will celebrate its 50th birthday later this year! 🖖🏻
January 4, 2026 at 7:05 AM
New on Pop Culture Schlock 365 for 2026, Starlog Sunday! Yes, a regular feature dedicated to the legendary US sci-fi magazine that debuted in 1976! I, obviously, have to start with the debut issue, that will celebrate its 50th birthday later this year! 🖖🏻
It's another Soccer Saturday on PCS! Older than me, but in much better shape, it's the Topical Times Football Book 1969/70!⚽
January 3, 2026 at 6:53 AM
It's another Soccer Saturday on PCS! Older than me, but in much better shape, it's the Topical Times Football Book 1969/70!⚽
Everyone loves an annual under the tree at Xmas, right? Especially when it's a classic like this: the Skippy the Bush Kangaroo annual 1972! Published by World Distributors and based on the Australian television series, this was the third of four Skippy annuals 🦘
January 2, 2026 at 7:36 AM
Everyone loves an annual under the tree at Xmas, right? Especially when it's a classic like this: the Skippy the Bush Kangaroo annual 1972! Published by World Distributors and based on the Australian television series, this was the third of four Skippy annuals 🦘
Happy New Year! From 1978, here's the Nookie Bear "playsafe arm puppet" from Denys Fisher, complete with rosette and eyes that still work/cross! Like a few of us on this frosty morn, I suspect, he just needs a hand up him to make him spring to life!
January 1, 2026 at 5:54 AM
Happy New Year! From 1978, here's the Nookie Bear "playsafe arm puppet" from Denys Fisher, complete with rosette and eyes that still work/cross! Like a few of us on this frosty morn, I suspect, he just needs a hand up him to make him spring to life!
It's another UK Weekly Wednesday on Pop Culture Schlock! Cover-dated New Year's Eve 1988 - 37 years ago today! - here's issue 198 of the Transformers and Action Force UK weekly... signed to the cover by Simon Furman, Stephen Baskerville, and Andy Wildman!
December 31, 2025 at 7:10 AM
It's another UK Weekly Wednesday on Pop Culture Schlock! Cover-dated New Year's Eve 1988 - 37 years ago today! - here's issue 198 of the Transformers and Action Force UK weekly... signed to the cover by Simon Furman, Stephen Baskerville, and Andy Wildman!